i don’t know but this loss was unacceptable. i’ve only watched a little over a half but penalties, turnovers, missed passes, and allowing two big plays… the rams are shooting themselves in the foot so far. foles and robinson in particular are horrendous.

they’re healthier. they should be able to beat them. without welker.

i don’t think this is a superbowl team although i think they’re capable of making the playoffs.

well continuity on offense is a big problem. they pretty much blew up the offensive line and qbs and changed the offensive coordinator in one offseason.

that can’t be overlooked. i would still be looking at qbs in the draft this year. and foles has a couple years to try and get settled in. i’m guessing fisher will give him enough time.

i’ve been wondering lately if the players realize exactly how bad the passing game is right now. and if they do how much more pressure does that put on them knowing how the other facets of this team are going.

if nothing else could welker. possibly one of the fiercest competitors in recent memory. inject some confidence into this unit? or maybe he’s just got nothing left. i mean the only thing that could derail this season was the passing offense. it’s gotta be messing with their minds at this point.

the one thing that they shoulda done was add more leadership to those units. from the beginning. instead they got kenny britt leading this unit. yikes.

instead they got a first year coordinator, first year qb coach, unproven qb, young wr corps, youngest oline in league…

so on one hand should we be surprised? well considering the above no. but can we be critical and say more veteran leadership should have been installed? i think so.

as good as the vikings run d was the rams did get 160 rushing yards on 35 carries or something like that for a 4.4 ypc average… with no run going over 20 yards. in a close game with no passing threat to speak of…

yeah. running attack is legit. but a historically bad passing offense. sigh…

wv wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

I wouldn’t do it if I had his concussion history.

yeah.

Well, i think he wanted to be
able to say, he played with three
Hall of Fame Quarterbacks.

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don’t be silly. manning’s no hall of famer…

you’re right in that he has built winning teams. multiple times.

now the problem i have is people saying fire him but with no answer after that. i don’t agree with just making a change for the sake of making a change. if for example a coughlin or a belichik became available sure i can see making a change.

but going from fisher to just another guy would be pointless. i’ve said in the past i would consider replacing him but only if a viable candidate was present.

i mean there’s only so many great coaching candidates out there.

i don’t really have a problem with the 2 point attempt. zeurlein missed a fg going into the wind. so who knows what woulda happened especially with the new rule.

i do have a problem with getting near the end zone and not scoring touchdowns. 5 field goal attempts. if just one of those goes for a td the rams win. and yeah i agree with ag that he got too conservative playing for a tie. that’s my main criticism having thought about it for awhile.

they need to get better on third down and they need to get more aggressive when they’ve got scoring opportunities. don’t settle for field goals. be smart but be aggressive. i thought fisher got way too conservative there a couple times when they could have gone for touchdowns.

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the only thing about christian hackenberg is he seems to be all potential at this point. just very raw. i’ve never seen him play, so i’m just going off what i’ve read. and stats. he’s never completed more than 60% of his passes in a season. 56.5% for his career. career ypa of 6.9. those are not pro qb numbers.

hey. maybe they’ll run some slant routes now???

ha!

Agamemnon wrote:

really like Mannion. I wanted the Rams to draft him. I like Cook better.

As for the draft, I can see Hackenberg dropping. How far? He has all the physical tools. Is he the QB you want? I could see throwing Philly’s draft choice at him.

this passing offense stinks. we can come up with very legitimate reasons as to why this passing offense stinks. and we’ve gone over them many times over. but this passing offense stinks.

i’m still waiting for the season to end, but if i’m snead, i’m scouting qbs extra hard this year. ha!

gotta get this right. can’t let all this talent go to waste.

Joyner said he did not try to hurt Bridgewater, adding: “I know that guy. I grew up across the railroad tracks from him. My mom knows his mom. My dad knows his mom. I would never intentionally do a dirty play like that on Teddy Bridgewater.

i believe him. joyner comes across as a good guy. i believe he was just playing physical. nothing more. unless i find out something different.

hmmm. excited to see alexander play. williams had nothing but good things to say about him but maybe cuz he’s trying to pump him up.

majorly bummed about quinn. i feel like the defense is gonna have to play lights out if the rams want to win.

nittany ram wrote:

Interesting. There is only one elite team in the top 10 (Pats) and there are 4 losing teams in the top 10.

I guess ‘toughness’ (as Bruschi defines it) isn’t that important.

or at least toughness alone won’t get you to the playoffs.

kind of sickens me that the pats are not only a “tough” team but have a hall of fame quarterback and a sophisticated offense to go with it.