Agamemnon wrote:

They pick Fowler for a priority. I would have thought it was Saffold then Fowler. I guess they like Fowler. I read they liked his work against the run and that he could play 3 downs.

I agree. Is it possible that they either believe Noteboom can play LG, or they are already targeting a less expensive option in FA?

After the Super Bowl XXXVI loss to New England I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say that I was distraught. That loss impacted me in a way that just wasn’t logical. I’ve never rematches that game. That game came at a different time In my life and with a different set of expectations. Although I knew that the point spread was unrealistic, I expected a Rams win back then. The way that that loss unfolded affected me emotionally and physically. Anyway, 17 years later I’m at a different place and my Super Bowl LIII expectations were much different than they were in February of 2002. I was over this loss before I went to bed. The Rams suffered neither a blow out loss nor a gut wrenching collapse. The game hung in the balance right until,late in the 4th. A young Rams team played hard, but lost to as seasoned a Super Bowl squad one will ever see. So it goes.

EDIT: An important factor for me going into this game is that after 16 years of futility, I was just grateful that the Rams even made it to the Super Bowl. As a result I vowed to enjoy and appreciate the moment. So that is another reason for my equanimous reaction to the loss.

• This reply was modified 7 years ago by canadaram.

Great defensive game. More rushing attempts by the Rams would’ve been nice to see. I hope the Rams make it to another Super Bowl while I’m still on the green side.

Im not expecting much from Gurley today. it’s been pretty obvious that he’s not right since the game against KC. I’m guessing we’ll find out the specifics after the game tonight. I’m sticking with my prediction of a meniscus tear.

wv wrote:

And fwiw, I dont think its ‘fair’ for one team to have to play against ‘that’ kind of noise. I’m serious. I’ve always thought that. I dont mind a little ‘home field advantage’ but to ‘me’ that kind of noise seriously alters the game itself. I mean how much of an advantage is one team allowed before it makes the game a mockery? I got zero sympathy for the Saints.

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I’ve never thought about it in that way before. You might be onto something. Last year when I went to the Vikings game down in Minneapolis I had to yell in order to talk to my friend sitting right beside me. My mouth was inches from his ear. I thought that it was jet engine loud. I had no idea how the Rams offense could do anything on the field. Actually, after their first drive they really didn’t do anything I guess. From everything that I’ve read it sounds like the NFC Championship game was louder. I don’t know how that could be possible. It’s a miracle that Goff and co. were able to mount a comeback under those circumstances.

This is the least I’ve followed Senior Bowl week in years. Usually I record at least a couple of practices. Any reports, or pictures of Rams front office staff being in Mobile?

I wonder if he’s playing with a meniscus tear. Whatever it is I guess we won’t hear about it until after the season is over.

Either way, I’m glad the Rams are finally getting to play in a Super Bowl with two weeks to prepare. That’s different from their last two appearances.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by canadaram.

The great special teams play that we’ve seen since the Fisher hired Fossil came up big yet again today. The defense was also a big factor obviously. To hold the Saints to under 30 at the dome is not what I was expecting.

I say we see since slump Goff. He’ll have a serviceable game, but not good enough to counteract the day Brees has. Somewhere around a 58% completion percentage, 200-250 yards passing, one TD, but two interceptions, or possibly one interception and one fumble.

Who is this guy? It’s the first time I’ve seen him. I watched bits and pieces of this video trying to figure out where in Canada lives. I liked his lecture on thermal underwear. It looks like he’s in eastern Ontario, but I can’t tell for sure.

zn wrote:

Gary Klein@LATimesklein
Rams will wear throwback uniforms Saturday against Cowboys, Rams announced.

I enjoy seeing the Rams in the throwback jerseys, but I was hoping for the whites this weekend. That would have meant that the Cowboys would have had to wear their blue jerseys.

6. THE CURSE OF THE BLUE JERSEY
The Cowboys were the designated home team in Super Bowl V, which meant they had to wear blue (the rule since has been changed to allow the designated home team the choice of wearing white or colors). Dallas lost the game, and the legend of “the blue jersey curse” was born. In subsequent years, opposing teams periodically have worn white at home just to force Dallas to wear blue — most famously in the 1981 NFC championship game, when the Eagles wore white at Veterans Stadium and won, thereby cementing the blue jersey’s status as uni non grata.

http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/071025

• This reply was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by canadaram.
• This reply was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by canadaram.

Happy New Year to all. May your favourite football team bring you much joy in the year(s) ahead.

I say rest him until the playoffs. Hopefully that’s in two weeks. If it’s next week then at least he’s had a couple of weeks off. It sounds like whatever he’s got going on is going to require offseason surgery.

zn wrote:

Thanks for the maps JM.

I would say that if the Rams can’t beat ARZ at this point than everything is much worse than we thought.

Agreed.

Part of me also feels as though the Rams are in a figurative no-win situation during the next two weeks. If they beat bottom dwellers like Arizona and San Francisco it doesn’t necessarily prove anything in terms of them being back on track. Although some positive signs would be nice (ie. how they win, how Goff looks under pressure etc.). If the Rams are playing starters as they fight for a first round bye and they lose, then I might start focusing more on the draft than their first playoff game.

Road game in the cold against a tough defense the week after clinching the division. Oh well. I did not expect a game plan that had Gurley running the ball only 11 times.