I just don't see it.

I didn’t see anything but mediocrity and ill discipline. What I saw fit very well with a 3+ year track record he has coaching my team. It always looks the same, game after game, season after season. And it is losing, undisciplined, uncompetitive football. That’s what he coaches, at least in StL.

Okay. That’s just not the picture I get when I look though. I see the things you don’t like, but I don’t see exclusively that in this pre-season or across the last 3 years. I saw them get it more together this summer, playing the Colts and Chiefs better in spite of a young line, and in terms of the previous seasons, my feeling last year was that if they just had a starting qb they would have won more games and be thought of as having turned the corner. Well, I don’t think Foles is as good as an upright Bradford can be, but he is good enough—a starting caliber qb and much better than Clemens, Davis, and Hill.

So I am eager for the season and I see them as having a winning record this year in spite of a line that as green as a seasick schoolgirl. I think they will be up and down on offense but I like where they’re going. My “buy in” with this team started with the 2 games against SF in 2012. Nobody gave them a chance in those games but they banged out an unlikely overtime tie and an unlikely overtime win against the NFC champion that year. Since then, the only thing, to me, which has kept them from turning the corner is injuries to Bradford and the OL.

It’s just honestly how I see it.

A lot of things you don’t like, I don’t like either, but then, there were a lot of things I didn’t like about the 2000/2001 Martz Rams either.

I just look forward to the season. Even in losses I keep my eyes on the things that tell me (and maybe it’s just me) that they have the ingredients to become a contender. I see that stuff, it’s there. So I am just a “glass half full plus a centimeter more than half” kinda guy.

And it does come from watching, and in my mind, from being realistic. It’s honest. Doesn’t mean it’s going to be wholly right, but still.

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Laram on the topic of Away Games.
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Laram – Realistically the Rams could lose every away game…

except probably the Washington game.

New qb, playing behind a young an inexperienced o-line in hostile environments, against top pass rushers, is a recipe for failure.

at Washington – (toss up) Home field favors the Skins and Rams coming off of a physical game against Seattle

at Cardinals – I expect Calais Campbell and Okafor to wreck the Rams o-line.

at Green Bay – Definite home field advantage, loud and will cause the Rams problems with line calls. Will probably have to go with hand signals.

at Vikings – Young improving team with a good pass rush. Everson Griffen and A. Barr can get after it.

at Ravens – Tough place to play under any circumstances. Suggs and Elvis Dumerville licking their chops for this one

at Bengals – Another tough game in a hostile environment against a tough D.

at Seahags – It’s been impossible for us to win there under normal circumstances. The Rams will again have to go to hand signals in this game

at Niners – Niners aren’t what they were, but this is Rams/Niners in theri house.

Looks like 1-7 possibly 2- 6 at best to me on the road.

lyser wrote:

To borrow a phrase – I dunno. I DO know this – it’s just football, I don’t really see the point of getting all negative before the season even starts. How is that fun? I’ve never understood what benefit is derived from predicting epic failure with every post. Sure – war, death, famine, failure and jeezus helpus – losing football may be in our immediate future, but we don’t know – really could go either way it seems this season – so why not just sit down, have a big glass of shut-the-fuck-up and try to enjoy the run-up to kickoff weekend?

Well, as for me, I got no issue or criticism of anyone
who thinks the Rams will suck. I never, ever, ever,
feel compelled to do the “cheer up, be happy, menstruate rainbows and butterflies”
thing. If someone sees a big-ole ice-burg coming and they wanna jump up and down
and point at it — i got no problem with that…blah blah blah.

I still see a playoff team, myself,
though.

Ten and six, is what I predix.

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lyser wrote:

No matter how much SMARTER, ARTICULATE, BETTER LOOKING, and MORE LIKELY TO GO TO HEAVEN I am compared to all of YOU – I’ll be Hellen sausage-stealing Keller and will stay mum in regards to all of your STUPID FUCKING GODDAMN BRAINLESS FUCKTARDED OPINIONS…

You would hate heaven.

It’s dull, believe me.

I figure a 1-3 start. Some improvement. Maybe a shot at a .500 season. Unless Foles gets killed.

Zooey wrote:

zn wrote:

lyser wrote:

No matter how much SMARTER, ARTICULATE, BETTER LOOKING, and MORE LIKELY TO GO TO HEAVEN I am compared to all of YOU – I’ll be Hellen sausage-stealing Keller and will stay mum in regards to all of your STUPID FUCKING GODDAMN BRAINLESS FUCKTARDED OPINIONS…

You would hate heaven.

It’s dull, believe me.

I suppose you know someone who knows someone….

….ive come up with a plan to make Heaven better…It involves
eliminating 6.6 million souls though….anyway Rams all go to heaven, etc.

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