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  • November 3, 2015 at 11:09 am in reply to: Prediction thread – Minnesota Vikings – out of doors #33464
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    Vikings favored by 2.5 over Rams.

    http://www.footballlocks.com/nfl_lines.shtml

    Viking defense vs the pass is very good…. Foles is gonna need more screen and shuffle pass magic to Tavon and Gurley to move the chains.

    Rams 3rd down conversions…. Rams have only converted 2ea 3rd down conversions in the past 2 games…..

    49ers had their best game of the season vs The Vikes in Week 1……..

    November 2, 2015 at 3:51 pm in reply to: 49ers vs Rams: posts about the game #33406
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    the 3rd down conversion ratio gets worse… this week against SF, 1 for 12 on 3rd down conversions…..

    November 2, 2015 at 12:21 pm in reply to: what ails the passing game? #33396
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    Foles had a 101.9 passer rating and an average of 8.3 yards per passing attempt. Granted, both numbers were inflated by Austin’s ability to elude defenders in his 66-yard streak for a touchdown.

    I never would have guessed Foles had a 101.9 passer rating yesterday until I read this thread… I had to double check on Agamemnon’s box score PDF thread to validate that number. Unbelievable.

    Other than his completion to Jared Cook that set up Tavon’s “pylon TD”, Foles didn’t hit any of his receivers in stride.

    Foles just doesn’t seem to make throws unless the receiver makes adjustments to try to make the catch. Foles hung it up on Britt’s drop, missed Baily, underthrew Tavon and missed a wide open TE on a 3rd down play in the 1st half, it don’t remember who the TE was. Foles also should have been picked off by SF DB Brock in the endzone on a terrible helium balloon floater; luckily Brock couldn’t get both feet inbounds…

    I can also understand Tavon’s fumble on the Foles’ pass because Foles hung up the ball like punt and Tavon had to comeback for it to make the that catch when he fumbled.

    We’re back to the future folks: it’s 1983 through 1985…

    1) Rams have a very decent Defense.
    2) A great feature RB
    3) A HC with USC ties
    3) A lousy QB… Rams have a mixture of Jeff Kemp, Steve Dils and Dieter Brock rolled into Foles.

    The only thing missing from the DeLorean Time Machine is playing home games in So Cal.

    October 30, 2015 at 2:12 pm in reply to: Sam Farmer on how Rams came to draft TG #33232
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    Dickerson and Gurley met when the Rams trained with the Dallas Cowboys last summer in Oxnard. where Fisher paid homage to the 55-year-old NFL icon — who still looks like he could play — by putting him in the huddle for a play during a non-contact walk-through drill. Just before doing so, Fisher informed his offensive linemen that they were going to have the honor of blocking for the great Eric Dickerson — perhaps a hint of things to come when Gurley got well.

    “Even when I played I knew that one day my day would come when this would all be over,” Dickerson said. “For Jeff to let me run that last play in practice — that’s all I did because it’s all I can do any more — that was a thrill for me. I wrote him a note on a picture and said, ‘Thanks for letting me carry the rock one last time.’”

    how cool is that? I wasn’t aware that happened.

    October 30, 2015 at 12:46 pm in reply to: NFL Network to showcase Vermeil's career #33229
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    A Football Life.

    NFL Films and NFL Network have done a very decent job with this series.

    I’ve changed my view on many NFL people because of this series (Jerry Rice, Al Davis, and Sean Taylor)

    30 for 30 (ESPN) is also very good… changed my view on Maurice Clarett and the Fab Five from Michigan basketball

    I look forward to watching this show on Vermeil. I was totally bummed out when the Rams hired Vermiel…. Rams lost out on Pete Carroll and George Seifert… no decent HC wanted to come to STL to replace Rich Brooks… The Rams were not a well run franchise at that time, they were a friggin mess when Vermeil took over….. Same with the Eagles when he took over in Philly…..

    I love DV.

    October 30, 2015 at 12:35 pm in reply to: Laurinaitis says maturing Rams are winning games they’re supposed to win #33228
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    zn wrote:

    I don’t count the Pittsburgh game. No one gave the Rams a chance in that game.

    Rams were favored vs Pittsburgh

    URL = http://www.footballlocks.com/nfl_lines_week_3.shtml

    October 28, 2015 at 5:24 am in reply to: RamView, 10/25/2015: Rams 24, Browns 6 (Long) #33115
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    Gurley got the Rams closer again in the 3rd on a run you’d never have seen coming at the snap. But he squeezed through a hole that wasn’t really there, slipped two tackles, broke into the open, and crossing left to right, used an insane block by Austin to go up the sideline for 48.

    That was a great run…..

    October 27, 2015 at 12:00 pm in reply to: Prediction Thread – The Francisco 49ers #33072
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    Kapernick has been sacked 25 times this season. Total QBR of 53

    Foles has been sacked 11 times this season. Total QBR of 38.5

    SF Defense ranked 31
    Rams defense ranked 12

    Rams 23 sacks
    SF 14

    Rams 5 defensive INTS
    SF 7 defensive INTS

    Rams have a qb that is worse than Kap.

    Final Score

    Rams 11
    SF 6

    October 26, 2015 at 3:29 pm in reply to: stuff from the net on Browns game including a must-read sideline report #33002
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    Thoughts from Cleveland, Rams Country, and abroad:

    Todd Weaver · Rock and Roll Music School
    Maybe we could slip the Browns into the relocation deal for those soccer fans in LA and have the Rams come to back to CLE?

    Ron Hamilton · Lausanne, Switzerland
    worse stadium in the NFL? I can’t think of another as bad. My grandmother has better carpet in her retirement home.

    Jeremy Spence · Works at Sysco Intermountain
    Our D is lights out, T.G. is a stud, we have the recievers! If we had even a middle of the road QB, and Cook would knock it off, we could go all the way! RAMS NATION!

    Randal McGrath · Owner-Operator at RC STUCCO & DESIGN
    Congrads to the Rams making short work of our Cleveland Browns. Some very questionable non-calls against McKown, helmet to helmet, face mask, holding calls not called. Enjoy your victory Rams, you deserved this win. Browns a very long way off from even resembling a football team. Good luck the rest of the season GO BROWNS!!!

    Damian Wells · Edmonton, Alberta
    Gurley is a top shelf RB in the NFL.

    Climmie Daniels · San Bernardino, California
    maybe we should have kept Sam Bradford!!!

    October 26, 2015 at 1:38 pm in reply to: reporters salute the BROWNS game #32990
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    reminds me of my favorite Rolling Stones’ song from the “Some Girls” album….

    Shattered.

    October 26, 2015 at 1:31 pm in reply to: Gamebook.pdf vs SF – games 1-16 #32989
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    1 for 9 on 3rd down conversions for the Rams vs Cleveland yesterday….

    almost as bad as SF from last week (1 for 11) vs Seattle.

    Rams are dead last in 3rd down conversions for the season… this scares me.

    October 21, 2015 at 2:21 pm in reply to: Fisher's record after a bye? 1-1-1… #32702
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    interesting… the 24-24 tie game in Candlestick…. SF was also coming off a bye week for that game, Rams were “even Steven” with SF on both the scoreboard and a bye week….

    Coincidentally, I just watched that game on NFL Game pass last week. (I was in attendance for that game and never watched it on TV). During the TV broadcast, they had a “game break” update to Philly, Nick Foles came in to replace an injured Michael Vick in the Philly game…… Also, as you may recall, the Rams knocked out Alex Smith to jump start Kapernick’s career in the 24-24 tie game…..

    Rams should’ve won that game, Bradford won me over in that game… he played very tough…., fucking Isaiah Pead fumbled a kick-off that resulted a quick SF TD…… Amendola was robbed in OT of a 78 yard completion on an illegal formation penalty that should’ve never been called…. refs were a mess that day, game was robbed of 1:07 minutes, when the game clock was not stopped for a 1st down measurement.

    Missed FGs in by each team… Greg the Leg hit a potential game winner in OT that was nullified by a play clock penalty, then he missed it from 5 yards deeper……

    despite the frustration….That was one of my favorite Ram / Niner games of all time….

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    October 21, 2015 at 12:25 pm in reply to: Prediction Thread – Cleveland Browns #32699
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    nittany ram wrote:
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    Let me help you out: Helpful Advice for Nittany

    Thanks. All settled in in Oakland Hills, the affluent part of Oakland.

    Of course, I’m living in the most exclusive area…in a refrigerator box by the dumpster behind “Sophie’s Cuppa Tea”.

    My prediction…Rams 27, Cleveland 16. Rams start to figure stuff out.

    That’s a nice area Nittany. enjoy your new place and have a cup of Earl Grey for me…

    http://www.sophiescuppatea.com/

    October 20, 2015 at 2:57 pm in reply to: Prediction Thread – Cleveland Browns #32654
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    Dog Pound invades the dome, Gurly scores game winning TD in closing seconds, Cleveland fans get pissed then rip the seats out of the stands and heave them to the south endzone.

    Rams 21
    Browns 16

    October 20, 2015 at 12:56 pm in reply to: What Browns Fans Are Saying #32648
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    Wow, there actually is an NFL team that has more pessimistic fans than us Rams fans….

    October 20, 2015 at 12:44 pm in reply to: Cook on the trading block? update: no? #32646
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    nittany ram wrote:

    I’m not saying the Rams shouldn’t trade him, but there must be a reason he gets so much PT despite being a poor blocker and having bad hands.

    I don’t think Cook is happy at being a TE and wants to be WR… Titans didn’t franchise tag him because Cook wanted to be tagged as a WR….

    I remember the last Rams’ game at Candlestick. He was the 1st player to leave the field to the showers with at least 2 minutes left in the game. When I took my kid to see the Rams board the bus to leave the stadium, he was the 1st player to leave the stadium and boarded the bus 15 min before anyone else did.

    From Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Cook
    St. Louis Rams[edit]

    Cook signed a five-year contract with the St. Louis Rams on March 12, 2013 [2] after the Titans decided not to put a franchise tag on him at all after rejecting his request to be tagged as wide receiver, which attracts a bigger pay.[3]

    In week 1, Cook recorded 141 yards and 2 touchdowns on 7 receptions in a 27-24 win over the Arizona Cardinals. He fumbled a possible third touchdown in the first quarter that was stripped by Tyrann Mathieu. His production slowed down for the remainder of the season, but he still finished with 51 receptions for 671 yards and 5 touchdowns.

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    October 19, 2015 at 12:20 pm in reply to: Classic Faulk/Warner bit on NFLNet just now #32598
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    I happened to catch that during the Sunday’s pregame show. I guess I was lucky I did, because I usually do not watch pregame shows on the Sunday, but when I do it’s typically the ESPN Pre game Sunday show over the NFL Network show……

    Warner noted that he typically didn’t single out specific games for extra motivation…, but he did mention and got into detail for this 2001 Miami game….

    I wonder if Marshall was not there if Warner would have mentioned to have any extra motivation to play the Rams when he was started QB for Arizona?

    October 14, 2015 at 11:34 am in reply to: PFF – worst 5 o-lines by pressured dropbacks… #32333
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    zn wrote:
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    Yup they truly suck, worst line on a whole I can remember

    I beg to differ.

    The injury massacred OLs of 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2011 were far, far worse.

    Not only were they bad, they had no hope whatsoever of getting better.

    This OL at least shows in fits and starts that it is on the road to being a good one.

    it’s been 8 seasons of crappy offensive line play…. but there is hope in the horizon..

    October 13, 2015 at 4:03 pm in reply to: I don't blame Nick Foles #32309
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    You nailed it RFL.

    I seen Foles twice last year with the Eagles. He played well for one half of football vs the Rams when the Rams gift wrapped the first 2 quarters of the the game to the Eagles

    I seen Foles play against SF where he stunk badly. Last week in GB he was even worse.

    Foles is a guy that doesn’t handle pressure well.

    As weak as the NFC is this year especially the West, the Rams have a chance to make the playoffs, but the road will be through GB, and it won’t end well.

    October 12, 2015 at 12:06 pm in reply to: Gamebook.pdf vs SF – games 1-16 #32224
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    I didn’t realized how bad Foles played….. 11 for 30 with 4 picks? …..

    Rams finally win time of possession battle for the 1st time this season, but lose…..

    October 12, 2015 at 11:53 am in reply to: Rams vs. Packers on CBS? #32217
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    Cross flex schedule enacted in 2014 allows NFC games to be on CBS (and AFC games to be on FOX)

    I’m surprised this GB vs STL game was cross flexed to CBS, they had the Browns vs Ravens game to choose from… it’s not like CBS would’ve been stuck with Bucs vs Jags as the only early game…..

    From wiki:

    Beginning in 2014, the NFL will also be able to “cross-flex” games between Fox and CBS, enabling CBS to televise NFC away games (including NFC vs. NFC contests), and Fox to broadcast AFC away games (including AFC vs. AFC contests).[31][32] The league can also “cross-flex” some of these games before the start of the season. For example, in 2014, the Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons game in Week 17, originally a 1 PM Fox game, was cross-flexed to 4:25 PM on CBS. Despite the two teams’ losing records, they were playing a game where the winner would become the NFC South champion and host a first-round playoff game. As Fox already had crucial NFC North games with playoff implications, and CBS did not have any games with such assigned to 4:25 PM (games with AFC playoff implications had been assigned to 1 PM), the NFL reassigned the game to CBS at 4:25 PM to give affiliates a game with playoff implications at the time.

    While not officially referenced, the three Thanksgiving games may in the future be flexed to ensure the best game is on NBC as part of the Sunday night package. Only the three Thanksgiving games could be flexed between times.

    October 12, 2015 at 11:31 am in reply to: Proud of the defense. Offense? Not so much… (game reaction thread) #32210
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    I heard the play-by-play via the Packers broadcast on NFL Game Pass during the game yesterday….

    Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) radio guy for the Packers….was/is very high on this Rams team…. had positive things to say about the Rams defense throughout the game., noted many times that Gurley is going to be a great NFL back… he also mentioned that he saw all 4 of the Rams games this season and that he is very impressed with this Rams team…even when the game was out of reach for the Rams late in the 4th qtr, he kept stating this this was a “very competitive contest”…

    Unfortunately, he recurring call in the 4th quarter was “The RAMS are DENIED AGAIN!”

    On a side note, on NFL Game pass, i’ve been listening to the majority of the Rams games live on audio…… i’ll listen to 1 qtr of Rams football on the opponent’s radio broadcast. .. Pittsburgh, and Arizona, had total homers doing play by play, I couldn’t bear with it, thus switched back to Savard and DeMarco, but yesterday, I listed to the majority of the broadcast on Packer radio.. I missed listening to DeMarco yesterday, but this Wayne Larrivee guy is much much better than Savard.

    Rams get a bye next week to prepare for some winnable games through Thanksgiving…..

    October 12, 2015 at 11:05 am in reply to: belated happy birthday to -X- #32209
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    Happy Birthday X

    Have a great one…

    October 9, 2015 at 12:22 pm in reply to: Hav's Fumble recovery… #32018
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    huge fumble recovery by Hav… the Rams got very lucky there…… then the Rams got additional luck when Cunningham fumbled a few plays later… but was ruled not a fumble because of forward progress….. Rams dodged a bullet there in that series…..

    I love watching the Rams play on the road, and even moreso when they win as road dogs….

    October 9, 2015 at 12:15 pm in reply to: Snowman! belated happy birthday #32016
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    Happy Birthday Snowman!

    October 7, 2015 at 5:00 pm in reply to: Prediction Thread: Green Bay Packers #31923
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    The two teams have met each other 93 times (including 2 postseason games), with the Green Bay Packers winning 45 games and the Rams winning 46 games. They have also tied 2 times.

    Packers have averaged 30 points per game in their last 3 meetings (A-Rod as QB).

    Foles is 1-0 as a starter in GB, but A-Rod was hurt in that game…, Seneca Wallace was the starter, and he got knocked out in that game.

    The last time the Rams won in GB was in 2006, when Marc Bulger was QB.

    I love my Rams, but

    GB 23
    Rams 14

    October 6, 2015 at 1:41 pm in reply to: Seahawks Monday Night Miracle II #31842
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    I was pulling for Detroit, but…….

    1) Calvin Johnson fumbled, he shouldn’t have fumbled.
    2) Even if the ball wasn’t batted by Seattle, but rolled out of bounds, it would’ve been ruled a touchback.

    a while back, On one of these Ram boards, there was a topic once that asked posters if there was 1 rule you could change, what would it be?????. I stated that it was this. I hate this rule, regardless if it was batted or not.

    If an offensive player loses a fumble on the 1 yard line and the ball rolls into the endzone then out of bounds in the endzone, the offense loses possession and the opponent gets the ball on the 20, even though the opponent never has possession of the ball…. … that’s a very suck rule… because that rule does not apply if the ball rolled out of bounds on the 1 yard line. The offense would retain the ball where the ball rolled out of bounds if it happened on the field of play with the exception of the endzone…..

    That is a suck rule.

    October 5, 2015 at 11:27 am in reply to: Class of the NFC #31780
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    Agamemnon wrote:

    I liked the way the game ended. They knew we wanted to run and we ran anyway. They couldn’t stop us(Gurley).

    I totally agree……the ability to kill the clock like that was huge…. an unstoppable ball control running game to seal victory….

    with ball control like that, perhaps the Rams will finally win the time of possession battle soon….the Rams need to do it next week to keep the ball away from A-Rod’s hands next Sunday…..

    October 3, 2015 at 12:11 pm in reply to: Givens traded to Baltimore for future pick… #31608
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    I guess Brian Quick is ready…

    Ravens got a good deal 7th rounder.

    Couldn’t the Rams get at least a 7th for Pead?

    September 30, 2015 at 3:35 pm in reply to: La on GW's gameplan for the Steelers #31464
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    Rams defense had chances to get the ball..

    1) Big Ben’s injury, was close to a fumble.
    2) Vick was stripped in the 4th qtr but got a luck bounce.
    3) they had 2 or 3 chances for picks that were dropped.

    I liked what I saw too…

    Once Tre and Gurley get rolling, this team will be very good.

    Even if the RAMS lose the next two, (I’d love to see them split the next two game or sweep the next two, but highly unlikely vs AZ and GB,) I think the NFC conference is a bit of mess with injuries (Brees, Romo, etc) and teams not really that strong (Giants, Skins, etc)

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