Hah! What happened to my post? Weird.

Anyway–not posting all that again. Had trouble posting a gif so I wrote a scathing review of the game–around 3,000 words or so, I believe(I didn’t count them). Anyway–I’m having a posting performance kind of like the Rams playing performance today.

I’ll get better.

I will hold myself accountable.

I promise.

Play action is so important to this offense. I think that’s why it is so important to get the run game working. If they can’t make that a legitimate threat, sooner or later defenses will ignore a lot of it. Gurley has to start producing more. If he doesn’t, McVay may have to try someone else just to shake some things up. Gurley is fine catching the ball. Maybe he eventually becomes a 3rd down back if he can’t get on track. I know, I know–the offensive line bears some responsibility but Gurley is being given every chance here and a ton of patience. If we go 4 or 5 games and see the same results, you gotta change something.

Well, they won’t be scoring 46 points this time.

It will be a closer, hard fought game and I can see the offense struggling to put up points. If the Rams can put pressure on Cousins–like the Eagles did–the Redskins will also have trouble scoring.

As others have said–the real question is how does Goff handle the pressure this week–because he’s going to see some. And how does McVay adjust to that. Having a run game this week would be outstanding. But if they continue to struggle with that, Goff could be in for a long day.

I’ll say, 16-13 Rams.

Special teams might decide this one. Write that down because I want to remind everyone that I said that if it turns out to be true. If special teams have nothing to do with it just forget I said that.

Interesting tweet. It certainly didn’t hurt having good field position.

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The average Rams drive started on their own 38 yesterday, giving them the best position in the league. Avg Giants drive started on own 15.

The Rams are under a media blackout.

Last night–on the pre-game for the Cowboys/Giants, they weren’t mentioned. On Good Morning Football today–at least the first hour and a half–they didn’t show highlights and only mentioned them in saying that the Jags had a great defense for fantasy and tied the Rams.

All they want to talk about is one of the most boring games in history–the Cowboys/Giants snorefest.

I know they beat a bad team but that game had exciting highlights–big plays.

Cowboys!!!! Packers!!!!! Giants!!!!! Seahawks!!!! Packers!!!

That’s pretty much the show.

This game was so much fun I’ll probably watch it again. And maybe again after that.

I’m going to try very hard not to be Mr. Pessimism. I’ll leave that to Nittany. This was a fun win. It was a team with an offense. I liked it.

Having said that–I will say two things: 1.) the Colts truly suck. Still–that’s how you have to win against a team that truly sucks. And they did.

2.) Like Nittany–I’m not pleased with the running game yet. I believe that zn noted in the chat room that the Rams linemen may be better pass blockers than run blockers and there may be something to that. Pass protection was great. Still–even when Gurley isn’t hit in the backfield he seems somewhat tentative approaching the line–a bit uncertain. He may need a gaping first hole to really make things happen(kind of like the Dallas linemen give Zeke)but that is just not going to happen on every play. Instead of diving into the pile and trying to churn his legs for a few yards I’d love to see him cut outside on some of those runs. I don’t know. We’ll see, It’s only one game. The other backs didn’t fare much better so it may not be on Gurley. But we’ll see. They need improvement in the running game.

Okay–enough negative stuff.

This was a great win–a fun win, and will give me a smile and a kick in my step the whole week.

Game balls:

Trumaine Johnson. He set the tone for the game.

Cooper Kupp. He sure doesn’t act like a 1st year receiver. What a STEAL he was in the draft.

Jared Goff. Nice game Jared.

The Rams offensive line. Great pass protection.

Oh hell–give them all a ball.

Great, great win.

#1 on top of the division. I’m enjoying it.

I have feeling the Rams will light it up.

Because if Goff flops out of the gate it’s going to suck.

The Rams defense will have the luxury of facing Scott Tolzien but they have not really played together yet in this system so…..anybody’s guess. Plus Donald isn’t in.

Rams: 35

Colts: 28

I saw that film several months ago and thought it was a very good thriller. Brando was a great actor. It was interesting watching the interviews. He clearly doesn’t like them. He reminds me of De Niro in that way. De Niro always seems uncomfortable doing them. He also slips into French and German very easily. I always wished I would have taken the time to learn another language but I’m still working on English. Another thing–Brando seemed to hit on any woman that got within three feet of him. I bet he has some stories.

For some reason Tom Hardy seems a lot like Brando to me.

The Patriots defense was non-existent.

Brady looked bad.

Chiefs looked great.

Not the Pats year. Wide open.

These people will not believe growing evidence of climate change.

They will look at it more of proof of God’s wrath against one group or another.

We are a society marching backward.

A friend of mine and his wife live in Puerto Rico. They were preparing for the storm and also they are involved with dog rescues. They rescue strays and abandoned ones and try to find them homes. Very good people. They were trying to give food and water to some strays at the beach yesterday even while preparing themselves for this storm. They were hoping that the strays would be able to find their way to the caves for safety. As I said–very good people and more concerned about these lost animals than themselves. I’m hoping the storm somehow spares them. I wish it would spare everyone, of course but it sounds like this will be very bad.

Evacuation in Florida could be a non-option unless you leave the state. That thing could run a straight line through the state.

I love the beach. I’d love to live at the beach. It’s times like this I’m glad I don’t.

I don’t know what the “best case” scenario is for this right now but I hope that somehow that loss of life is minimal. There’s going to be a lot of damage. That’s unavoidable.

I’ve only seen one play on Broadway and it was a revival of Jesus Christ Superstar. We had free tickets. I’ve always thought Broadway shows were very expensive depending on the show. But I had a good time–it was neat seeing professional show people doing their thing. I respect all the things that have to come together to make that work.

I’m a little perplexed how something like this plays on Broadway though.

It’s an interesting experiment. I wonder if it will be a success.

Just watching the brief sample that zn posted my takeaway is that he is a project. Hopefully they can develop him. Right now he seemed to lock onto every target. I don’t think I saw him go through any progressions. His accuracy was spotty. On the plus side he’s more mobile than Goff or Mannion and he also seems more comfortable throwing on the move.

He has a long way to go but that’s why they have him–to develop him so we’ll see.

I think the Rams may have their “center-of-the-future” in Dielman. He certainly has a shot at it. Cincy wanted to put him on their practice squad but he didn’t make it back to them. I watched some of him on Gamepass against the Colts and liked what I saw. I love this signing.