Zooey wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

wv wrote:

SF fires their DC. w v

Somebody had to pay.

Yeah, I don’t think this is a scapegoat situation. There were some problems between Wilks and Shanahan throughout the season, and they had different philosophies for the defense. Wilks was supposed to embrace Shanahan’s system, but there were times he didn’t do it. Shanahan and Lynch overruled Wilks on his gameplan against Seattle, and Shanahan called a timeout in the Super Bowl to overrule a defensive play call at one point. There was also some kind of fiasco at the end of the first half against Minnesota. This wasn’t the 49ers throwing somebody under the bus for the loss.

Well look who comes running to Shanny’s and the 9ers’ defense.  What a surprise.  Not.

Sorry if I struck a nerve. I know you’re struggling to get over the Super Bowl loss and here I am adding insult to injury.  I’ll try to remember that not everyone is as happy about the 9ers implosion as Rams fans are.

I wonder who Raheem will take with him?  Will the Rams promote a current coach or look elsewhere?
Seems like Aubrey Pleasant has paid his dues and should be in line for a coordinator position.

• This reply was modified 3 months ago by nittany ram.

wv wrote:

Anybody got anything to say? Just rooting against the 49ers?

Yup.  The 9ers have to lose.

That’s all that matters.

Don’t care how it happens, and it doesn’t have to happen this week, but it has to happen.

The Rams are the only team I root for.  Every other team in the league falls somewhere between ambivalence and hatred. I used to be ambivalent about the Lions, but they have shifted toward the dislike range of the scale.  They are a dirty team.  I hope the season ends in sadness for them and their fans.

Hope Higbee can be healthy before the start of next season.  Fortunately the Rams have some nice depth at TE.

I don’t buy the defender’s claim he wasn’t trying to hurt Higbee. He has a history of this.

You can’t outlaw all hits below the waist (can you imagine trying to tackle a guy like Earl Campbell if you couldn’t hit him below the waist?) but the NFL should outlaw hits directly to the knees.

zn wrote:

They need various things on defense. On offense IMO above all they need a true 1B running back. The Rams were a different team in games where Wms either didn’t play or was held to under 100. Like–yesterday. It follows that if you have another RB who can get premium yards, your offense is better off all the way around.

I also think they need a capable back-up QB.  Odds of Stafford playing all 17 games are about nil.  Maybe that guy is Stetson, maybe not, but they need a better option that the likes of Rypien…

zn wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

it’s not necessarily true that the rams will just improve this off-season. henderson. possibly morris next. donald getting older. who knows what’s going on with kupp. now higbee gone for awhile.

They can still improve with all those losses and/or effects of age. They improved from 2022 to 2023 with far less to work with. For example, that actually included not just stabilizing the OL but upgrading the OL coaching. Between 2023 and 2024, no matter what the losses are, they have far more to work with than they did going into 2023.

If they get help for Donald he might look better (ie better numbers) even if his age is starting to show.

As a matter of fact. I expect it to happen if Turner continues to develop and they sign a good FA edge rusher.

With the exception of Aaron Donald, Raheem’s defense was better than the sum of its parts.  Somehow he managed to put together an effective defense with Witherspoon,  Kendrick, et. al.

I wish him well.

When the trade went down, I remember being against it.

At the time, I thought Goff might still be able to salvage his career with the Rams.

I also didn’t realize how good Stafford was.  To me, he just seemed like a much older, worn-out version of Goff.

But as good as Goff is, Stafford is an order of magnitude better.

Think about the Super Bowl against Cincy and the NFC Championship game against the Bucs prior to that… i don’t think the Rams win either of those games with Goff at QB.

Zooey wrote:

Well, since I arrived in Las Vegas yesterday morning, I am going to have to put some money where my mouth is.

Well whatta’ ya know…

For decades zooey has been prancing about the board acting all sanctimonious – looking upon us with disdain whenever we penned a bawdy remark.  We would have to endure lengthy pearl-clutching tirades with every utterance that offended his piousness…

Only to find out he’s a degenerate gambler.

reactions to the Colts game

Zooey wrote:

Of course, that leaves out that Goff has played more games, and Stafford can make every throw Goff can make, but Goff cannot make throws Stafford makes, and that Stafford has a Lombardi.

Cherry picked stats to support a preconceived belief.

wv wrote:

Enh. I’ve seen all this too many times now. Somebody doing really well on a line with Aaron Donald. I dunno how good Turner really is. He’s certainly played well, and he’s ‘solid’ and he was a great draft pick. But more than that, I dunno. w v

Agreed.

Turner has 1 more sack than Donald but 8 fewer QB hits and a lot fewer QB hurries.

This might suggest that Turner isn’t great at producing consistent pressure on his own, but instead is taking advantage of the attention Donald receives.

That’s not necessarily a rip on Turner. As already pointed out there have been plenty of guys who have lined up beside Donald and not performed as well as he has.

But I’m not ready to say he’s anything more than a solid player yet either.

Clue that Wentz will start for Rams against 9ers?

https://x.com/jourdanrodrigue/status/1742295098527019067?s=46&t=HWVy98OnVkQzKJrO607ZCw

Rams clinch playoff spot with a week to go.

Thanks Pittsburgh.