our reactions to the Washington game

That final goal line stand ended up with a Washington TD but it was a crucial moment in the Rams overcoming brutal late game efforts from Havrisik and Kedrick. I can’t wait until the Rams upgrade Kendrick. Bobby Brown was important today. Kyren Williams remains a pleasure to watch, despite the fumbles. Hope he’s fresh on the short week.

The Saints must think that there are yards to gain through the air against this defense. I know I would if I were them.

I liked how hard we played for most of the game, but Washington scored two TDs in the 4th Quarter. We need to learn to close out games, in the final quarter. In other words, need to shutout teams in the 4th Quarter, and OT, if we have to go OT.

Well, the best team won.

So, thats good.

Clunky, but good.

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sloppy game. yet the rams still had control of the game for the most part.

and kyren williams. wow. i know he had the two fumbles, but he makes this oline better. he makes stafford and the whole offense better. i am amazed watching him run.

also thought bobby brown was solid.

allen had a good catch and run.  had at least a couple good blocks.  really rooting for him to win that te2 job.

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wv wrote:

Williams and Nakua are, like, all-pros at this point. Seriously. Amazing.

The McV/Snead Rams have a kind of mediocre history in the 2nd round. Maybe that’s changing, starting with Avilla? They have a pretty good history in the 3rd round (Jones for examle). They have an amazing record in the 4th through 6th rounds. The league-wide hit percentage in those rounds is very low. In the last 5 drafts they’ve gotten these players in those rounds: Allen, Nacua, Williams, Lake, Bobby Brown, Fuller, Gaines, and Edwards. That’s out of 19 picks, with a hit percentage of 42%, which is fantastic in those rounds. I know everyone knows this but I like finding the words for it. Namely: Williams’s superpower is in his play from handoff or pitch to hitting the LOS. Beyond the LOS he’s pretty strong for his size, has top contact balance, and is a fiercely determined straightline runner. He has those things but not the elusiveness, speed, size, or power. I mean he’s not just “a guy” in that respect but he does not have those things at the superpower level. His real magic is in those steps before he hits the LOS–vision, reads, instincts, anticipation, burst, smarts. The thing I see about Nacua is that he is constantly playing like a rookie. Drops, missed blocks, and I’ve seen where analysts find flaws in his route running. So imagine him after another training camp and refining his game to play more consistently. He could be a monster. So everything he is now but more.[/quote]

Agree with all that.  100 percent

In some ways Williams is the most interesting/fun RB to watch/analyze in a long time.

Im not sure i can remember a rb quite like him.

And my lord what a difference he makes.   Combined with the new OLine and the new blocking scheme.    I mean, some of these drives in the last few games have been glorious.  The whipsawing.  The physical nature of the running.   The way the defenses are kept off balance.  Stafford’s elite skills.   Kupp, Nakua, Higby, the new TE.   And that vet  WR they signed.   I love that guy.  Forgot his name.    Its all come together on offense.

Really really pretty drives.   Different than the super bowl year.

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nittany ram wrote:

wv wrote:

Agree with all that. 100 percent In some ways Williams is the most interesting/fun RB to watch/analyze in a long time. Im not sure i can remember a rb quite like him. w v

In that chat room I predicted that you would no longer like Williams after his second fumble. You’re getting soft.

He’s ‘that’ good.   Way better than that useless fumbler Eric Dickerson.

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Williams is a keeper. Great vision and contact balance, as ZN is wont to say. Makes a ton of good decisions on the fly, and tacklers miss him going through the whole. Lacks home run speed, but the Rams don’t really need him to do that. That’s just a bonus when it’s there. But I do think he can continue to give the Rams a lot of chunk plays . . . six, eight, twelve yards and a cloud of dust.

Gurley was a legit track guy, like Dickerson. They had it all. Like Sayers, Bo Jackson, Jim Brown, Sanders, Faulk, etc. Sometimes, though, the truly elite backs don’t always work on the little stuff, and backs with fewer athletic gifts, like Williams, do. Strikes me as “natural” that the naturally gifted rely more on those gifts, and the players without them, if they have serious want-to, compensate enough to almost make up for it.

Unicorns are the guys with relentless want-to plus those elite natural gifts. They’re not satisfied with playing up to their naturals. They want to set a new paradigm. Hoping I get to see some more unicorns playing for the Rams before I hang up the old cleats.