Vegas over under = 45
Rams favored by 7

Let x + 7 = Rams score
Let y = Cards score.

Thus, final score = 45 – 7 = 38 / 2 = 19 (Cards score) +7 = 26 Rams score

Rams 26
Cards 19

I loved the time consuming drive in the 4th qtr

Rams got up off the mat in Minnesota and beat the red hot Saints

IR and ER are correct… the Rams were in control today…

The Rams are a very good team

Russell Wilson is great, lucky for Ram fans that kicker is not

Almost another meltdown for ATL

Keenum was one slippery guy Sunday. He escaped about 5 sacks and that one where Brockers and Barwin both failed to get him down and he completed the 20 yard pass downfield to Thielen was a sign this was the Vikings’ day.

Keenum was lucky…. very very lucky

Vikes still have Lions on Thanksgiving, Falcons and Panthers.

Let’s not crown them #2 in the NFC yet…

Kupp is not clutch… he’s borderline choker

Vikes tackled better that the Rams did

I thought McVay gave up on the run too early in the 4th

Fuck the Vikes I still think the Rams are better

Fisher’s ceiling is 8 wins

16 of 22 seasons Fisher was .500 or much less

Fisher needed ideal conditions to win and never had a good plan B

Enough of this guy.

canadaram wrote:

Old emotions die hard for me. Whenever the offense starts a game with a long dry spell, like they did today, I assume that they won’t be able to turn it around. Thirteen years of bad offense will do that to some of us I guess.

McVay’s play calling along with players that have the confidence and ability to execute consistently (Woods, Goff, Gurley, Kupp, Whitworth, Tru, Tree, Donald, Bockers, Ethan W. etc) gives the team hope to dig themselves out of holes like they faced in the 1st half………… things that the Rams haven’t been able to do consistently in a over a dozen seasons……

The Texans looked like Fisher’s Rams on Sunday…. ready to extend a lead right before half to 14-6 after taking the ball over on the Rams 38 thanks to a failed fake punt by the Hekker to Cooper….

Houston then drives deep inside the Rams 10 yard line thanks to decent gains by RB Lamar Miller with a carry to the 6 yard line that would’ve made it 2nd and 3 from the Rams 6 yard line…., instead, it’s holding Texans, now it’s 2nd and 17 from the Rams 20, next play, Savage is picked….

Rams take advantage and drive downfield to kick an FG to retake the lead and never look back…….

that holding play and pick was the turning point, something the Rams have victimized themselves many times over the past dozen years…..

Huge HUGE game next week in Minnesota, then N.O., then AZ, then Philly. then the Great Northwest…….Wild ride ahead!!!

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…..

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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 …….