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wvParticipantimagine if Gurley got hurt on that cement warning track…..
I suspect the Ram players are more
aware of the danger than visiting players.
Ram players probly know how to avoid slipping on it.November 3, 2015 at 8:13 am in reply to: Prediction thread – Minnesota Vikings – out of doors #33431wvParticipantI just dont know much about the Vikes. but
i do know they have only beaten soft teams.But then the Rams have beaten two
soft teams lately. Hmmmm.I’m gonna go ahead and BeLieve —
Rams 23
Vikings 20w
vwvParticipantI dunno. I’m not sure why he would think they’d be bad all year.
Seems reasonable to assume the young guys would get better.At any rate, i think playing SF would make any unit
look better. Ya know. That is about as bad a SF team
as i can remember. And I remember some teams where
John Brodie was getting kilt on every other play.They might not win another game. Could be
they’ll get the first pick.w
vwvParticipantI can also understand Tavon’s fumble on the Foles’ pass because Foles hung up the ball like punt and Tavon had to comeback for it to make the that catch when he fumbled.
We’re back to the future folks: it’s 1983 through 1985…
1) Rams have a very decent Defense.
2) A great feature RB
3) A HC with USC ties
3) A lousy QB… Rams have a mixture of Jeff Kemp, Steve Dils and Dieter Brock rolled into Foles.The only thing missing from the DeLorean Time Machine is playing home games in So Cal.
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I dunno, but I probly like Foles more than most on the board.
I see him more as a Billy Kilmer type than a Kemp/Dils type.
I think he’s got some serious toughness and clutchness to him,
and i think the players would march through hell for him.w
vwvParticipantI agree that its multifaceted. I dont think its a big mystery:
New OC, New QB, Cook is Cook, Kendricks has the injury, the Young OLine
has been abused a lot. Seems to me its ‘mainly’ been the OLine.
I think a lot of Foles issues are directly related to
bulgerization.One thing i am impressed with about these WR’s is
their blocking. They are really showing up
in that regard. They seem to take pride in it.Its fair to expect some improvement with this
group as the games go by. But it ‘would’
be nice if they could add a Calvin Johnson
to the unit next year 🙂
Seriously, they need a third weapon.
Someone besides Tavon and Gurley.w
vwvParticipantDoes Gurley remind anyone of O.J. Simpson (as a running back)?
Not really, but maybe a little like Bo Jackson.
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vNovember 1, 2015 at 9:38 pm in reply to: Prediction thread – Minnesota Vikings – out of doors #33350wvParticipantBridgewater’s game stats so far:
http://www.nfl.com/player/teddybridgewater/2543465/gamelogsSix TD’s, Five INT’s. Overall rating of around 85.
Enh.
AP has 633 yards. 4.5 yard average. He’s only
had one bad game – SF held him to 31 yards.Vikes haven’t beaten a team with a winning record.
They played Denver tough though.w
vwvParticipantwell. i take that back. deandre hopkins would have been the best pick. but still. not bad.
You know last year, the D looked great in
those two shut-out games. And then the
Giants blew up the RamsD.Now, they’ve played two bad teams
and the D has again looked excellent —
but now they face what looks like a good team.So, it will be interesting to see
how the D does, on the road, against
the Purple-gang.w
vwvParticipanti wonder what that peterson harvin combo was like for the vikings.
Well they have Cordarelle and AP,
now.
Would you rather have Cordarelle and AP
or Gurley and Tavon ?Maybe the Vikes will try some of that
inside/outside stuff themselves.
I believe Cordarelle had his biggest
day against the Rams last time
didnt he?w
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wvParticipantFisher: : “… yes we can run it, we’ll find a way to run it, and we have been doing that since Todd (Gurley) came aboard, but we converted one third down today. That just doesn’t get it done. So we obviously have some work to do. Pleased with the win, don’t misunderstand me. We came through healthy. We still have a lot of room for improvement.”
(On how RB Todd Gurley and WR Tavon Austin complement each other in the offense)
“Well, you have the reverse threat and then you have the quick screen, and we scored on that threat. It’s a simple read for Nick (Foles). If the box is loaded, go outside to Tavon and if they’re sitting outside and you’re worried about that, then we hand it off. So yes, it’s a good problem from an opposing defensive standpoint.”….
================================It is kinda fun to see the Rams have a
Mr Outside and Mr Inside.
Do any other teams have a combo quite
like this one?w
vwvParticipant“Rams opponents have made 16 redzone trips in 2015, and have come away with only five touchdowns. They have settled for 11 field goals, best total in the NFL.
According to press box statistics, S Mark Barron led the team in tackles with nine (six solo)…”Seems to me, aside from Gurley,
‘this’ is the story of the year — the redzone D.I think most of us are just ‘expecting’ opposing
offenses to bog down in the redzone nowadays.
They dont seem to be giving up any big
plays in the redzone. Janoris is playing well.
Barron is playing well. Greg Williams seems to have
figured out how what to do with them. Etc.w
vwvParticipantone of the worst offenses in the nfl. yet they have 2 of the most explosive players on offense. a dominant running back. and a versatile double threat. both can score on you in an instant.
yet they have one of the worst offenses in the nfl.
kinda funny when you think about it.
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What if they add a veteran “no.1 WR” next year?
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wvParticipantcall me crazy, but i think the rams gotta chance next week. but they gotta slow ap down.
When’s the last time a
Ram team with a Winning Record
had a big game against
another team with a Winning Record?I think RFL’s point about the passing game
comes into play against the Vikes.
Against a ‘good team’ the Rams just
cant be one dimensional.
They’ll need some consistent play
from Foles and the Oline, one would think.
But the Vikes aint exactly the Patriots.
This one is winnable.w
vwvParticipantNick Wagoner @nwagoner 2h2 hours ago
And like that, Gurley has it. Per ESPN Stats & Info, Todd Gurley now has the most rushing yards by a runner in 1st 4 starts since merger.You know i was not expecting this. I thought he’d
be good, but not this year. I figured
he wouldnt really be a difference maker
until the second year after the surgery.Just….wow.
His vision is great. And he is so smooth
for a big guy. He doesn’t really remind
me of anyone.w
vwvParticipantKaepernick killed one mole, although he chased many.
Ugliest Show on Turf? …or..GSOT – Gurleyest Show on Turf ? 🙂
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vwvParticipantThis is a MUST win game if the Rams have any hope for the playoffs.
The Panthers or Falcons will grab one of the wild card spots–the other wins their division.
That leaves one wild card or the division for the Rams to win.
If the Rams stumble here–in a game they SHOULD win–they’re done. If they DO win they set up a critical game against the Vikes. These are the games where seasons are made or lost.
So we’ll see.
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Yes.
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vwvParticipantAnd maybe some Marlboros.
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vMy God wv, these are children!
They better be ultra lites.
I had about a hundred kids, as usual.
Only one Wolverine. One Dr Who.
Many spidermen. Many bloody zombies.
Lots of video-game characters.
Fairies. A wizard or two. An executioner.
An FBI agent.
My favorite was A boy in a suit with a horse-head.
I dunno why, but that one was scary.About one out of five said thank-you.
None of the traditional old-school monsters.
Sigh. No Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolf-Man,
Mummy or Creature of the Black Lagoon.
No Peter Giunta.Go rams.
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vwvParticipantRams’ T.J. McDonald: Returns to full practice
http://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/rams-tj-mcdonald-returns-to-full-practice/
Despite returning to a full practice Friday, McDonald (shoulder) is listed as questionable for Sunday’s game against the 49ers, Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
The Rams have a bunch of players listed as questionable that don’t actually seem to be in much danger of missing the game. McDonald, who is on pace for 96 tackles, should be available against the flailing San Francisco offense.
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He’s old school;
he’ll play.I used a semi-colon there, btw.
I want credit for that.Trick-or-Treat starts in 29 minutes
in my neighborhood. I’m giving
out plastic dinosaurs along
with corporate candy. Twizzlers
and zagnuts mainly. Some nerds
as well.
And maybe some Marlboros.
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vwvParticipantYeah, he’s not old-school. Woody Hayes
would have decked him.w
vOctober 30, 2015 at 7:11 am in reply to: Laurinaitis says maturing Rams are winning games they’re supposed to win #33218wvParticipantWell, this season the Rams have lost to two teams they should have beaten. They lost to Washington on the road and Pittsburgh at home. Yes, the Pittsburgh game is a game they should have won. They had them at home and knocked Rothlisberger out of the game. They beat one team they should have (Browns). So this year so far they are 1-2 in games they should have won. So, what Laurinaitis says is true only if beating the Browns is the start of a trend. But that’s something nobody can know as of yet.
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I agree.
I will be very very disappointed if they lose
at home, to a crumbling mess like the 49ers
which is 31st in defense and 32nd in offense.w
vOctober 30, 2015 at 6:12 am in reply to: stuff from the net on Browns game including a must-read sideline report #33216wvParticipantMerlin
Our passing game is still sputtering through 6 games. The main problem is the line. They have been allowing far too much penetration on both run and pass plays and it is affecting everything else.
Run blocking has improved the most, but it has also benefitted from an elite talent running through the holes. Gurley gives them a little more room for error, and his ability to bust big runs has allowed for a very good YPC average, masking the fact that they still have a ways to go as a line (IMO they need to limit the penetration much more consistently).
And this is something that should scare other teams on our schedule too, since the OL has yet to really put together a dominant, full-60 effort. What will Gurley’s game stats look like when that happens?
Pass blocking is hit and miss. The line had some great snaps against both Seattle and AZ, only to get overrun in pass pro when Washington and Cleveland stacked the LOS and brought the heat. That more than anything else is their issue.
From there, I do think scheme has been part of it. When they go with the shotgun on obvious passing downs defenses do not buy the play action which means Foles is throwing into the teeth of a defense that is dropping LBs deep and cluttering up the passing lanes. If the line was good enough that wouldn’t matter as much, but they’re not there yet and that delay on the reads is hurting Foles’ ability to get that ball out.
Cigs needs to put Foles under center and run play action on those third and long plays because teams are going to respect the play action no matter how bad the down/distance is given how good Gurley is. Lastly, more slants and vertical hot reads are needed. Cigs has gotten far too comfortable with the horizontal hots and checkdowns.
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I think i agree with all
of that.w
vOctober 30, 2015 at 6:02 am in reply to: Laurinaitis says maturing Rams are winning games they’re supposed to win #33215wvParticipantFor me, 7 and 9 teams on the road are included
in the “teams u should beat category.”
As well as eight and eight teams.But for me, I’m not looking at who they are ‘favored’
over — I’m looking at “who should you beat
IF you are going to be considered a good/solid team”So far, the past gazillion years,
and to state the obvious,
they have ‘not’ been
a good solid team.And we agree on the ‘reasons’ they
havent been a good team.This year they have more high-level-talent
and experience than in years past.
At least they do everywhere but the Oline.w
vwvParticipantSeriously? You would draft DEFENSE with the first and second picks?
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vI draft players. Me and Snead draft players, not positions. I might use the first 3 picks on defense, depending on how the draft plays out. It is sort of like, did we need Donald when we drafted him? When I draft, talent trumps, especially in the first 2 rounds. Talent and my opinion.
Ok. But i kinda thot DT was pretty close
to a ‘need’ last year. But i get what yer saying.I’m hoping need and talent line up in the
next draft.The offseason is gonna be ‘very’ inter esting,
what with Chris Long, and Janoris and Barron
and Saffold, etc up for grabs.What’s yer opinion on keeping or jettisoning
Chris Long?My own view is, if Snisher thinks they are
seriously in the running for a Ring next year,
then keep him. …i bet Belichex would dump him.w
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vwvParticipantThe way this years draft lays out. I am going best CB, best DE, TE, then WR, in that order. I might take two if good ones are available. I won’t pass on Cook, if he is there. It is early, but right now that looks like it maximizes the talent and it is independent of whoever I can sign as FAs. ps I am cutting Cook.
Seriously? You would draft DEFENSE with the first and second picks?
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vwvParticipantKenny Britt leads the Rams in Receiving yards.
He’s ranked number 86 in the NFL. 224 yards.
Tavon is ranked 106 — 187 yards.
Cook is 105 — 188 yards.Stedman is at 119 — 169 yards
Not exactly the GSOT
My view? All of the guys listed except Tavon did better last year.
Tavon improved this year, so, that’s different.
So if they all did better last year, who are they? Is it right to assume this right now IS what they am?
Quick hasn’t re-climbed his ladder back to who he was in 2014. Maybe he won’t but I say odds favor him doing it.
Britt and Cook can be better than what they’ve been this year so far. Particularly Cook, who is just in this massive confidence crisis. A revived Cook is not going to set the world on fire, though still, it IS better.
Stedman too. Kendricks too.
It’s still not the GSOT, but if they’ve been better before, why can’t they get back to it?
An out of sync offense will have symptoms. One is that EVERYBODY plays with less confidence and precision. And, sync-ness CAN be gotten back in-to. They can smooth this out with some experience together.
Just IMO. Or, more explicitly, my own opinion based on what the football gods told me was absolute truths. So you know it’s an informed opinion.
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Yeah, I agree with that, basically, but I’m not a hundred-percent sure.
I ‘think’ they are a ‘good enough’ group. Or will be.But right now, this passing offense: QB, OLine, Receivers — is abominable.
Heinous, even.
Vile and reprehensible.Its icky.
I dont like it. I dont wanna watch it.
I think they should get in an
electric-football-wedge and just
give it to Gurley. Put Tavon
behing Gurley and they can
include laterals in the offense.Strange thing is, i was praising this passing attack
after the Seattle game. I thought they attacked
the middle with medium passes in that game.
The OLine help up just enough to do some of that.
Now, though, I think Cignetti has just given
up on medium passes cause of the Oline fiasco.
I mean Foles is NOT gonna last the season
if he keeps getting pounded. They know that.w
vwvParticipantI enjoyed the Laurinaitis vid
http://www.rams-news.com/james-laurinaitis-blocks-like-austins-elevates-the-team-video/He talks about 49ers vs Rams as “old school football”
He says “if we wanna be different” we’ve got to win this one.
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vwvParticipant<span class=”d4pbbc-font-color” style=”color: blue”>Let’s see: Top 10 reasons:
We don’t run very many offensive plays.
New QB
New coordinator
New system?
New offensive line
Too many dropped passes
Can’t get open
We traded Givins
Cook sux
#10 ????? Fisher hates offenses. A FG is a win.</span><span class=”d4pbbc-font-color” style=”color: blue”>The RB Gordon has more fumbles than Pead.
</span>Well i say we trade all the receivers
for RG3 and a field goal kicker.w
vwvParticipantI wonder who Foles has lunch with?
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http://blog.sfgate.com/49ers/49ers appear united, and could we a change after the bye week?
By Kevin Lynch on October 28, 2015 at 2:59 PMColin Kaepernick breezed through the locker room and past a small group of reporters.
“Hey,” Kaepernick called out, “Who do you guys have lunch with?”
Kaepernick was poking harmless fun at the news conference he just concluded when he was asked who he lunches with.
The question was prompted by a national report saying that Kaepernick was on an island in the 49ers’ locker room.
“Kap isn’t on a damn island,” wide receiver Torrey Smith told a gaggle of reporters unprompted.
If the 49ers are fracturing in the wake of a 2-5 start, they didn’t show it on Wednesday, in fact they put up a convincing show of unity, with Smith leading the charge.
“If anyone is going to be mad, it’s going to be the receivers,” Smith said about the team’s start and Kaepernick’s struggles. “And we’re fine.”
For the record, Kaepernick lunches with fellow quarterbacks and offensive linemen Alex Boone and Joe Staley.
When asked to address the report on being on an island, Kaepernick said, “No, I have a great relationship with my teammates. To me, that’s a situation where I don’t know what the agenda is saying that or what the credibility of that source is.”
The report from Jay Glazer brought up memories from last year of unnamed sources that undercut then coach Jim Harbaugh.Under cutting Kaepernick now could be a motivation since the 49ers might want to get a look at backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert before determining whether to pay Kaepernick $16 million in bonuses and salary next year. Also, if Kaepernick sustains a horrible injury, the 49ers would owe him $61 million.
But the decision on whether Kaepernick sits or plays is up to one man – the loyal Jim Tomsula. The new coach doesn’t have final say over the roster, the draft, or player acquisition. He does have final say on who will start on game days, and right now his starter at quarterback is Kaepernick.
As we have seen, Tomsula doesn’t like to make changes. He once said that he doesn’t want his players to feel like they are “disposable.”
Tomsula has also said twice that changes could be made, but then little happens. The only switch has been the introduction of Andrew Tiller at right guard on a rotating basis. And from what Tomsula said Wednesday, it doesn’t appear if a shake up is expected this week.
However, all this could change in a few weeks. The 49ers play in St. Louis on Sunday, and they host Atlanta before arriving at their bye week. At that time, center Daniel Kilgore is expected to return, which could provide a perfect opportunity to start a new quarterback.
But in the mean time, there appears to be support for the embattled Kaepernick. But just how long with that support last?
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