SunTzu_vs_Camus wrote:

Why is Brian Quick being ripped for that ONE pass target he had?
It was an overthrown ball…Hill even said as much(“I’d like to have that one back”).

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And Pettis made a great 21yd catch between 2 defenders.
Pettis is a fine 5th WR…possession WR.

Agree on Pettis. That was a classic Pettis “catch radius” reception.

On Quick. What bothered the people who were bothered by it is the return of the classic BQ “hangdog” demeanor after the play. To many, his change this summer has to do with attitude and confidence, but that old whupped teenager thing doesn’t seem to fit that. It’s just one small thing.

I honestly think the really BAD series of plays had as much to do with them playing Gaines, McGee, Armstrong, Dunbar at MLB, Donald, and Carrington as anything else.

I don’t think Langford saw the field.

If that’s right, that’s 6 starters out.

That unit didn’t even look confident at first. They had a half-step behind, anxious to catch up feel to them.

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nittany ram wrote:

zn wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

When the game’s on the line, he’s not that reliable.

Jake Long, Wells, Brockers, Laurinaitis, Jenkins, and Bradford were all out.

How do you expect JZ to hit them all without a decent supporting cast?

Do you even follow football?

Great kickers elevate the players around them. Even the most casual observer of football knows that.

Okay.

I see exactly where this is going.

Board war.

nittany ram wrote:

When the game’s on the line, he’s not that reliable.

Jake Long, Wells, Brockers, Laurinaitis, Jenkins, and Bradford were all out.

How do you expect JZ to hit them all without a decent supporting cast?

Do you even follow football?

GreatRamNTheSky wrote:

He Isaiah, he threw the ball well enough to damn near beat the Seahawks on a Monday night game if it wasn’t for Janoris Jenkins swallowing his adams apple against Golden Tate.

He threw it well enough that they should have won at least 8 ball games.

Maybe you should open your eyes?

Grits

And we can thank Schott for that, Grits, because he set Clemens in the best position he could, given what they had.

Clemens wasn’t beating Seattle on that MOnday night game. Stacy was plus the pass rush was doing that.

If you take Clemens avg. attempts per game and extrapolate it across 16 games, in 2013 he would have ranked 31st in the league.

If they thought he could throw, they would have let him throw.

I like Clemens on that final drive that game, the one that got them to the 6 (then they failed to score). But…last night is just not Clemens across time. In real games with the Jets and Rams, he has already shown what he is. He’s just not accurate past 15 or so yards. That’s been true of him for years. One play last night is not going to change that picture.

BUT! Having said all that, I wish him well. He played above himself last year I think. While he was the qb they upset 3 division winners. If he goes on and does well some more, good for him.

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GreatRamNTheSky wrote:

Displayed a very strong arm and had a real pretty 70 yard bomb for a TD. Dan Fouts was very impressed with him.
I think the Rams are going to miss Clemens. Not sure that Hill is an upgrade.

Grits

BTW: Chargers are loaded with skilled players like you wouldn’t believe. They have re-tooled nicely and I think they give Denver all they can handle this year in the AFC West.

I promise you, on that one pass it was timing plus playing the Dallas secondary plus it just being the pre-season with no special gameplanning for the qb. Clemens does not have a strong arm. That was known going back to the Jets. If you put together years of their work, Hill is a clear upgrade over Clemens. One pre-season game notwithstanding.

Once teams last year figured out you can stack up against the run and dare Clemens to beat you passing, it was rough sledding.

I think Clemens played over his head with the Rams and was a good leader in a tough situation. He does have nice accuracy on 10-15 yard laser type passes. But last night is no indication of how a decent defense will play him after gameplanning him. THAT would be a completely different story.

Schott had to start Clemens at one point as the OC in New York. Believe me, the Rams know who he is and what he can and can’t do.

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cgsuddeath wrote:

I read this and it was the worse analysis that I have seen of the Rams.It also shows that there are a lot of writers who just mail it in.

Yeah it;s a bad one. I doubt he even watched them last year, unless he’s one of the many who saw only the 1st 9ers game (which was nationally broadcast).

Mackeyser wrote:

Dammit. You made me look.

LOL.

I know that they’d LOVE to keep 10 OL and 10 DL. The question is how?

Btw, if we keep 10 OL and 10 DL, those would be Sean Hooey and Matt Conrath.

Ask Ohio State…Christian Bryant is a SPECIAL player… the guy is a guy that just makes things happen and won’t last on the PS.

You may be right about 5 Safeties and it may be Conrath instead of Bryant and they may try to sneak Bryant onto the PS.

What kills me is that I can see several of the guys we try to put on our PS defensively not making it… which is gonna stink for making our PS…

Well to me it was 10 OL or 10 DL. That was partly based on the “who’s your best 53” model. Though…on the OL, they just might be injury conscious too.

Yes this is the year where we hear about Rams cuts being snapped up all over the league.

Some day, I swear, it will reach the point where they have to re-stock the PS anew every week. I swear, that’s coming. It’s on its way. Maybe teams will just give the Rams draft picks, figuring, well they can’t keep them all, so we’ll just wait and see which Boudreau/Waufle/Fassel guys they cut….