I think the plan all along was to start Goff’s career after the bye week. Short of the Rams leading the division he was gonna get his shot.

Not sure if he’s ready. Last I saw (pre-season) he didn’t look any where near ready but I have read some reports that he looks great in practice. Well, I look great on the driving range but when I get on the course with my buddies I seem to get away from my training thoughts.

CK could have saved his job but came out and played pretty bad today.

I look forward to seeing Goff…I just hope we don’t see those bone-headed fumbles while trying to make something happen. I didn’t see CK doing anything that Goff can’t do, IMO and he can do things CK just can’t.

bnw wrote:

Since this is the bye week when can we start posting threads about something other than this loss?

And 3-4 is not in competition for a playoff spot. 8-8 is rarely good enough. Seattle had to win the division to get in sub .500.

3-4 is still in the hunt…maybe a bit of a longshot but still in the hunt.

9 games to go and we can look back at 2-3 of those losses that could have easily been wins…just turn those around the 2nd half and get on a run.

If a team get’s hot and builds confidence they can roll off 3, 4, 5 wins in a row.

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JackPMiller wrote:

sanbagger wrote:

GRob was very bad…LT’s a key missing element right now.

I give CK at fault for 2 of his 4 INT’s today

I put the coaching staff at fault for the red flags that again killed us all day.

Quick had a very good game except for the miscommunication to end the game.

TA made a critical mistake by not handling the catch that resulted in a pick-6, but had a pretty good game and made some critical 3rd down pick ups.

I thought GRob got some bad calls. Also. I felt that the refs missed an illegal shove, and a PI call, both on the Giants the one that Britt was coming down inside, the Giant db pushed Britt, and was not looking for the ball.

GRob has the rep and until he shakes that off by being squeeky clean, he’s gonna get called…it’s on him.

I also didn’t like the Nuetral zone call against AD…that was a bad call period…but, just like GRob the Rams a whole have a bad rep and the refs are comin in lookin to throw flags on them.

GRob was very bad…LT’s a key missing element right now.

I give CK at fault for 2 of his 4 INT’s today

I put the coaching staff at fault for the red flags that again killed us all day.

Quick had a very good game except for the miscommunication to end the game.

TA made a critical mistake by not handling the catch that resulted in a pick-6, but had a pretty good game and made some critical 3rd down pick ups.

Nice play by CK on 4th and 10. Low snap, fields it and makes an accurate throw to Quick.

Can they get it in the end zone?

On that ill fated drive GRob was called for holding 3 times…that just isn’t gonna work.

Year 3 he has to be showing more than that.

CK is killin us this game. The pass before the INT Quick was wide open for another TD and CK missed him then through a great pass to the GMen.

joemad wrote:

Link hasn’t worked for me either

When it was 10-0 Giants were backed with a 3rd and 7 when Donald had the neutral zone penalty. He didn’t appear to be offsides but the momentum changed after that play.

Rams need to take over this game in the 4th qtr

I agree. I saw him flinch but it sure didn’t look like he jumped or touched anybody. Thought that was a BAD call.

The good guys need to take this down the field and get some points now. It would help if the guys with Blue are the ones catching the ball

Looks like they need to run Gurley outside more…no room up the guy but looks like he keeps producing outside.

Jet sweeps to TA have gone the way of the dinasaur. I think those would be effective here also.

Fish is Dying to go for another 4th down…he’ll do it before the game is over.

Quick really looks good…be beat JJ easily on that 9 route.

Penalties still killin the good guys.

zn wrote:

Zooey wrote:

Do you keep three CBs that are very good so you have one in case another gets injured? Or do you keep two good CBs with cheaper depth and allot your resources to somewhere else?

I suspect that if not for the trade, they would have drafted a corner this year.

I have no doubt about that. Fisher has stated he believes you should draft a DB in every draft.

Don’t forget, even after the trade they still took 2 TE’s and 2 receivers. Think offense was the focal point? Add that in the previous draft they drafted O-line.

I have noticed their strategy when drafting is to select an area, RB..TE..WR..etc, and hit that with a couple or more picks. I have had fun attempting to predict where they were targeting.

InvaderRam wrote:

well and one of the keys to running an effective cover 2 i believe is to be able to have a 4 man rush. that goes down significantly when you lose quinn. your edge rusher. as well as hayes on the other side and brockers in the middle.

I always thought that was the most important part of the cover 2…that and having good DT’s that can push the line like the old Tampa Bucs.

That’s why it’s a little frustrating for me…..when the DB’s do a good job it seems as though the QB has time to wait.

If they let Eli feel comfortable, he will pick them apart. They need to rattle him, and he can be rattled, and the only way to do that is hit him.

we are seeing a completely different defensive scheme from the good guys this year than what we’ve seen in the last few years.

GW loves to pressure the QB and is known for inventive ways to bring extra rushers.

This year the Rams have been primarily a cover 2 and 4 rushers team…even from game 1 when everybody, with the exception of EJ, was healthy.

I think they started they year this way because EJ was out and Sens was starting and the safeties were a question mark….so they tried to give the DB’s a little room to not get beat over the top. Now that Tru is down, Sens has been canned…insert Hill…., and the safeties are playing better than hoped. But they are still trying to protect the DB’s playing bend but don’t break.

IDK…I just watched it 5 times stopping and starting it…I think it’s possible he makes it but there’s way too much penetration by the D.

Also, looked to me like Gurley intended on going straight the entire time….I didn’t see him looking left at all. Almost like he thought he was supposed to go straight and not that he adjusted on the fly.

Thanks for the vid that was great to look at and changed my original thinking to what I think now.

Thanks for the kind words guys, it really means a lot. I lurked for several months before actually joining and making my first post.

One of your regulars extended an invitation to check this board out and I’m glad he did, that’s how I found out about this forum.

I don’t want to eat up too much time talking about me, but I have noticed this is a pretty tight knit community and a newbie like me couldn’t fly under the radar.

Yes and no

Leaps and bounds with the passing game. CK and really the receivers are really finding a groove, I haven’t seen the receivers catch the ball this well since GSOT times. I really think they are buying in to the Groh passing scheme and it is showing. Groh may be working his way to an OC job in the future.

The running game still isn’t coming around. I thought against Detroit they looked good running the ball, for some reason the went away from the ball. Gurley was averaged 4.1 and should have been much better if not for a couple stuffs and a loss where the defender practically took the handoff from CK.

Still Detroit is ranked low defending the rush and very low in the redzone….4th and inches and stuffed is just bad…until they can win those they are not a good run blocking team and it shows by the way they are calling the pass now….what was the run/pass ratio?

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Agamemnon wrote:

Last week on 4 and goal from the 4 they kicked the FG and that was criticized, this week they go for the TD from inside the 1 and that gets criticized. I think both times either choice was OK. Last week, I wanted a FG and this week I was in favor of going for the TD.

That’s true

And AS Zooey said, I don’t really have a problem with them going for it, it was the play selection I didn’t care for…oh well.

The only reason I was leaning to the 3 was it was going to half time and the Rams received the opening kick off.

They still had a shot to win with the ball and 6 minutes to play and fizzled out. I thought that should have been Gurley time. 14 rushes for TG is not the Rams game. I said in an earlier post they couldn’t get in to a shoot out with Detroit…that’s playing their game.