The media iz gonna be picking the Rams as a super-bowl choice next year. I might too.

Some already are picking the Rams to win this year……..

URL = https://www.yahoo.com/news/win-super-bowl-lii-nfl-140509012.html

Who Will Win Super Bowl LII? Our NFL Midseason Predictions;

Good luck finding a consensus when it comes to Super Bowl favorites this season. Eighteen members of The MMQB/SI NFL staff took a crack at predicting the postseason, and each voter’s bracket is below. As for who we think is going to Minneapolis in February, no one got more than half the vote.

AFC CHAMPION: Patriots (9 votes), Chiefs (5), Steelers (4)

NFC CHAMPION: Eagles (9), Seahawks (4), Rams (2), Vikings (2), Saints (1)

SUPER BOWL LII CHAMPION: Eagles (4), Patriots (4), Steelers (3), Chiefs (2), Rams (2), Vikings (2), Seahawks (1)

PETER KING:
I am all-in on the Rams, which can be pretty dangerous. The franchise hasn’t finished over .500 since 2003. Their coach just began shaving in May. Also in May: Their quarterback looked like a bust. But I see what I see. I see a smart and high-powered offense that can protect the quarterback and is as scary on the ground as it is through the air. I see an imaginative coach with a good grip on his team. I see a voracious front seven with a big star (Aaron Donald) playing better than his rep. I see a team in the last three weeks that has won three, seven and three time zones away from home, respectively. (Did you know the Rams won their last three straight by double-digits at 1 p.m., 10 a.m and 10 a.m. on their body clocks?) The road thing will come in handy during the playoffs, in my calculation, because the Rams could well have to win in a hostile environment against an excellent team like Philadelphia to win it all. But will that really matter? This team is 2-8 at the Coliseum since the return of the franchise to Los Angeles, and the Rams are 5-0 away from home this year. As for climbing Mount Belichick, I’m sure some wise guy out there will point out that, on the day that Bill Belichick coordinated the Giants’ defense that shut down John Elway in Super Bowl XXI, Sean McVay was 1 year and 1 day old, and how on earth could the great Belichick ever lose to a guy less than half his age? My counter: The coaches won’t be putting on pads that day. The Rams, except at quarterback, will be deeper and better on Super Sunday.

John DePetro

The NFC Divisional matchup between the Cinderella Los Angles Rams and the 15-1 juggernaut Philadelphia Eagles is the true Super Bowl LII. Goff’s Rams edge Wentz’s Eagles in an all-time classic. Old-man Drew Brees’ last best shot at a title ends in a half-empty Los Angeles Coliseum. The Kansas City Chiefs grind through three tough playoff games, overcoming the Bills, Steelers and the Patriots. Weary from the cold and brutal road to the Minneapolis, the Chiefs fall short and the once-dead Rams franchise wins its first Lombardi trophy since 1999, and Tinseltown is now home to the Oscars and the 2017 Super Bowl Champs.

Albert Breer

Yes, the Steelers have had drama with Ben Roethlisberger. And Antonio Brown. And Martavis Bryant. And that has completely overshadowed what has developed over the last two months—Mike Tomlin has his most complete team since he and the Steelers went to their last Super Bowl seven years ago.

Jenny Vrentas
Before the Eagles’ win against the Broncos, we wandered the tailgates outside for our Football in America series. We found exactly what you’d expect in Philly: Hardcore fans who believe this really, finally could be the year … but also are waiting for the proverbial other shoe to drop. That early 2000s run of three straight losses in the conference championship and then a loss in the Super Bowl still stings. But, at the midpoint of the season, the Eagles are the best team in football, with a young quarterback who is playing beyond his years, talent in all three phases of the game and a tight-knit locker room with leaders of all ages. The Patriots do a better job than anyone masking and overcoming their weaknesses, but if the Eagles get a Super Bowl XXXIX do-over, a depleted New England defense will have trouble stopping Wentz and Co.

Robert Klemko

If it comes down to these two teams, the matchup to watch would be Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce vs. this Seahawks secondary, and Seattle has been gashed recently by some talented tight ends. I’d bet on Kam Chancellor, Earl Thomas, Bobby Wagner and Richard Sherman to remedy this by season’s end. Shut down Kelce, and the Chiefs don’t look so tough.

i agree, 1999 is not 2017

how about 1973? sans Goff = Hadle/Harris, Jaws, Haden, et al.

Knox = McVay + 10 years in age.

Harold Jackson = Woods divided by Sammy

Jack Snow = Kupp

Tommy Prothro = Fisher

Injured Roman Gabriel = Injured Bradford both off to Philly

Karl Sweetan = Mannion

Merlin = Donald

Tree = Isaiah

Tru = Elemdorf

Don Kloserman, where R you?

beat Dallas and or Minny in reg season, then what happens in playoffs?

hey, it beats Brooks, Fish, Spags and Vitt any of the week…

sorry for the SMACK CHICK type post…..

• This reply was modified 7 years, 4 months ago by joemad.

great “6-2” article by Pete King….

I’ve been cautiously optimistic about this team thus far, but a very impressive win yesterday….we all know that the Giants are not very good this year, but it’s never easy to win in Jersey…..

didn’t think about the travel time the past 3 games, JAX, UK, and NY, now back to LA. McVay has kept the troops focused….

Rams got to keep winning to keep pace with a chance to get HFA in the playoffs….. as of today, the road in January is through Philly…..

wv wrote:

They did well that first year in Anaheim. Lost first two, and then won eleven games. Beat Joe Montana 48-26 and then 31-17.
wiki:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Los_Angeles_Rams_season

Atlanta won the division that year with twelve wins. The Bartkowski team.
Rams beat the Falcons in OT the final game.
Rams also trounced Dallas 38-14 late in the season….but then in the playoffs Dallas kilt em.

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I was a senior in HS. I remember the mid season loss in ATL it was one of the 1st games we recorded on our VCR. ….. 3rd and 38, then 4th and 11 in the closing minutes and they lost. That ended up costing the division.

“”””This early battle for NFC West supremacy was a slugfest from the start. It was won on two big plays near the end, however. The Falcons had a 3rd and 38 from their own 19 before Steve Bartkowski hit Alfred Jackson twice, on a 27-yard pass play to the 46 and, on 4th and 11, the winning 54-yard bomb.””””

After Dallas eliminated the Rams in the playoffs, the Cowboys played ATL in the next playoff round….. ATL had the game in the bag with a huge lead in the 4th qtr and lost……

Vermeil / Jaworski and the Eagles knocked off Dallas in the NFC Championship… Wild Card Raiders won it all…

the traditional perennial power NFC teams began to shift in the 1980s….. RAMS, Vikings, Cowboys were no longer the default divisional winners…..

What kind of generator do you have?

nittany ram wrote:

ESPN FPI says Giants have a 61.9% chance to win.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/game?gameId=400951758

Rams lead NYG in almost every statistical category except avg runs allowed per game 123 vs 120 for G-MEN.

perhaps it’s the 60% chance of rain in East Rutherford on Sunday with the common heavying wind that’s netting the 62% chance of winning for the Giants, ……..or Tony Soprano’s Jersey crew has the refs in their back pocket.

This could be Paulie’s big score for the season…… both Tony and Johnny Sack’s crew always loved to bet on the home dogs………..Giants getting + 3.5

Jimmy G. to SF…. I am bit surprised.

Brady is a million years old (41) and Jimmy G. has been groomed to take over.

Either Jimmy G is damaged goods or a dick.

great coaching….

i think they’re great at offensive play calling, just outstanding. The Rams blow me away this season….

when you’re dead last in offense in 2016 to #9 this year and dead last in 3rd down conversions (32%) to #2 (Rams are converting 3rd downs 49% of the time, only Philly is higher at 50%), that is a outstanding, great play calling. No panic on 3rd and long…

Even back in preseason, you’d see nice play calling and execution which was non-existent in the past few years and you say to yourself, “fuck, the Rams look pretty fucking good and creative on offense” ……. it’s creativity that is not based on gimmicks, but smart routes and plays…. it’s very cool to watch.

McVay also balances the run very well, with the time consuming drive in Jax to seal the game with an FG… that’s football. The ability to put a game away, that right there, to do that against a great Jax D on the road just motivated the shit out of me….

the game vs Seattle, with no timeouts, the play calling got them in position to win with less than 2 min / ZERO timeouts…. too bad Kupp didn’t make the catch… that would’ve been electrifying had he made that catch…..

they didn’t panic in Dallas either, just outstanding coaching and playing calling.

what this offense playbook gives the Rams is hope, in years past, the Rams had no hope with the offensive play calling, they might as well just punted on 3rd down. Now they have the ability to consistently convert.

and to your point, Hekker and Zurlien are great too …….

he wasn’t bad last year either

16 play 5 min drive to seal the game with an FG

That was beautiful…

Next week AZ……Rams are 0-2 in the U.K.

i don’t believe that the root of that fumble rule in the endzone was based on the holy roller play.

The holy roller rule states that the fumbling team cannot advance the ball in the final 2 min of a half.. (Like Casper did when Stabler purposely fumbled the ball in San Diego)

It’s a stupid rule because if it happens in the field of play (outside the endzone) the team must have possession of the ball prior to the ball going out of bounds… awarding it to the defense without possession because it went out of bounds in the endzone is not fair….it’s dumb….

when that play was being reviewed, I was thinking to myself, ifa Gurley doesn’t get the score, we’ll celebrate a play later because it’s highly probable that the Rams will score……… then the ref awards the ball to Seattle, we were shocked, we didn’t even see the ball loose on the play.

it’s not Holy Roller, it’s HOLY COW, the RAMS got screwed again on a bad replay call this season!!!!!

• This reply was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by joemad.

it’s a shame that, that catch wasn’t made……

could turn out to be a huge play for the 2017 season….. let’s hope they learn from that play and that game.

RAMS 31
Sea 10

URL = http://theramswire.usatoday.com/2017/10/04/nfl-los-angeles-rams-seattle-seahawks-week-5-stats-matchup-preview/

If there’s one team that knows how to beat Wilson, it’s the Rams. He’s just 5-5 against Los Angeles (and St. Louis) in his career with 12 touchdowns and seven interceptions. His passer rating is a very respectable 95.2, but there’s one stat that stands out when he plays the Rams.

In his career, Wilson has been sacked by the Rams 39 times – more than any other team. That’s eight more times than the 49ers have sacked him, which is the second most of any team.

Dallas finished 13-3 last year.

2 losses vs NYG and 1 vs Philly (3 divisional losses) the other Philly game went to OT.

Against McVay’s Washington offense, Dallas went 2-0….

Week II 2016 in DC: 27 23:
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2016091807/2016/REG2/cowboys@redskins#menu=gameinfo%7CcontentId%3A0ap3000000704769&tab=recap

LANDOVER, Md. — Alfred Morris scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 4-yard run with under five minutes left Sunday, leading the Dallas Cowboys to a 27-23 victory over his former team, the Redskins, after Washington’s Kirk Cousins threw an end-zone interception .

With rookie quarterback Dak Prescott looking poised throughout and scrambling for a 6-yard TD run in the second half, Dallas (1-1) won for only the second time in its past 16 games without the injured Tony Romo – and both of those victories came at Washington (0-2).

Prescott finished 22 for 30 for 292 yards.

Morris was drafted by Washington in 2012 and played his first four seasons there. But his role was reduced last year and he was allowed to leave as a free agent. His first TD in a Cowboys uniform capped an 80-yard drive that started when Barry Church picked off a pass from Cousins intended for Pierre Garcon.

Cousins went 28 for 46 for 364 yards, with an 11-yard touchdown pass to Jamison Crowder in the third quarter that gave Washington its first lead, 17-13 in the third quarter.

But Cousins and the defending NFC East champion Redskins will rue the second-half chances they wasted. They got the ball inside Dallas’ 40 on consecutive possessions – once because of a failed onside kick and once because cornerback Josh Norman caused a fumble by Dallas rookie running back Ezekiel Elliott – but settled for a field goal each time.

Still, Washington led 23-20 and appeared on its way to adding to the margin after Cousins began a drive by completing a 57-yard pass to rookie Josh Doctson. But on third-and-goal at the 6 with 10 1/2 minutes left, Cousins put the ball right in Church’s gut.

Garcon stomped his foot coming off the field. Redskins right tackle Morgan Moses threw his helmet on the sideline.

Prescott then took the Cowboys on a 10-play drive that culminated in Morris’ score.

Week XII 2016 at Dallas 31-26

Washington had no running game that day, went pass happy, had to rally for 20 in the 4th to make it close….

http://www.espn.com/nfl/recap?gameId=400874499

ARLINGTON, Texas — Rookies Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott keep winning for the Dallas Cowboys, even with Kirk Cousins setting records for the Washington Redskins.

Prescott accounted for two touchdowns , Elliott ran for a pair of scores and the Cowboys extended their franchise regular-season record with a 10th straight victory, beating the Redskins 31-26 on Thursday.

Prescott tied Don Meredith’s club quarterback record from 50 years ago with his fifth rushing TD and the NFL-leading Cowboys (10-1) won despite 449 yards passing and three touchdowns from Cousins, the first Redskins quarterback with two 400-yard games in a season.

“You know you’re talking to someone who knows how hard this is to win 10 games in a row, and I do,” Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said. “I know how we’re getting it done, and we’re getting done by hard work and Dak’s a great example.”

The Redskins (6-4-1) got swept by their NFC East rival, and the defending division champions fell 3 1/2 games behind Dallas with five games left. It was their seventh loss in eight tries on Thanksgiving against Cowboys, who had never won more than eight straight in the regular season.

“We’ve been in third place for a while, so we have to understand where we are what it’s going to take to get an opportunity to come back here in the future,” Washington coach Jay Gruden said. “The last five games of the year are critical.”

Elliott, the NFL rushing leader, had the fourth score on five straight second-half touchdown drives between the two teams with a 1-yard run for a 31-19 lead midway through the fourth quarter. The 21-year-old had 97 yards to give him 1,199 for the season.

After getting 43 yards on the first Dallas possession, Elliott had just 13 yards before a 21-yarder to start Dallas’ last TD drive. It was the second straight week he finished with 97 yards after some difficulty in the first half.

“Over time, you keep running the football, you’re going to wear them down,” Dallas coach Jason Garrett said. “He made some big runs late that were critical. It really broke their back.”

The Cowboys had an eight-game streak with at least 400 yards snapped, finishing with 353. But Dallas answered with touchdowns each time the Redskins got within a score on Cousins’ passes of 5 yards to Jordan Reed and 67 yards to DeSean Jackson , who had 118 yards receiving.

After Cousins’ second scoring toss to Reed, an 8-yarder with 1:53 remaining, Dustin Hopkins’ onside kick went out of bounds. The Cowboys ran out the clock.

“The way Dallas was able to come back and put points on the board in those situations is part of the reason why they are such a good football team,” said Cousins , who was 41 of 53 and finished 8 yards shy of his career high.

“As an offense, whenever we got the football, it was pretty much the same. Move the football, put points on the board, make good decisions and manage it well.”

Cousins took the Washington career lead with his third 400-yard game and became the first Redskins quarterback with consecutive 350-yard games since Jay Schroeder in 1986. He had 375 last week against Green Bay.

Reed had 10 catches for 95 yards after missing most of the first half when he injured his left shoulder leaping for a pass over his head in the end zone.

Prescott was 17 of 24 for a season-low 195 yards and one touchdown, a toe-tapper to Terrance Williams . He had eight carries for 39 yards, including a career-long 18-yarder. Dez Bryant led Dallas with 72 yards on five catches.

BACK TO THE PACK

Undrafted rookie running back Robert Kelley of the Redskins was held to 37 yards on 14 carries a week after getting a career-high 137 yards with three touchdowns against the Packers. He was averaging more than 100 yards per game the previous three.

SUN FIELD

The late-afternoon sun shining through the glass doors on the west side of the stadium was an issue in the opener when Dallas tight end Jason Witten admitted that the glare contributed to a pass he dropped in the New York Giants’ 20-19 win.

Cousins had to battle it during a second-quarter drive that ended in the second of Dustin Hopkins’ two missed field goals: a 55-yarder.

Prescott threw away from the sun to Williams for the touchdown on the subsequent possession, and the glare wasn’t a factor after that.

UP NEXT

Redskins: Washington gets the 10-day break before the second of three straight road games in Arizona on Dec. 4. The trip ends with another crucial NFC East game at Philadelphia on Dec. 11.

Cowboys: It’ll be a “regular” seven-day week with a visit to Minnesota next Thursday. Then Dallas gets the longer break before a Dec. 11 visit to the New York Giants that is likely to be a battle of the top two teams in the division.

FUCK DALLAS