zn wrote:

There’s holes. Goff isn’t that accurate or consistent yet. But that it’s already this good with so much ceiling left is scary for the rest of the NFC.

that’s what’s so exciting. he hasn’t really just flat out dominated in any game yet. he’s looked really good in spurts. you can see the talent. he just needs seasoning.

his accuracy needs to get better. it should. offseason should be huge for him and the receivers. more than anyone else i think.

the rams can totally compete against the vikings. i don’t think that can be questioned. they can compete against any team in the nfl.

can they beat them? i think they can. i think this team is good in all phases. that’s always tough to beat.

threw 2 ints keenum did, but he’s hanging tough. came back to get them in fg range.

that’s the game i’m watching. case looks tough as usual.

rams could lose that game. but i still think the eagles game will show me who the best team in the nfc is.

Zooey wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

Zooey wrote:

I just checked ticketmaster.

The game is going to sell out, or come very close to it. Both ticket websites I checked show only a few HUNDRED seats for sale.

i see a lot more rams gear around these days.

momentum is building.

Are you in LA?

When I was there last October, the Rams were everywhere.

No sign of them in this August anywhere in the city.

well now i’m in santa barbara county. but my wife and i have family and friends back in los angeles, so we go there a lot. lately i’ve seen more gear everywhere. in los angeles. and even occasionally up here. jerseys. bumper stickers. i went to three games last year. the first game i went to there was rams gear everywhere because it was gameday and the rams had just arrived. but by the end. the niner game in december. there were a lot less. and in fact i was surrounded by niners fans the entire game.

i haven’t gone to any rams games this year. but just casually i will see people in rams gear. driving down to los angeles, i see cars with rams bumper stickers on and such. i think momentum has been slowly building up again especially with the team being away for a month and just pummeling other teams. so if they can come back to the coliseum and lay a beatdown, i think fans will jump on the bandwagon.

i could be imagining things. but i see a difference between just this past august to now in november.

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PA Ram wrote:

This game scares me. It’s the perfect game for a letdown. They are something like 11 point favorites–they’re getting great press. Things are going so well.

Still–they say they are taking them all one game at a time. I hope that’s true.

They should win this one. SHOULD.

i think they will not have a letdown.

they haven’t played a home game in like what? a month? and no i don’t count the arizona game as a home game.

the last time they played at the coliseum was against seattle. it was a big letdown. home crowds have been sparse.

but since then they’ve gained a tremendous amount of momentum. i think they’ll come out wanting to prove something. i think they want to get la on their side. the playoffs are over, and a big win over houston would go well with la fans getting over the world series loss.

my guess is they’ll want to come out and just smear them. bury them under an avalanche of touchdowns. and i think the fans have been watching from afar the past month and there should be a bigger turnout.

i don’t know. i just get the sense that people here are itching to hop on the bandwagon, and the rams really want to come here and prove that they’re for real at home. that combo should be enough for no possibility of a letdown tomorrow.

sean still has a long way to go obviously. we have no idea where this journey is going to take us.

but supposing sean coaches here for 20 years. he’d be 51 years old. by contrast belichick was 48 years old when he accepted the head coaching position with the new england patriots.

i hope it all works out and he can stay here for awhile.

also wondering what tidbits he can glean from sonofbum on the defensive side. just being a head coach and knowing wade isn’t gonna be here forever.

zn wrote:

I say this reaches a critical point after 2018 in the 2019 off-season, but, they probably do something about it in 2018.

keep adding guys and let kromer develop them.

i think brown and havenstein shouldn’t be too hard to replace. maybe they could even keep one of them. it’s whitworth i worry most about replacing. just reading around it sounds like he’s playing about as well as any left tackle in the league.

Zooey wrote:

J.B. Long‏@JB_Long
No.1 in red zone opportunities, but only 16th in league in red zone TD%. (Plus, 12 total giveaways.) #LARams

i just think about how impressive this offense already but also how much better they can get. young guys still. give them an offseason or two, and they’ll get those things squared away.

that’s the exciting part. we don’t know if other teams catch up to these guys. or if the rams continue to ascend.

lance dunbar?

different type of rb i know. still. this opens up a spot.

Agamemnon wrote:

Mannion is here one more year.

i wonder if the rams during some blowout should try and feature mannion with the intention if trading him for a pick. definitely think they need to draft a replacement for him at some point.

Agamemnon wrote:

Tavon is a lot cheaper over the last years of his contract, $9 million/yr. and they don’t save a lot to cut him next year. So, there is a chance he stays.

i’m actually wondering depending on how the contracts go with other players if the rams could maybe try to hold onto him. he’s really effective as a decoy although part of me thinks that cooper could do a capable job in that role. wouldn’t be as effective as tavon but maybe effective enough.

zn wrote:

The difference between Goff’s DVOA this year and last year is 98.8%. To say this is the biggest year-to-year jump on record would be a grotesque understatement. Consider this: before this season, the biggest jump in DVOA from one season to the next we had ever recorded belonged to Nick Foles, whose DVOA went from -20.4% in 2012 to 35.6% in 2013. That’s a difference of 56.0% — barely half of the improvement Goff has shown this year. Foles is in second place in this table, but he is closer to 144th place than he is to first.

that is pretty funny.

i disagree with waldman on one thing about brown. they shouldn’t just use brown if gurley gets injured or the rams have a big lead. they should just use him period. give gurley a breather here and there. he’s a nifty little runner. waldman says to look at his agility drills. and yes. they’re quite exceptional.

4.15 short shuttle and 6.86 3 cone.

i like the idea of keeping gurley fresh. especially if the rams make the playoffs.

3 of the 5 ball carriers.

just crazy. and then there’s tavon…