he made some spot on throws last week. but i also think he got a little lucky. he missed a couple throws. and then the touchdown to kendricks i thought he got lucky as well. no way i think that pass is completed if bailey doesn’t trip. i also feel like cunningham bailed him out several times with some great runs after the catch.

don’t get me wrong. i’m not trying to take anything away from him, but ultimately, this team needs to be able to run. they need to be a dominant run game. today we saw the exact opposite. i’ll put it this way. i didn’t see the second coming of kurt warner last week. i still like him a lot. he’s a gamer. these past 2 games he’s shown me his toughness. but this team will go through gurley and mason. i think gurley will be the real deal. i think he’s that talented. the most talented to come out in awhile.

then again. the offensive line is still the offensive line… so… we’ll see how that goes.

is this a ten win team? i think they’re an above 0.500 team. they gotta work on the consistency thing. i think the defense wasn’t mentally there the first half. they have to be on the entire season for this team to be a 10 win team. the offense just isn’t that good. to be a 10 win team the defense has to be on its game pretty much the entire season. we’ll see if they can get there faster than they did last year.

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!

chat room was way buggy.

rams couldn’t stop the run. they couldn’t run the ball. foles was erratic although to his credit he was getting hit a lot. even when he wasn’t getting sacked.

just emphasizes the need for the rams to be able to run the damn ball.

very disappointing performance by the rams defense. to me it just shows exactly how horrible that seahawks oline is.

i can wait. i wouldn’t mind seeing him already. but i can wait.

2 years ago the rams had a thrilling win over the arizona cardinals.

they dropped the next 3 games including game 2 against the atlanta falcons – a team that finished 4-12. a road game. with bradford. it also included a loss to the cowboys – a team that finished 8-8. also with bradford.

this team looks more talented than that 2013 team. still. i’m nervous. i need to see it. i need to see that this team is finally learning how to win.

this team seems to have a long tradition of great defensive linemen and running backs.

here’s to donald, quinn, and gurley being the next to enter that group.

i believe donald by the way when he says he feels like he hasn’t played his best football yet. a lot of people say that. yet you don’t see that relentlessness on the field. to donald it seems to come naturally, and that can only be a huge influence on his teammates. every unit needs that. the ravens had ray lewis. the bucs had sapp. even on offense that rams offense had faulk. i think you need your best player to also be your fiercest competitor. that’s what the rams could have in donald. that’s what i mean when i call donald a talisman. when you have that much talent and you match that talent with effort, special things can happen on the football field.

this is where it really gets fun, guys. to be able to watch these guys grow game by game. no idea where it’s going to go, but the potential there is enormous.

this defense needs a couple more things to truly be special though. i think 1 or 2 other players outside of donald and quinn need to emerge. this is where guys like mcdonald, and ogletree can really sieze the opportunity and take this defense from good to great.

the rams need to stay focused. they need to at least get a healthy mason back. and they need to take care of the ball. do those things and the rams should win.

two of those things are things they can control.

if gurley is healthy, it’d be good to see him get a handful of carries. get him lathered up. do that for the next 4 weeks and then he gets the bye week to rest. if he’s healthy. it’d be like a little preseason for him.

well i’m gonna go on record as saying foles can be a poor man’s 6’6″ russell wilson…

hahaha!!!

i do feel confident with him under center. i think he’ll continue to make clutch plays. definitely an upgrade over what we’ve had the past 2 seasons provided he stays healthy.

overall i’m happy with him.

i think i read somewhere that waufle takes a hands off approach with donald. i’ve never read that about anyone else on the dline. pretty much lets him do his own thing. if donald needs anything he’ll approach waufle himself. to have that much trust put on him at such a young age. just wow.

as far as his ceiling. he may have a high floor, but i think his ceiling is just as high. he can get stronger. his speed and quickness are almost unmatched. he is supposed to have been advanced for his age in terms of technique, but he can hone that technique even more. he finished last year 1st overall among defensive tackles (5th in run defense and 5th in pass rushing). his goals should be 1st in run defense and 1st in pass rushing. last year he did not have a single multi-sack game all season. his first game he had 2 sacks and was so close to having 3 sacks. i expect his sack and stuff totals to both increase this season along with pressures.

on a side note. one guy who doesn’t get mentioned a lot is michael brockers. talk about a guy with a potentially high ceiling. he’s only 24 years old. aaron donald is 24 years old… only 6 months younger than brock. maybe this will be a breakout season for michael as well.

oh yeah. one more thing. quinn is only 25 years old. a mere 1 year older than aaron donald.

things seem to be coming together at just the right time…

i’d rather have donald. might just be a matter of personal preference but donald was graded out by pff as the best 4-3 defensive tackle in the entire league as a rookie. this year he could be even better.

hey, ag. have i told you about foles’ gargantuan 10 5/8″ hands?

i believe they are the secret to his success… ha!

cool. don’t just work hard. work smart.

it means the team is 1-0.

we’ve seen this team slug it out with seattle before and won. can’t get complacent. need to really give it washington next week.

but i am encouraged that they did it without a great running game. i think it’s important that the qb and receivers gain some confidence and chemistry. then when the reinforcements come in, the offense can really take off. i think that’s extremely important in the big picture. having a dominant running game is important, but they’re going to need the passing game to make some clutch plays at times. games like this should only help that. knowing that foles can make passes when necessary will give this team that much more confidence. it will also make the running game that much more dangerous. but they gotta take care of the ball.

on a side note, i think for the big picture we got to see tavon’s role in this offense. i think he may have a bigger role than any of us anticipated. he looked good. and with more confidence. hopefully, he keeps getting better and better.

i’m also encouraged that the defense came out fast. hopefully, they can maintain this for the entire season. the rams defense is finally enjoying continuity it didn’t have until this season. this should allow them to play fast and not have to think so much. if you take away the st touchdown and sack fumble return for a touchdown. and if you take away the fumble which led to a field goal, the rams d held the seahawks to just 14 points. i think for the bigger picture we got to see the emergence of donald building on a great rookie season. i look for him to take on a bigger leadership role. i really think, along with foles on offense, he inspired this team to keep digging and clawing. even when it looked hopeless.

ultimately, this season, i think we see the emergence of the future leaders of this team. and i think this game was representative of that. on offense, it was foles. and i think ultimately gurley as well. on defense, you had donald. and hopefully guys like quinn as well.

going forward to the immediate future, it’s important that tre come back against washington and play well. it’s important that the offensive line continue to gel. it’s also important that they don’t get complacent against mediocre teams. washington is a team they should beat handily. and when gurley is cleared to return. watch out. rams could really have something going here.

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