nittany ram wrote:

wv wrote:

wAndering…ya know. Like in Lost in Space.

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Funny you should mention ‘Lost in Space’ – Dr. Smith’s catch phrase is particularly appropriate for Rams fans…

Dr. Smith used to be tough guy in the earlier Lost in Space episodes when he sabotaged the Jupiter 2 …. Space turned him into a pansy. I can’t believe the green lady had a crush on him…..

yes, that was a great play…. decent run back by Sims too…..I’m that glad Mason scored on that drive…..

Is there an NFL team that would even consider Nick Foles as a starter?

With that said will Cigs ever get a gig as OC.

Cigs – Foles was no Bueno…. The offense SUCKED

Classic Rams. Get out of the playoff race and start winning some games.

Pittsburgh, Packers, Vikings and Ravens…. all very winnable games this season……… it’s a shame. the Rams could have seized those for victory……

Rams need to win out, and Seattle and Vikings need to lose out…

Seattle is favored by 14 vs Cleveland……, just like the Rams were vs the Patriots in SB 36…..

Bummer…. I’d love to see a few more meaningful games…..

I’m just mad about Saffron……Saffron’s mad about me…….

I prefer Sunshine Superman, but Mellow Yellow is cool……..

• This reply was modified 10 years, 2 months ago by joemad.

Special teams, punt coverage was also a factor in this game….
Fisher ball needs field position to succeed and the punt coverage team pinned Detroit few times.

Anyway, wasn’t sold on Kurt after the first game.
The Raven game. I only started thinking they had
something after the Atlanta game.

The Ravens game didn’t sell me either, what really sold me on Warner was the Bengals game and the loss to Tennessee…. despite the loss, the Rams showed me they were for real…..

I remember turning to my brother after Warner converted at 3rd pass in one of these early games under huge amounts of pressure and said, “this guy is good and for real”… I don’t know if you folks remember, but that Tennessee game was over at halftime, we were watching that game and thought 6-1, but the come back was awesome, they just fell a little short……

other cool things about the Martz interview, was the scripted bomb vs the Vikings in the 1999 divisional playoff game to open the game……….. what surprised me was that Martz stated that he did not script very many plays…. which is quite the opposite of what Bill Walsh used to do with SF…. Walsh would sometimes script the 1st 20 plays of a game.

Martz had cool insights about Bulger too… Bulger’s great season his Jr year in college, and Martz understood Bulger’s struggles his senior year with a new OC…. they had their eye on him and when he was released to the practice squad by the ATL, the Rams snapped him up….

It’s cool how these coaching staffs scout these guys…….

I wonder what would have happened if Vermeil stayed in 2000 and beyond……

neither Detroit nor the Rams are favored… right now this is a pick em game….. Hard to believe that Detroit is not favored by at least 6 points with 10 days rest facing the Rams offense

I wonder what the odds makers see? Can Case throw a 65 yard A-Rod hail mary…. just as important, do the Rams have anyone that can catch it?

BTW, the Rams have only beaten the Lions once since moving to STL….do you guys remember the Gus Ferrotte 4th down TD completion during the magical 1999 season? …. that one still hurts me…….it was right after the comeback that never was in Tennessee……..at least Kurt Warner won Marshall’s heart during that game…(Zooey, is that your Taje Allen reference?)

URL – http://www.stltoday.com/sports/football/professional/early-preview-rams-vs-lions/article_c68361eb-c536-5ffb-9162-cc424ac09108.html

COMING THIS WEEK

The Rams (4-8) will try to snap a five-game losing streak when they host fellow underachiever Detroit (4-8) in a noon game Sunday at the Edward Jones Dome. The Lions, who finished 11-5 and reached the playoffs a year ago, started this season 0-5 and 1-7. After three straight wins, they fell 27-23 to visiting Green Bay on Thursday on a 61-yard pass from Aaron Rodgers to Richard Rodgers on an untimed play to end the game.

PLAYER TO WATCH

Defensive end Ezekiel Ansah. Born and raised in Ghana, ‘Ziggy’ was cut twice by the Brigham Young basketball team and was with the Cougars’ track team before being persuaded to give football a try. Five years later, he’s one of the most disruptive young players in the NFL. At 6 feet 5 and 278 pounds, he possesses a mix of power and speed that few in the league can match. Selected fifth overall by the Lions in the 2013 draft, the 26-year-old Ansah has 12½ sacks this season — only Houston’s J.J. Watt (13½) has more — and he’s tied for the league lead with four forced fumbles.

HE SAID IT

“Hindsight’s 20-20,’’ Lions head coach Jim Caldwell said after the Packers rallied from a 20-0 third-quarter deficit to win in Detroit on Thursday.

Questioned about the defensive strategy on the game’s last play, Caldwell explained that he was expecting a lateral play instead of the desperation pass. On the play, the Lions rushed three, had Ansah, their best pass rusher, positioned near the 40-yard line and failed to employ 6-foot-5 receiver Calvin Johnson as a defensive back, something he’s done in the past.

“We had plenty of guys back there,’’ the coach said. “We just didn’t make the play. They did.’’

INJURIES

The Rams came out of Sunday’s 27-3 loss to the Cardinals with cornerback Janoris Jenkins and tight end Lance Kendricks in the league’s concussion protocol. In addition, safety T.J. McDonald hurt his shoulder and kicker Zach Hocker injured his quad in pregame. And then there’s defensive end Robert Quinn (back), cornerback Trumaine Johnson (thigh) and kicker Greg Zuerlein (right hip), who were unable to play on Sunday.

The Lions appeared to come out of Thursday’s gut-wrenching loss to the Packers without any significant injuries. They did play that night without starting center Travis Swanson and veteran receiver Lance Moore because of ankle injuries.

SERIES HISTORY

The Rams hold a 42-40-1 edge in a series that began in Cleveland in 1937. Since the move to St. Louis in 1995, the teams have met seven times, but just once — a 41-33 Rams win in 2006 — in St. Louis. The Lions are 4-3 against the Rams since 1995 and have won the last two, 44-6 in 2010 and 27-24 in 2012. In the 2012 season opener, the Lions’ Matthew Stafford shook off three first-half interceptions to throw the game-winning TD pass with 15 seconds to play.

Joe Lyons

NFL Lines For Week 14 – NFL Football Line Week Fourteen
NFL Line 12/10 – 12/14, 2015

Date & Time Favorite Line Underdog Total
12/10 8:25 ET At Arizona -7.5 Minnesota 45.5
12/13 1:00 ET At Cincinnati -3 Pittsburgh 49
12/13 1:00 ET Buffalo -1 At Philadelphia 47
12/13 1:00 ET At Carolina -7.5 Atlanta 46.5
12/13 1:00 ET At Cleveland -1.5 San Francisco 41
12/13 1:00 ET At Chicago -3 Washington 44

12/13 1:00 ET At St. Louis PK Detroit 41

12/13 1:00 ET At Kansas City -10 San Diego 45.5
12/13 1:00 ET At Tampa Bay -3.5 New Orleans 50.5
12/13 1:00 ET At Jacksonville -1 Indianapolis Off
12/13 1:00 ET At NY Jets -7 Tennessee 43
12/13 8:30 ET New England -3 At Houston 45
12/13 4:05 ET At Denver -7.5 Oakland 43.5
12/13 4:25 ET At Green Bay -7 Dallas 44
12/13 1:00 ET Seattle -9 At Baltimore Off

Monday Night Football Line

12/14 8:30 ET NY Giants -1.5 At Miami 47

• This reply was modified 10 years, 3 months ago by joemad.

Dak wrote:

Mistake after mistake after mistake.

I think that’s why I would be OK with moving on from Fisher. Let’s see if someone else can change the culture. I hate to do it again. I like continuity. Hell, I’d love for some continuity … but Fisher’s been here long enough to get a good idea of what he’s about. And, it’s always about inconsistency.

Penalties, penalties, penalties…. they had 100 yards in penalties AGAIN yesterday……….. Fisher’s team has NO discipline.

a statistical beat down by the Cardinals.

29 first downs for Ariz, 9 for the Rams….

and it’s all down hill from there….. WOW….

I saw that. Made me sick. I wonder what Kurt would say if the Rams made it back to Prime Time Thursday and faced the Cardinals?

BTW This GB vs Det game has me thinking about the Foles pre and post GB game thread… Packers haven’t fared much better than Foles since the Ram game in Lambeau

As I recall no one was putting those games on Foles. For example, if Kendricks had held on to the ball against the Steelers, Rams would have won.

Correct, penalties also a huge factor…… not many people pinned those on Foles, but Foles is not the guy go out to make a thrown to win a game or even manage a win…… he needs flawless execution from everyone for that to happen, as it did vs AZ and Sea… it also happened in GB and Minnesota but Foles did nothing to win those… he lost them…. but I can’t have it both ways, I feel if he played in Baltimore, or at least in the 4th quarter, the Rams win vs the Ravens……I was looking forward to see what Case had to offer in Baltimore, but after seeing him, I wanted Foles back….. Now I want Bradford back even more….

When I was growing up in central PA during the 70’s, the Rams weren’t highly regarded by a lot of people. I’m sure this was mostly due to the fact that we never got to see them play. On those rare occasions when we did get to see them they were usually losing a playoff game. The perception was they couldn’t win big games, so they garnered little respect. People had the impression that the Rams padded their record against the weaklings in their division (Falcons, 49’ers and Saints) and then were exposed in the playoffs. Of course,

1) Just like in the 80’s where you could predict the Lakers and Celtics would be in the the NBA finals, you could easily predict the divisional winners in the 1970’s NFL
2) The Rams had weaklings in the divsion, but so did the Vikings, and the Cowboys, as did the Raiders, the Steelers, and the Dolphins….. Folks tend to forget that there was football in Green Bay after Bart Starr and before Brett Farve, and it wasn’t very good. Bob Avelinni was the best QB the Bears had before Jim McMahon, and the most famous QB the Lions had during the 70’s was Alan Alda and who could forget the winless Bucs……… Same goes for the Giants and Eagles in the NFC East, Same with the Patriots, Colts, and Jets in the AFC East, same with the Oilers, Browns and Bengals in the AFC Central…..they were not very good teams for the majority of the 1970’s…

Sure, every once in a while, Air Coryell would work in STL and SD, but Tommy Prothro in SD and Gene Stallings in STL were not exactly Tom Landry…..

But, it doesn’t matter anyway: The only thing the owner is interested in right now is how he can get out of St. Louis. I wouldn’t think he’d change the head coach or GM until after he can make a move.

I think you’re correct on 2 points:

1) That was Stan’s M.O. in Denver with the Nuggets… kept George Karl for about 10 years… i think Stan likes stability at HC.

2) I think he likes Fisher to help manage a potential move like Fisher did when he replaced Jack Pardee in Houston when the Oilers moved to Tenn…..At this time, Stan’s priority is his potential real estate empire in LA to attract furture $$$$$

Jeff Fisher doesn’t cut it as a head coach in the NFL…..