reactions to the Saints game

The entire Rams defense looks a lot better on paper than they look on the field.

Too much talent to be this inconsistent.

What’s with all the presnap confusion?

Peters is horrible.

A lot of this has to be laid at Wade’s feet.

Proud of the way the team battled back, though.

I was absolutely giddy when they tied it up at 35. But extremely disappointed in the end result. This team is gonna give me a heart attack.

;>)

Peters is terrible. Seriously. It may well be he’s still hurt, but he can’t play right now. He gets burned way too often and doesn’t make the plays to even that out. That’s supposed to be his thing. He gets burned, but makes so many great plays it’s a net plus. But not this year. He’s a net liability for the Rams.

I think the Rams should have brought this kid in for a look: Obi Melifonwu. Oakland waived him injured, but he’s trying to catch on with another team, and is only 24.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi_Melifonwu

Yeah, I know. Combine workouts don’t tell us anywhere close to actual production in the field — which he had in college. But the kid is a freak. Superhuman atheticism for 6’4″ and 225.

Loved the Malcolm Brown play along the sideline. One of the most athletic plays I’ve ever seen. I think Aikman is right. He could start for several NFL teams right now. Rams did well to find him.

Overall, I think the offense did what they needed to do to win. The defense wasn’t up to the task — obviously. If you score 35 points, you should win pretty much every time. It’s time for the Rams’ D to have one of those “players only” meetings . . .

Peter’s needs to go that was ridiculous

The Saints are the better team. Barring some unforeseen turnaround I expect a similar result vs. KC in 2 weeks. Seattle will also be tough next week. With the exception of the Niners game the Rams defense has looked below average since the they beat the Chargers. Today they were exposed by one the best offenses in the NFL.

canadaram wrote:

The Saints are the better team. Barring some unforeseen turnaround I expect a similar result vs. KC in 2 weeks. Seattle will also be tough next week. With the exception of the Niners game the Rams defense has looked below average since the they beat the Chargers. Today they were exposed by one the best offenses in the NFL.

The Saints were better today, but I’m not sure they are the better team. The Saints defense wasn’t fairing much better.

I think the results could be different if they met again, especially if it’s away from the friendly confines of their dome.

I don’t think the Chiefs are necessarily better either. They also have big problems on defense. That game will be another Madden-like contest.

canadaram wrote:

The Saints are the better team. Barring some unforeseen turnaround I expect a similar result vs. KC in 2 weeks. Seattle will also be tough next week. With the exception of the Niners game the Rams defense has looked below average since the they beat the Chargers. Today they were exposed by one the best offenses in the NFL.

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Yeah, it kinda did go the way i expected.

Its a great sign the Rams fought back. Really good sign. Tough place to play.

If they meet again, I’d pick the Rams.

On a different tangent, I dunno that i like this new NFL. Just seems its a little ‘too’ easy to score now.
Its startin to look like pro basketball. And i stopped watchin the NBA a long time ago.

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One thing we didn’t do, is put as much pressure on the QB. Brees went untouched pretty much the whole game. Kamara and Ingram(despite his one fumble), had no issues at times running on us. We need to do a lot better up front, in generating pressure.

PA,

Yeah, I noticed the Saffold shove. That’s got to be “fixed” in private meetings this week. You just don’t do that.

Speaking of the Hekker call. When I watched it live and on replay, I got the sense that Hekker wasn’t running full out, which puzzled me. Yes, he stretched for the first, and that part of the run was a great effort . . . but prior to that? I’m not so sure he was all in on it in the first place. I just didn’t see him run like it was a 4th down play.

Just my take.

Also, the DBs are critical when it comes to the pass rush. What folks were hoping for, with the tandem of Peters and Talib, was that the pass rush would be that much more effective, due to their “shutdown” abilities. Talib gives them that. Peters hasn’t shown he can, as a Ram. Two excellent corners would have forced Brees to hold onto the ball that much longer, perhaps just long enough for Donald, Suh or Fowler to get to him.

This offseason’s number one priority now appears to be the defensive backfield. Corners and at least another safety. Speaking of which, does anyone else think they gave up too quickly on Alexander?

zn wrote:

I didn’t see the “Saffold shove.”

What was the Saffold shove?

After an enraged Saffold drew the personal foul penalty, Goff tried to calm him down and Saffold sorta shoved him a little. It caught my eye at the time but Aikman didn’t mention it, but he did say Goff was doing the right thing in trying to calm him down.

nittany ram wrote:

zn wrote:

I didn’t see the “Saffold shove.”

What was the Saffold shove?

After an enraged Saffold drew the personal foul penalty, Goff tried to calm him down and Saffold sorta shoved him a little. It caught my eye at the time but Aikman didn’t mention it, but he did say Goff was doing the right thing in trying to calm him down.

I saw shove, too. It was more like a hand-slap, really. What I liked was Goff didn’t back down, he stayed in Saffold’s ear.

The game- liked that they made a comeback down 21. Defense made a couple of nice stops, too. But:

-Tough place to play, good team, HOF QB. Like the Packer game, it looked like the Saints viewed this as a playoff game.
-Rams still seem surprised when a team comes at them now. Welcome to the top of the mountain. Get used to it. I think the team is somewhat immature in this area.
-Like everyone else, I was exasperated by the poor tackling and coverage of the secondary. It was also surprising WP didn’t dial up more blitzes. I mean, zone or man, they were getting carved up by Brees. Die standing up (Quote from Red Dawn).

Okay, Seattle at home. I’ll be watching from a bar in Lahaina, Maui…Aloha.

i’m not saying it all came down to this, but it was huge.

rams got a turnover in saints territory. came away with no points.

saints got a turnover in rams territory and get a touchdown.

that’s a 14 point swing right there. and maybe hekker got the first down but i don’t like the fact that it got to fourth down anyway. and sean should have gone for the fg.

as far as it being too easy to score with the new rules? i agree. they gotta give pass defenders more leeway in terms of contact with the receivers before they get the ball. and maybe not let olinemen get away with holding so much. and hopefully you get better defense without all the concussions. that’s my 2 cents anyway.

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