yeah,  kyren williams.  what a player.  so tough.  and cooper kupp too.  puka had one bad drop in the endzone.  but he usually catches those.

and byron young!  first sack.  and a forced fumble on the play too!  just need to partner him up with someone on the other side.  and witherspoon again has a great game.

and congrats to mcvay for adjusting in the second half.

one of the worst halves they’ve had this season followed by the one of the best.

plus he’s young and still raw. i think with kupp he came in already pretty polished. sure there was still a learning curve but he had a pretty high floor.

i think nacua has a lot of potential still to tap into.

i like goff.  i’m glad he’s doing well.  i’ll always root for him.

i don’t know that he does what stafford did on that super bowl run.  three game winning drives in the playoffs.  one of the most clutch performances ever?  and it wasn’t a fluke with stafford.  does goff do that?  i don’t know.

at the time though i would have preferred goff stay.  but i also preferred gurley to stay healthy and be able to play out his career with the rams.

i don’t think it was conditioning.  and the defense actually played better in the second half than the first half.

i can’t remember who it was in the post-game show.  but he was commenting how the eagles defense was playing man in the first half.  at the beginning of the second half they switched to zone and the pass rush then started getting to matthew a bit more.  on top of that olineman were going down to injury.  and the offense stalled.  didn’t score a single point in the second half.  so the defense held the eagles to only 6 points in the second half despite the eagles dominating the ball.  sounds like it was eagles defense making second half adjustments and the rams offense failing to counter that but also having to weather injuries.

and then of course the rams defense made some critical errors.  especially before the first half ended – kendrick.  also i think the rams defense could have tackled better.  too many broken tackles for extra yardage.  but easy for me to say.  i’m not out there running and chasing guys around the field.

well.  the eagles are supposed to have the best lines offensive and defensive in the entire league?  so the rams won’t always have to face that.  but having said that, i think that should be the focus of the rams for next offseason.  strengthening both sides of the lines.  i think matthew was fine until his protection petered out.  i think kupp got a little leggy there at the end.  but that can’t be too surprising.  nacua had his first big blunder but otherwise was solid.  i think the receiving corps will be fine.  i think the tight ends will be fine.  kyren williams ran tough.  i like him.  but he needs help.  but that shouldn’t be too difficult to find him help.  the secondary was getting gashed but hurts had forever to throw the ball.  again that comes down to the dline.  but they also need another edge rusher.  young was close but couldn’t quite close the deal.  he was also going against a helluva qb.

improve the oline.  improve the dline.  add another edge rusher.  find another running back to pair with williams.  but yeah.  they’re closer than i thought they were before the season began.

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Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp when he comes back pic.twitter.com/O2eaoiVPFd

— It's Matthew (2-2) (@compSciMatt) October 1, 2023

how healthy is stafford and the oline?

#Rams WR Puka Nacua was still trying to make it back to the locker room when HC Sean McVay was giving out game balls, which included one for Nacua.

McVay: "Where's Puka Nacua at?"

… And then he comes in and the team goes crazy. Love it.

(📽️ @RamsNFL)pic.twitter.com/t7suKL5m2u

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) October 2, 2023

Puka Nacua (17/top of the screen) with a nice path and block on Duo pic.twitter.com/nzo3MQgBGR

— Shawn (@SyedSchemes) October 3, 2023

i hope there’s a mic’d up for the game winning drive today? that’d be interesting to see.

pic.twitter.com/0Q4yChsLcd

— Marty Mcjerkbag (@MartyMcjerkbag) October 1, 2023

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zn wrote:

Except also on Monday, in response to some disasters, McV (IMO) brain froze. I put a lot of that game on coaching too. I just think that for all his brilliance, McV is not always nimble tactically, in the moment. He seems more of a Trust the Plan kinda guy, and less of a “well now that we’re in the moment let’s switch things up” kinda guy.

well as lafleur said in that article above. if the bengals were indeed daring the ram to pass at what point do the rams switch to passing or do they just keep pounding the ball until it doesn’t work? do you have to keep the opposing defense honest and at least respect the possibility of passing? and would they have been effective without jackson there anyway?

but also as wv said mcvay does seem to have the ability to self-criticize. still young in coaching terms. i guess we’ll find out.

beat the colts and then get coop back.

yeah. what everyone else is saying still frustrating though. hopefully jackson isn’t out too long and kupp isn’t out more than four weeks.

canadaram wrote:

Forgive me if this topic has previously been discussed, but one thing that just dawned on me – not sure why it took this long – is that the Rams follow up this MNF road trip with an away game in Indianapolis. I don’t care how weak the opponents may or may not be, that’s a tough test in the NFL.

with indianapolis not being that far away from cincinnati would it just be better for the rams to stay close and not travel back to los angeles that week?