reactions to the Atlanta game

InvaderRam wrote:

i don’t include hav in that conversation. mcclendon has probably played better than hav. but losing alaric and dotson was too much to overcome. that’s 2/5 of the starting lineup.

stafford is not going to win the mvp this year. not even sure he plays next week.

that last second nacua catch that wasn’t a catch was amazing. tutu should have gotten a pi call. stafford missed smith on a wide open most likely game winner.

I agree with all that. Stafford should have put a little air under that ball to Tutu so he could react to it. He was wide open.

That was a dismal first half.

I don’t know if they need help to get the 5 seed, but I sure hope they do. 3 road games through Philly, Chicago, Seattle, or SF will be too much of a hill to climb, I think. Barring further injuries and given the return of Adams, Jackson, Corum, Dotson, Lake, and Witherspoon – even if they flip the switch and play without rust – 3 road games against really good teams is too much. That loss to Seattle may have been the season.

I guess they will just have to take it one game at a time, and give it 110%.

Just shooting from the hip here, but sometimes i think Stafford is too aggressive. Sometimes. I mean, he’s ALWAYS aggressive. Like Favre. Its just how he is. But sometimes — sometimes — when conditions are problematic, such as OLine injuries. Maybe the better approach would be, to run the ball, be conservative and not take chances, at least while the early part of the game unfolds. I dunno.

I love Stafford, but i think a guy like Brady or Montana had more arrows in their quiver. Favre and Stafford just seem like…if Martz were a QB.

I could be totally wrong about this. Just a fan-impression.

I’m definitely not ignoring the Oline issue. I’m saying a QB maybe needs to reign it in BECAUSE of the Oline issue.

The Carolina game and Falcon game have cost Stafford an MVP. And maybe even a Hall of Fame jacket. Damn. McCaffrey or Drake Maye are probly the top two choices now.

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zn wrote:

This loss apparently especially bothered people. On our board, when things go bad, posters often don’t vent, instead they withdraw.

Yeah, its an annoying team. I think the 49er, Panther and Falcon losses were super-annoying. The Eagles and Seahawks are truly powerful teams and the Rams played up to their levels. Those losses were gut-wrenching — But those other 3….they need kicked in the ass.

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TSRF wrote:

This looks like a flawed team, and it is a shame. Stafford has been plying his 37 year old ass off, probably to the point where the 38 year old ass is going to be an old, dead ass.

Sorry to say it, but our window with Stafford is closing quickly. If we don’t get there this year, we should probably cut bait and hone in on the next reclamation QB.

But every team is flawed. And until last night, it felt like the Rams were more unlucky in their losses than flawed. The Philly, SF, and Seattle losses all felt like the Rams got snakebit. The loss to Carolina for me was – like – shit happens. They had a bad game.

I think the Rams are the best team in the league, just as I said a month ago. I just don’t think they’re better by a country mile. I think they’re good enough to beat anybody anywhere. I just think winning 3 straight games in bad weather in the playoffs is unlikely. But if these games were in neutral, good weather sites, like college bowls are, I’d still lay on the Rams.

I do think Shanahan may be a better coach. He seems to be able to get more out of less than McVay does. I dunno. I mean… the Rams had 11 days to get ready for that game, and they came off a bad loss to Seattle. I think the Rams got outhustled by both Carolina and Atlanta. They are clearly better than those teams. By every measure. Except, perhaps sheer get-after-it-ness. I don’t think McVay stokes a hot fire under the team.

#Rams missed tackles from weeks 1-10: 27

Rams missed tackles the last 3 weeks: 31

Something has to change. I do believe they will figure this out but that's unacceptable.

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Zooey wrote:

Of course there is hope. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Of course not.

As for starting with the Eagles instead of Tampalina, you’re crazy…

By Jove, I am not covetous for gold…if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive…
…proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart;

…He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.

He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say ‘To-morrow is Saint Crispian:’
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars.

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