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January 9, 2021 at 10:07 am #126577
znModeratorInjuries are adding up.
But a great win. Team effort. Great game by the D, great game by Akers.
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January 9, 2021 at 8:16 pm #126600
AgamemnonParticipantGood game by the entire team.
AgamemnonJanuary 9, 2021 at 8:18 pm #126601
joemadParticipantGreat team win.
Not many gave the Rams a chance today.
Whit’s presence = huge
January 9, 2021 at 8:20 pm #126602
InvaderRamModeratorwhoa. i did not realize wolford was out. i couldn’t see the first half of the game.
i hope he’s ok. otherwise, proud of this rams team. especially after losing donald. this defense showed out.
January 9, 2021 at 8:22 pm #126605
HramParticipantGood team win.
Great Defense!
Hope Goff’s thumb can heal some more.
Also hope Donald and Kupp injuries are not serious.
January 9, 2021 at 8:25 pm #126608
PA RamParticipantLove it! My expectations were not high but what a performance from Cam Akers and the defense!
I’m going to enjoy this.
If they get any further it will be icing on the cake. This gives me a satisfied feeling to the year.
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. " Philip K. Dick
January 9, 2021 at 9:07 pm #126612
TSRFParticipantBring on the Packers!
January 9, 2021 at 9:37 pm #126613
wvParticipantSaw the hi-lites.
Great playoff win against Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson.Look forward to watchin it tomorrow.
So, i guess everything depends on
whether Aaron Donald is ok, or not.w
vJanuary 9, 2021 at 9:47 pm #126614
canadaramParticipantI super duper dislike Seattle, so I am super duper happy about beating them in the playoffs. I didn’t expect a playoff win, so the injuries while a definite problem aren’t dampening my mood at all.
January 9, 2021 at 9:53 pm #126615PA RamParticipantOne other thing I want to say is that I thought McVay coached one if his best games since he has been coach. He knew what this game was, and he made good decisions(with the possible exception of his challenges). This was a very impressive team win.
I hope the Rams can retain Staley.
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. " Philip K. Dick
January 9, 2021 at 11:15 pm #126625
ZooeyModeratorThere’s a tiny, tiny part of me that feels very sorry for how NittanyRam must be feeling right now. He’s a good poster, and I think we should be sensitive to his feelings of disappointment.
January 10, 2021 at 9:46 am #126652InvaderRamModeratorgoff is one tough dude.
also. media going wild saying goff was benched. i don’t buy it. guy had thumb surgery. mcvay didn’t want to risk it unless he absolutely had to. and it was obvious goff wasn’t at full strength.
gutsy performance from the quarterback.
January 10, 2021 at 9:59 am #126654
CalParticipantI love this defense that the Rams have put together! With this D and Akers running well, the Rams will be a tough out in the playoffs.
Hopefully, the offense will look a little better with Whitworth back. I thought it was also interesting that Evans came in at LG instead of Noteboom.
I wonder if McVay has ever toyed around or entertained the idea of using Ramsey on offense? That offense could really use a little more speed to threaten defenses.
January 10, 2021 at 10:56 am #126656
Eternal RamnationParticipantWilliams with pick 6 on a WR screen! Only a handful of players that could ever pull that off and most of them are on the 2020/21 Rams. Goff is one tough dude. As gutsy a showing as I can remember. The defense is crazy deep. Watching that game took me back to 3rd grade listening to Deacan Jones and Merlin Olsen crushing opponents. Watching this defense is like watching GSOT when they got going . It’s just different. Akers is getting better and better. Mcvay seems to be returning to his former self . Watching that game was a blast. Last but not least loved Goff’s post game comments about cigar smoking celebratory Seahawks .
January 10, 2021 at 11:09 am #126657wvParticipantWatched it. An ugly game. Lots of mistakes
by both teams.Robert Woods, wide open with lots of space
and it goes right thru his hands. Etc.Lots of credit to Goff. Playin without a thumb.
From one of those comments i read,
Sounds like he was playin a little angry, too.
Good win for Jared.Where is the weakness on this defense?
Certainly not the secondary. Best secondary
the rams have ever had, i would guess.
Anyone think of a better one?Dline? Has there been a deeper DLine? No.
Has there been a better one?
Well, sure but you have to go back
a long way.Linebackers? I dunno. Sandwiched
by greatness, they look purty good.Aaron Donald is so much fun, that i dont
wanna think of watching a game where
he’s on the sideline.Akers is growing on me. But, I keep looking for something
‘special’ with Akers. And i never see it. He’s no
Faulk, no Steven, no ED. I dont even see a McCutcheon.
But there he is getting tough yards, play after play.
Maybe he’s Willie Ellison, i dunno.
What is he special at?That pick6 was one of the best pick6’s Ive ever
seen. Holy shit, that was fun.
The only one better i can think of was
Isaiah Robertson’s against Sonny Jurgenson.I cant believe that was the first game
without a rams-turnover. Boggles the mind.I’ve picked against the Rams more this year
than any i can remember. I just dont believe
in the offense. So, whoever they play next
week, with or without Donald, I’ll be
pickin against them. I expect things
to come apart next week. Still…theres
that defense.January 10, 2021 at 11:10 am #126658
nittany ramModeratorI want to take a moment to thank Zooey for his sensitivity and marvel at his singular insight. He is, as always, correct. This morning I find myself exactly where I was after the game – adrift in a sea of disappointment.
Why?
Because, once again, the Rams failed to take care of business in Seattle.
Yes, the Rams won the game, and afterwards the Seahawks players limped off the field battered, beaten, dejected…but alive.
That’s right. They still live.
Will this team ever put together a complete game?
January 10, 2021 at 11:28 am #126659wvParticipantonce again, the Rams failed to take care of business in Seattle.
Yes, the Rams won the game, and afterwards the Seahawks players limped off the field battered, beaten, dejected…but alive.That’s right. They still live.
Will this team ever put together a complete game?===========
I just wanna be clear.So, you are calling for a violent insurrection?
w
vJanuary 10, 2021 at 11:41 am #126660znModeratorAkers is growing on me. But, I keep looking for something
‘special’ with Akers. And i never see it. He’s no
Faulk, no Steven, no ED. I dont even see a McCutcheon.
But there he is getting tough yards, play after play.
Maybe he’s Willie Ellison, i dunno.
What is he special at?Akers does have special skills but they don’t glare at you highlight style.
First he does have good vision. In fact, top vision. He’s perfect for a zone scheme since the zbs basically asks the back to look for daylight, make choices, and explode into it. He’s good at that.
He also has something that all 3 of the Rams backs have–excellent contact balance. Initial contact rarely drops him. This makes him great in traffic.
But, he has amazingly quick feet, so he’s shifty in traffic too.
Combine that with some tenacity and a bit of strength/power.
The sum of that, he is just always going to be going forward getting yards. He’s not super elusive or high-end fast (though he’s fast enough), but the main thing is, you keep running him into defenses stacked against the running game and he just… keeps… getting… yards.
He’s not in the same class as Dickerson, Faulk, Jackson or Gurley. But he’s a top back and it would not surprise me at all to see him get Gurley-like numbers, even if he won’t have the same kind of highlight reel open field runs.
January 10, 2021 at 12:48 pm #126669ZooeyModeratorI agree with everything said in this thread.
That pick 6 was a bone-breaker. Best since Robertson’s. Thing of beauty.
After solidly beating TB and NE, the Rams moved way up the Power Rankings, and looked like a serious SB contender. But… the wheels loosened somehow – a mental lapse against NYJ – and karma started to address the injury imbalance.
The Rams will go as far as this defense can take it, but like wv, I don’t think it’s the Promised Land. Three playoff games on the road? We haven’t seen this team put together a streak like that this year, and now they are busted up at QB, and the Donald Watch has begun in earnest. But given the way the season ended, and the injuries, I will take that very solid win against Seattle on the road as putting this season back in the black. We are on house money now, in my view.
The defense made Seattle suffer, and that was gratifying. Feels like the Rams took back the division crown.
Looking ahead (wrong thread for this, I guess), I have been told the Rams match up well against the Packers. But it is in Green Bay, and they are rested while the Rams are in the first aid tent.
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