JackPMiller wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

JackPMiller wrote:

Over the next 4 weeks, we play 3 teams that lead their divisions in the NFC. Two of them are at home. I feel, in the next 4 weeks, we need to go at least 3-1 to be considered a legit Super Bowl contender.

I’d be happy with 2-2. Still in good shape if they split those games.

If we go 2-2, we would not be a Super Bowl threat from the NFC.

Jack, if the Rams split the next four games they could still finish 12-4 which would probably make them NFC West champs and get them a first round by in the playoffs. They would certainly have a decent chance to go to the Super Bowl.

McVay just won his 7th game.

But until he proves he can do that year in and year out, I feel any comparisons to Jeff Fisher are premature.

Zooey wrote:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2706946-power-ranking-all-32-nfl-offenses-post-draft

32. Los Angeles Rams
2017 Offensive Coordinator: Matt LaFleur

Outside of running back Todd Gurley, the Los Angeles Rams are an absolute wasteland of an offense.

In 2016, quarterback Jared Goff showed nothing in his few appearances his rookie season, and his weapons for this season are nowhere near elite when you look at wide receivers Tavon Austin, Cooper Kupp, Robert Woods and tight ends Gerald Everett and Tyler Higbee.

As mentioned before, Gurley is the only bright spot, but how do you expect him to get anything going if the rest of the team around him is what is outlined above? Those opposing defenses could play 10 in the box if they wanted to.

The Rams offense is definitely the worst in football.

100 percent.

That guy should have his license to practice sports journalism revoked.

A man would have to be blind not to have foreseen the rebirth of the Rams offense this season.

The signs were all there to see last season. One only had to look.

I remember watching one of Goff’s pick sixes last year and thinking to myself, “Soon. Soon those TDs will be going the other way.”

Any fool could see it.

Zooey wrote:

The next time the Rams lose, it will be to a team that is better than they are, not to a team that is AS good, or inferior.

So, you’re implying it’s possible for a team to be AS good or even BETTER than the Rams?!

Gawd, I wish Rams players visited this site. Your posts would make excellent bulletin board fodder for the upcoming Seahawks game.

Herzog wrote:

Wow. Don’t know why it makes me sad.

Wasted potential. You won’t find a more athletically gifted LT.

But to play effectively at the NFL level you need a command of the technique, and that’s where he failed.

I think I’d rather face a rusty Bridgewater than Keenum right now.

zn wrote:

Will Brinson‏@WillBrinson
Best 3rd down conversion % in NFL through Week 9:

1. Rams (49.1)
2. Eagles (46.8)
3. Patriots (45.9)
4. Cowboys (45.5)
5. Panthers (43.4)

Ryan Kartje@Ryan_Kartje
Last season, the Rams converted just 31.5 percent of third downs, worst in the NFL. They’ve improved by 17.6 percent. That’s insane.

Umm no.

This year’s 3rd down conversion rate of 49.1% is a 55.9% improvement over last season’s rate of 31.5%

49.1 – 31.5 = 17.6

(17.6/31.5) x 100 = 55.9%

Agamemnon wrote:

The Rams have ticked all the boxes. It doesn’t get much better than this.
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Will they keep going? They need to stay healthy.

Yeah. Injuries and/or self-inflicted gaffes are the only thing that can derail this team.

The only team that can beat the Rams is the Rams.

And maybe the Eagles.

InvaderRam wrote:

zn wrote:

zn wrote:

where they need to improve/change the most IMO

Redzone offense.

Speak of the devil.

Joe Curley‏ @vcsjoecurley
Matt Lafleur mentions red zone as being a place of improvement worked on during the bye week.
Lafleur hints the Rams need to run the ball better in the red zone in order to have success in those situations.

interesting. i would think it’d fall more on goff, but i trust what lafleur says.

My impression is they abandon the run too quickly in the red zone.

ESPN FPI says Giants have a 61.9% chance to win.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/game?gameId=400951758

The Rams are better than all those teams except maybe the Eagles. The Seahawks in Seattle will be tough. No reason they can’t go at least 5-4 the rest of the way. That would get them to 10-6 which should be good enough to make the playoffs.

Ahh, the lamentations of the conquered.

Cards embarrass themselves nationally and, now, internationally. If the greedy NFL could figure a way to play football in space, the Cards would embarrass themselves universally.

That was a good one.

How does Donald compares to the all-time greats at DT? Does he already deserve to be mentioned among the best ever of the game…Merlin Olsen, Bob Lilly, Alan Page, Joe Greene, etc?

It would be cool if PFF went back and looked at film of those players and graded them using the same metrics they use today.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Donald graded out better than them. He may be the best DT who ever played.

It’s exceedingly rare for a team to have the best player of all-time at a given position on their roster. Obviously it’s even more rare to have the two best players of all-time at their positions on their roster at the same time.

But the Rams probably do in Hekker and Donald.

wv wrote:

Thats exactly the way they should be handling him. Having said that he just doesnt have the ‘bend-around-the-corner-ability’ he used to have. He still has the ‘get off’ or ‘speed’ but he doesnt seem to have the speed PLUS power PLUS ‘twistyness’ to bull the OT and get around the corner. He looks like most of the time he just rockets upfield and zooms past the QB and ends up on the ground. The ‘turn’ around the corner just isnt happening anymore. And i assmue thats the effect of the back-injury-surgery.

I imagine, Quinn and Tavon will be gone next year. Though i dunno the cap situation with Quinn.

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Yeah, that’s my impression too. The back injuries have made him stiff.

I don’t see how he remains a Ram at his current salary. Same with Tavon, of course. Maybe they would take a pay cut to stay.