looking back on it yeah. foles missed a lot of drive killing throws in that game. but to me. that’s more of what he is. can’t always expect him to make those plays although it’s good to know that he CAN. just emphasizes to me the need to get that running game going. that’s been the big disappointment for me so far along with the defense.

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InvaderRam wrote:

thank you. stay healthy, foles! we need you. the rams need you.

gurley. hope to see you next week! if not, get healthy soon. can’t wait for your nfl career to start! hopefully, it goes better than steven’s rams career went! haha!

I’ll be surprised if Gurley plays before the Arizona game.

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that would probably be for the best anyway. no sense in rushing him back at this point. make sure he’s completely healthy. get him the necessary reps to get in game shape.

yeah. that’s just not going to get it done.

rams should be ending up with around 25-30 carries. productive carries.

interested to see what gurley can do behind this line. sometimes the oline will block harder depending on the guy running behind them. sometimes.

i think it’s a fair question.

personally. i think they do. i don’t think you play the seahawks and niners as tough as they have the past several years without having heart.

maturity? intelligence? they may lack those qualities…

sob…

yeah. it doesn’t hurt less. i saw this scenario playing out the way it did, but i was hoping i was wrong.

it hurts, but i’m still enthusiastic. i just feel at some point the talent on this defense has to shine through. maybe not this year. maybe not with fisher as head coach. it would be truly disappointing if it didn’t cuz again. this defense has too much talent to be this bad.

that hurt me more than anything else. foles? this is the foles i expected, and i felt that he got lucky last week. ok maybe not this bad but somewhere in between last week and this week. but this defense? they should be ashamed of themselves. they really should. that was bad. get rid of those mob squad shirts. please. wait until they’ve actually done it like that gsot offense did.

need to get gurley back, and need gurley to be what they drafted him to be. a franchise running back. but even then, this offensive line looks meek. gotta keep pushing guys.

i’m disturbed that he can’t beat out givens.

the only thing i would question in that study is possible selection bias. having said that i don’t think there’s even a question that football players are at risk for CTE compared to the general public. the question would then be what the degree of risk is.

zn wrote:

Foles became the first quarterback to complete 65 percent of his passes and average 11 yards per completion since Pete Carroll became coach in Seattle in 2010.

it actually wasn’t 11 yards per completion. it was 11 yards per ATTEMPT. all the more impressive.

i’m nervous. foles looked good. i just want it to continue. i want austin to be even better than he was against seattle. i want to donald and quinn continue to rack up sacks. i want to see turnovers. i want to see robinson show that he is capable of fulfilling his potential. i want mason to come back and put up 100 yards rushing.

i don’t want this win to be for nothing.

i suspect it’s a lot of things. a lot of it has to do with tavon himself. came into college as a running back left a wide receiver. very raw i think he’s had to develop those receiver skills the past couple years. and not just technique but learning an offense. learning how to read defenses. i also think he’s gotten stronger. we’ll see but on that punt return for a td i think he woulda gotten knocked out of bounds in the past. too early but I suspect we’ll see a stronger tavon this season.

but there were things out of his control as well. having a healthy starting qb makes a huge difference i think. he’s dealt with clemens, davis, and hill so far in his career. hopefully foles stays healthy. hopefully they can establish a rapport.

as far as oc. i don’t know. i think i’d rather have cignetti only because he’s the shiny new object. not just for tavon but for the entire offense. sometimes change is good.

look. this could all blow up this coming sunday. tavon so far has negative passing yards on the season. yeah he had a potential long td underthrown but he’s had long tds taken away in the past.

on the other hand i remember the tavon his rookie season right before he got injured and i see a guy who can make a ton of plays for this team.

yeah. both him and the other florida cornerback had tons of talent but couldn’t stay out of trouble.

i think the best thing i can say about donald is i get emotional when i watch him play… haha!

seriously though. there are very few players i can say that about. the only player during those gsot days that would evoke that kind of emotion within me was marshall faulk. ok. london fletcher too. but that was it. not even isaac. and i loved isaac. since then i would say steven jackson would elicit a similar response.

but i gotta say. donald is stirring up some emotions in me. i’m hoping gurley will eventually do the same… hehe…

just want to add one thing. to kind of temper the excitement around foles. he got lucky. the terms we use. the intangibles. the improvisation. being a gamer. it could have easily gone the other way. the pass to tavon was woefully underthrown and should have been a td. the pass to cook in the first half was a terrible throw and should easily have been a touchdown. instead it was just a first down. that jump shot to cunningham everyone raves about. easily could have been a disaster. those things aren’t always going to go well. i don’t think foles is that good. i’m still of the belief that he ultimately needs a strong running game to mask his shortcomings. mostly his lack of arm strength.

but most importantly, that touchdown to kendricks was also woefully underthrown. if bailey doesn’t trip over his own feet. he easily breaks up that pass. and we might be looking at a rams’ loss.

just wanted to add that to here. although i do think he played well. don’t get me wrong. it’s good to know he can make plays when the rams need it. and that’ll come in handy. but ultimately i think the rams need the running game fast or defenses will start making foles pay.

but it’s not just the position he plays although i do agree that it is an important and difficult position to fill. it’s the fact that he graded out higher than anyone else at his position. as a rookie. in the entire league… and so far he looks to have actually improved. and he seems to be the type of guy who will always be looking to improve. now a lot of guys provide that lip service but i actually believe him when he says it.

i think years from now he will emerge as the crown jewel of that draft. and that was a pretty good year.

and pretty soon donald will be in the discussion of the best players in the league – not just at his position.

Donald isn’t far off from establishing himself as the best player from a 2014 draft class that also features Raiders OLB Khalil Mack and Giants WR Odell Beckham Jr.

before last year’s draft i had expressed the hope that the rams could at some point pick the flat out best player in one of these drafts. didn’t matter who it was. but you just look back on that draft and think to yourself that team just nailed that pick.

i think the rams nailed that pick.