our reactions to the Arizona game

I wish the Rams would start Perkins today, or at least bring him in once the Rams get near the goal line. Run RPO, etc.

Wolford will get the nod, and if he loses the game, I’m leaning toward shutting down Stafford for the year, and starting Perkins for the rest of the way.

My guess is also that Rams fans are very thankful I don’t get to decide such things.

;>)

Will they win another game?

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McVay is not good at contingency planning…

you’re right… that sucked

ugh.

quite possibly the lowest the rams have ever been in the mcvay era.

canadaram wrote:

Anyway, I am not a fan of Wolford as a backup, and while the offense will have other more pressing needs this offseason, I hope that finding a backup QB is one of them. They might even need to find a new starter if Stafford is being held together by duct tape and bubblegum.

There is a chance that Stafford may retire. Not saying he will, but there is a chance. I do believe that Aaron Donald retires after the season is over. It might be a few years, that the Rams make the playoffs, if both Donald, & Stafford retire. Also, if both do retire,  we may be better off trading players, that can get us, high draft picks, in return, as a complete rebuild will be the way to go. That’s of course, if we have any players, o our roster, that can be worth high draft picks.

The Draft, of course, is a crap shoot. That said, the best chances to win at craps start with the first round and decrease after that. Obviously, you just have fewer and fewer shots at great players as the Draft goes on, and you also lose the ability to trade down for more good shots.

The Rams strategy can work if they hit on all of their late picks, and the guys they trade for (like Ramsey) live up to their rep. But if they end up with a lot of rentals, and relative failures (Watkins, for instance), it’s not going to work. If they don’t hit on their picks, their roster will be extremely thin, so they won’t be able to handle injuries. They haven’t hit on their picks, with a few exceptions. Turf Show Times has done some recent breakdowns of their drafts, and they’ve really been abysmal in the last few years.

Another issue: The Rams have let too many players go who could have helped them this year. Corbett and Blythe, for instance. I also think keeping SBD would have been a huge help on defense this year. The Rams let too many ascending players go, and rely far too much on the “next UDFA up” approach.

For those who say they didn’t have the money to keep these guys: they’ve been far too quick to extend a few core players, and that makes re-signing those ascending players, and the guys they trade for, next to impossible.

In short, I think the Rams have defeated the Rams this year, but the process started a few years ago.

My criticism may seem too harsh, given last year. It also may sound “angry.” I’m not, at all. I’ve already resigned myself to the Rams missing the playoffs and likely failing to break .500, which is my prediction. I’m okay with all of that. I was almost there after last week; after this Sunday, I’m there.

Last year’s win carries more than enough for me to carry me through. I’d just like them to course-correct for the future, and I think they need to do that now.

Following up on my pre-game hopes, I definitely want them to do this now, especially with Kupp probably missing some games, too:

Shut down Stafford for the season, start Perkins (not Wolford) for the rest of the way, and find a path to increase their draft capital for next season and beyond. Think in terms of a rebuild. As others have mentioned, it’s quite possible that Donald will retire, and that might provoke others into similar decisions, including McVay.

We Rams fans may be in for a rough ride in the future, but we’ll always have Paris, I mean XXXIV and LVI

i agree with people who say it’s hard to lay blame on anyone. injuries and losing whit and miller. that’s a hard one.

i also had hopes. but i’m also not all that surprised with how the season has gone.

after 99 and with how the offense was setting records the following season it really hurt when kurt went down with the thumb. this season. ehhh. maybe it just doesn’t mean as much being 20 years older.

i’m glad the conversation here is civil.

i looked over at the herd. and while it’s not getting completely out of hand, posters are just getting testy… like some are getting on ramsey and his fashion choices. it just seems bizarre to me. i don’t know. i feel fortunate to have a player of his caliber on this team. i could care less if the color of his socks don’t match the rest of the team’s.