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  • September 23, 2019 at 9:43 am #105529
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    Vincent Bonsignore@VinnyBonsignore
    Feel like it’s conspicuous that a couple of rookies the #Rams were not shy about talking about in terms of roles – Greg Gaines and Darrell Henderson – have had a hard time getting on the field/game day roster. Still early. Still rookies making transition. But conspicuous

    as Clay Matthews told me, there’s some BIG personalities on the #Rams defense. But there is respect, and that makes it work. Talib/Peterson/Weddle/Johnson/Clay/Donald…you’re talking about some hombres. But they feed off each other

    Thing about Weddle, he never lets a moment pass where he isn’t pumping up a teammate or checking in on them in the locker room. He literally screams across the room to dudes shouting them out, lifting them up. Leadership.

    trey wingo@wingoz
    How good should the 7 3-0 teams feel about their playoff chances? Under the current playoff format which dates back to 1990… you start 3-0 you make the playoffs 74% of the time

    September 23, 2019 at 9:43 am #105530
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    September 23, 2019 at 9:56 am #105533
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    Rich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
    Pretty wild to think that Jared Goff is only 6 months older than Baker Mayfield.

    Stu Jackson@StuJRams
    What was going through #LARams safety John Johnson III’s mind on the final drive tonight?

    “Four plays,” he told me. “That was the mindset. One at a time. It got to that fourth-down play – he wanted it, I had to have it. Ballgame.”

    J.B. Long@JB_Long
    In Week 3, @CooperKupp lifts the @RamsNFL offense to victory:

    12 targets*
    11 receptions*
    2 touchdowns^
    102 yards

    *New career-high
    ^Matches career-high

    Per ESPN research, Kupp is the first @RamsNFL Rams player with more than 10 catches, 100 receiving yards and 2 receiving TD since @BigGame81 in Week 6 of 2003. #LARams #LAvsCLE

    Clay Matthew has 4 sacks in 3 games with the @RamsNFL, already exceeding his 2018 total. And he picks up two in Cleveland on a night his father goes into the Ring of Honor. #GameBall

    With his first sack of 2019, @AaronDonald97 just became the fastest @RamsNFL player to reach 60 career sacks (81 games), and the fastest defensive tackle to reach 60 in NFL history. Appropriate that Canton is exactly 60 miles away from Cleveland.

    September 23, 2019 at 10:43 am #105535
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    I think the Rams defense pressured the Browns into some mistakes. Mayfield did mostly have his way with the quick passing game but the counter to that is what the announcers mentioned all night. He literally did not have one successful play when he was forced to hold the ball for longer than 2 seconds. That’s a credit to the Rams. The secondary dominated in addition to the DL pressuring Mayfield all night. Chubbs did well but….13 points total. Who cares? If we’re gonna look and be concerned about the offense not being right, we should also acknowledge that the D looks near dominant. I’m not gonna just look at what’s going wrong because that’s not balanced.

    September 23, 2019 at 11:04 am #105539
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    Rams24/7@Rams24_7
    Despite a few poor throws/decisions by Goff last night one thing I really liked were some subtle moves he made in the pocket to evade free rushers and by an extra second to throw

    Another positive is we were 2/3 in the red zone last night with Goff throwing two 3rd down TDs to Kupp

    Defense needs to take a bow for last night. The last two years our offense was clearly our stronger unit, it’s flipped this year thus far. The secondary has been elite and the pass rush, while not consistent outside of AD, has cashed in many coverage sacks as a result

    Legitimate question: how many throws over 20 air yards have been completed against our defense this year?

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    Great Bordeni

    McVay 15-3 on the road (16-3 including playoffs). Also 9-0 against AFC, 9-1 including playoffs

    He made some headscratching calls tonight. But he got the win, again. Wonder how 15-3 compares with other coaches?

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    September 23, 2019 at 11:53 am #105543
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    max

    Schedule doesn’t look so daunting now

    29 (Sun.) Tampa Bay 4:05 PM
    10/03 (Thu.) @ Seattle 8:20 PM
    10/13 (Sun.) San Francisco 4:05 PM
    10/20 (Sun.) @ Atlanta 1:00 PM
    10/27 (Sun.) Cincinnati 1:00 PM
    11/10 (Sun.) @ Pittsburgh 4:25 PM
    11/17 (Sun.) Chicago 8:20 PM
    11/25 (Mon.) Baltimore 8:15 PM
    12/01 (Sun.) @ Arizona 4:05 PM
    12/08 (Sun.) Seattle 8:20 PM
    12/15 (Sun.) @ Dallas 4:25 PM
    12/21 (Sat.) @ San Francisco 1:00 PM
    12/29 (Sun.) Arizona 4:25 PM

    Outside our division, we have 2 or 3 tough ones. Bears and Ravens at home, and at Dallas.

    Steelers are a mess, and Falcons look like their about to fire their coach.

    12 wins looks very doable.

    September 23, 2019 at 1:42 pm #105547
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    Sosa K@QBsMVP
    It pays to play next to the best player on Earth. Just ask Clay Matthews and Dante Fowler.

    Fowler – 1 sack on a stunt, 1 sack against a RB
    Matthews – 1 sack on a TE, 1 completely free, 2 coverage sacks (one of which Mayfield ran right into yesterday)

    ESPN Los Angeles@ESPNLosAngeles
    “Anytime you can get a win in this league, you’re happy about that but when you have a team that looks inwardly & say we still gotta be better, I think that’s brewing something special & we do have to be better…”

    @brandincooks with @keyshawn, @LZGranderson, & @TravisRodgers

    LeCharles Bentley@64AMDG
    Baker has NOT regressed. He’s STILL learning. Can’t misinterpret early flashes of excellence as a baseline of performance. He’s not there, yet. This is good for him, or any athlete that finds early success.

    Jason Cole@JasonCole62
    Exactly. People don’t understand that QBs play, get scouted, get attacked, then we see if they can adjust. He hasn’t learned enough to regress.

    September 23, 2019 at 3:57 pm #105551
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    Dallas/Schmelless. Rams are on the list too.

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    September 23, 2019 at 4:41 pm #105552
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    Lindsey Thiry@LindseyThiry
    The Rams are 3-0 for the fifth time since 1999. They reached the Super Bowl in three of the previous four instances, per @ESPNStatsInfo.

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    September 23, 2019 at 7:27 pm #105556
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    Lindsey Thiry@LindseyThiry
    Rough outing for Jared Goff in his first nationally televised game since the Super Bowl. The narrative on him is not about to improve after this.

    Dan Orlovsky@danorlovsky7
    Somewhat lost in the @RamsNFL game last night is the fact that @CooperKupp has become a top 5 WR in the #NFL and is as good as anyone 1) at the line of scrimmage and 2) at the top of his routes
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    PFF LA Rams@PFF_Rams
    Cooper Kupp caught 91.7% of his targets yesterday, totaling 102 yards, 2 touchdowns, and a passer rating of 141.7 when targeted

    This ASTOUNDING performance earned him the highest overall offensive grade for the #LARams this week!

    Austin Gayle@PFF_AustinGayle
    Malcolm Brown and Tony Pollard both rank inside the top-five in forced missed tackles per attempt and YAC per attempt among the 44 NFL backs with 20+ carries this season.

    In line for BIG contracts, I’m sure.

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    Albert Breer, from: https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/09/23/jacoby-brissett-daniel-jones-teddy-bridgewater-gardner-minshew-mmqb-week-3
    The results of the Rams’ plan to play Gurley’s situation by ear early in the season: 44 rushes, 203 yards, TD; four catches, 8 yards. By comparison, last year at this point, he had 255 yards and four touchdowns on 62 carries, and 121 receiving yards and another touchdown on 11 catches.

    September 23, 2019 at 7:30 pm #105558
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    September 23, 2019 at 8:34 pm #105561
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    Stu Jackson@StuJRams@RamsNFL
    head coach Sean McVay on the status of OL Austin Blythe (ankle) and TE Tyler Higbee (chest):

    “They’re both making good progress. They’ll still be day-to-day, but the anticipation and hope is they’ll be play to play this week.”

    Rams24/7@Rams24_7
    The Rams haven’t allowed a 100 yard WR this season. I think Talib is a huge factor. Over the past 2 seasons:

    -With Talib (13 games): 3 100+ WRs
    -Without Talib (8 games): 6 100+ WRs

    September 24, 2019 at 9:04 am #105581
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    Lindsey Thiry@LindseyThiry
    The Raiders have signed LB Dakota Allen off the Rams practice squad
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    September 24, 2019 at 10:00 am #105583
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    September 24, 2019 at 10:06 am #105585
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    September 24, 2019 at 10:18 am #105588
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    zn wrote:

    If we’re gonna look and be concerned about the offense not being right, we should also acknowledge that the D looks near dominant. I’m not gonna just look at what’s going wrong because that’s not balanced.

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    Reminds me a bit of when the old 70’s Steelers kinda morphed from one kinda team to another. They won on defense in the early years, but then changed to more of an offensive team, i thot. And the Pats went from defensive to offensive at one point.
    The Rams have kinda gone from offensive to defensive now. Kinda. Defensive teams always seem more ‘solid’ to me, somehow.

    Thing is though, the Rams defense is relying a lot on Old Mr Weddle. And Old Mr Matthews. I expected those two to be good early. But I’m always expecting them to be in trouble as the games pile up.
    Not to mention the whole house of cards thats gonna fall on Goff if/when Old Man Left Tackle starts wearin down.

    Interesting, formidable team. But its walkin a tight-rope, I think. Maybe every team is, though.

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    September 24, 2019 at 10:36 am #105589
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    wv wrote:

    I expected those two to be good early. But I’m always expecting them to be in trouble as the games pile up.

    I don’t expect them to wear out.

    It’s not like Donald where peak physical effort is the key to their games. They’re playing on smarts and veteran savvy.

    Whatever they are now I expect them to be all year.

    PLUS it’s not just those 2. The D is better this year for a load of reasons, all of which apply.

    * Wade knows how to use Peters now.
    * The Talib/Peters combo is working.
    * Johnson is one year better than he was and he was already good.
    * Fowler had a full off-season with the team.
    * Littleton moved to the other ILB spot which he is perfect for.
    * No matter who plays NT he is better than Suh was during the regular season last year.
    * Brockers is healthy unlike last year.
    * Wade has a ton of good DBs–in fact it’s crazy how deep they are–and is going nutz scheming up ways to use them. Listen to analysts praise how brilliantly the Rams used subpackages in the Browns game.

    Plus Donald.

    This D is as good as if not better than the last top Rams D, which was 99. In the end it may just rank with some of the great 70s Ds.

    September 24, 2019 at 11:26 am #105593
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    September 24, 2019 at 12:21 pm #105606
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    from https://www.pff.com/news/pro-pff-rankings-nfl-quarterback-rankings-following-week-3%5DPro Football Focus

    17. Jared Goff, Los Angeles Rams

    Despite the 3-0 start for the Rams, it hasn’t been smooth sailing for Goff, who has faced a much higher pressure rate than he did last year, and his decision-making has suffered. He’s tied for the sixth-highest percentage of turnover-worthy plays as there have been far too many passes thrown into the leverage of defenders. Outside of a beautiful, 50-plus-yard throw to Brandin Cooks in Week 2, the big-time throws have been hard to come by for Goff, as he’s ranked just 30th in the league in that department.

    September 24, 2019 at 2:28 pm #105616
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    I disagree with Bate and Ruiz.More and more these national writers that don’t actually follow the Rams they write from a fantasy owner standpoint which isn’t relative. Ruiz doesn’t even mention that we are three games into a season in which the entire interior OL is in the first year starting. Higbee and Blythe not playing, Woods Cooks and Gurley all having uncharacteristic drops. The running game was doing next to nothing till the second half adjustment when they ran it up the middle then surprise surprise the passing game opened up. I am not saying that Goff has been perfect but he’s 3-0 including 2 3000 mile road trips against a very tough schedule so to say he’s not executing and it’s all on him,
    that’s just over the top sillinous .

    September 24, 2019 at 5:21 pm #105619
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    Eternal Ramnation wrote:

    I disagree with Bate and Ruiz.More and more these national writers that don’t actually follow the Rams they write from a fantasy owner standpoint which isn’t relative. Ruiz doesn’t even mention that we are three games into a season in which the entire interior OL is in the first year starting. Higbee and Blythe not playing, Woods Cooks and Gurley all having uncharacteristic drops. The running game was doing next to nothing till the second half adjustment when they ran it up the middle then surprise surprise the passing game opened up. I am not saying that Goff has been perfect but he’s 3-0 including 2 3000 mile road trips against a very tough schedule so to say he’s not executing and it’s all on him,
    that’s just over the top sillinous .

    I agree for the most part.

    However, it is true that Goff hasn’t looked comfortable in the pocket since after the Chiefs game. He hasn’t had a great game from start to finish since then. He’s had stretches during games where he looked totally in command, but in almost every game since KC he’s had long stretches where he’s looked lost.

    I think there are a lot of mitigating factors (poor protection at times, lack of running game, etc) and I’m not worried yet, but so far this season he looks like he’s regressed. He’s having accuracy issues and seems to be struggling reading defenses. I think opponents have discovered what he doesn’t do well and are taking advantage of it.

    But he’s only 6 months older than Baker Mayfield. He’s still very young. He’ll learn. What are weaknesses in his game now will become strengths. I fully expect him to return to the elite level of play we saw against the Vikings and Chiefs.

    September 24, 2019 at 6:50 pm #105624
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    zn wrote:

    WV: I expected those two to be good early. But I’m always expecting them to be in trouble as the games pile up.

    I don’t expect them to wear out.

    It’s not like Donald where peak physical effort is the key to their games. They’re playing on smarts and veteran savvy…

    Whatever they are now I expect them to be all year.

    This D is as good as if not better than the last top Rams D, which was 99. In the end it may just rank with some of the great 70s Ds.

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    Well yer just a crazy man. Those old guys are not gonna hold up.

    It does have the potential to be a great defense. Tough to compare D’s anymore due to the rules changes and all, but yeah, it could end up being a great one. Then again, they have faced a mediocre version of Cam, and Saints offense without Breeze, and dynamic but inexperienced QB in whats-his-name. And they wont have to face Big Ben, I guess. Bears dont have a good QB, Cincy’s QB is mediocre…Tampa? Winston isnt really scary is he? I guess I wanna see how they do against the good QBs. Russell Wilson, for one. I dunno what other top ten QBs they face.

    I’m looking forward to the Bear game, btw. I wanna see if they can improve on that shit-storm of a game they played last time. How’s this OLine gonna hold up against da bears?

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    September 24, 2019 at 9:26 pm #105629
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    PFF LA Rams@PFF_Rams
    #LARams RBs Malcolm Brown (6th) and Todd Gurley (8th) both rank in the Top 10 among all NFL running backs with at least 20 rushing attempts in #PFF Rushing Grades through 3 weeks!

    J.B. Long@JB_Long
    Not in defense of the #LARams offensive line, but only for context.

    Updated PFF OL Rankings:
    LA #10
    SF #17
    SEA #23
    ARI #30

    Can they be better than they have been through 3 weeks? Yes. Has it been as dire as it’s felt at times? No.

    Rams Wire@TheRamsWire
    Rams open as big favorites over Buccaneers in Week 4. According to BetMGM, Los Angeles is favored by nine points over the Bucs.

    Sosa K@QBsMVP
    Don’t look now, but Wade Phillips has assembled himself a gang that’s highly improved from 2018 and is currently BALLIN:

    Rushing yards per game: 93 (11th)
    Rushing yards per attempt: 4.2 (16th)
    Passing yards per game: 192.7 (4th)
    Passing yards per attempt: 5.3 (4th)

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