your superbowl thotz & predikkshuns

Rams win. NO claims there is no Superbowl this year.

The Patriots and Belichick are masters at exploiting other teams’ weaknesses. As a result I see a big game coming for the Pats running backs in the passing game. It will be interesting to see if the Rams put Talib on Gronkowski, because I don’t how else the Rams can handle him. I say this with all tough match ups, but the only way I see the Rams taking this game is by a big ST play or some forced turnovers by the defense.

On a side note, McDaniels seems to run at least one trick-play every game. Hopefully the Rams don’t get burned by one if it’s a close game.

I like the Rams in this game IF the defense continues to hold up against the run.

The Patriots were almost as bad as the Rams this year against the run and gave up 4.9 ypc this year.

That’s uncharacteristic of a Belichick defense if you’re wondering although they were nearly as bad last year at 4.7 ypc. That stat stayed true for the Super Bowl as the Eagles ran all over them. Blount and Ajayi had 23 carries for 147 in that game.

The Rams should set that type of goal: 150 yards on the ground.

Going back 5 years, 2013 was the last time the Pats gave up more than 4.0 ypc. The Pats gave up 4.5 ypc that year and lost to the Broncos in the AFC championship.

This Patriots team can be beaten. I only watched the highlights of the AFC championship game, but I thought the Pats were lucky to come out of that game with a win.

I’m excited and ready (even with the bad taste left over from the Saints game!).

wv wrote:

I dont think there is a big ‘talent disparity.’ I say that because almost every year i read that, and almost every year, the Pats are right there at the top.

Maybe we just dont recognize their talents very well.

Maybe their ‘talent’ is playing like a ‘team’. Ya know. Plus of course Brady has otherworldly talent, apparently.

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i know right?

they have a mental edge few other teams in the history of sports have ever possessed.

the rams can’t just drive a stake in their hearts. they’ll have to chop their heads off too to finish the job.

in soccer they often talk about teams who practice the dark arts. finding an edge – legal or not – to gain an advantage over their opponent. the pats have definitely practiced their share of dark arts over the years.

rams are gonna have to have the game of their lives to take this dynasty down. belichick and brady have experienced and seen almost everything imaginable in the game of football. how exactly do mcvay and goff counteract that? maybe not knowing any better will be enough?

Zooey wrote:

I think we will see in the first quarter whether or not the Rams will be there at the end.

a big part of it is can the defense hold at the beginning and maybe give the offense time to get in a rhythm? much like the new orleans game.

thankfully they won’t have to deal with an impossibly loud and hostile home crowd.

stopping the run and running the ball will be huge.

You beat the Patriots one way…get Brady. Atlanta did that two years ago then let up.

Simple, right?

wv wrote:

I’ve never had LESS of an idea about what was going to happen. I got nuthin.

I’ve been lost since the Rams-Chiefs game. Who is Gurley now? Who is Goff? Who is this CJ guy? Where did this new Suh come from? Where did the run defense come from? Who are the Patriots? I dont know nuthin.

i’m right there with ya. i have ideas about what the rams need to do. but i have no clue what we’re gonna get.

does the run d continue to hold up?

does gurley and the running attack return?

can goff put an entire game together and not just three quarters?

i’m just not sure how they respond in the biggest game of the season.

InvaderRam wrote:

watched superbowl opening night.

there’s noticeably waaaaaaaay more pats fans there than rams fans.

hope it’s not like this during the actual game.

They survived New Orleans. There has never been a Super Bowl climate anything like that.

Okay. I’ve been thinking about it a long time, and now I am ready to issue my prediction (i.e. proclamation).

The Rams are going to win this game by 15 points.

I will give you 10 reasons why:

1) I really have no idea. I think this game could be played 10 times, and the two teams would split the series 5-5.

2) I have nothing at stake with this prediction other than my reputation, and frankly, I don’t have much to lose in that department to begin with, so what the hell. Only Upside here.

3) Fuck the Patriots.

4) Fuck Tom Brady.

5) Fuck Bill Belichik.

6) Go Rams.

7) The Rams have been playing really well the past 4 games. Hitting on all cylinders, as it were. Stopping the run. Stopping the pass. Nailing kicks. Scoring points. This is a really good team.

8) Karma.

9) It makes a good story. The Rams bookend the Patriots dynasty. This is Bill and Tom’s last SB. It’s just good literary parallelism, and I think people dismiss that beautiful symmetry of life at their own peril.

10) It would make me glad.

Final score: Rams 31 Patriots 16

InvaderRam wrote:

i don’t know what i’m going to do if the rams lose.

Fortunately, you are not going to have to find out.

I think you should focus on how you are going to maximize your taunting of co-workers and friends. That is where you should concentrate your energy.

https://www.therams.com/video/road-to-the-super-bowl

i don’t know of this has been posted yet. it’s narrated by dick vermeil.

another thought. donald’s gonna have to go off on sunday. just absolutely go off and make brady’s life miserable all day. just be in his face constantly.

that would be a great ending to a great season with aaron winning superbowl mvp. the best player in football leading the rams to one last victory.

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Some guy just threw a 1.5 million dollar bet on the Rams. Same guy who bet on the Eagles last year.

I hope he knows something.

Million-dollar bets show up on Rams in Las Vegas – ESPN

Well, despite my negative feelings about the Rams chances tonight, I am looking forward to living in the moment and enjoying the experience. This will be just the 4th time in my 50 years that I’ve got to watch the Rams play in this game. I was beginning to think I’d never see this day again. So I just want to soak it all in, the good and the bad. Hopefully there is some good. My obsession with this team is not always rational or healthy, I’m guessing most introspective sports fans have come to a similar realization at some point in their lives. Anyway, I don’t really have a point to make. I didn’t want to start a new thread and I plan on avoiding the Internet for most of the day. Enjoy the game fellow Rams posters.

rich eisen just guaranteed a rams win…

just start the game already.