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joemad
Participantit’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.
joemad
ParticipantThe Gurley ruled Fumble
The missed FG
Kupp’s drop
I was at the game …..It’s a shame Kupp dropped it…
Rams are a better team but Seattle’s D is still good
Wilson made some nice throws on the run….
joemad
ParticipantRAMS 31
Sea 10If 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.
joemad
ParticipantThat quote bothered me too. Whatever it meant, I’ll suspect that second half of the game can be teaching point. “look guys, this is what happens when you do it the way I told you.”
halftime adjustments…. it’s something that the Rams have lacked in recent years….
this is a good thing…..
joemad
ParticipantDallas 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=recapLANDOVER, 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.
September 29, 2017 at 12:12 pm in reply to: The Rams Dallas Game will be on national TV, Sunday in StL #75203joemad
ParticipantFOX does NOT have the double header this Sunday, thus in the greater SF Bay Area no early game for us on FOX…… we get SF @ AZ in the late game…..
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ParticipantFUCK DALLAS
September 28, 2017 at 2:50 pm in reply to: NFL Players Respond to Trump on Anthem Protesters… + Kroenke #75161joemad
ParticipantI just came across this one last night. This is exactly what I’ve been thinking, but this is the first time I’ve heard anybody say it.
http://www.foxsports.com/watch/undisputed/video/1054207043815
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Wow. Good stuff. I will never think of Shannon quite the same way again. Impressive.
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vImpressive indeed… Shannon is Sharp… pun intended.
joemad
Participant4-4 in the playoffs
Dallas Cowboys lead series 17-15-0
URL = http://www.footballdb.com/teams/nfl/dallas-cowboys/teamvsteam?opp=29
Dallas Cowboys vs. Los Angeles Rams Results
The following is a list of all regular season and postseason games played between the Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Rams. The two teams have met each other 32 times (including 8 postseason games), with the Dallas Cowboys winning 17 games and the Los Angeles Rams winning 15 games.
Dallas Cowboys lead series 17-15-0
Date Team Opponent H/A Stadium Result Attend
09/21/2014 Dallas Cowboys St. Louis Rams A Edward Jones Dome (St. Louis, MO) W 34-31 58,739
09/22/2013 Dallas Cowboys St. Louis Rams H AT&T Stadium (Arlington, TX) W 31-7 80,848
10/23/2011 Dallas Cowboys St. Louis Rams H Cowboys Stadium (Arlington, TX) W 34-7 80,086
10/19/2008 Dallas Cowboys St. Louis Rams A Edward Jones Dome (St. Louis, MO) L 34-14 62,035
09/30/2007 Dallas Cowboys St. Louis Rams H Texas Stadium (Irving, TX) W 35-7 62,866
01/01/2006 Dallas Cowboys St. Louis Rams H Texas Stadium (Irving, TX) L 20-10 63,131
09/29/2002 Dallas Cowboys St. Louis Rams A Edward Jones Dome (St. Louis, MO) W 13-10 66,165
11/15/1992 Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams H Texas Stadium (Irving, TX) L 27-23 —
11/18/1990 Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams A Anaheim Stadium (Anaheim, CA) W 24-21 —
12/03/1989 Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams H Texas Stadium (Irving, TX) L 35-31 —
12/21/1987 Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams A Anaheim Stadium (Anaheim, CA) W 29-21 —
12/07/1986 Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams A Anaheim Stadium (Anaheim, CA) L 29-10 —
01/04/1986 * Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams A Anaheim Stadium (Anaheim, CA) L 20-0 —
09/03/1984 Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams A Anaheim Stadium (Anaheim, CA) W 20-13 —
12/26/1983 † Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams H Texas Stadium (Irving, TX) L 24-17 —
10/18/1981 Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams H Texas Stadium (Irving, TX) W 29-17 —
12/28/1980 † Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams H Texas Stadium (Irving, TX) W 34-13 —
12/15/1980 Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams A Anaheim Stadium (Anaheim, CA) L 38-14 —
12/30/1979 * Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams H Texas Stadium (Irving, TX) L 21-19 —
10/14/1979 Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams H Texas Stadium (Irving, TX) W 30-6 —
01/07/1979 ‡ Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams A Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum W 28-0 —
09/17/1978 Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams A Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum L 27-14 —
12/19/1976 * Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams H Texas Stadium (Irving, TX) L 14-12 —
01/04/1976 ‡ Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams A Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum W 37-7 —
09/21/1975 Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams H Texas Stadium (Irving, TX) W 18-7 —
12/23/1973 * Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams H Texas Stadium (Irving, TX) W 27-16 —
10/14/1973 Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams A Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum L 37-31 —
11/25/1971 Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams H Texas Stadium (Irving, TX) W 28-21 —
11/23/1969 Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams A Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum L 24-23 —
10/01/1967 Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams H Cotton Bowl (Dallas, TX) L 35-13 —
09/30/1962 Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams A Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum W 27-17 —
11/06/1960 Dallas Cowboys Los Angeles Rams H Cotton Bowl (Dallas, TX) L 38-13 —
* NFC Divisional Playoff Game
† NFC Wild Card Game
‡ NFC Championship GameDallas Cowboys lead series 17-15-0
Points Scored: Dallas Cowboys 722, Los Angeles Rams 644September 26, 2017 at 3:52 pm in reply to: NFL Players Respond to Trump on Anthem Protesters… + Kroenke #75068joemad
ParticipantShould an American soccer player who plays for, say, AC Milan stand during the Italian national anthem? Should he put his hand on his heart? Should he sit?
1) I don’t think that US Soccer players are good enough to play for Milan……..
but the reverse happens, put a Russian on a US Hockey team and they don’t give a rats ass about USA’s pregame ceremony.
I’m not a big hockey fan, but I used to take the kids to 1 or 2 San Jose Sharks game per year….. one season, my kid noticed the goalie (Evgini Nabokov used to be the Sharks goalie), he’d rest his elbows on his knees and not face the flag during the sharks pre game ceremony, I remember my asking me why he wasn’t standing….,…
I replied, “He’s Russian and doesn’t care about the anthem” ….
I looked for a photo… found this one where Nabokov continued his M.O. during Francis Scott Key’s anthem in the finals for the N.Y. Islanders…..
joemad
ParticipantRams get 10 days rest
Dallas has 6
I know everyone has concerns about the Rams defense, but ST got a free pass last Thursday in SF and put the defense in some tough situations.
1) Off sides on a punt that gave SF a fresh set of downs
2) Tavon muffed a punt, (almost muffed 2 punts)
3) Pharoh Cooper fumbled a KO return
4) SF recovered the OSK= 17 points
The Rams offense is very functional, it actually looks pretty good. Not only does McVay call a nice game (misdirection, rolling passes) the Rams can execute McVay’s game plan….
I think that the Rams can win this game.
joemad
Participantthat was a cool show,
I hadn’t heard about the Vermeil wreck either.. and no one knew about the hammy
In addition I didn’t know that Faulk believes in Voodoo, but Tory does not…
joemad
Participantjoemad
ParticipantFucking Rams gave me a heart condition tonight…
Shades of 1989 MNF Niner game in Anaheim
I think Gurley got his 100 today
BTW my local SF buddies all texting me Phantom PI call..
FUCK EM!!!!
joemad
ParticipantURL = http://www.sfchronicle.com/49ers/article/
Thursday night games underscores NFL’s hypocrisy on player safety
Eric Reid rubbed his knee as he carefully dressed by his locker. Brian Hoyer came into a postgame news conference with a lump on his forehead and a bandage over one eyebrow.
Those were just two of the more visible injuries the 49ers had Sunday. Every man who was on the field certainly came away nicked, bruised and sore. Reid is out for the foreseeable future with a knee-ligament injury. Another safety, Jaquiski Tartt, is questionable for the 49ers’ next game with a neck injury. Tight end George Kittle is nursing a hip injury.
The 49ers have only 96 hours to lick their wounds, heal their bodies and get ready to play again.
It’s a short week for the 49ers. On Thursday night, they will host the Los Angeles Rams at Levi’s Stadium.
That evening, fans will trade the stadium’s afternoon heat issues for midweek traffic issues. And the players will trade a normal amount of time to recover from a game for a couple of extra days off before their next game.
The trade probably isn’t worth it.
“Thursday Night Football” has become Exhibit No. 6,732 in the problems the NFL has created.
The Thursday games have been a universally poor product since their inception in 2006. They have become symbolic of the NFL’s oversaturation, the league’s greed and its general lack of concern about players’ health.
Thursdays are also becoming an example of the dwindling popularity of the once-Teflon league.
Ratings for the Thursday night league opener this year, even with Tom Brady playing, declined 12 percent from last year. And last year’s saw a seven percent decline from 2015’s. The season opener, featuring the Super Bowl winner, is usually the best Thursday night game on the schedule.
This year, the NFL followed Kansas City-New England with a 13-9 snoozer between Houston and Cincinnati.
And is the nation really clamoring to see the Rams (1-1) against a 49ers team that has yet to win a game or score a touchdown? Probably not.
Early last year, NBC and CBS signed a $900 million deal for the rights to carry Thursday night games for two seasons. The networks are probably regretting the deal.
Ratings are down for the league overall, but “Thursday Night Football” is notable because it has been such a bad and boring product over the years. In its greed for more cash, and more exposure, the NFL failed to account for the reality that short-week football is bad. The players are tired, beat up, ill-prepared — and the product suffers.
Last season, Seattle’s Richard Sherman — never shy to share his opinions — called “Thursday Night Football” a “poopfest.”
He said the games rank high on the list of things he doesn’t like about the league.
“It’s pretty high, top five,” Sherman said. “It’s hypocritical. … They make this huge stance about player safety and then they put the players in tremendous danger.”
In an essay on the Players’ Tribune, Sherman detailed the differences in the preparation for a regular game and a Thursday game. When a player has to play on Thursday after Sunday, Sherman wrote: “Your body isn’t ready. You’re still sore from Sunday’s game. You’re going to go out there and compete with everything you have, because that’s what you do. But your body just won’t have as much to give as it would have had on a full week’s rest.
“That’s why the quality of play has been so poor on Thursday nights this season. We’ve seen blowouts, sloppy play and games that have been almost unwatchable — and it’s not the players’ faults. Their bodies just aren’t ready to play.”
Even John Madden weighed in last year in an interview with the Bay Area News Group, noting that there just aren’t enough good teams to fill every prime television slot.
“Something has to be done about ‘Thursday Night Football.’ It just doesn’t work,” he said. “It’s not only a fan thing, it’s a team thing. It’s a safety thing. It’s a competitive thing. It doesn’t work.”
The outcry about “Thursday Night Football” got so loud last season, as ratings dropped and the product continued to be unappealing, that a rumor made the rounds that the league was considering dropping the games from the schedule. That led to the NFL issuing a statement that it is “fully committed to ‘Thursday Night Football’ and any reports to the contrary are unfounded.”
That is brought to you by the same league that is “fully committed” to player safety.
The NFLPA agreed to the games. The league is making money. Nothing is going to change for now.
So on Thursday, the bruised and sore Rams and 49ers will take the field. And a nation will ignore them.
Ann Killion is a San Francisco Chronicle columnist. Email: akillion@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @annkillion
joemad
ParticipantURL = http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/19/will-49ers-carlos-hydes-new-speed-translate-to-tds/
Will 49ers Carlos Hyde’s new speed translate to TDs?
It’s been 10 games since starting running back has scored rushing touchdown
SANTA CLARA – Carlos Hyde topped out at 19.96 mph Sunday when he raced southbound on Seattle’s CenturyLink Field. His sleeker, redesigned body style was on full display and it produced a career-long, 61-yard run.
Only 14 players have run faster in the NFL this season, according to the league’s “Next Gen Stats.”
But no matter how fast he looked or timed, Hyde never made it across the finish line. The end zone eluded him just as it has all other 49ers in their 0-2 start.
“Next time I break a run like that, I’ve got to get in the end zone. Can’t get tackled,” Hyde said after the 12-9 defeat to the Seahawks. “It wasn’t enough, so it doesn’t really matter.”
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This is the first time the 49ers haven’t scored a touchdown through their first two games. If they fail to do so Thursday night at home against the Los Angeles Rams, they’ll match a franchise-record three-game drought. That was set in 2005, when Ken Dorsey and Cody Pickett quarterbacked in place of injured rookie Alex Smith.
Hyde, who turns 27 on Wednesday, insisted the 49ers’ latest loss be “put on my shoulders” because he never found pay dirt.
On that 61-yard run sprung by Kyle Juszczyk’s lead block, Hyde got chased down from behind by cornerback Jeremy Lane at the Seattle 22. The 49ers settled for a field goal.
On a 27-yard run next possession, Hyde broke free on a spin move, dashed to his right and got pushed out of bounds by Richard Sherman at the Seattle 28. The 49ers settled for a field goal.
“We just have to get more points on the board,” Hyde added. “Not field goals. We’ve got to get touchdowns on the board.”
Touchdowns are sparse in Hyde’s career. He hasn’t run for one in his last 10 games. He has 13 career rushing touchdowns, including two in last season’s opening win over the Rams, a 28-0 shutout at Levi’s Stadium. All three of his career receiving touchdowns came last season.
In comparison – as unfair it may be based on their supporting casts — fellow Ohio State product Ezekiel Elliott had 15 rushing touchdowns last season alone as a Dallas Cowboys rookie.
So what are the chances Hyde runs for a touchdown Thursday against the Rams, who last week welcomed back run-stuffer Aaron Donald but still allowed two rushing touchdowns in a 27-20 loss to Washington?
“Kyle Shanahan does a great job scheming up and coming up with some unique runs, and he’s done that for a long time in Washington and Atlanta obviously,” the Seahawks’ Sherman said Sunday of the 49ers’ 159 rushing yards. “So you got to give them credit, too, and Hyde did a great job reading it and making big plays.”
Hyde, for his efforts in a losing cause, is among six players nominated for the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Player of the Week, which is determined by fans’ online voting.
Hyde has only 24 carries through two games, and with an average of 7 yards per carry, it’s fair to wonder why he hasn’t been fed more. His understudy, rookie Matt Breida, is not stealing carries, with just eight for 46 yards.
“In order to run the ball more, you don’t just call more runs,” coach Kyle Shanahan said. “You have to get first downs and stay on the field.”
Hyde, known best as a power back, arrived at training camp 228 pounds, his lightest since high school. Such a svelte frame was to enhance his speed for a team being rebuilt around the notion of playing faster than ever.
“I know Carlos lost a bunch of weight since last year, and I’ve seen that during OTAs and training camp, how much faster he got,” Breida said. “People don’t realize he’s got some speed behind him.”
Hyde, a 2014 second-round draft pick, is in the final year of his contract. He might have only 14 games left until free agency, where he might be the most coveted running back behind Le’Veon Bell, Pittsburgh’s 2017 franchise-tagged player.
Hyde declared on Day 1 of training camp that he wants to win the league’s rushing title. Two games in, Hyde has the fourth-most yards (169). He trails the Kansas City Chiefs’ Kareem Hunt (229 yards), the Denver Broncos’ C.J. Anderson (199 yards) and the Minnesota Vikings’ Dalvin Cook (191).
Hyde’s counterpart Thursday night, the Los Angeles Rams’ Todd Gurley, ranks eighth with 128 yards, and he’s ran for a touchdown in each game so far. Gurley followed up his 1,106-yard rookie season with a dip in 2016, totaling 885 yards and no 100-yard games.
Gurley, by the way, edged Hyde on Sunday’s “Next Gen Stats” radar gun, clocking 19.98 mph on an 18-yard run in the Rams’ loss to Washington.
“He’s shifty, he’s got speed, does a good job bouncing to the sideline,” 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh said. “We have to corral him and keep him inside the box.”
Is Gurley the fastest back the 49ers will have faced this year?
“Might be. They all look fast to me,” Saleh responded.
EXTRA POINTS
— Rookie linebacker Reuben Foster right-ankle sprain is recovering well, as he walked Tuesday without a stabilizing boot. Foster missed Sunday’s game and is unlikely to play Thursday night.
— The 49ers defense is allowing the 10th-fewest points (17.5 per game) and yards (299.5). Defensive coordinator Robert Saleh’s response: “The results are not what we want. Yards and all that, we don’t look at it. The bottom line is points, trying to keep them off the board and give us a chance to win every week.
“The thing I’m excited about,” Saleh added, “is our style was represented last week, all across the board for the entire team. … The violence, the speed, attacking the ball.”
— The 49ers offense ranks last in yards (232.5 per game) and time of possession (24:21). Quarterback Brian Hoyer said: “When you watch the film and see you’re an inch off here or there, it drives you to be that much better. An inch better. One play better. One play can change a game. That’s what’s driven us.”
— Left tackle Joe Staley said the 49ers’ rushing performance in Seattle (159 yards, 8.4 yards per carry) was the best there in his 11 seasons. “We’re definitely making strides,” Staley said. “Guys are feeling a lot more comfortable on where our targets are. You’re seeing that we’re able to break some runs about really strong defenses, but it’s all about consistency.”
— The Pro Football Hall of Fame added to its display 49ers assistant coach Katie Sowers’ game-day shirt and playbook binder. She is the league’s first openly gay coach and second-ever full-time female assistant.
September 20, 2017 at 11:35 am in reply to: First road game for G–informal poll on the SF game #74592joemad
Participanthoyer and that niner passing offense has to be the worst in the league.
in defense of Hoyer, he has completed 62% of his passes against some pretty good defenses (Carolina and Seattle)….. SF is overdue to score some TD’s…
BTW, Thursday night games SUCK…. I typically go every season to watch the RAMS play at 49ers, but that stadium’s location is in one of the most heavily congested traffic areas in the SF Bay Area. Thus, for the 2nd year in a row, I’m going to pass on attending this game……… a traffic nightmare, kick off at 5:30 PM is in the middle of the evening commute hour.
joemad
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Rebuilding 49ers, Rams can assess progress in Thursday game
Sep 19, 2017
The Los Angeles Rams travel north to take on their long-time NFC West rival San Francisco 49ers in this week’s Thursday night game.
This game should be a good test of two franchises that are in rebuilding modes.
However, each team has some injury issues. San Francisco safety Eric Reid injured his knee and won’t play against the Rams, and linebacker Reuben Foster is not expected to play because of an ankle injury.
Rams tight end Gerald Everett suffered a thigh injury and cornerback Kayvon Webster (shoulder) did not play against Washington.
Both teams have first-year head coaches: Sean McVay for the Rams and Kyle Shanahan for the 49ers.
The Rams are 1-1 on the season and the 49ers are 0-2. But both teams are improved from 2016 and have shown growth under their new regimes, especially on offense.
San Francisco running back Carlos Hyde has been impressive in each of the team’s first two games and he will be a focal point against the Rams. Hyde is fourth in the league in rushing with 169 yards. What is more impressive is the fact he is averaging 7.0 yards a carry. The only issue with the 49ers’ ground game is the lack of touchdowns by Hyde. He enters the Thursday night game with no rushing scores.
“I’ve been pleased with Carlos in both games,” Shanahan said Monday after having a chance to look at the game film. “He came to compete (Sunday), and it showed.”
The Rams’ defense was poor against the Redskins in Week 2 and will need to shore up its tackling while matching up against an improving offensive line. San Francisco guard Laken Tomlinson, who spent the preseason with the Lions but was acquired in a trade, started in Week 2 and made a noticeable impact on the interior run game. This week he will be facing one of the best interior defensive linemen in the NFL, Aaron Donald. Donald did not play in Week 1 after a training camp holdout and looked sluggish in Week 2 against the Redskins. He finished with just one tackle and an assist.
“I didn’t win my one-on-ones,” Donald said. “When I have one-on-ones, I usually win those. I was doing too much thinking. I keep trying to say, that’s on me so I just have to play better.”
The Rams’ running game appears markedly better than the team showed in 2016. Running back Todd Gurley, the 2015 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, is ranked eighth in the NFL with 128 yards. Though he is only averaging 3.7 yards a carry, Gurley had two rushing scores in the first two games and has added value as a pass catcher with eight receptions for 104 yards and another score. The Rams will need Gurley to continue to be that dual-threat player against the 49ers defense.
Second-year quarterback Jared Goff has grown as a player under McVay. Though he threw a costly interception late in the game against the Redskins to halt the team’s comeback, Goff has been poised in the pocket and has shown confidence in his arm and his receivers. Goff had a breakout game in Week 1 against the Indianapolis Colts and was solid in Week 2.
Even though the Rams lost to the Redskins, Goff was pleased with the way the team battled to come from behind. He said he was impressed with “our ability to fight back that we now know we have. Knowing that we can go down 13-nothing, we probably could’ve even gone down 17-nothing and get a chance to fight back. We’ve got the weapons out there to make plays — to make big plays and we get ourselves back in the game. I think it’s drastically improved. We now know that we’re never out of the fight and continue to keep going. As long as we execute and take care of the ball — good things will happen.”
The 49ers’ passing attack under quarterback Brian Hoyer has been dreadful. Hoyer passed for a mere 99 yards in Week 2, and the offense has yet to score a touchdown in 2017.
While the offense has leaned on the rushing attack, Hoyer has been plagued by missed throws and critical drops. Wide receiver Marquise Goodwin has dropped two potential game-changing plays in back-to-back weeks. If the 49ers expect to win at home on Thursday night, they will need more efficient offense out of Hoyer and the wide receivers.
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joemad
ParticipantRams didn’t stop any aspect of the run…
up the gut, sweeps, nor draw plays…
Carlos Hyde ran for 120+ yards on 15 carries yesterday in Seattle. (8+ YPC)
Rams better figure out the run D before Thursday…..
September 18, 2017 at 4:04 pm in reply to: media on the WASHINGTON GAME…tweets, articles, etc. #74522joemad
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Cousins, Thompson lead Redskins to 27-20 win vs Rams
STATS AP
Sep 17, 2017LOS ANGELES (AP) The Washington Redskins ran and ran and ran some more.
They did let Kirk Cousins throw the ball some, and he came through with an 11-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Grant with 1:49 to play to give the Redskins a 27-20 victory Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams and rookie head coach Sean McVay.
But this victory was earned with smash-mouth running. The Redskins (1-1) rushed 39 times for 229 yards, including touchdowns of 71 and 7 yards by Chris Thompson.
This was billed a showdown between McVay and his former boss, Redskins coach Jay Gruden.
Gruden got the upper hand with his play calling.
”We definitely needed this,” Thompson said. ”It was big for us to finally get going. We had a rough preseason running the ball. Last week was rough also. So to be able to go out there and get over 200 yards rushing was great. Now it’s on us. We’ve got to continue to keep it going.”
Cousins capped the winning 70-yard drive by finding Grant in the front left corner of the end zone. Even that drive was run heavy, with Samaje Perine carrying seven times.
”It’s always good to make plays in the passing game,” Cousins said. ”But make no mistake, it’s always nice to hand off to Chris Thompson and watch him just go 50, 60 yards for a touchdown. So I’ve got no complaints, either.”
Washington ran the ball seven straight times on a drive capped by Thompson’s 7-yard run for a 10-0 lead.
”I don’t know how many times that happens in a season where you have an entire drive of running the ball,” Cousins said. ”You have to credit the offensive line.”
The Rams had tied the game at 20 on Greg Zuerlein’s 40-yard field goal with 7:16 to play. It was set up on a trick play, when punter Johnny Hekker completed a 28-yard pass to Josh Reynolds to the Washington 17. But two penalties stalled the drive and the Rams had to settle for the field goal.
After Grant’s score, Mason Foster sealed the win with 1:37 to go by intercepting Jared Goff.
Cousins had a much better day than in a season-opening loss to Philadelphia, when he had three turnovers. He completed 18 of 27 passes for 179 yards and one touchdown, with no interceptions.
THE RUNNING BACKS: Late in the second half, on second-and-6 from the Washington 39, Thompson took a delayed handoff from Cousins out of the shotgun and burst through the defense for his long TD run and a 20-10 lead.
He finished with 77 yards on three carries. Rob Kelley, who suffered a thigh injury midway through the second quarter, had 78 yards on 12 carries. Perine finished with 67 yards on 21 carries.
McVAY: The 31-year-old worked for the Redskins for seven seasons, including the last three as offensive coordinator under Gruden, before being hired by the Rams as the youngest head coach in modern league history.
Despite McVay’s familiarity with the Redskins, it didn’t translate into a win for the Rams (1-1).
”We continued to fight back, but we can’t hurt ourselves with the penalties, some of the different things that occurred throughout the course of the game,” McVay said.
TODD GURLEY: The Rams, who didn’t look near as sharp as they did in routing Indianapolis a week earlier, made a game of it thanks to a spectacular play by the running back.
Midway through the third quarter, Gurley caught a swing pass from Goff, hurdled cornerback Bashaud Breeland and then reached for the pylon to complete the 18-yard play and pull the Rams to 20-17.
Gurley also scored on a 1-yard run midway through the third quarter. His fumble helped set up a 22-yard field goal by Washington’s Dustin Hopkins in the second quarter.
OLYMPICS RETURN
To commemorate the awarding of the 2028 Olympics to Los Angeles, IOC President Thomas Bach lit the Olympic torch atop the peristyle end of the Coliseum before kickoff. He was joined by Mayor Eric Garcetti, LA 2028 Chairman Casey Wasserman and Olympic decathlon gold medalist Rafer Johnson. Johnson, who lit the Coliseum cauldron to kick off the 1984 Olympics, was drafted by the Rams in 1959. Los Angeles also hosted the Olympics in 1932. The Coliseum opened in 1923.
INJURIES
Washington: Foster hurt his right shoulder late in the second quarter. … TE Jordan Reed suffered a chest injury in the third quarter. … S Montae Nicholson hurt a shoulder in the fourth quarter.
Los Angeles: TE Gerald Everett suffered a thigh injury in the third quarter.
UP NEXT
Washington: The Redskins host the Oakland Raiders on Sunday night.
Los Angeles: The Rams play their NFC West opener at San Francisco on Thursday night.
September 18, 2017 at 1:43 pm in reply to: media on the WASHINGTON GAME…tweets, articles, etc. #74517joemad
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LOS ANGELES — Kirk Cousins threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Grant with 1:49 to play to give the Washington Redskins a 27-20 victory Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams and rookie head coach Sean McVay.
The Redskins were never a powerhouse running team. But they ran all over the Rams’ defense on Sunday, and it wound up being the difference.
The Rams had tied the game at 20 on Greg Zuerlein’s 40-yard field goal with 7:16 to play. It was set up on a trick play, when punter Johnny Hekker completed a 28-yard pass to Josh Reynolds to the Washington 17. But two penalties stalled the drive and the Rams had to settle for the field goal.
Chris Thompson scored on runs of 61 and 7 yards for the Redskins (1-1).
Mason Foster sealed it with 1:37 to go by intercepting Jared Goff.
Cousins had a much better day than in a season-opening loss to Philadelphia, when he had three turnovers. He completed 18 of 27 passes for 179 yards and one touchdown, with no interceptions.
McVay, 31, worked for the Redskins for seven seasons, including the last three as offensive coordinator under Jay Gruden, before being hired by the Rams as the youngest head coach in modern league history.
Despite McVay’s familiarity with the Redskins, it didn’t translate into a win for the Rams (1-1).
Washington was in control most of the afternoon, including jumping ahead 13-0 early in the second quarter after Thompson took a toss and ran in from 7 yards, getting the ball just inside the pylon.
Late in the second half, on second-and-6 from the Washington 39, Thompson took a delayed handoff from Cousins out of the shotgun and burst through the defense for his long TD run and a 20-10 lead.
The Rams, who didn’t look near as sharp as they did in routing Indianapolis a week earlier, made a game of it thanks to a spectacular play by Todd Gurley.
Midway through the third quarter, Gurley caught a swing pass from Goff, hurdled cornerback Bashaud Breeland and then reached for the pylon to complete the 18-yard play and pull the Rams to 20-17.
Gurley also scored on a 1-yard run midway through the third quarter. His fumble helped set up a 22-yard field goal by Washington’s Dustin Hopkins in the second quarter.
With the Redskins trying to add to a 20-17 lead late in the third quarter, Hopkins’ 51-yard attempt bounced off the right upright.
Goff didn’t have nearly the day he did a week earlier, when he threw for a career-high 306 yards to get his first win as an NFL starter. He was 15 of 25 for 224 yards, with one TD and one interception.
INJURIES
Washington: Starting RB Rob Kelley suffered a rib injury midway through the second quarter and didn’t return. … Foster hurt his right shoulder late in the second quarter. … TE Jordan Reed suffered a chest injury in the third quarter. … S Montae Nicholson hurt a shoulder in the fourth quarter.
Los Angeles: TE Gerald Everett suffered a thigh injury in the third quarter.
UP NEXT
Washington: The Redskins host the Oakland Raiders on Sunday night.
Los Angeles: The Rams play their NFC West opener at San Francisco on Thursday night.
joemad
Participanthe was great in Repo Man and a real son of bitch as Roman Grant in Big Love.
I too didn’t realize that he was that old…..
September 12, 2017 at 1:56 pm in reply to: Goff week 1 & after…have other Rams qbs thrown passes like the TD to Kupp? #74245joemad
ParticipantI can tell you who it wasn’t….It wasn’t bradford
Are you watching him tonight? He’s been throwing lasers all game long.
yes, I watched him last……… Sam looked great. … 27 for 32 (3 of the incompletions were drops) with 3 TDs and no INTs.
Sam is a great QB when healthy…….. I wish him the best, with exception of the Rams / Vikes game on Nov 19 in Bloomington.
September 11, 2017 at 9:18 pm in reply to: Goff week 1 & after…have other Rams qbs thrown passes like the TD to Kupp? #74208joemad
ParticipantThe touch pass to Everett that set up Gurley’s TD was pretty impressive too….
joemad
ParticipantRich Eisen@richeisen
Sean McVay: 1-for-1 in wins, Goff 300-yardgames and 40-burgers
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what’s does “40 burgers” mean?
September 7, 2017 at 6:50 pm in reply to: Adam Schefter & others: latest status of Rams's Aaron Donald, etc. #73858joemad
ParticipantRams have offered him a ton of money and now he’s missing games that count………. maybe AD doesn’t want to play in a 3-4 alignment…..
joemad
ParticipantSuper Bowl = Rams vs Raiders
joemad
ParticipantI thought that both Goff and Mannion played pretty good.
That strip sack TD was a 14 point swing, shit happens, you can’t pin all the blame on Goff on that play, it was a good defensive play.
The concern I have is that it’s been noted that McVay’s drives didn’t finish with TD’s in Wash… it happened yesterday
joemad
ParticipantIMO one of the best football sites on the web to obtain historical information as well as the upcoming schedule. This site has not changed much since 1996 or 1997… it was one of the first websites that I ever bookmarked (this site and the STL Post Dispatch Message Board for Rams fans about 20 years ago).
URL = http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/index.nsf/Documents/2017-sched-reg-tv
2017 NFL National TV Schedule
(All Times Eastern; *SNF for Weeks 5-17 subject to change due to flexible scheduling)Sep 07
8:30 p.m.
NBC
Kansas City at New EnglandSep 10
8:30 p.m.
NBC
N.Y. Giants at DallasSep 11
7:10 p.m.
ESPN
New Orleans at Minnesota8:20 p.m.
ESPN
L.A. Chargers at DenverSep 14
8:25 p.m.
NFL
Houston at CincinnatiSep 17
8:30 p.m.
NBC
Green Bay at AtlantaSep 18
8:30 p.m.
ESPN
Detroit at N.Y. GiantsSep 21
8:25 p.m.
NFL
L.A. Rams at San FranciscoSep 24
8:30 p.m.
NBC
Oakland at WashingtonSep 25
8:30 p.m.
ESPN
Dallas at ArizonaSep 28
8:25 p.m.
CBS/NFL/Amazon
Chicago at Green BayOct 01
8:30 p.m.
NBC
Indianapolis at SeattleOct 02
8:30 p.m.
ESPN
Washington at Kansas CityOct 05
8:25 p.m.
CBS/NFL/Amazon
New England at Tampa BayOct 08
8:30 p.m.
NBC
Kansas City at HoustonOct 09
8:30 p.m.
ESPN
Minnesota at ChicagoOct 12
8:25 p.m.
CBS/NFL/Amazon
Philadelphia at CarolinaOct 15
8:30 p.m.
NBC
N.Y. Giants at DenverOct 16
8:30 p.m.
ESPN
Indianapolis at TennesseeOct 19
8:25 p.m.
CBS/NFL/Amazon
Kansas City at OaklandOct 22
8:30 p.m.
NBC
Atlanta at New EnglandOct 23
8:30 p.m.
ESPN
Washington at PhiladelphiaOct 26
8:25 p.m.
CBS/NFL/Amazon
Miami at BaltimoreOct 29
8:30 p.m.
NBC
Pittsburgh at DetroitOct 30
8:30 p.m.
ESPN
Denver at Kansas CityNov 03
8:25 p.m.
NFL
Buffalo at N.Y. JetsNov 06
8:30 p.m.
NBC
Oakland at MiamiNov 07
8:30 p.m.
ESPN
Detroit at Green BayNov 09
8:25 p.m.
NBC/NFL/Amazon
Seattle at ArizonaNov 12
8:30 p.m.
NBC
New England at DenverNov 13
8:30 p.m.
ESPN
Miami at CarolinaNov 16
8:25 p.m.
NBC/NFL/Amazon
Tennessee at PittsburghNov 19
8:30 p.m.
NBC
Philadelphia at DallasNov 20
8:30 p.m.
ESPN
Atlanta at SeattleNov 24
12:30 p.m.
FOX
Minnesota at Detroit4:30 p.m.
CBS
L.A. Chargers at Dallas8:30 p.m.
NBC
N.Y. Giants at WashingtonNov 27
8:30 p.m.
NBC
Green Bay at PittsburghNov 28
8:30 p.m.
ESPN
Houston at BaltimoreNov 30
8:25 p.m.
NBC/NFL/Amazon
Washington at DallasDec 03
8:30 p.m.
NBC
Philadelphia at SeattleDec 04
8:30 p.m.
ESPN
Pittsburgh at CincinnatiDec 07
8:25 p.m.
NBC/NFL/Amazon
New Orleans at AtlantaDec 10
8:30 p.m.
NBC
Baltimore at PittsburghDec 11
8:30 p.m.
ESPN
New England at MiamiDec 14
8:25 p.m.
NBC/NFL/Amazon
Denver at IndianapolisDec 16
4:30 p.m.
NFL
Chicago at Detroit8:25 p.m.
NFL
L.A. Chargers at Kansas CityDec 17
8:30 p.m.
NBC
Dallas at OaklandDec 18
8:30 p.m.
ESPN
Atlanta at Tampa BayDec 23
4:30 p.m.
NFL
Indianapolis at Baltimore8:30 p.m.
NBC
Minnesota at Green BayDec 25
4:30 p.m.
NBC/NFL/Amazon
Pittsburgh at Houston8:30 p.m.
ESPN
Oakland at Philadelphia-
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joemad
ParticipantSammy catch a pass from Goff
No injuries on the dirt infield.
be in position to make plays on both sides of the ball like they did last week…
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