well.

it had to be done. it was getting to the point where i just plain felt bad for him.

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Agamemnon wrote:

The way I see it, the Rams have at least 4 or 6 guys that will help the defense before the year is over. That is A’shawn, Lewis, Hollins, Burgess, Polite, and Long.

yeah. i’m not sure about long. i like him, but i thought he would have made an impact by now. i guess that just shows the depth of that secondary.

but i think especially at linebacker, there’s lots of players who could emerge.

i really am excited. i agree with mcvay. he provides something the other dlinemen on the rams cannot. size and power.

needless to say i hope this works out.

is sam sloman still on the roster?

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i gotta say. i really enjoyed listening to this one.

wv wrote:

Deacon, Merlin, Aaron Donald, Jack Youngblood.

Can any NFL team match that?

garsh.

i have no clue.

gil brandt who does know a little about football.

he ranks deacon #2 and youngblood #8 all time.

he ranks donald #13 and merlin #3 all time.

this was written just 3 years into donald’s career. i imagine donald would be higher up this list.

my guess just looking at lists online. minnesota or dallas. but merlin, deacon, and jack are just so revered. universally. and aaron is right behind them. he just hasn’t put in the years yet. he’s only in his seventh year. a lot of these defensive tackles played 13-14 seasons. he’s got a long way to go.

just looking at tackles minnesota has page and randle. dallas has lilly and white.

minnesota has carl eller and chris doleman at defensive end. dallas has… haley. but i don’t think he holds up against the rams’ defensive ends.

donald can if he plays long enough at a high caliber. i think it ceases to become an argument. but right now minnesota has them. 5 more high caliber seasons donald has to put in.

InvaderRam wrote:

their run defense is not stout

just popped into my head what impact robinson would be able to make when he gets back.

Zooey wrote:

The 49ers sure do suck, though. I mean… that’s a quality life experience right there. That can go on forever, as far as I’m concerned.

i saw that. hopefully, the dolphins leave some meat on that carcass for next week.

liked what i saw of akers.

not completely convinced by the defense. rain was a contributing factor i think. but they did what they were supposed to do. and it was good to see them getting pressure on the qb.

this is the performance i was expecting last week against the giants.

this is a great video. thanks for sharing that, zooey.

wv wrote:

Well he did say that he thought he was a little too conservative. But I dunno.

you’re right. but i’d also like to hear what he says after watching film. what was the defense doing to the rams offense? was the deep ball just not there with goff checking down? did goff have to audible out of plays based on what he was seeing? did he miss receivers downfield?

at first i agreed with you. i liked the methodical approach the rams were taking although i admittedly got nervous there toward the end.

i thought the comment posted in another thread about the rams having to scale back their running attack due to the absence of noteboom was interesting. maybe the giants noticed this in the bills game last week and the rams got more predictable in the run game? i have no idea. but it could partially explain why the rushing game wasn’t as effective as it was the first 3 weeks.

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nittany ram wrote:

While watching yesterday’s display of offensive ineptitude, I wondered what happened to the Rams’ downfield passing game? The one medium to deep ball they connected on yesterday (Kupp TD) was a blown coverage.

i’d like to hear/read what mcvay says about that.

wv wrote:

So, one wonders if maybe they just stopped a lot of the Rams tendencies. Which would mean, some low-scoring games to come — unless McV adjusts.

i bet it’s some of that. i thought goff did a good job. the defense seemed to be taking a lot of stuff away and he would have to go through his progressions. and he was still producing. hopefully mcvay self scouts and makes the offense less predictable.

some of it is probably just a very desperate giants team that was backed into a corner.

i’m most disturbed by the rams horrendous inability to tackle. they were getting gashed. this defense is definitely flawed.

i like her articles. one of the main reasons i got a subscription to the athletic. and i listened to her on the locked on podcast i think it was. hope she sticks around.

nice one, ag.