he’s a stopgap. i don’t understand why anyone would think he’s a long term solution.

wow.  nice win.  from a team that is almost unrecognizable from the one that started the season.  at least on offense.

zn wrote:

Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue On emergence of DL Michael Hoecht as an OLB, Sean McVay says they realized he could be a good edge “probably two weeks ago”. “Otherwise we would’ve done this shit a lot sooner.” Hoecht had 2 sacks, 3 hits, a TFL and forced a fumble. He had 5 pressures on 31 rushes, T7 in W13.

it took them three years to realize that?

hmmm….

yeah. it would be unfair to expect anything more. i mean this has to be their second string offense out there at this point right?

anyway. i expect guys to come back healthy next year. but that still doesn’t fix the oline problems.

is daniel hardy back? with hollins gone maybe we can see him too.

i’m glad the conversation here is civil.

i looked over at the herd. and while it’s not getting completely out of hand, posters are just getting testy… like some are getting on ramsey and his fashion choices. it just seems bizarre to me. i don’t know. i feel fortunate to have a player of his caliber on this team. i could care less if the color of his socks don’t match the rest of the team’s.

ugh.

quite possibly the lowest the rams have ever been in the mcvay era.

wv wrote:

I dunno about you guys, but I’m starting to doubt they can run it back.

yeah. and regardless they should keep stafford out for his own sake.

i wish they’d just go grass. from what i’ve read it seems like it’s very doable.

zn wrote:

Including the super bowl, in the last 8 games the Rams have played 3 LOTs, 7 OGs, and 3 OCs. No offense looks good under those conditions.

yes. ol injuries as a whole have made this a different team. i agree.

missed chances on turnovers. penalties. i just did not think they’d be this bad.

Zooey wrote:

Hopefully, the Rams will have Brian Burns by then.

i think i would prefer burns over cmc…  i don’t know though.  haven’t really watched either of them play much…  haha.

all things considered a good win. defense played well. no tds given up. only the int return for a td. and i’m not so sure it was the worst throw one could make. arob played well. hopefully oline gets a little healthier next week.

i agree.  lots of work to do.  but this was close to a blowout game.  akers fumbles at the goal line.  otherwise it’s 27-9 i think.  on the road.  but the rams always play the cardinals well.

i hate that the rams couldn’t shut the cards down on fourth down.  what were they?  4-5 on fourth down?  otherwise i thought the defense looked good.

and i think the best yet is ahead for stafford.  i think that’s a good sign going forward.  not that he’s looked bad.  but i think he can and will start playing a lot better.

canadaram wrote:

An off-season where two key members of the offensive line departed, followed by consecutive weeks of losing two offensive linemen to injury seems like it could be one of those things that you look back on when pinpointing what went wrong.

yeah.