it’s good to keep Watkins (as long as it doesn’t impact signing A.D.) …. Watkins was an unsung threat in allowing Woods, Everret, Kupp and Gurley (on screens) to get open and productive.

defenses can’t cover all these guys.

get well soon…..

lots of folks with kidney stones, or kidney issues on this board…..

drink plenty of water folks.

• This reply was modified 7 years ago by joemad.

Sorry to hear TSRF.

Losing a loved one, especially a parent is never easy

I think the opening drive of the 2nd half determined the game moreso than the special teams turnovers.

The Rams seized momentum at the end of the 1st half but Atlanta opened the 2nd half with an 8 min drive to take control of the game….

Specially, a missed tackle by Ogltree on 3rd and 9 from ATL’s own 41 yard line on Tevin Coleman. Ogletree read the play beautifully and had Coleman for a brief second behind the LOS but just missed the tackle where Coleman broke free for 14 to keep that time consuming drive alive.

Had Ogletree made that play, momentum stays with LA……. to me that play defined the momentum of the 2nd half.

5 Isiah Robertson’s INT-runback.

that one very is underrated…. off Sonny J. in relief of Kilmer against the Redskins. As a kid growing up, specific events and / or games increased my admiration for the Rams, that game and play was certainly one of them. I remember the celebration of the team surrounding, jumping and hugging Isaiah after he ran past the endzone at the huge coliseum field.

Saturday’s game:……., the whole family and many friends that never gave a shit about the Rams are pulling for the Rams because they know fans like us have remained loyal, I’ve been getting texts and VMs from people that I have heard from in years….

Pinch me… the RAMS are hosting a playoff game at the Coliseum!!!!

wv wrote:

I still havent forgotten this;

That was the last Ram playoff appearance…

To me it’s more like the Titans failed to mount their own comeback in those remaining 12 (game) minutes.

Correct, but if Goff doesn’t score with 11:48 remaining we’d be saying the samething about Goff failing to mount a comeback in the 4th

I get it, there was a lot of time left. But he did it in adverse conditions on the road in pretty big game for teams.

Would it count more as a comeback if he did it this week at home vs SF in the closing minutes of a meaningless game?

WEEK 1 2016

49ers 28
RAMS 0

I love Shannon Sharpe

Losing a QB and linemen during the season is a very common tale.

Those are specific examples on teams that salvaged seasons when Fisher never had the ability to do so. Those examples are off the top of my head, I’m sure there’s many more….

Like you said this predates Fisher, so what did he do??? Draft Tavon, sign Courtland Finnegan. Sure he drafted talent, but did he do with it? LOSE

Even Fisher’ strengths of Defense and Special teams are vastly improved without Fisher, and this is with an entirely different scheme on defense and without using Tavon as a punt decoy gimmick and going with Pharoah

McVay fixed the problems in 1 year, but MORE IMPORTANTLY McVay created a culture that is disciplined and in position to make plays to tackle to block to execute and catch. McVay’s team looks like a team that actually practices. Fisher’s looked liked a team from the Longest Yard movie

I’m tired of people defending Fisher for his lack of ability to create a winning culture. He’s not capable.

Merry Christmas everyone.

You folks make this a special place…

if Bradford doesn’t get hurt in Carolina in 2013 and stays healthy, I think the Rams make the playoffs that season and Fisher is still with the Rams today. Up to that point, Bradford threw 14 TDs with only 4 picks in 2013……

In regards to coaching Cleveland, I’d take a healthy Marty S. any day of the week over Fisher. Sure Marty has had bad luck in the playoffs, but you have to win in the regular season to get to the playoffs. Fisher can’t do it when facing adversity.

Other than special team gimmicks, Fisher has never shown to have a plan B when things go south…

Maybe the reason why MCVay went for it on 4th down when Goff got picked

BTW Jeff Wilkins is only 45…. same age as Viniteri…

Give Wilkins a call. We don’t need some guy named Fuck in German deciding a playoff game

Jimmy G’s coach compares him to Marc Bulger….

http://www.knbr.com/2017/12/15/those-close-to-garoppolo-are-making-comparisons-to-some-surprising-past-quarterbacks/

Jimmy Garoppolo’s leap upon the NFL stage has been so spectacular, he’s drawn comparisons to great quarterbacks of the past, including former teammate Tom Brady. Some have even gone so far as to mention Joe Montana.
However those close to him have compared Garoppolo to some quarterbacks no one would suspect. Coach Kyle Shanahan told a Fox television crew before the 49ers played the Texans that Garoppolo reminded him of Marc Bulger.
Even though Bulger kept the “Greatest Show of Turf” going for the St. Louis Rams after Kurt Warner’s departure, not many fans remember Bulger as a fantastic quarterback. Yet in Bulger’s nine years with the Rams, he kept the team competitive (2001-9).
What Shanahan said was that Bulger’s ability to throw with a quick-twitch upper body reminded him of Garoppolo. Garoppolo can also stand in the pocket and release the ball fast without a firm base with his feet.
Meanwhile, 49ers’ radio game analyst Tim Ryan likens Garoppolo’s ability to shield himself from big hits to Warner.

“He throws off the foot, and dips his head right out and goes with the hit rather than getting smashed in the grill,” Ryan told Murph and Mac on Monday morning. That technique reminded him of Warner.
“What made (Warner) who he is and why he’s in the Hall of Fame, he would hang back there knowing he was getting to get tattooed waiting for Torry Holt or Isaac Bruce to run that 16-yard dig, or 16-yard in-cut. He would repeatedly deliver it on time on the money off his back foot and get smashed, and he always got up.”
He sees Garoppolo using the same move.
“(Garoppolo) throws off the foot, and dips his head right out and goes with the hit rather than getting smashed in the grill.”

The best of Bulger and the best of Warner would make any quarterback envious. To have a quick-twitch ability and the courage to stand in and make the throw and cover up are tremendous qualities and one reason Garoppolo has thrown for more yards than any other 49ers’ quarterback in his first two starts.

The DL and Donald are bad ass….

it’s the little things that Donald and the DL have done that have had a huge impact, including what I thought was the turning point defensive stop of the game yesterday….

it 13 – 0 Early in 2nd qtr, Rams offense are facing a 4th and very short on the Seattle 20 something…. Rams go for it and call a stupid roll out to the right where Goff is picked on a tipped pass…..

Seattle crowd is going beserk, commercial break is playing Alice in Chains, the tide seems to be taking a turn.

Seahawks take over and run a delayed counter… Donald make the stop, no gain.
2nd down, Seattle guard Ifedi flinches fearing the Rams DL, false start
2nd and 15, Wilson pressured, misses his target.
3rd and 15, Wilson is pressured again from his own endzone, throws into double coverage, incomplete….. forces punt.

Pharoh fields the punt and puts the Rams back in great field position.

5 plays later, the Rams lead 20 – 0.

I think right about there, Dandy Don started to sing….. “Turn out the lights”

that Seattle fan post reminds me of the Mike Franke posts…….