Our reactions to the Bills game

Still can’t stop a 2-pt conversion. Defense was torched, but not shocking given that Josh Allen was the arsonist. I don’t know… to me Lake, Kinchens and Curl aren’t exactly strengths for the Rams. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like they’re Rich Coady awful but sometimes they seem like JAG’s who can be exploited by good offenses. Kudos to Kinchens for his hustle in OT though. Landman and Speights also underwhelm me. The Rams do not want to invest a lot of cap space in their MLB’s and on days where the d-line is getting blocked, Landman and Speights don’t often come to the rescue.

Anyway, pointing out how awful the special teams are seems like a cliche now. It’s just been a real slog for this unit since Fassel left. There was some stability with Matt Gay kicking, but they let him go and it’s been a nightmare ever since. It appears as if nobody in the Rams front office knows how to solve the problems that have plagued the special teams for quite some time.

They still might find themselves in a wildcard position if everything goes perfectly from here on out, but I wouldn’t bet on it. Pretty disappointing first 5 weeks.

more than just the kicking game but shoot. that hurt.

yes. myles coming back will help.

this just is deflating. just deflating.

Well, we can expect the LT to be suspended for a game. That might get Stafford injured next week.

I just wanna see some ugly, gritty, grotesque wins the next few weeks,
until the Savior comes.

Ariz
at Raiders
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at Wash
at Ariz
BYE

That was the most brutal loss since Philly last year. That game was in the Win column until ST let us down again.

And now the Rams have to play for a Wild Card which they may very well get, but that’s an extra playoff game, and they’re in a tenuous position now.

San Francisco will be 10-0 when they host Seattle, and they will be favored in that game. They will be favored in every game the rest of the season with the possible exception of @KC on 12/27. We’re 5 games into the season, and the division looks lost. I’m not sure the 9ers will lose 3 games all year.

The only consolation at this point is that two of the Rams’ three losses are out of conference, and if they can get it together, they could still hold a tie-breaker advantage.

Puka’s gonna get hisself kilt. Watson appeared to have reinjured the same shoulder, so he could miss more time.

Myles may have made the difference if he had played last night. Maybe they could have held Allen under 1,000 yards rushing.

Alas.

Zooey wrote:

Alas.

McVay has to be furious to the point of derangement.

Generally, we think of McSnead as good at identifying a problem and fixing it the next season.

Alas.

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“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
Thomas A. Edison

zn wrote:

There were a few series in the 2nd half where the Rams just drove down the field play after play, in spite of often starting with poor field position. In his last 2 series, Stafford went 13 of 16 and got a TD then set up a FG (that should have won it). One of those drives tied it with less than a minute on the clock when the drive started. Both drives were masterful examples of 2 minute offense. Only of course to be marred by the missed FG in overtime.

In the drive that tied it, the Rams moved with urgency and focus.

On the drive that should have won it, they did not operate with the same urgency and focus.

They had no answer for Josh Allen scrambling. Haven’t seen a QB carve up the Rams scrambling like that in a long, long time.

Zooey wrote:

Haven’t seen a QB carve up the Rams scrambling like that in a long, long time.

Yeah. …there was a blowout against Atlanta. Vick?

Their special teams aren’t so special. Frustrating game, to say the least.