wv wrote:

“It seems to me that like Gurley, and like the OL, this CK/TA disconnect is a function of starting the season off out of sync. I am starting to get a theory in my head about why that is.”

The move? Hard Knocks? A change of scheme? Immigrants? Lizard People?

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No, not Hard Knocks.

Gurley has faced eight or more men in the box on 11 of his rushes, fewer than nine other running backs. Melvin Gordon of San Diego (39 rushes with eight or more defenders in the box), LeGarrette Blount of New England and Devonta Freeman of Atlanta (33 each) have faced it a lot more frequently.

The bigger problem appears to be defensive linemen penetrating the line of scrimmage.

Ok, so it’s not just a matter of the Rams’ o-line being out-manned by 8 and 9 man fronts. They simply can’t run block. And this isn’t new, it goes back 13 games – well into last season.

I always thought the excuse that the Rams can’t run because defenses are stacking the box because they don’t fear the passing game was a little weak. Sure it has something to do with it, but good running teams still find ways to run effectively.

Look at the Rams in Dickerson’s heyday – 83-86. They didn’t have a passing attack that defenses had to respect. A past his prime Vince Ferragamo, Jeff Kemp, Steve Dils and Dieter Brock didn’t force defenses to back off the LOS. But the Rams ran the ball better than any other team. If you have a good run blocking line and a superlative back you can run against anyone. The current Rams have the RB but lack the o-line.

That’s most certainly true.

But neither does Trump.

In fact, I would say that they both probably have actual disdain for the middle class and poor folks.

But this is what our great two party system has given us to choose from.

My second post was in response to a link to an article with Trump assault allegations women in the address with a BS intro of “Why is society so dismissive of sexual assault, our rape culture and women in general?”. Guilt by association and slander. Such hypocrisy. So I responded with truth, the inconvenient truth.

If you read the article you would see that the article wasn’t really about Trump. It used the Trump allegations to ask bigger questions like why we as a society minimize assaults on women and why do we make it so difficult for women who have been assaulted to come forward?

By the way, we have Trump on tape bragging about sexually assaulting women when he talks about kissing them and grabbing their genitals without consent. The inconvenient truth is that’s the definition of sexual assault.

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In a lot of ways men and women don’t even live in the same world. Their experiences and perceptions are just so different. For example, if a man is set up on a blind date his biggest worry is that the women will be unattractive. The women’s biggest worry is that she’ll be raped.

JackPMiller wrote:

Fisher has been here for 5 years, it has not worked. It is time for a change, and to get a new voice. I have not seen any improvement from this team. We are still no where near a .500 type team, which is embarrassing. At this stage we should be contending for a Super Bowl, not 8-8.

Jack, how can you be sure the Rams aren’t even a 0.500 team when they are currently a 0.600 team (3-2)? They could be 5-2 at the bye.

Isiah58 wrote:

Well, here is the next question: Who do you replace Fisher with?

Jeff Fisher has 22 years of head coaching experience. He has taken a team to a Super Bowl. He has won 177 NFL games including playoffs. So, who have you got who is going to do better?

People mostly assume that the next person will automatically have all of Fisher’s positive attributes and fix all of the negatives. Or just want change for change’s sake. Well, it would be good if you are advocating a new coach to hear your plan for succession.

And let’s not have the same tired retreads like Jimmy Johnson and Bill Cower. Those guys are done. There are not a bunch of Super Bowl winning coaches just sitting on the sidewalk just waiting for the Rams to call. If the you think the hot new assistant coach is the proper path, just harken back to Scott Linehan and Steve Spagnuolu for the last time the Rams tried that avenue. So yes, Fisher and Snead have taken the long path but they have built a team that can beat anyone in the league right now and they are the youngest team in the league. They will get better. The best approach is to maintain continuity and keep the train on the path, IMHO.
Isiah 58

I agree with that for the most part. There does come a time though when it becomes obvious the current coach isn’t going to get it done. When that time arrives is open for debate but that time does come. And at that point you have to make a change even if the next Lombardi isn’t immediately apparent or available.

Fisher hasn’t reached that point yet although it can be seen when the sky is clear and the sun is just right.

A home loss to the Bills didn’t affect the Rams’ rankings much. I guess the media has some respect for them.

Did you edit out the emotional anti-Rams rants? That was actually a joy to read.

wv wrote:

I could be confused — are we talking hair extension ?

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Been there done that.

Coach Fishair.

A defensive Jeff Fisher said:

“You can take the 32nd in the league and write all you want about it,” Fisher said, “but this offense is improving.”

Well, there’s no place to go but up. 😉

Yeah, I would agree that it’s getting better but the pace of the improvement isn’t going to break the sound barrier. It may not get good enough soon enough to help much this year.

We’re over a quarter way through the season and the offense is still one of if not the worst in the league. It should be better than this. Some of the criticisms of Jeff Fisher aren’t legitimate but this one is. The offense shouldn’t be this bad and I doubt Fisher foresaw it being this bad. I bet he is as surprised as we are.

I’m still undecided on Jeff Fisher so I can’t say whether he should or should not get an extension. I want to see how things unfold this season. I know that may seem odd considering he’s been the Rams coach going on five years but so be it…

InvaderRam wrote:

if the defense can get healthy then yes. i am confident the rams can win.

as long as they don’t turn the ball over…

they almost beat buffalo without quinn and brockers while giving up two turnovers – one being a pick 6.

I agree. If Quinn and Brockers play, the Rams win.

I knew it was a mistake to trust you with this mission.

Please tell me that you got Ty Burrell’s autograph at least.