lyser wrote:

That is a hell of a D line. Jeezus.

Well, i dunno. They are still getting
gouged by the run it looks like.
Havent perused the stats on that though.

Its a strange team at this point. I think of the DLine
as “very dangerous” but not really
a “great DLine” in the sense of being
dependable and complete.

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lyser wrote:

I say MOB SQUAD UP BITCHES!!!!

That’s a thing now – if we are gonna do a whole group think cult deal, we need to get on the same page. When I say “MOB SQUAD UP BITCHES” you will all fall in a deeply relaxed sleep. When I snap my fingers you will awake and have an overwhelming urge to send me your money. I take cash, check, credit cards and even your mommas dentures if they got gold in em.

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Just woke up. Thought that said “Mob Squid Britches!”

I cannot even begin to tell you
the confusion that ensued.

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Britches
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California_Riverside_1985_laboratory_raid

Well that was just a great and fierce
play by the rookie, Hav.

While Saffold and Greg Robinson just
stood there.

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Zooey wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

Zooey wrote:

I think Green Bay is going to look back on this game as their most humbling of the season.

Because they so thoroughly destroy the Rams that they begin to question a lifestyle driven by violence so they join a Tibetan monastery where they take a vow of humility?

Boy, do I know how to bait the trap for Raiders fans, or what.

It’s amazing that trolls keep coming to this board in spite of round after round of humiliation at my hands.

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Maybe ZN1 should start up “rate the flamer” again.

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zn wrote:

The 11 games immediately after the bye:

Cleveland
San Francisco
@ Minnesota
Chicago
@ Baltimore
@ Cincinnati
Arizona
Detroit
Tampa Bay
@ Seattle
@ San Francisco

Suddenly it doesn’t look so tough.

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That Raven game might just have to be
played under the Thunderdome.

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I agree with Charles Davis — they dont have to beat GBay,
but they have to beat Cleveland in two weeks.
Gotta be 3 and 3 at the bye.
Gotta start beating the nonplayoff teams.

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I watched the game on Replay. I may have to watch it again,
cause I was being distracted by a large squirrel and a blue jay,
but what I did take away from the game was:

1 The Rams and Cards play Steeler-Raven level,
brutal, hard-hitting, old-school football.
Man, what a brutal game. I must say, I enjoy
hard-hitting football. I’m a cave-man, i guess.
It would not surprise me, if both teams are feeling a bit
‘beat-up’ going into their next game.
My favorite plays from the game were not the TD’s or Long runs,
but the Hits. TJ’s hits especially. Even Janoris was hitting
hard. (the JJ INT was awesome, of course — is that guy finally
playing up to his potential? He seems to be playing smarter so far)

2 All the usual Ram weaknesses were on display in that game. The defense got
gouged by the Run and the pass. The offense was abysmal for most of the game.
I was not impressed with a lot of what i saw in the first OR
second half. But the one thing that ‘was’ indeed new was — Gurley.
He may very well change the dynamic a bit. He may be
the difference between 7/8 wins or 9/10 wins. BUT, he’s gotta
hold on to the ball.

3 I was impressed with the way Foles avoided any game-killing
mistakes and he did make some killer throws. He is NOT
Kellen Clemens or Austin Davis. He’s no Carson Palmer, or Russel Wilson
but he’s not a second-stringer either.

4 I would say the key to the game was simply the Rams Defensive
speed and pressure. It seemed to throw the Cardinal offense off,
‘juusssssst’ enough for a few passes to be rushed and a few passes
to be dropped. I mean, the Cards were obviously game, and not intimidated,
but the Ram D rattled them just enough to cause a few mistakes, in the
cardinal machine. The best example was Palmers last pass — the WR was
open and it would have been an easy pass to complete, and the WR was
well within winning-Field-goal range — but Palmer was just a bit off.
That was the game.

5 I’d love to see this defense have Gaines and Ogletree. But I ‘think’
they can still be a top five D without them. I think.

6 Every-time a defender was around Tavon, the defender was taking aim
at the ball, trying to strip it. I was holding my breath watching
the slo-motion replays.

7 Normally, I’d say Aaron Rogers is just gonna torch the Rams,
but…there is the Gurley factor, now. Maybe, just, maybe
he can shorten the game…. I dunno.

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Enh. Woulda been a BS call, imho.

Chancellor made another all-pro play — keep the BS
calls out of the game.

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Jim Thomas Verified account
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MLB James Laurinaitis, who appeared to be used more as blitzer than usual, had a sack and 3 QB hits.

Oh Yeah.

Awesome.

I just watched the highlights
at NFL.com. Looking forward to watching
the game on replay.

Huge road win against an excellent team.

Not the same ole sorry-ass-fisher rams,
apparently.

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Well i havent read anyone say Stedman “doesn’t get separation” —
I have read people say he doesn’t get ‘targeted’ — which is different.

Its still a bit early for ME to say what Foles is or isn’t.
I dont expect much from any QB when they have zero
running game and a Newbie-Oline.

I ‘think’ he’ll be ‘fine.’ He’ll drive people crazy
with some inaccurate passes to wide open receivers,
and just when yer ready to cuss him out,
he’ll drive the team down the field at
crunch time. Thats my ‘guess’ as to who
he is, more or less.

He’s not a top-five-QB, thats for sure.
But I think he can be a winner.

And, fwiw, I think i would take him
over Sam. I think. I just like his
pocket-awerenss-and-movement-skills more than Sams.

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Well, thats nice and all, but the ‘unit’
has to start stopping the Run. Donald included.

Ya know.

This is a strange team. I said
that last year, and its even
stranger this year.

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rfl wrote:

So in addition to relying on rookie OL, Fisher’s brain trust shifted to a new zone blocking scheme which, in the OC’s words, takes precise synchronization between the players. And no one has run it before.

All after insisting that this year we needed to start fast.

A couple weeks back, I pointed out that relying on a rookie OL and seeking a fast start with a really tough early schedule were contradictory. I was told that I was being silly. Now we find out that it’s even worse.

It was not reasonable to expect a fast start with this offense constructed as it was.

I think the record bears out the simple observation that this regime runs miles to avoid taking responsibility for actually winning games.

But, you you know, they’re … close. Oh, so close. One of these days …

I have never read anyone on this little board
call you ‘silly,’ RFL. People just disagreed,
iz all i saw.

To me, you are acting like three games is the same
as 16 games. They may be playing a lot better on offense
by mid-season.

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Well, the weapons are all active now: Gurley and Quick.

Maybe it’ll make a difference.

Should be a good game.

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