Let me start off by saying with all sincerity: I blame Zooey and his crappy California weather.

Hey–it wasn’t ALL his fault.

Pharoh Cooper may want to find a cave and crawl in and cry for a few weeks. What a nightmare for him.

They were always trying to catch up and the Falcons just kept grinding them down.

Yes–I hoped they would win–but I thought it could go either way. Unfortunately they had home field advantage which is no advantage for this team at all.

Very impressed with Gurley and Goff and Woods. That is the core of this team–along with Kupp.

Watkins—-see ya.

The Falcons secondary was very impressive. They deserve some credit. They played a hell of a game. I expect them to spank the Eagles.

Actually–I kind of expect they have a great chance to get back to the Superbowl. They didn’t have the best record but it’s a very talented and well-coached football team. And they had something the Rams did not have–experience.

I feel miserable for Whitworth. Hopefully they get that elusive playoff win for him next year.

I think the Rams will get back to the playoffs next year. And they’ll be better.

Zooey wrote:

Not looking good here, either. 90% chance of rains, wind gusts up to 6 mph, a high of 58 expected. An overnight low of 48. So we’re kind of feeling it out here, too. But of course with the East Coast bias in the media, there’s total silence about it.

Frankly, I don’t know how you do it.

I’d move.

It’s beautiful in Pennsylvania this time of year.

Here’s a pic of a selfie I snapped this morning:

zn wrote:

I’ve seen this argument out there and it’s worth considering, though in the end I argue for sitting the starters. One view against it says, the Rams are not guaranteed the 3rd seed so this win is huge. What happens if the #3 and #4 seeds advance to the Championship game? With a loss and so falling to the 4th seed Rams lose homefield.

I think you pretty much answered this.

But yes–they are 7-1 on the road and 5-3(counting the England game so not even really a home game) at home.

On the scale of important things for this team THIS year–health far outweighs home field.

I get it–but this is the PLAYOFFS and they put themselves as having to win two straight road games against great teams to make the Superbowl. But again–this team does not fear the road at all. They have played in loud stadiums. They know what they have to do.

If they were fighting for the #1 seed and could guarantee home field throughout the playoffs or perhaps even the #2 seed, I’d think that they should play the starters to secure the position because they would still have a bye week coming to rest guys. They don’t have that. This is their only chance to rest guys before the big push.

IMO, they have to do that.

Can you imagine the outrage if McVay played them and Gurley or Donald were injured?

The press would destroy him.

He’s being smart. I like it. I agree with it.

zn wrote:

It’s this site. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/

You search for any qb and then will see this…and you hit “more” :

Bah! It’s all a bunch of numbers and facts.

I have no use for such things anymore.

I trust my gut.

Warner was the best ever.

There is no way to convince me otherwise.

nittany ram wrote:

Kurt Warner only had 9 comeback wins for his career. One less than the great Mark Sanchez.

Tom Brady leads all active QBs with 41 comebacks.

Surprisingly, Aaron Rodgers only has 12.

Where do you get all of this made-up information, anyway?

At the NFL Made-Up Information Store?

You Seahawks fans are all alike: besmirch the greatness that is Kurt Warner by hinting he is less than Mr. Buttfumble, Mark Sanchez.

Your word voodoo won’t work here Mr. 12th Man!!!!

Any word on if he commented how Gurley would do in the Superbowl?

I kind of agree with you.

I mean–technically it’s a comeback but not in the sense that you think about when it comes to last minute final drives for the win.

So–yes it is a comeback. But not a classic “4th quarter comeback” which is what you mean, I believe.

But I’m fine if they don’t have to have any of those comebacks.

This is the 9ers Superbowl. Their fans on Twitter are calling out McVay for being scared to play certain teams so he’s tanking(ridiculous) or that he doesn’t want them heading into the playoffs with the Rams starters getting hammered by the 9ers(more ridiculous). So this game means everything to them.

The Rams just want to get out healthy.

If this meant something the Rams would be at least a 6 point favorite–even with Ficken. Maybe even more.

I think some of the older or beat up guys should certainly rest. And if he plays Gurley or some others I’d certainly pull them by halftime.

The Seahawks offense did nothing. They had more penalty yards than offensive yards.

Dallas pretty much imploded.

Some of their playcalling was a bit of a headscratcher–Dak looked bad and they had too many turnovers.

Credit to the Seahawks but this looked like two bad teams. Neither one is much of a threat for the playoffs.

Well–Dallas is out now anyway.

The last spot goes to the Falcons or Seahawks.

Falcons play the Panthers next week and Panthers are playing for the division.

It will be interesting.

Seahawks really could get in. Rams could play them a third time.

Just watched it.

First of all: NFC WEST CHAMPS BABY!!!!!!!!!

This feels great. I don’t care what happens from here on out. Yes–I WANT them to win the Superbowl but it’s all icing on the cake from here. I guess I’d love to see them win the first playoff game for sure since it’s a home game. But it’s all house money right now. What a great enjoyable season.

Gurley is amazing. What a year he’s having.

The defense played tough today when it mattered most.

My one complaint: Ficken.

He will cost them.

Look–maybe it was just a bad first game. Maybe they let him kick against the 9ers and give him lots of chances and see how things look. Maybe they move on to another uncertain kicker. In any case–I miss GZ.

But right now I’m just thrilled.

I would rest the starters next week if possible.

It would only matter down the road for the higher seed if both the Eagles and Vikings were eliminated in the second round. Then they COULD get another home playoff game. But the way they’ve played on the road who cares?

The rest is more important.

Rest them.

Zooey wrote:

Goodness, if I had known ahead of time that Goff was going to end up with under 200 passing yards, I would have expected the worst. That game was all Defense, Todd Gurley, and Pharoh Cooper. The Rams simply gashed Seattle from the opening drive. I am surprised the Seattle fans didn’t turn on them sooner. But they may have been in such shock, they couldn’t process it.

I have only watched the first half so far but that is exactly right. Man–the defense was incredible. They gave Seattle no chance. This was played like a Jeff Fisher wet dream. This is what it SHOULD have been with him. Great running and devouring defense. Add in great special teams. The passing game took a back seat in this one. Goff did not even play particularly well(another strip) but McVay did the smart thing in this one and let Gurley take over the game.

That seems to be McVay learning.

This was very positive and fun to watch.

I’ll watch the second half later but what a half of football. Has this team ever had so dominating a half of football? Ever?

I’ll feel better when they wrap this division up for sure–hopefully next week. Then give the starters a rest in the last week and charge into the playoffs. This team is capable of beating any team in the playoffs. I’m not saying they will. But they have the talent and coaching to do it.

Zooey wrote:

Oh, hey, thanks, Debbie Downer. You are an inspiration to us all.

I never had a doubt.