wv wrote:

I had no idea McDuffie was that physical in the run game. Damn.

He’s not as big as Jalen Ramsey but he’s got the same mentality.

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rams made some good trades. some good signings.

but injuries and special teams have sabotaged this season. it sucks. cuz i really like this team.

never saw him play but i definitely knew of him.

sad to hear.

it’s heartbreaking to watch this team. something’s missing. it’s not just special teams. just slightly off in so many ways.

injuries aren’t helping but i don’t know that their injury situation is that much more worse than other teams.

alaric is a knucklehead. can’t help but think the offense would have looked so much better if he had been playing. i wanted the rams to draft monroe freeling. not because i thought he’d make a difference this year. but that he could have eventually replaced jackson at tackle.

wv wrote:

Yeah, i kinda thot it would be 2 games. He is very lucky its only two. He has a violence problem and i wish he was not on my team.

He seems to be a version of Richie Incognito. Jackson’s ‘issue’ whatever-we-wanna-label-it cause him to NOT be a ‘team’ player.

I’d rather lose without him than win with him.

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seriously. i’m embarrassed that he’s on this team. i’m starting to get worried about puka as well.

zn wrote:

Zooey wrote:

They had no answer for Josh Allen scrambling. Haven’t seen a QB carve up the Rams scrambling like that in a long, long time.

Agreed.

I don’t agree about the drive in OT, though. They did drive with urgency and focus. Until the last 3 plays (before the FG). But I was talking about Stafford’s play. Stafford didn’t call those 3 plays. It wasn’t Stafford who took his foot off the gas pedal at that point.

yeah. if i’m mcvay i stay aggressive. i would not have trusted mevis to make that fg.

zn wrote:

Though yes they also need Stafford to get in sync and for the special teams to at least rise to the level of nearly adequate, ie. mediocre.

i just checked. they are tied for second to last in turnover differential at -5. stafford has six ints in just four games. the kicking game has cost them points. the return game is not good. at the very least i don’t see stafford being this off sync for the rest of the season.

i can only hope.

zn wrote:

zn wrote:

PFF@PFF
Lowest catch pct allowed among CB this season
(Min 10 targets)

Trent McDuffie 23.1%

zn wrote:

His 26.7% completion rate allowed is the lowest rate among 85 CBs

Different sources, different numbers.

regardless the key word is both sources say it’s the lowest among qualified cbs.

canadaram wrote:

zn wrote:

It got especially bad when Smith elected to field a punt he shouldn’t have early in the 3rd.

Followed by a 3-and-out and then Evans out kicking the coverage leading to a good return and solid field position for Denver. Combine this with the Rams inability to stop a 2-point conversion and I was having flashbacks to Seattle last year. It’s frustrating when old problems are still problems. That was a clean INT by Wallace that would have ended the game, but too many self inflicted wounds led to this Rams loss.

all true.

i’m sad.

wv wrote:

Well, I think it was ‘more’ reckless to let him play that game on a bad knee, than to take care of it with surgery a month ago.

I cant picture that kind of knee issue just ‘clearing up’ in the middle of the season. Get the surgery. Then play.

i agree.

Zooey wrote:

The body isn’t “trained” to perform at certain times. This is just one of those things people say that sounds kind of plausible.

well according to science they say peak performance occurs six hours after you wake up at the earliest up to twelve hours. so late afternoon to early evening.

which says to me that if the rams lose they will have lost to a niner team at their lowest ability to perform vs the rams’ highest ability to perform. so the worst possible outcome for the rams.

Zooey wrote:

That’s not even close. There is a significantly greater gap between the #1 and #2 receivers on that list than between #2 and #5.

yup. nacua is a helluva receiver. my only two questions are can he stay healthy and can he stay out of trouble.

i’m very freaking nervous.

it’s beginning to feel like a burden. win and you’re really just doing what you’re supposed to do. everyone on the outside waiting for them to fail.

zn wrote:

Frank Schwab@YahooSchwab
We all say that the Rams plan to limit Aaron Donald’s snaps and he’ll be nowhere near that full-time guy he was.

Also, it’s possible he shows he’s still Aaron freaking Donald really early in the season and the Rams just let it rip. Unicorn players don’t follow the normal rules.

i’m not saying it’ll happen. but in one of the videos above it was mentioned that reggie white won a dpoy at the age of 37. i checked and it’s true. aaron donald is 35. there’s gonna be some rust for sure. but his body hasn’t had to endure punishment for the last two years either. and you gotta think that competitive fire in donald is not gonna wanna be upstaged by garrett. it’ll hopefully be a friendly competition. but you gotta figure those two are going to push each other like perhaps no other defensive duo in nfl history.

Zooey wrote:

aaron donald drawing double teams at a higher rate than garrett and watt combined is something else.

donald and garrett is what i was hoping donald and quinn would be. but quinn was not healthy when donald came into the league and that potential was never realized.

hope both these guys can stay healthy and productive.