it’s a trend we’ve seen though the past several years.

but maybe this is the season they reverse that. foles stays healthy. the oline gels. running backs get healthy. everyone is happy.

or foles gets injured. the oline is patchy. running backs have no holes to run through. everyone cries.

or something in between.

i hate weekdays.

there’s probably a lot of truth to that.

they’re a very young team.

i do think that eventually a good team will come out of this. but i wonder if fisher will still be the head coach when that happens.

http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-rams/post/_/id/21726/rams-rb-todd-gurley-not-listed-on-injury-report

St. Louis Rams RB Todd Gurley not listed on injury report

Nick Wagoner, ESPN Staff Writer

EARTH CITY, Mo. — The St. Louis Rams only had two players listed on Wednesday’s injury report. Neither of them is running back Todd Gurley.

A week after Gurley (knee) was listed on the injury report throughout the build up to the game against the Washington Redskins, Gurley was noticeable only in his absence from Wednesday’s list.

In fact, the only Rams on the injury report are holdovers from Week 1 in running back Chase Reynolds and end Eugene Sims, both of whom did not practice as they recover from knee ailments.

As for Gurley, he said he is feeling good and when he was asked if he would tell coaches he’s ready to play Sunday against Pittsburgh if they asked, Gurley said “Yeah, I would.”

Gurley said he is getting more work in practice and getting back into football shape.

“It’s definitely getting there,” Gurley said. “I know as far as my recovery from being tired, I definitely feel a lot better. I feel like I’ve been doing a great job of that. And getting those reps, it’s helping me a lot.”

Here’s the Rams’ injury report for Wednesday:

Did not participate: RB Chase Reynolds (knee), end Eugene Sims (knee)

in order to go 3-3, i think the rams defense has to play better than even their week 1 performance.

from the past 2 weeks i can gather that.

1. the rams just match up well with the seahawks. that’s been the case the past several years. i’m not sure how well they stack up against their next 4 opponents.

2. the seattle offensive line is not good. they’ve gotten battered 2 weeks in a row now. i don’t know the ol situations of their next 4 opponents.

they’ve got some tough matchups coming up.

2 of them feature some heavy duty running backs in bell and lacy. those two teams happen to have very good quarterbacks too. better than cousins. if they can’t shore up the defense. the run defense in particular. that’s 2 losses already right there with arizona and cleveland still to play.

of course. who knows. maybe they play up to their opponents and really take it to pittsburgh and green bay.

maybe fisher needs to reign in williams?

just frustrating. sounds like williams’ ego is getting in the way. wouldn’t surprise me.

yeah. about 4 games. actually i’ll give them until around the bye week. i want to give the oline some time to gel but also gurley needs to play before i can get a full grasp of what this team is. i mean that’s no small thing when you’re possibly talking about the potential centerpiece of this offense.

i also want to say that boy am i glad the rams traded for foles. i think foles will be better than bradford when it’s all said and done.

that would be very good.

in my wildest dreams, gurley comes in and gives a shot in the arm to this offensive line. not only that he gives foles another option in the passing game. the one thing they keep saying about gurley – in addition to his explosive running ability – is his ability to run routes and his hands. having that safety valve should make foles’ job easier.

in my wildest dreams, inserting gurley into this offense will be akin to putting a v8 hemi into a toyota camry. or something like that? i don’t know anything about cars. sorry.

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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.