The Rams have more talent on each unit,
as far as I can tell.

It is a road-game and all, but the Rams finally
have a no.1 veteran QB. So that mitigates
the road-effect somewhat.

Only the Rams can beat the Rams,
in this game.

Lets hope they want it, real bad.

Rams 31
Washington 10

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He’s also healthy. For TA to be effective, his legs need to be fresh. A twinge in the ankles or knees slows him down some, and then he’s got no advantage since he’s so small and can’t break tackles.

To me, the difference in this game was he saw the field a little better, but also that move he put on Sherman to get open. If Foles can catch up with TA’s speed, maybe we get a few more home run balls to him this year.

I have not seen Sherman beaten that badly before. Not that
i watch him all that much, but I aint seen that before.
Looked like he had sherman by three yards at one point.

Tavon’s been open deep before and the QB has missed him
or missed seeing him. You add those chances to the TD’s
that have been called back, and he’s had some big plays.

My thing with Tavon is drops and fumbles. Themz is big.
Can he improve on that.

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Thanks Ag.

Rams Oline “was up and down” but “wasn’t overpowered”

“Foles is an odd player. There are times he stands and delivers under duress and you think, Wow thats pretty good, but then theres other times when…(i couldnt quite hear what cossell said next. I ‘think’ he said ” he takes sacks and breaks down….” ?

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Where is Greg Cossell?

I want me some Cossell.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/football-insider/wp/2015/09/17/previewing-the-rams-offense-against-the-redskins-defense-cover-three-beaters/
“…The Redskins’ Week 2 opponent, the St. Louis Rams, faced a Seahawks defense in Week 1 that is also built on the cover-three scheme. The Rams found success using one of the same concepts we just saw from Miami….” see link for pass-play breakdown vs Seahawks.

Washington Post articles:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/

The R-Word issue:
What prompted an Indian rodeo to renounce the Redskins name and reject Dan Snyder’s money
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/what-prompted-an-indian-rodeo-to-renounce-the-redskins-name-and-reject-dan-snyders-money/2015/09/17/08e4398c-51a1-11e5-933e-7d06c647a395_story.html

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Just a note on Russell Wilsons “1-0” tweet that the Rams
used as “motivation”. Apparently, Wilson says that every year, etc:

http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/seahawks-opponents-can-take-cue-from-rams-find-motivation-in-russell-wilson-clichs/

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Zooey wrote:

wv wrote:

Zooey wrote:

I am quite heartened that Sims is out for only a few weeks. I thought that was the end of his season.

Yeah Sims is one of those good role players that you need
to win a Ring. Maybe, kinda like an Ernie Conwell. Ya know.
He can make some big plays, with all the attention Quinn
and Donald get.

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At last…the Rams have a lot of those kind of guys again.

Jeeze. It was just 5 years ago a guy like Sims was the best player in his unit. Now we have those kind of guys in depth positions. Conwell, Robinson, Holcombe, those kind of guys who were just suddenly there making a big play.

Yup. I’m still waiting for this team to come into clear focus.
Maybe It’ll be a bit like the GSOT. I dont mean it’ll be as good,
but the GSOT made a LOT of mistakes in the Martz years, but they were often
good enough to overcome the lack of fundamentals. Maybe Fisher’s team
will make a lot of mistakes but that ferocious front seven may
overcome it, anyway.

I dunno what was going on with Seattle’s defense, but there were
numerous times Ram receivers seemed wide open. Did it seem that way to you?

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just want to add one thing. to kind of temper the excitement around foles. he got lucky. the terms we use. the intangibles. the improvisation. being a gamer. it could have easily gone the other way. the pass to tavon was woefully underthrown and should have been a td. the pass to cook in the first half was a terrible throw and should easily have been a touchdown. instead it was just a first down. that jump shot to cunningham everyone raves about. easily could have been a disaster. those things aren’t always going to go well. i don’t think foles is that good. i’m still of the belief that he ultimately needs a strong running game to mask his shortcomings. mostly his lack of arm strength.

but most importantly, that touchdown to kendricks was also woefully underthrown. if bailey doesn’t trip over his own feet. he easily breaks up that pass. and we might be looking at a rams’ loss.

just wanted to add that to here. although i do think he played well. don’t get me wrong. it’s good to know he can make plays when the rams need it. and that’ll come in handy. but ultimately i think the rams need the running game fast or defenses will start making foles pay.

Well, I dunno. I think he was also “unlucky” at times. I mean
how many games is he gonna get blind-sided, stripped and give up a TD ?

Let us hope it is not a regular occurrence.

As a gazillion posters have noted this year — if he’s significantly better than Austin and Clemmens, the offense should win a few more games. And so far he looks significantly better than a second string QB. If anything, he looks like a guy that just might scare teams in the fourth quarter in close games.

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NERam wrote:

Herzog wrote:

I’d cut Peade now. Seriously. Just cut him. Please. Just do it.

Just watching him on KO returns is painful. Not sure I’ve seen him cross the 15 yard line very often. Rams O would gain 5 yards per KO if he simply took a knee…

Oh, I’d feel relieved if he always took a knee in the endzone.
I mean, the odds are lower that he’d fumble it, then.

If yer gonna be a fumbler you better be Eric Dickerson.
Or at the very least Az Hakim. Pead is more of a Cleveland Gary.

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Yeah, I remember that guy.

http://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/terry-foxs-marathon-of-hope
“…Terry Fox; in a 2004 poll among Canadians, he was voted the second greatest Canadian of all time in any field….”

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InvaderRam wrote:

Donald isn’t far off from establishing himself as the best player from a 2014 draft class that also features Raiders OLB Khalil Mack and Giants WR Odell Beckham Jr.

before last year’s draft i had expressed the hope that the rams could at some point pick the flat out best player in one of these drafts. didn’t matter who it was. but you just look back on that draft and think to yourself that team just nailed that pick.

i think the rams nailed that pick.

Would u rather have Donald or O’Dell Beckham?

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Tavon did look more confident, but success will do that 🙂
You know what i liked best about his game — the short pass he caught
to keep a critical drive going. It wasnt anything spectacular — just a short
route that he’s run a million times under Brian Shot. — but this time he caught it, secured it and got the first down. There were a lot of clutch catches in this game
but that was one of them. It was a ‘routine’ looking clutch play.

Tavon HAS to hold on to the passes. So far so good.

You get the sense that Foles trusts ALL of his receivers.

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JamesJM

On Foles, what I see are the ‘intangibles’. That’s hard to put into words, much less quantify. I got that vibe from him… that of a player who ain’t perhaps pretty, or a stat making machine (although today he had very good stats), but perhaps ‘more’ importantly a guy who can find a way to win and inspires others to do the same. There was a different ‘feel’ to this game, for me.

Now don’t get me wrong… when the Hawks took the lead late in the 4th I fell back into my chair with a degree of grim resignation just like most… BUT….when they got the ball again it was different for me, than the last two years anyway, perhaps longer. I didn’t give up…. but more than that…. I really thought they had a shot to pull out the miracle come from behind.

There was determination on that Ram’s team today that was palpable. I don’t put that all in Foles performance, but I certainly think he led the way. – JamesJM

Yeah, Foles definitely aint pretty. He aint Bert Jones,
but he ‘is’ kinda ‘old-school’ in a way.
He’s tenacious and a gamer. He’s Roman Gabriel-ish.

He’s also a leader. The man is a leader.
And he knows “people” — its very obvious
in his statements that he understands
human-psychology, fan-psychology, player-psychology.

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This has to be one of the ALLTIME best Ram openers.

Maybe THE best.

Can anyone think of a better, more significant,
more exciting Opening win that this?

I cant.

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