Jets might give them a run.

But the Rams are certainly a BAD football team. They can’t do simple things–like fall on a fumble. Today was Gaines turn, a week or two ago it was Jake Long. Simple stuff. They don’t seem to be able to adjust their game plan–they get stuck on things that don’t work and continue to do them. They make stupid penalties. They miss field goals.

They have some talent–for sure, but don’t seem to be able to use it effectively.

They do what bad teams do—they are a bad team. They may win one or two more games this year.

Fisher should be embarrassed.

I’m glad we have Jake Long’s replacement on board because he sure seems to be descending slowly toward retirement. He was the guy protecting Bradford in pre season too. We know how that worked out.

I have to agree with LadyRamFan on this. I don’t see this show as an Islamaphobic show at all. I think it shows a lot of sympathy for Muslims and shows why some of them might turn to terrorism. Sure there are bad guys on both sides because that’s the way it is.

Gripping show.

So the Seahawks are complaining about penalties and being unfairly targeted by the refs?

Well, boo-fricken hoo for them.

We see it every week.

I’m sure that Rams fans sound the same way when we complain.

But the officiating truly does suck. The league needs to take a hard look at that.

Clearly the key to the game was the fact that I was unable to watch it today.

Had I watched, the Rams would have pulled out one of their magical losses.

I will make plans to be away next Sunday. I will ride that until they lose.

Other than that, from what I gather, it was a “tricky” sort of win. I’ll take it.

If the league is all about fairness and getting calls right they should absolutely allow for coach challenges.

This will not help with non-calls but at least it’s a move in the right direction. The refs have proven to be either incompetent or corrupt. They need to be challenged.

zn wrote:

I think what they can do is line up someone to play the safety position. SF has had great success against this Gregg Williams scheme, even during the bounty gate era. There was no friggin safety in position to make a play last night…. it was frustrating, like watching a bad HS team.

I just have to disagree with this.

There is no way on earth Jenkins is supposed to play it the way he did. He blundered and hugely. Who is supposed to anticipate that happening? It’s like, you’re not supposed to text while driving during rush hour. If you text while driving during rush hour, I won’t be sympathetic to the idea there should have been a traffic cop there to warn the other drivers.

I know the ESPN talking heads tried to put this one on Wms but I just saw that as them shamelessly exonerating Jenkins for a basics 101 level dumb dumb dumb play.

Jenkins may have screwed up but why put him in the position to screw up–because if he does–it’s 6 points.

A good DC does not let that happen.

Again, I don’t know if it is outright corruption or incompetence because they can look the same.

But the refs are having an impact on the NFL in a very bad way this year.

Think of an Umpire who calls strikes for one batter in a strike zone as large as the Atlantic Ocean and for the next batter one the size of a raindrop. These guys are playing two separate games.

If one guy can be held relentlessly while another guy can’t sneeze on an opponent–it’s two separate games.

The game doesn’t look right–doesn’t feel right.

The Rams have had more than their share of that this year. No one in the media will ever point this out. They are selling the product. The Rams yelling about it would be just so much background noise. Useless.

All they can do is try to win IN SPITE of that. No easy task. But despite the situation with the refs, with having to play an opponent AND the refs–I don’t give the Rams a pass. Throughout the game they find ways to make bonehead plays or critical turnovers.

And if you blitz as much as Greg Williams does and CAN’T get a sack?????

The lack of sacks with the aggressiveness this team puts toward getting them is startling.

This screams that something is broken.

I had to work tonight–listened on the radio and caught the last 6 minutes of the game at home. I have it on DVR. Doubt that I’ll watch it.

But just listening I could hear a tackle for loss and then on a second and long—first down.

3rd and long–first down.

I didn’t get to see the bad calls tonight(I know they were there)but it isn’t JUST the bad calls. This team is a letdown waiting to happen.

I will say on the Lloyd touchdown–it looked like Quinn was being held again–but Ray Lewis and others were talking about it after the game and called it, “high school football”. They were saying that it was odd the Rams were even set up like they were for that situation. I’m no coach–I don’t know.

But the Rams do what they do best–disappoint.

Something really seems “off” about the league this year and the refs are part of it. Corruption? Incompetence? I don’t know.

But it shows.

NERam wrote:

wv wrote:
Has anyone died or gone to prison
from that 99 team?

Happy question, i know.

w
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One death, I believe.

Can’t remember the position, but the name was Ayoosta Winn.

Okay–you got me.

For about thirty seconds I was scratching my head and thinking, “Ayoosta Winn? I don’t remember him at all. Special teamer? Weird name–you’d think I…..Oh…Oh….I get it. Okay.”

Good one.

I miss that guy. 🙂

Stop the run.

Force Kaepernik to throw–he’s a knucklehead.

And DO NOT BEAT YOURSELF!!!!!

If they come out and play smart football, don’t turn the ball over and stop the run–they will win this game.

Or…as Nittany said….the Gatorade.

Okay–now he wants to SELL the team?

My head is spinning.

I have coach fatigue.

The thought of bringing in another guy, another system, other players–uhhh.

I’m giving Fisher one more year before I call for his head. But I’m disappointed with the results so far–for sure.

Excellent post, RFL.

I agree with a lot of it.

I also sometimes think there is a certain laziness to these players. Watch Brockers on the Foles scramble. No effort at all.

Maybe he was tired but show something. Fortunately the Rams got lucky and Foles fumbled but it was a terrible play in terms of effort.

And what in the hell was Jake Long doing on that fumble recovery for a touchdown? It was just the most curious “efforts” to recover a fumble I may have ever seen. He could have fallen on the ball which was laying right in front of him and instead he sort of flopped NEAR it and batted it a couple of times.

It bothers me that they has TWO weeks and came out of the gate like they did–a questionable game plan which they eventually had to adjust–and Davis wasn’t used to this sort of defense so why even put him in that position–clearly he wasn’t ready for it. He got better as he figured some things out.

And the defense I just don’t get at all. No clue what’s going on there.

But despite the flaws–YES–they had a chance to win.

But bad teams find a way to lose. They found a way with Dallas–and I know the penalties in that came were horrendous– but if Cook catches the T.D. maybe it doesn’t matter.

They have to figure out how to win.