Sweet…. big game. LA, Anaheim, STL, LA Rams are 19 – 17 in New Orleans vs the Saints

“””The following is a list of all regular season and postseason games played between the Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints. The two teams have met each other 74 times (including 1 postseason game), with the Los Angeles Rams winning 41 games and the New Orleans Saints winning 33 games……”””

“””Los Angeles Rams lead series 41-33-0″””

URL = https://www.footballdb.com/teams/nfl/los-angeles-rams/teamvsteam?opp=20

Saints are favored this week vs (Rams +1.5)….

Saints scored 14 points last week vs Minnesota thanks to some turnovers……

Never easy to win in N.O.

I think the Rams can win….

Saints at Vikes from Sunday: URL = https://www.neworleanssaints.com/news/game-recap-new-orleans-saints-30-minnesota-vikings-20

Minneapolis – The New Orleans Saints finally left U.S. Bank Stadium victorious after a 30-20 triumph on “Sunday Night Football.”

The victory extended the Saints winning streak to six games and at 6-1 keeps them atop the NFC South standings, one game up on Carolina (5-2 after a 36-21 victory over Baltimore on Sunday).

The victory also sets the stage for the most anticipated matchup of the 2018 NFL season: the undefeated Los Angeles Rams (8-0) vs. the Saints at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome next Sunday at 3:25 p.m. on Fox. The Rams won last season’s game at the Los Angeles Coliseum, ending the Saints’ eight-game winning streak.

New Orleans took control of Sunday’s game when it turned a second quarter Minnesota fumble into Alvin Kamara’s second touchdown and a 17-13 halftime lead.

Minnesota (4-3-1) was driving when linebacker Alex Anzalone and cornerback P.J. Williams delivered a big hit on receiver Adam Thielen who fumbled. Cornerback Marshon Lattimore picked it up and returned it 54 yards. Following a Minnesota penalty, the Saints had the ball at the 18. A quick 17-yard pass from Drew Brees to Kamara gave the Saints a first-and-goal from the 1 and Kamara scored on the next play.

The Saints started pulling away in the second half after stopping the Vikings on fourth-and-1 (led to Wil Lutz’s 42-yard field goal) and because of a 45-yard interception return for a touchdown by cornerback P.J. Williams with 5:58 left in the third quarter.

The potent Vikings passing attack was on display in the first half as quarterback Kirk Cousins was 15 of 19 for 189 yards with one touchdown in the opening half with Stefon Diggs (four receptions for 54 yards with one TD) and Thielen (five catches for 75 yards) as his top targets. But the Saints defense settled down, started getting pressure on Cousins (sacks by Sheldon Rankins and Marcus Davenport, two each) and forcing turnovers.

While nothing will erase the memory of last season’s Minneapolis Miracle – an unlikely touchdown reception by Diggs that kept the Saints from playing in the NFC championship game – getting a win in Minneapolis after three games here in the past 14 months keeps the Saints momentum rolling and solidifies their status as one of the top two teams in the NFC.

Next Sunday’s game between the Saints and the Rams will sort out which one is No. 1 in the conference.

Odds and ends: Cornerback Eli Apple made his first start for the Saints after being obtained earlier in the week in a trade with the New York Giants. Ken Crawley was inactive. Defensive end Everson Griffen made his return to the Vikings after missing five games for personal reasons but wasn’t a factor. … Brees threw his first interception of the season with 3:03 left in the second quarter to Harrison Smith. Brees had thrown 231 passes this season without an interception. It was another strong outing for Lutz with three made field goals, two from 42 yards and a 52-yarder in the first half. Taysom Hill saw plenty of snaps on offense, completing a long pass to Michael Thomas, catching a pass and rushing the ball three times. … Safety Vonn Bell left the game in the fourth quarter.

Key Saints stat leaders

Drew Brees, 18 of 23 for 120 yards and one TD and one interception

Michael Thomas, five catches for 81 yards

Mark Ingram, 13 carries for 63 yards

Thom Brennaham and Aikam doing the game…

at least Joe Buck won’t be kicked around by both Packer and Rams fans for the game….. Joe Buck will be pissing off dodger and sox fans….

Buck is probably the most hated announcer in my lifetime since Howard Cosell………Buck announced Football last night one day after doing the WS in boston… what a great gig to have…. I think I could that… I think I could easily be a pretty good disliked announcer…

BTW I think Aikam LOVES the Rams… like most of us… he’s a genuine fan from the 70’s

That was great…

Neil is the man

1990 SF was 9-0…. Rams were a sucky 3-7 and heavy underdogs…… this game on Sunday is no gimme.

URL = http://articles.latimes.com/1990-11-26/sports/sp-3951_1_san-francisco-49ers/2

Rams Bounce 49er Streak, 28-17 : Pro football: Gary’s fumble turns into his third touchdown as San Francisco gets sloppy and loses for the first time in 19 games.

November 26, 1990|TIM KAWAKAMI | TIMES STAFF WRITER

SAN FRANCISCO — By the time Cleveland Gary was adroitly drop-kicking his way into the end zone, the Rams figured something strange and sweet was happening before their eyes.

Maybe it was that pass-lateral-shovel from fullback Buford McGee to Gary for the Rams’ first touchdown that did it. Maybe it was that confusing amalgamation of defenses the Rams threw at Joe Montana, making him look mortal at last.

Maybe it was the Candlestick Park wind and gray sheets of rain that seemed to comfort the Rams, not rattle them.

“We’ve had a tough season, but today was our day,” McGee said. “We felt that from the beginning, and we deserved it.”
Whatever it was, the 4-7 Rams ended the winning streak of the San Francisco 49ers at 18 games Sunday, 28-17, at least briefly resurrecting some of the distant memories of a season ago.
And it was a victory that cooled for now any speculation that Coach John Robinson could lose his job because of the Rams’ disappointing play this year.
“That’s the way we played last year,” center Doug Smith said with a broad smile, “and unfortunately, it hasn’t been the way things have gone very much this year.
“But we had that air of confidence, that belief that we were going to go ahead and do it. Jim (Everett) just said, ‘Hey, this is us, this is who we are, this is how we play football, and let’s not forget it.’ ”
Robinson, who had no intention of turning the improbable victory into his own personal salvation, chose to credit the Rams’ dominating 17-play, 10:27 drive that ended with Gary’s soccer-style, one-yard touchdown run, his third and most important touchdown of the day.
On that drive, the Rams started on their 10-yard line after Vince Newsome intercepted a Montana pass, one of three picked off by the Rams. With 14:28 left to go and gamely protecting a 21-17 lead, the Rams had to score or else leave the game in the hands of Montana.
“We had to move it,” Gary said. “Just took our time, and we did it.”
Slowly, methodically, the Rams took it out of Montana’s dangerous hands, and put it into Gary’s, which are dangerous for many reasons.
And on the last play of the drive, on third-and-goal from the 49er one-yard line, Gary, who had lost a fumble earlier, let the ball slip from his hands, kicked it along the ground once, then simply picked it up about four yards from the goal-line and went in untouched to put the game away with 2:31 to play.
“When you see something like that, I guess you know things are going right,” said McGee, who, in addition to his passing exploits, carried a season-high six times for 36 rough-and-tumble yards and a touchdown. McGee also mentioned a tipped pass to receiver Flipper Anderson on the drive as a sure sign, and he was hard to argue with.
After the Gary touchdown, cornerback Bobby Humphery intercepted a Montana pass, and the Rams had pulled off their third consecutive regular-season victory in this park.

And had found at least a measure of the self-respect lost in the week-by-week crisis of their 1990 season.
“We needed that,” Robinson said. “It was a win that is very gratifying to us. Obviously, it makes it more gratifying to do it against a great football team. They’re one of the great teams of all-time.”
But not when a constantly changing, hard-to-pin-down Ram defense is holding Montana to 22-for-37 passing, for 235 mostly undramatic yards, and forcing six costly 49er turnovers. Not when receiver Anderson is making sharp cuts on a wet track, slicing up the 49er secondary for eight catches and 149 yards.
And not when a 49er team that had allowed just one rushing touchdown all year and was the No. 1 team against the rush allows three running touchdowns and 111 yards in 37 carries.
“We’ve beaten this team before,” Gary said, explaining how a 3-7 team could come into a game with the 49ers so assured. “What would make us believe that somebody was invincible? They’re a good football team, but we’re not a bad football team ourselves.”
What happened early was that the Rams, who have been losing ugly all season long, finally got the chance and the dreary climate to pull the previously unblemished 49ers down to their level.
With the football bouncing over heads, through hands and generally away from the 49ers, the Rams found the sure grip and capitalized on the 49er turnovers.
The first quarter was wild, as the Rams and 49ers traded the ball back and forth a combined five times, including three on successive plays.
Gary opened the unofficial rugby scrum in the mud when 49er defensive back Don Griffin stripped the football away early in the first quarter. On the next play, Montana was blindsided by Ram linebacker Bret Faryniarz, lost the ball and linebacker Kevin Greene was there to recover.
On the next play, Everett (16 for 27 for 224 yards and an interception) missed tight end Pete Holohan, and 49er safety Dave Waymer stepped in for the interception. But after a two-play miscue respite, 49er fullback Tom Rathman fumbled when Ram safety Vince Newsome crunched him, leaving it for Greene to fall on it again.

Three plays later, the Rams razzle-dazzled the 49ers’ defense, with McGee taking an inside handoff on third-and-short, plunging into the line, then as he was falling, flipping the ball sideways to Gary, who trailed him to the sideline. All Gary had to do was haul the lateral-pass in and blow by the confused secondary for a 22-yard scoring reception.

“My job is just to fake the run and get it to Cleveland,” said McGee, who earned a game ball for his efforts.

After more messy play–a Montana interception, a bunch of sacks and three punts–a fumble by Jerry Rice right into the hands of linebacker Mike Wilcher gave the Ram offense the ball on the 49er 29-yard line early in the second quarter.

Three plays later, Gary hurdled over the middle of the 49er line and skipped into the end zone for a 10-yard touchdown run and a 14-0 lead.

The 49ers’ offense and Montana continued to struggle into the second quarter, but snapped out of it with a nine-play, 39-yard touchdown drive after the defense had pinned the Rams inside their five-yard line.

Montana hit receiver John Taylor with a lob over Darryl Henley for the five-yard score to cut the deficit to 14-7.

But on the next series, Everett hooked up with Anderson two times for a combined 71 yards on their way to a six-play, 80-yard scoring drive finished by a six-yard McGee touchdown run.

The 49ers opened the second half with the wind and drove down to the Ram two-yard line, but stalled out after three tries at the end zone, then couldn’t even put the 20-yard field goal through when the snap came in too high.

“I don’t think they ever had a rhythm,” Robinson said. “I’ve always believed that when Joe Montana gets into a rhythm, you might as well pack your bags and go home.”

Rice and Taylor, two guys who have killed the Rams in the past, combined for 12 catches for only 106 yards and one touchdown.

But on their next possession, Montana completed three passes for 62 yards, including a 23-yard scoring toss to running Harry Sydney. That made it 21-14 with 6:05 left in the third.

After another Ram punt, San Francisco closed the Ram lead to four points by going 31 yards on eight plays, finishing it on a 42-yard Mike Cofer field goal.

The 49ers threatened on their next possession, but Montana lofted one to Rice downfield too softly, allowing Newsome to slide in for the interception at the Ram 10.

That’s when the drive began and the Rams’ 1990 nightmare ended–at least for a week.

McVay’s Rams are pretty good at those 4th qtr time consuming nail in the coffin drives…. granted the nails got a little loose today…

Seattle and Denver are not easy places to win… it takes a good team to win back to back in places like that….the Rams are a pretty good team

Marcas Peters constantly watching for interceptions instead of playing his man doesn’t help with the pass defense either.

In all the years of watching football at the NFL, college, college intramural, high school, jr high flag, sandlot tackle, two hand touch street, Tudor Electric football, TECMO et el, I don’t recall ever seeing consistent blown wide open coverage like last week in Seattle.

Peters was unbelievable…… can Hekker play corner?

Rams have had their share of rough hits in Seattle….

4th qtr comeback on the road….

That was a great game to watch….

I guess helmet to helmet hits don’t count against the Rams

Quote from the article:

“””Linebacker Bobby Wagner was equally accepting of Thomas’ gesture. In fact, he smiled when first told about it after the game. That doesn’t mean he thought it was warranted. But given the circumstances and Earl’s mental state in the moment, he did think it was understandable.

“When guys get hurt, and when crazy things happen, there’s a lot of emotions. There’s a lot of things that go through somebody’s mind and somebody’s heart,” Wagner said. “It might not be right. It might not be the best emotions, but it’s good to have emotions. Let him have emotions for whatever it is.”

https://www.dailynorseman.com/2018/9/26/17908520/brief-look-minnesota-vikings-los-angeles-rams-history

During the 1970s. . .which was well before my time, and probably well before a lot of your times, too. . .the rivalry between the Minnesota Vikings and the Los Angeles Rams was one of the best in football. The two teams were at the top of the NFL during that time, and met a bunch of times in the postseason. In fact, the Vikings have more postseason games against the Rams than any other opponent with seven. (They also have seven playoff games against the Dallas Cowboys, but less than that against every other opponent.) Things weren’t quite as intense once the Rams moved to St. Louis, but with both teams near the top of the NFC again, maybe things will get rekindled a bit.

As we do every week, we’re going to take a look back at the Vikings’ history against their upcoming opponent. As the Rams kept all their history when they moved, it will encompass the history against the Rams at both locations, and for now will just focus on regular season competition.

As always, the numbers in this story are brought to you by the good folks from Pro Football Reference.

Total regular season games between the Vikings and the Rams: 38

All-time record: Vikings, 22-14-2

Total Vikings’ points scored, head-to-head: 868 (22.8 points/game)

Total Rams’ points scored, head-to-head: 820 (21.6 points/game)

Longest Vikings’ winning streak vs Rams: 5, twice, most recently from 11 October 2009 to 19 November 2017

Longest Rams’ winning streak vs Vikings: 3, twice, most recently from 15 October 1978 to 6 October 1985

Most recent Vikings’ road win in series: 7 September 2014 (final score 34-6, at St. Louis)

Most recent Rams’ home win in series: 30 November 2003 (final score 48-17, at St. Louis)

Biggest Vikings’ road win in series: 28 points, twice (34-6 on 7 September 2014, 38-10 on 11 October 2009, both at St. Louis)

Biggest Rams’ home win in series: 36 points, 22 September 1967 (final score 39-3)

Current streak: Vikings, 5 wins

Yes, the Vikings have run off quite the successive number of wins against the Rams, having matched their longest streak against the blue and yellow in team history. They got their fifth straight last season at U.S. Bank Stadium, when the Rams marched down the field for a touchdown on their first drive and didn’t dent the scoreboard after that. The game went into the fourth quarter tied at 7-7, but the Vikings exploded for 17 fourth quarter points, including a 65-yard touchdown pass from Case Keenum to Adam Thielen to ice it, winning by a final score of 24-7.

The last time that the Vikings had to travel to face the Los Angeles Rams came back on 29 November 1992. (The Rams didn’t move to St. Louis until 1995, but after this one the Vikings didn’t play them again until 1998.) In this one, first-year head coach Dennis Green took his team into Anaheim Stadium to face the Chuck Knox-led Rams. Terry Allen found the end zone three times that afternoon, twice on the ground and once through the air on a 36-yard touchdown pass from running back Keith Henderson on a trick play. The Vikings took a 21-point lead into the fourth quarter, and that was enough as they walked away with a 31-17 victory.

In fact, if we want to find the last time the Vikings lost a game to the Rams in Los Angeles, we have to go back over 30 years. The Wayback Machine would have to take us back to 6 October 1985, when John Robinson’s 4-0 Rams hosted Bud Grant’s 3-1 Vikings (after the one season where Les Steckel screwed things up so bad that Bud was the only one that could fix it). It was a defensive battle, as all of the first half scoring came on two Rams field goals to give them a 6-0 lead. Eric Dickerson then scored a touchdown in the third quarter to make it 13-0. The Vikings mounted a bit of a comeback, scoring on a Ted Brown touchdown run and a Jan Stenerud field goal, but it wasn’t quite enough as the Rams held on to win 13-10.

That’s a brief look at some of the regular season history between the Vikings and the Rams as we prepare for Thursday night’s game in LA. We’ll have more for you as we get closer to kickoff.

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I thought that Dan Fouts was a bit of homer in the booth…..

I binged this weekend and watched several games from the 2017 season and started with the losses: Not the condensed version of the game, but the whole enchilada….. I had the game on TV while working on the garden and manning the grill this weekend for 4 meals….

Philly Game (Rams had that game)

Vikings (OMG Kupp choked!)

Then started I the season:

Colts

Redskins

I skipped the Rams at SF game

Dallas game…. (special teams and Zuerline where huge in that game….)

no Judge Judy tonight as I resume my binge with Seattle at LA…

I forgot how good Robert Quinn was last year… I hope that the Rams don’t miss him… he consistently came up with some clutch plays in all games.

Rams open up in Oakland vs David Carr… this won’t be the home opener like last year vs Scott Tolzien.

Both the offense and defense better be ready Monday.

Offense wins games… defense wins championships…. the Rams have both…

I learn something new everyday over here…..

initially I thought a lack of courtesy flush impacted Zooey’s initially bathroom visit, but later learned that a courtesy flush may provide a “plume” that might be hazardous to your health….

this thread is disgusting.