Will the Rams beat Dallas? Informal poll

Maaaan if we can just squeak out one more win…and then get the bye…..give the the ‘stache some time to fix all the problems…..some magic could happen this season

Mackeyser wrote:

If the Rams can contain DeMarco Murray, then things look really good for them.

I think they really didn’t want anything deep by the Bucs and they succeeded. Other than one 20yd pass to Vincent Jackson, there was nothing and there wasn’t even an attempt at a 30+ yard pass. So, if the Rams wanted to keep the Bucs on the ground and essentially take Jackson and Evans out of the game… they did.

Now, I’m sure the Rams will probably focus on Murray more than they focus on Dez Bryant because Murray can not only take over a game, but also the clock. When the Rams focused on AP, they held him to 85 yards on 17 carries and he gashed the Rams ugly, too. So, we’ll see.

I like the Rams in this game.

Plus, I won’t be wearing my Warner jersey which I’m clear now is ONLY for wearing to the stadium… so no jinxing the team…

Murray’s good…but it’s that OL that makes them SO good.

Last game was a bad one in part because their OL handled the Rams DL. Partly by cheating, but still (reportedly they would grab the triceps of Rams DL players and hang on).

So far teams have been afraid to challenge the
Rams passrushers. They’ve just dinked and dunked
mainly.

Be interesting to see if America’s Team
takes more chances with more
deep passes. I think they will.
I think they gotta let Romo
be Romo.

I cant pick the Rams in this one,
cause I dunno who’s gonna cover
Dez. I’m hopin its not Cortland Finnegan.

Dallas 24
Rams 20

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Mackeyser wrote:

Well, the Bucs blatantly held Quinn all game long. I mean, some of the holds involved literally hugging him once Quinn was passed… no call.

So, hopefully the Rams get more consideration at home than they did at Tampa… ‘cuz that was just wrong. Play the game and call it straight up. If it means 20 sacks and going through 4 QBs because OLs can’t block, then do that. Change the rules or whatever. But don’t NOT call fouls or only call them sporadically… That creates a game without legitimacy or integrity.

You wuzz at the game. Did you notice much about Hayes? I am wondering about him, because he got NO reps over the summer.

For me, it is all about the offensive line. Will they stay healthy? How good will they play? We have enough everywhere else. imo

I’d be happy if Dallas doesn’t blow out the Rams.

I just don’t think the Rams are very good right now. And that’s WITH all-world quarterback Austin Davis.

They were very fortunate that the Tampa game ended the way it did–because if Evans stands up and they get the spike..it wasn’t a terrible field goal to make for the Bucs and then the Rams are 0-2 and things are looking more grim.

Williams has to redirect the defense to stop the run and short stuff and the players have to make tackles–and not just in the secondary. Live by the blitz die by the blitz and if Williams isn’t more selective in how he uses it the Rams will get eaten alive.

Last week, against a substitute D-line, the Rams offense looked functional. The offensive line played better, Austin Davis did what was asked of him and he managed the game that Shotty called very well. But he isn’t Kurt Warner–yet.

This week that defense faces a good O-line–a Rams-killer running back, a very good receiver and tight end and a step up in quarterback class from the first two weeks.

I’m not a believer yet–that the Rams are a very good team. Don’t get me wrong–they have loads of talent–but they have to put it together. They certainly played better in game #2 and they’ll have too play even better this week to beat Dallas.

But until I can scrub the memories of Murray running wild on the Rams, I just can’t stop seeing more of the same.

I hope I’m wrong–but I expect the Rams will lose this game.

On the bright side–Tony Romo can implode in any game at any time.

Well, hopefully, the Cowboys do what they always do and abandon the run and fall back into those 5 and 7 step drops so that our pass rush can really pin their ears back. Teams keep dinking and dunking against us… Shit’s givin me a rash…

I mean, I’m glad teams respect our DL, but c’mon…

GreatRamNTheSky wrote:

I don’t recall posting this as an informal poll. I would appreciate the Admins not editing my posting titles.

Grits

We do it to posts all the time, including our own, to keep the board flowing. All that is, is, combining scattered posts on the same topic into more active group threads, and sometimes the thread title has to be changed to signal that. (I also sometimes move posters’s posts that are buried/hidden in long news and video threads, and start new threads with them.) The idea is just to facilitate conversation. Near as I know, folks are okay with that practice, but you spoke up, so I will respect that. If you would prefer never having a post title changed to accommodate combining posts into more active threads, what that will mean in effect is that we will never use a post of yours as the first one in a thread. If that’s what you would prefer, that’s fine.

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