nittany ram wrote:

Did Quick play at all?

Yes, I know that he was on the field for at least one play in the 2nd half. That’s all that I noticed. I’m sure that there were other plays. I don’t think that he was targeted. Similarly, I only remember Britt been thrown to once, and that wasn’t until later in the game.

Yay! I hope that he’s ready to fight for some 50/50 balls.

InvaderRam wrote:

makes sense with gurley starting to play.

…and Watts returning soon.

Of those five completions that Ogletree gave up, how many were vs Antonio Brown? I think that I remember two.

wv wrote:

Well, why do you think they can’t run the ball? Any ideas?
Why cant they execute long drives using a balanced offensive attack?

I’m going to go with a young offensive line that needs time to jell, or gel, or whatever. Maybe in the second half of the season things pick up.

Seems like a lot of the breakdowns in the run game are happening between the tackles. I’d have to rewatch the game, but I don’t recall seeing any Rams blockers running picking up guys at the second level. LBs and DBs are making plays at the LOS too. I would have thought that Robinson or Havenstein would show some flashes as road graters, but they haven’t yet. Maybe the Rams running game is easy for defenses to read. All guesses on my part, obviously.

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Is it considered a bad thing when your leading rusher is a WR, and he only had one carry? Is that a problem?

I’m guessing he gets between 5-10 touches. I will be interested to see how he holds up when he’s required to protect Foles in passing situations. Given that pass protection was one – if not the only – reason Mason didn’t play right away last year I will assume that Fisher is comfortable with his aspect of Gurley’s game.

I do poorly at predicting such things.

However, if the Rams can contain Morris and Ryan Kerrigan then their chances are good. Last year Kerrigan feasted on Barksdale, I’m not sure that Havenstein can fair any better.

Of course, the drive killing penalties that often hurt young teams on the road must be avoided too. Turning the ball over three times like last week won’t help either. Also, I hope Greg The Leg has a better day today than he did last year at Fed Ex Field. Frankly recent experience with this team tells me not to count on anything when the Rams play in games like these.

Anyway, thats all I got. Captain Obvious type stuff, I know.

White was Bentley’s teammate in Lafayette, and Bentley was Janoris Jenkins high school teammate. Two degrees of Janoris Jenkins, or whatever.

That pass to Bailey in OT was silly good.

That final play looked closer to 4th-and-1 than it did to 4th-and-2.

I don’t think so.

I’m a big Cunningham fan. He’s a tough runner, but I don’t see how this inexperienced online can get things done against Seattle. I would expect the Hawks d-line to win their fair share of 1-on-1 matches up front. They can probably have a good day against the Rams rushing attack without crowding the box. Their secondary is still great even without Chancellor.

I don’t know what the Rams D will do. At this point the secondary has done nothing to assuage my concerns about their propensity for giving up big plays. Hopefully Donald & Brockers can take advantage of the Hawks seemingly shaky interior o-line.

I liked this when I was six years old. I think I remember reading somewhere that he tried unsuccessfully to sell the song to the Beach Boys.

zn wrote:

Is David Cobb the real deal?

As a fan of the Gophers I carry a bias on this one, but I think Cobb will be great. I’m excited to see him play. Obviously I am more excited about seeing Gurley play someday, but the Titans got a real gem in Cobb.

Aside from that I’d like to see good health for the Rams.