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September 20, 2015 at 6:52 pm in reply to: Rams not a road team yet? (official Wash game response thread) #30956
wvParticipantIs it fair to ask the question:
Do the St Louis Rams have heart ?Is that a fair question?
I know it will be asked.
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wvParticipantWell, it sucks to lose to Washington, it really does,
but one win and one loss at this early stage is
not the end of the season, right?Big home game coming up.
1 and 2 or 2 and 1 —
we shall see.Maybe Fisher will kick them
in the ass this week.w
vSeptember 20, 2015 at 5:29 pm in reply to: Rams not a road team yet? (official Wash game response thread) #30948
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Laram
Sure the players didn’t show up but the gameplan of the Redskins was superb.The Rams got out coached on both sides of the ball.
The three tight end sets and playcalling on offense kept the Rams defense off balance.
On defense they forced Foles to beat them through the pass, then pressured him.
Total dominance all the way around.
…you give up over 180yds rushing and 85% comp % to Kirk Cousins, NOBODY played well on defense!!
=========================================September 20, 2015 at 5:22 pm in reply to: Rams not a road team yet? (official Wash game response thread) #30944
wvParticipantI missed the game. Sigh. Disappointing loss for sure.
I read the gamebook. No INTs for Foles. No Ram fumbles.
If you had told me the Rams would win the turnover battle
(+1) and still lose, I’d have been skeptical.So, what happened? Looks like the Rams offense
was abysmal in the first half, and in the 4th quarter.w
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wvParticipantOkay, enough already.
This is weird.
It’s like…the national media are all just taking it for granted that the Rams are good. How did this happen all of a sudden?
Back in ’99, they had to go through various stages to arrive at Acceptance that the Rams were good: denial, they’re lucky, they haven’t played anybody, running up the score against bad teams, whatever.
This is just weird. A lot of the heads picked the Rams to beat Seattle, and now they’re #9 in USA Today, and all these guys are giving the Rams the WA game, like they are taking it for granted, “Yeah, the Rams are a good, solid football team.” They aren’t even being called “up-and-coming” or anything. You would think the Rams were in the playoffs the last couple of years.
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Well, I think we all know,
none of this zany-hoopla means anything,
until, RFL is on board.w
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wvParticipantWell, Fisher doesn’t wanna irk the officials by slamming them,
so he was diplomatic, but that was NOT a hard or confusing call to make.
It was pretty simple, really. It was a valid fair catch and the
Seahawks slammed into him. What’s so complicated about that?w
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wvParticipantAs we get closer to game time my optimism wanes.
It’s not based on logic or anything tangible. Purely emotional.
I think it comes from seeing this scenario play out many times before.
Rams coming off a big win – should be able to handle an inferior opponent…
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Most of those other games in the last two years
were Ram teams using a no.2 or no.3 QB,
and without the experience and talent they have this year.If the OLine just plays “ok” this should be a win.
But then, you know all that.
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wvParticipantThe 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 10w
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wvParticipantWhat!
No “Human Centipede?”
This is an outrage.
I must say that the Sight and Sound list wasn’t that impressive for me. Yeah–a few: Godfather flicks, Apocalypse Now, etc. But really? “Mulholland Drive?” I don’t even think Lynch knew what he wanted that film to be. Nonsensical garbage that only the finest critics at blowing smoke up each others ass can appreciate.
Anyway–someday I will post my filmlist and everyone on the internet will nod thoughtfully and say, “You know–he’s right.”
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Is Plan 9 from Outer Space,
on your greatest-movies list?
http://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/25-movies-so-bad-theyre-unmissable/w
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wvParticipantHe’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.w
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wvParticipantIt does not start at 3:00
It starts at 4:25.
If YOU choose to spend 1 minute and 25 seconds,
listening to that radio-celebrity-guy that’s fine.
But I lost a minute and 25 seconds of my life
that I cannot now get back.CoselL says Laurinaitis is an above-average NFL linebacker.
Said Brockers was “sensational” and Greg Robinson is “a concern”
and not playing up to his talent-level.Said Foles is not as good a “thrower” as Bradford,
but “its hard to know what Bradford is because he hasnt played very much.”
Says Bradford has more “talent.”Radio guy said Rams WR’s really liked Foles but Cosell said in Philly “it
was the opposite”(Reall/? I dont remember reading that anywhere)
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wvParticipantThanks 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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wvParticipantzn, feel free to move these into the other Washington thread if u want.
wvParticipantWhere is Greg Cossell?
I want me some Cossell.
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wvParticipant“...Having just played the toughest cover-three based defense in the NFL and won, the Rams will expect to have similar results against Washington. Washington’s scheme is far more basic at this stage than Seattle’s, meaning St. Louis should be able to use all of its cover-three beaters without being surprised by a different type of coverage. It will be key for the Redskins to generate more of a pass rush than they did against the Dolphins if they are to prevent the Rams from picking up big chunks of yards….”
———————–Yeah, thats gonna be the story every game, really. Can teams
“generate a pass rush” against the Ram OLine.“Anytime you have the front four they have, the pass rusher they have, the front seven does give you a lot of freedom to do some things that are unique,” Cousins said. “When you feel like you can get home with certain players, it gives you some flexibility. I think that their talent combined with their philosophy is a combination that can wreak a lot of havoc, and they’ve shown that the last few seasons with their personnel.”
I wonder what are the things GW can do that are ‘unique’ ?
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wvParticipanthttps://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
wvParticipantPersonally, I dont like waiting until one full game has passsed
to rank teams.I think teams should be ranked after the first quarter
of the first game. And then I’d like to see a new
media-ranking after each quarter.w
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wvParticipantJust a note on Russell Wilsons “1-0” tweet that the Rams
used as “motivation”. Apparently, Wilson says that every year, etc:w
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wvParticipanthttp://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/one-on-one-columnists-larry-stone-and-matt-calkins-discuss-seahawks-loss-kam-chancellors-ongoing-holdout/
“seattle got outplayed wire to wire”w
vSeptember 16, 2015 at 9:47 pm in reply to: Tweets 9/16 …. injuries & recoveries (Johnson back?) #30700
wvParticipantI 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.w
vAt 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?w
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wvParticipantThis will sound weird, but A.Donald reminds me of Ali
sometimes. The power/speed combination. And the way
he sometimes just makes opposing players look like Chuck Wepner.He Floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee.
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vSeptember 16, 2015 at 7:34 pm in reply to: Wow, how thunk that? (Seattle game reaction thread) #30690
wvParticipantjust 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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vSeptember 16, 2015 at 7:27 pm in reply to: Tweets 9/16 …. injuries & recoveries (Johnson back?) #30687
wvParticipantI 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.w
vSeptember 16, 2015 at 9:01 am in reply to: Thomas: Rams won almost in spite of themselves against Seattle #30631
wvParticipantI’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.w
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wvParticipant“Some people can’t figure out what I’m doing,” he had said in June. “It’s not a walk-hop, it’s not a trot. It’s running, or as close as I can get to running, and it’s harder than doing it on two legs. It makes me mad when people call this a walk. If I was walking, it wouldn’t be anything.”
He would run two miles, take a brief water break at the van that his best friend, Doug Alward, drove beside him, run another two miles, and then take another break. Terry continued this routine until he covered 14 to 16 miles, usually finishing his morning stint by 8. He would rest for three hours, then run another 10 to 12 miles, regardless of heat, cold, crowds, or headwinds.
In the afternoons and evenings, he gave interviews and addressed audiences in community halls and school gyms. As he spoke, a representative of the Canadian Cancer Society would move among the crowd, collecting bills and change in plastic trash bags and wrinkled grocery sacks. Every cent went directly to fighting cancer; all expenses for the Marathon of Hope were separately donated. He declined all sponsorship offers and displayed no advertising logos, not even a T-shirt with the name of a college or hockey team. The only hint of a corporation’s presence were the three parallel stripes on Terry’s dark-blue Adidas Orions….see link
http://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/terry-foxs-marathon-of-hope
wvParticipantYeah, 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….”w
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wvParticipantInter estingly, on that Sight and Sound top50 list, only
two films made the list from 2000 or later:In The Mood For Love
andMulholland Drive
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wvParticipantDonald 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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wvParticipantBrock Huard’s Chalk Talk: Why Seahawks failed on fourth-and-1 against Rams
That was fun. I wish the St.Louis media had a smart X’s and O’s guy
that could do that every week.w
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