our reactions to the Giants game

That’s right zn, the Rams choked, thankfully the Giants choked even more…

East coast road wins are never easy…

All the areas of vulnerability looked vulnerable today. Special teams, the secondary, the offensive line when a starter doesn’t play are things that are why will either cost the Rams a playoff berth or cause a first round exit. Still super psyched about how this team continues to push on and find ways to win with som many young guys and late additions. A winning season? Wow.   Interesting storyline with Crosby missing an extra point and the game winning field goal.

On another note I watched most of the second half from a beachside bar in Aruba. I am disappointed to say that I am an obnoxious football fan after only a couple of margaritas.  I was very much a stereotype today. So I’d like to apologize to everyone for my behaviour.

• This reply was modified 10 months, 2 weeks ago by canadaram.

A win is a win.

Another thing (albeit an obvious thing), for the Rams to have any hope having a winning season they needed big moments from rookies. Today Kobie Turner had 2.5 sacks and Puka had 118 yards receiving and a great run for a first down.  Those were two picks that I was excited about back in April, but I had no clue they’d have the types of years that they are having. This really has to be the best rookie class the Rams have ever had. Hope all of their careers are long ones.

also. congrats to kobie turner for tying donald’s record for nine sacks as a rookie!

and he’s got a chance to break it albeit with one more game than donald did.

i’d be interested to know how many pressures kobie generated vs donald his rookie year.

I can’t believe that with 8 billion people on this planet, there aren’t 32 of them who can kick a damn ball through the uprights.

That is all.

joemad wrote:

Zooey wrote:

I can’t believe that with 8 billion people on this planet, there aren’t 32 of them who can kick a damn ball through the uprights. That is all.

indeed. a planet that’s filled with soccer players at every corner of the world. There’s got to be someone much more capable than freaking Haver-sick

Well, it’s interesting, isn’t it?

Kickers matter.

And there are, like, 2,000 college football teams, all with a placekicker. Plus all the soccer players who can kick the hell out of a ball, but can’t play soccer for whatever reason.

What the hell?

Gotta be a bartender somewhere who can kick the bloody ball. Right?

avila, young, turner, and nacua. we won’t know the true impact of this year’s draft class for another five years maybe. but wow. what a first year it’s been. wow. just wow.

wv wrote:

And what a weird F’ing situation in the last week of the regular season.  49ers dont need it.  Rams dont need it.    What will they do?

That’s actually a good point/question.

The Rams might find more value in resting some guys before the playoff game than in going all out for the 6 seed. Maybe get Nacua the rookie records, and then put in the JV team.

My concern is we could be one and out in the playoffs. Our field goal kicker is trash, and our secondary is trash. Derion Kendrick starting, means to me, no one else is as good as him, on the roster. It is sad, you look in free agency for 2024, it is not that good either, based on what’s out there.

zn wrote:

You guys don’t know the first thing about tanking. If you want to tank, you play the starters so they all get injured. That way you end up with higher draft picks in 2024. Which would then give them a chance to build a team capable of going to the playoffs.

LOL

I tell y’all what.

I’m fine with the Rams losing their first game in the playoffs. I will allow myself about 60 seconds to have a good cry about it, then I’m going to celebrate one of the most interesting and hopeful seasons I’ve experienced as a Rams fan.

Seriously, there was a LOT of talk – an Expectation, really – that the Rams were headed for Caleb Williams.

Now I never believed that. I said from the beginning I thought they were ~.500 team, but they are better than that when they have KW and MS healthy. And the defense, though weak in the secondary, is much, much better than I expected. ST is worse, but there ya go.

well.  i don’t think anyone could have predicted young, turner, and nacua would be THIS good THIS early.  maybe avila.  but certainly not the other three.  without those three this team is a losing team.  i don’t think caleb williams territory.  but certainly top 10.  not even mentioning dotson.  and not even mentioning kyren williams.  well.  some may have predicted kyren williams to be good.  i thought he could be decent.  but what he’s produced has been beyond my wildest dream.

i thought avila would be a decent starter right away.  i thought young and turner were a couple years down the road.  nacua i saw him in training camp and liked what i saw, but never did i think he’d be challenging a 70 year old record.

but they don’t have to reproduce that kind of an offseason.  i think they need a cornerback.  i agree with everyone who says that.  bring back most of their free agents.  i do think they need one big fa signing on defense.  maybe they can’t afford it.  i don’t know.  i think most of their needs they can accomplish through the draft.  and then of course.  the young players need to keep improving.  i don’t see them not doing that.  turner has donald as a mentor.  nacua has kupp.  i mean could you ask for better mentors?  seriously.  plus they just seem like the type of guys who are self-motivators anyway.  kyren williams too.  every time i hear that guy talk he just has this chip on his shoulder.  this feeling that he’s always trying to prove himself.  i don’t see success getting to these guys’ heads.  they won’t just follow the leaders on this team.  they are built to become leaders themselves.