I see Stafford is taking some lumps for his performance:

21 for 37, 197 yds, 1 TD, 3 INT

Yeah, not his best, but Joe Namath went to the HOF putting up numbers like that every week. 😉

Stafford was bad but McVay is even more frustrating. Either he just can’t read the flow of a game, or he simple disregards it and calls whatever he wants to call regardless of what’s happening right in front of him.

The running game was outstanding even with having to shuffle the o-line a bit, and the defense continues to impress. Minnesota is a tough out and given everything the Rams have been dealing with the last few weeks plus the short week, this was a good win.

The Rams could win the next three games or lose the next three, and neither of those scenarios would surprise me more than the other.

zn wrote:

The Rams seemed to play more man coverage yesterday than they have recently, and it clearly suited Darious Williams and David Long jnr. They easily played their best games of the season so far.

Darious Williams had a Pro Bowl caliber season last year playing in a defense that played a lot of man coverage. I hope the Rams continue to do that.

The NFL should shut down for two weeks and quarantine all players and coaches.

canadaram wrote:

I have already seen enough of this year’s Rams to know what’s going to happen on Monday. They look like world beaters vs. Sub .500 teams, but aside from the Tampa game, their weaknesses are easily exploited by good teams. I would expect Arizona to target any player not named Ramsey all night. I think that Murray will have plenty of time to sit in the pocket to find his open receivers. I think the Cardinals defense will pressure Stafford into a couple of turnovers. I don’t expect his game to be all that close. Cardinals win by at least ten to thirteen.

Yup.

Rams are favored by a point I see.

In Green Bay

After coming off two consecutive losses in which the o-line got abused and Stafford looked lost.

Huh.

I haven’t decided if I like the OBJ signing or not yet, but there was speculation that all the hoopla over the Von Miller signing served as a distraction, and was at least partly responsible for the Rams’ poor play against the Titans. I hope they learned their lesson this week.

I’m putting the Rams on notice. I cannot be held responsible for my actions if they lose this week. I will not suffer another loss to the 9ers. I just won’t.

The quarterback who generated the most pass EPA has won MVP in every season in the Next Gen Stats era (since 2016).

This season, Matthew Stafford has generated almost twice as much pass EPA (+114.3) than the next closest QB (Dak Prescott: +62.2).#RamsHouse pic.twitter.com/7hESbiI2vp

— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) November 4, 2021

Zooey wrote:

They have not put together a game that made me think they are a legitimate threat to win it all.

Who has? There isn’t a single team (outside of maybe the Cowboys) that consistently puts together complete games or looks like a contender ever week.

You’ve been bested. Now, slink back to the 9er’s board or whatever hell you crawled out of and tell your fowl brethren that we will not suffer their ilk.

Zooey wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

Jim McVay (Sean’s uncle) was one of the people Gruden was emailing.

Okay, but that doesn’t tell us anything about Sean.

I have two idiot brothers and a father who were livid about Colin Kapernick and BLM, and I doubt that they would voice objections to anybody who said something like Gruden did.

They doesn’t mean I share those views, too, just because we’re related.

I’m not saying it means anything about Sean’s views. It just reinforces what we already know about the friendship between the Grudens (Jon and Jay) and the McVays. They are close. As such, I wonder if Sean ever saw this side of Jon Gruden before. He says he didn’t, but I bet a lot of people who aren’t as close to John Gruden as Sean is knew how he felt. There are certainly many people associated with the NFL who share his views.

Jumping on Twitter to clarify the below.
Hope everyone is doing good.😎👇🏽 pic.twitter.com/4bqFDUYSR6

— Jeff Fisher (@CoachJeffFisher) October 13, 2021

Source: Jon Gruden just informed his staff that he plans to resign as #Raiders coach.

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) October 12, 2021

zn wrote:

Stafford Time‼️@alfsbones
The Rams are:
•Last in plays per drive
•22nd in RZ TD %
•22nd in rushing
All that has to change

But the Rams are 8th in scoring.

Who cares how long a drive is if you get points out of it?

This speaks to the RZ TD pct too. Yeah, it would be nice to have a higher Pct of TDs but the Rams are scoring a lot of points anyway so….

Coming off a 10 day rest, on the road, against a bad team…

Exactly the sort of game the Rams typically lose.

Maybe they should bring Bud Carson on board as a consultant.