Yeah I would agree with zn on that.

There’s nothing wrong with the Rams offense that new coaches, receivers and o-line couldn’t fix.

Goff did ok considering…

What makes you think that Demoff’s job is in jeopardy?

sanbagger wrote:

If Fisher is fired I’ll hold out and see what coaches are making it known they are available and discuss my wishes then.

One reason I’m not on the ‘Fire Fisher’ bandwagon is because I haven’t really been impressed with the list of possible replacements that have been mentioned so far.

Zooey wrote:

The Rams have yet to publicly announce or even comment upon the extension, and why do you think that is?

Well, Bill, I think it’s because Stan doesn’t feel the need to come out and talk to you.

He conducts his business. Media is media, and he doesn’t think you are as important as you think you are.

Plaschke has a good reputation. And I like him. But this is the same standard issue, tea leaf reading BS that we have seen from many of his inferiors in journalism.

There is no inside information here. He doesn’t even pretend that he has any. He is making it up. Telling us what he feels.

Okay. So now we know he is in the “I feel Fisher is bad and want him gone” camp.

Got it.

The LA press is tough. Tougher than the St. Louis press anyway.

I remember Plasche’s first column about the Rams after their return to LA. He basically said, “ok, LA didn’t ask for you to come back, so if you want us to care, you better win”.

Not that the sentiment isn’t true. It certainly is. But I doubt that the first articles written in the St. Louis Dispatch when the team moved there were as indifferent to borderline hostile, even though they also knew they were getting a team that had been losing for five straight seasons prior to their arrival.

I think the Rams could win out.

wv wrote:

I have no idea if something that looks this bad, can bee quick-fixed.

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Well certainly nothing is going to get fixed this year. But I think the offense could be markedly better next year if….

-Goff takes the next step forward in his development.

-Gurley commits to getting his game back.

-The o-line improves. I think the o-line can go from among the worst to at least an average group over the offseason. It’s a possibility. I mean, they were kinda sorta average the year before and it’s the same group of guys so if they can go from middlin’ to terrible they ought to be able to go from terrible to middlin’. Plus, they are certainly going to address the o-line in Free Agency so the personnel should get a little better anyway.

Fix those three things while the defense remains at its current level and we’ll be talking playoffs again.

Note: I’m not saying any of the above will happen or is even likely too, although I do have a good feeling about Goff. I’m only saying that it could happen and if it did that would be enough to get to 10-6.

The Rams win this week. Bank on it.

sanbagger wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

the playcalling and overall strategy will reflect his style – which is to use the run to set up play action

That sounds like a Norv Turner offense to me…strive for run/pass ratio of 50/50.

I actually think Turner would be a good fit with Fisher and wanted them to hire him when Cleveland let him go.

BTW…For the “I love Mike Martz” guys…Martz was an assistant coach under Turner.

Turner is a disciple of the Coryell system as was Martz. But Turner’s style is more balanced with the run:pass ratio as you note whereas Martz liked to feature the pass.

I would love to have Turner as the Rams’ OC.

PA Ram wrote:

I say–give him 16 million next year and let’s go win the Superbowl!!!!!

Actually, 16 million dollars would only guarantee them an undefeated regular season based on your theory. 19 million dollars would be required to win the Superbowl.

16 million means the Rams would lose in the divisional round of the playoffs.

You’d like that wouldn’t ya? See the Rams go 16 – 0 only to lose in the first round of the playoffs… Look on with glee as the hope and excitement built up over the course of 16 straight victories cascades away like water through a burst dam.

Your hatred for the Rams and their fans has no limits, does it?

Hram wrote:

Can you imagine is we had a Massey to go with Hekker???

If they had Hekker and Massey the Rams win by two touchdowns.

Even the Pats fans seated next to me conceded that point when I mentioned it.

zn wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

zn wrote:

But then the Patz were right, to defend the Rams you have to take away their best weapon, which is Goff.

Actually, and unfortunately, Hekker is their best weapon. How about that 76 yard punt? That was more impressive in person than it would be on TV.

What you saw in Goff was a 3rd game rookie against a smart, veteran defense. Not taking anything away from Hekker. But, we have to cut through the static to see what Goff can become. Even buried under the debris of that particular defensive gameplan, which was calculated to negate him.

Oh there was nothing about Goff’s performance that tells me he won’t be a great QB. That game was just Belichixx against a rookie QB. I expected that.

But I don’t know if I would call him their best weapon yet. Hekker on the other hand was able to reverse field position all on his own. Hate to think how many points the Pats might have scored without Hekker.

Goff truly looked like a rookie against Belichick’s defense. The Rams’ o-line didn’t play well and allowed too much pressure but even when they gave Goff enough time he often held the ball too long. The pocket awareness we saw from Goff was gone in this game but I think that was because he was confused by what he was seeing. His accuracy wasn’t great either. He also threw some nice passes that were dropped though.

Overall I thought the defense played pretty well considering they were on the road facing Tom Brady. The Rams offense gave them no help and put them in bad situations a few times.

At halftime the Patriots had a tribute to the 2001 team that “beat” the Rams in Super Bowl 34. They had a bunch of players from that team on hand and Bob Kraft gave a speech about how the Greatest Show on Turf was defeated by “The Greatest Team on Earth”. During the speech he implied the 2001 Rams were a collection of prima donnas whereas the Pats were a true ‘team’. He said something like only a team committed to hard work and blah, blah, blah, deserves to win the Super Bowl. I turned to my wife and said at a pitch loud enough for everyone around me to hear “by ‘dedicated to hard work’ he means ‘taping their opponents practices'”. The Pats fans around me got quiet for a second and glared at me and I figured I might be in for some trouble but they just let it go.