zn wrote:

He’s a vertical threat in this offense, more than ever.

well. to me he’s like ike. he’s not super fast. but he’s got elite level agility. and he’s so precise. love the guy. favorite receiver since ike himself and torry holt.

it just sucks he couldn’t stay healthy.

i like goff. i really do. but the rams defense must sap goff of any remaining confidence he may have in himself and his footballing ability. they must be constantly in his face. cause multiple turnovers and choke the life out of this lions offense.

the biggest positive i can take from this game.

that the overall feeling i get is. especially from mcvay. is that they were not impressed with themselves. and they shouldn’t be. they did not play very well. especially the offense.

is it just lip service? i don’t think so. but we’ll see. we’ll see if they rollover against a very poor lions team or if they show more urgency. start out sharper than they did against the giants. cuz the cardinals look like a championship caliber team. the rams look playoff caliber but nothing more.

Zooey wrote:

Okay, but that doesn’t tell us anything about Sean.

yeah. we may never know. sean did acknowledge that his uncle was part of the conversation. but he pretty much did his best to skirt around the topic.

again. doesn’t mean he shares the same views as them.

Zooey wrote:

wv wrote:

Gruden and McVay are good friends, right.

Sigh.

w
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Maybe. They know each other, and share a love of football, and like each other, I guess. I’ve never seen any evidence that they play together outside the office. I have “friends” at work whom I never see socially.

But…maybe they are, and maybe McVay shares similar views. In my experience, there are a lot of a-holes in the human species.

the grudens and mcvays go way back. there’s a history there.

it wouldn’t surprise me. who knows really though.

Zooey wrote:

I didn’t catch all the blather from Buck and Aikman, but it didn’t seem like they had an explanation for the double punt play.

they said the exact same thing you did. the guy was past the line of scrimmage. the refs screwed that one up. had he not been past the line of scrimmage it would have been a good play.

nevermind he’s been traded. to carolina for a sixth round pick.

if the rams can afford him, they should go for it.

joemad wrote:

I’m worried about this DC… he’s certainly no Brandon Staley, that’s for damn sure.

well. i don’t know either. i was lurking over at the herd. and some posters were saying that staley would just sit back in coverage too… that’s what i seem to remember too.

the biggest difference in the defense i see is that the coverage isn’t as tight. short passes seem to turn into long gains. and the tackling is atrocious. i thought that burgess would claim one of the starting safety spots and instead the rams have rapp. that should have been a telling sign. if you’re going to play bend but don’t break, you better have solid tackling. that’s what they had last year. this year the tackling has been weak. once they catch the ball take them to the ground. instead it’s short catch and then a scamper for 10 yards.

if only lewis could stay healthy…

well if he could stay healthy he wouldn’t be a ram. he woulda been drafted in the first round.

i love matt stafford and what he’s done so far. and he deserves all the accolades. but this oline has been awesome as well.

and not to take anything away from stafford, but it sure woulda been nice to see goff have that much protection the past couple years.

for what it’s worth football outsiders ranks the rams offense number one and the defense number thirteen.

i have no idea what goes into those rankings.

overall they rank the team third. behind carolina and cleveland…

happy with the win. and yet i feel this team can get better.

i think the running game can get better.

the tackling can get better.

the pass rush can get better.

and shoot. stafford underthrew jackson twice!

haha!

seriously though. i think the rams can and will tighten things up as the season goes on. but happy so far with what i’m seeing.

ya know if i watched a movie like this i’d normally think what kind of cheesy ass shit is this?

but then that cheesy ass shit really did happen… crazy.

trying to look for that si cover with kurt with the title “who is this guy?”. still gets me. just watching it all unfold was something else.

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