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October 11, 2014 at 12:54 pm in reply to: Journalists set up the 9ers game (Wagoner, Thomas, audios, vids, etc.) #9463
znModeratorRamBill
Choosing one word to sum up Rams vs. 49ers. Anthony Stalter says the one word to sum up the game for the Rams is urgency, while Randy Karraker says Gore…as in Frank Gore and stopping him.
http://www.rams-news.com/rams-vs-49ers-in-one-word-video/%5DWatch Rams-Niners in One Word
October 11, 2014 at 11:16 am in reply to: Player vids & articles: Quick, Will Herring, Davis, Donald, Saffold, Watts #9454znModeratorNiners Digest: Quick becoming a factor for Rams passing game
Chris Biderman
http://sfo.scout.com/story/1462347-quick-becoming-a-factor-for-rams-passing-game
Believe it or not, the Rams have the league’s sixth-ranked passing offense with third-string quarterback Austin Davis at the helm. A big reason has been the development of receiver Brian Quick.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – One of the criticisms of the Rams in recent seasons has been their inability to draft and develop receivers.
Much of that criticism was pointed at wideout Brian Quick, who was taken with the first pick in the second round in 2012 and had just 29 receptions in his first two seasons. But that criticism might be taking a sharp turn given Quick’s play over his last two games.
Quick combined for three touchdown catches in losses to the Eagles and Cowboys, setting a new career high after having two in each of his first two seasons. His yardage is also up significantly, averaging 80.5 per game after posting 18.9 in 2013.
“To me, he’s just playing with a lot more confidence and knowledge of the game,” 49ers defensive coordinator Vic Fangio said. “More aggressiveness, going to get the ball, feeling comfortable knowing the routes he’s running. Being in the same system now since he’s been there. I see a damn good receiver.”
The Rams invested seven draft picks in receivers since 2010 and await their first 700-yard season since Torry Holt in 2008. Last year, tight end Jared Cook led the team with 671 yards and five touchdowns.
Of course, the main problem in St. Louis has been the Rams’ quarterback situation. For the second straight season former No.1-overall pick Sam Bradford suffered a torn ACL ending his year prematurely. Last year it happened in Week 7, this year in the preseason.
But being forced to play with reserve QB Austin Davis hasn’t prevented Quick taking steps toward realizing his potential St. Louis saw when drafting him. Davis has excelled at throwing the ball down field, compiling a 122 passer rating on passes longer than 10 yards. Quick has been a recipient of 12 of those 26 completions.
But it isn’t just Quick who stands out to Fangio in St. Louis passing game.
“The whole receiving corps is very impressive and a versatile group,” he said. “They’ve got two really fast guys in (Chris) Givens and (Tavon) Austin. And then you’ve got Quick and (Kenny) Britt, who are size guys. They’ve got good receiving tight ends. It’s a good receiving group.”
Even with Davis, who came into the season as third on the QB depth chart, the Rams have the league’s sixth-ranked passing attack, averaging 284 yards per game.
“He understands the offense, this is his third year in the system now,” Rams coach Jeff Fisher said on a conference call this week. “This is his first opportunity this year to play with the supporting cast. He’s trusting them, they’re making plays for him, and he’s got a good feel for what he’s doing. He’s got some mobility, he can extend plays, move around the pocket, you need to be able to do that these days.”
The last time the 49ers faced a backup quarterback, the Cardinals Drew Stanton burned them in a loss Week 3 with a pair of third-quarter touchdown passes.
Facing a backup quarterback can be a disadvantage for a defense without a strong sample of game tape to pull information from.
“Fortunately, he’s played the last three games for them. And he came in the first game, too, at some point,” Fangio said. “So, really we’ve got as much tape on him as we would have if the other guy had still been the quarterback.”
San Francisco has strung together a pair of strong defensive efforts since that game against the Eagles and Chiefs, allowing just one touchdown pass – a bubble screen to Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce (De’Anthony Thomas’ touchdown in the third quarter last week has since been ruled a rushing touchdown).
Quick has done the majority of his damage in the middle of the field, where he could line up against rookie nickel corner Jimmie Ward. At 6’4″, quick shares a similar stature to Brandon Marshall, who beat Ward for three touchdown’s in Week 2’s loss to the Bears.
But Ward has shown incremental improvement since that game, his second in the NFL.
“(Ward) took ownership of those plays. They were tough plays,” Fangio said. “He’s not the first guy that’s given up a play to that guy in particular, especially in that part of the field. And he learned from it and moved on.”
October 10, 2014 at 10:20 pm in reply to: Player vids & articles: Quick, Will Herring, Davis, Donald, Saffold, Watts #9444znModeratorHerring excited for opportunity with Rams
By Nate Latsch
http://stl.scout.com/story/1462355-herring-excited-for-opportunity-with-rams
ST. LOUIS — There were good things and bad things for Will Herring about being out of football for the first time since seventh grade. He was excited to spend more time with his family, but watching the NFL go on without him for the first time in eight seasons was tough.
“I still knew I wanted to play and I knew I could play,” said Herring, who signed with the Rams this week to contribute on special teams and be a reserve linebacker. “So I’m excited to be here. I know these coaches, these scouts, know what they are doing when they are evaluating and they wouldn’t have brought me on board if they didn’t think I could help this team, so I’m just excited to help out.”
Herring, 31, has made his living on special teams since the Seattle Seahawks selected him in the fifth round of the 2007 draft out of Auburn. After four seasons with the Seahawks, he played three years with the New Orleans Saints, including being there special teams captain in 2013.
The veteran linebacker’s reputation preceded him at Rams Park, coach Jeff Fisher said following Thursday’s practice. The organization thought he’d be a good fit to fill the role of recently released second-year linebacker Ray Ray Armstrong.
“He could be plugged in any place on our special teams, our big four because he’s done everything,” Fisher said. “He’s got the respect. He automatically walks in and has the respect of the room because people that played against him know. They know what he’s capable of doing. He understands hard work and he’s going to prepare himself.”
The 6-foot-3, 241-pounder said he got a phone call on Monday to come work out in St. Louis on Tuesday.
Herring said the Rams worked out four players, running them through drills, and later that day signed two of them, Herring to the 53-man roster and Marshall McFadden, a first-year player out of South Carolina State, to the 10-member practice squad.
Herring signed with the Dallas Cowboys this offseason but his contract was terminated after the team expressed concerns about a previous injury.
“There’s no hard feelings against them,” Herring said. “I got there and they were concerned about a knee injury that happened seven years ago. I hadn’t missed time since I came back six years ago. I was kind of taken aback. But honestly it wasn’t meant to be. This is where God had me in store and so I’m just thrilled to be here.”
Herring said he was one of about 10 players who worked out for the Tennessee Titans a few weeks ago, but the team only signed one. So the veteran linebacker had to wait for his next opportunity.
His opportunity here also reunites him with Rams defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, who was Herring’s defensive coordinator in his first season with the Saints.
“A lot of the terminology is the same,” Herring said. “We’re still running some of the base stuff. There are some new stuff mixed in, so I’m still learning some of the new stuff, but it definitely has helped in the transition.”
The veteran will be counted on right away to contribute on special teams, something he did well in 2013 in his final season with the Saints. He ranked second on the squad with 12 special teams tackles, forced a fumble and also recorded an interception.
“That’s what they’ve communicated to me,” Herring said. “They want me to come in and help out on the core four special teams. That’s kind of what I’ve made a living doing for the last seven years and I’m just excited to be where I am and do what I’ve done.”
Herring has the right mentality to succeed in that spot.
“Everybody has got a job in here,” he said, “whether it’s to be the starting quarterback and the guy that touches the ball every time or if you’re a guy that may not get a lot of credit and you just have to grind like these guys in the trenches, these o-linemen, and special teams guys we take a lot of pride in doing the dirty work and the behind the scenes opening up running lanes for some of our talented returners. But it’s been a lot of fun, though.”
znModeratorOne key issue is an inexperienced, still learning qb going against a top defense.
A couple of ideas on where Davis needs to improve (and who knows how soon he will):
* the mobility idea aside, actually, running/mobile qbs get sacked more, not less. Numbers back that up. The way to beat the rush is to see where the pressure is coming from and get rid of the ball. Davis is not that good at that yet. He took sacks in both the Vikes game and Eagles game that an experienced qb wouldn’t, just simply by seeing where the pressure was going to come from and throwing out of trouble on the quick or by audibling out of the play.
* Related to that…Davis is not yet good enough when blitzed. His completion % etc. goes down.
* Davis needs to become more confident and settled down in clutch situations at the end of the game. He’s been in 3 such situations so far and twice threw drive-killing passes. Will that come with experience? Yes it could. But till you see it there’s no guarantee.
It IS true that Davis can trust his receivers more than Clemens or Bradford could so there are plays there to be made that weren;t there in previous years. That comes from Cook stepping up some, Quick stepping up a lot, and the addition of Britt.
BUT.
They don’t need Davis to be Andrew Luck to win. Cut way back on special teams mistakes and defensive mistakes, and Davis is in the role of contributing to a smart tough game, instead of having everything put on him. That’s the way it’s supposed to go. You’re not supposed to put the entire game on the back of a guy without experience, no matter how good he is or potentially is.
znModeratorKevin Demoff
Friday, October 10, 2014
AM 920 Tim McKernan.=========
Big Sid
After some very appropriate probing, Kevin told Tim, there are no active discussions with other cities. (I think that was major.) That would refute that the Rams are likely to be playing somewhere else next year. I also love that right after the interview, Tim stayed on topic, even inviting listeners to comment, rather than moving right on to another topic. Tim has a great “feel” for the listener, and I just wanted to say how much I appreciated his work, today.
Tim also asked some great follow ups about what the Rams actually want for the stadium. Kevin said that the Dome itself it still an option; as well as locations in the county. All options are open. Never heard him say this before.
And I also appreciate Kevin Demoff. I realize he is quite restricted in what he can say, and I realize that they are posturing for the stadium, but Kevin was a little more transparent today and I felt he was more empathetic about how we, the fans, feel.
Tim kept Kevin on topic for more than 20 minutes. Tim asked exactly the right questions, and the right follow up questions. I actually feel better today about the Rams than I did yesterday. I liked the tone today. I liked and appreciated the way that Tim spoke much more for the fan base than just being a media guy. And I think it came off quite well, in a polite, but very meaningful and powerful way, to Kevin. I sensed that Kevin “got it” today and has a better understanding of what the silence and lack of response is doing to make things much worse for the Rams.
Thank you Tim and Kevin for the 20 minutes today. Much better than the interview yesterday on 101. Today was more meaningful.
• No conversations in progress with any other cities. I think that was the most significant item.
• The Dome would still be a consideration.
• Definitely got the impression that they really want to stay if they can get a stadium for football, concerts, final fours, etc. It’s not like they have given up on this.
• Demoff totally expects the situation to get worse before it gets better but he came off like he’s optimistic it will end well, as it did in Minnesota.
• Demoff reiterated that Stan Kroenke didn’t intend to lead the charge out of St. Louis. (And it seems he still doesn’t.)
• Tim did a great job saying to Kevin repeatedly that Stan’s silence is what makes the fan base so nervous, and when Kevin retreated to that’s the same way Stan is in Denver, and with the Arsenal fans, Tim clearly said but that’s not the same situation, because no one is threatening to move those teams! Nice job Tim!znModeratorDidnt you say a while back
that Shelley had written another
monster story? Am i remembering that
correctly? What was the name of it?w
vWell it depends on what you mean by “monster story.” She did write other stories with supernatural elements in them. They’re all short stories. The one I think you you have in mind has supernatural elements and a deformed critter causing harm. It’s called “Transformation.”
https://php.radford.edu/~webofmind/wiki/index.php?title=Transformation%2C_a_Tale
znModeratorRams VP, COO Kevin Demoff talks about Los Angeles
http://www.turfshowtimes.com/2014/10/10/6957479/st-louis-rams-los-angelesKirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Executive Vice President of Football Operations & Chief Operating Officer Kevin Demoff hopped on 101ESPN to discuss the elephant in the room.
Kevin Demoff is the public face of the Rams’ business operations. He interacts with fans. He’s on Twitter (sparsely, but nonetheless). He’s out in front, capturing the good the team does for the community and, in all, being a good guy.
So yesterday on 101 ESPN’s “The Fast Lane”, Demoff joined hosts Randy Karraker, D’Marco Farr to talk about the biggest long-term issue for the franchise: where to call home.
Here’s the meat:
Karraker: There are concerns obviously that Rams fans have. A couple of weeks ago, I gave my opinion that I thought a decision had been made to attempt to move this team out of St. Louis into Los Angeles. Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports has reported the same thing. Jason Cole of Bleacher Report, a very established NFL writer. Sam Farmer has said that the Rams have one foot out the door. Has indeed a decision been made by Stan Kroenke to try to move this team?
Demoff: There has been no decision made. There is no done deal. There is nothing like that. Everyone’s entitled to their opinion, but I also read yesterday Jason Cole said the Raiders just took our spot in the NFC West and I guess we’re going to the AFC West…
…I think, you know, there’s a lot of rumor. There’s a lot of innuendo, and it’s just that. And I think it’s going to remain that way until Los Angeles gets solved period by any team or whether it gets solved. Sitting at the league meeting yesterday, it’s clear that, you know, while the league is taking a more active look at the market that there is nothing solved or moving forward. There’s just, you know, increased activity which has been the same case I think if you talked to anybody for the last 20 years [author’s note: I couldn’t catch the end of this]…
Karraker: …with all of these reports, there’s an awful lot of smoke, and the lease is up. Does Stan Kroenke have an eye on putting his team in Los Angeles?
Demoff: I think our focus is on, you know, playing through the rest of the lease and seeing how things play out…
Karraker: Kevin, do you have any idea what it would take to get the Rams to commit to staying in St. Louis?
Demoff: Well, I think overall Randy it goes back to what we’ve always talked about: a global solution for St. Louis on a stadium front. A stadium that brings great events back to St. Louis, that brings Mizzou-Illinois, that bring Final Fours. You’ve heard me say this before. It’s also gotta be a solution that works for the community. It’s not just a Rams issue…
…I know everybody can sit here and say, especially this weekend, “The building can rock like it did in 1999,” which is absolutely true. If we play better football, it will be loud, passionate. But in terms of getting people off the couch away from television which is a fight that everybody in the NFL is going through and everybody in sports is going through, how do we improve the fan experience and give them the best? I think that’s the solution. If we can come up with it whether it’s downtown, whether it’s in the county, whether it’s somewhere else, I think we’d be in favor of it.
It’s about a stadium, folks. That’s it. If the Rams are going to stay in St. Louis, it won’t be in the Edward Jones Dome.
Give the whole interview a listen. It’s good stuff from Karraker and Farr.
And yes, D’Marco, we hate the Niners as much as you do.
znModeratorHe was signed [ie. as a rookie] then cut by the Rams, then spent most of the 2012 season on Miami’s practice squad.
Poor Sam Farmer can’t get his facts right.
Heck all he had to do was read the wikipedia entry:
Davis went undrafted in the 2012 NFL Draft and signed a free agent deal with the St. Louis Rams. On August 30, 2013, Davis was cut by the Rams.
The Miami Dolphins signed Davis to their practice squad on September 10, 2013. Davis spent a very brief tenure in the Miami Dolphins organization, only to be cut and re-signed to the Rams a month or so later.
Davis re-signed with the Rams on October 22, 2013, after an injury to Sam Bradford.
znModeratorSam Farmer
Los Angeles Timeshttp://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp-nfl-surprises-farmer-20141010-column.html
Austin Davis, QB, St. Louis: Although the Rams are 1-3, Davis has the most spectacularly improbable story of the season so far.
He was a walk-on at Southern Mississippi, wound up playing four years and breaking most of Brett Favre’s passing records. He went undrafted in 2012 — at least by the NFL — but was selected in the 32nd round of the baseball draft by the Boston Red Sox.
He was signed, then cut by the Rams, then spent most of the 2012 season on Miami’s practice squad. The Dolphins eventually cut him too, and Davis briefly worked as a volunteer football coach at Westminster Christian Academy in suburban St. Louis. The Rams circled back and re-signed him after starting quarterback Sam Bradford suffered a season-ending knee injury last October.
Two months ago, Davis was the Rams’ fourth-string quarterback, and it looked as if he probably wouldn’t make the final roster. Because of injuries and opportunities, though, he moved up the ranks and recently was named the starter for the rest of the season.
He has been a bright spot for St. Louis, completing 67.8% of his passes for 1,129 yards, with a respectable passer rating of 96.8, 10th among regular starters and better than Matt Ryan, Eli Manning, Jay Cutler, Drew Brees and others.
znModeratorznModeratorJlowe22
Location: South MississippiI’ll be pulling for you guys now, as a Southern Miss and Austin Davis fan. I’m glad to see him finally get his shot, he was a beast at USM.
I didn’t watch all of his games, but the ones I did watch I wasn’t impressed with his arm strength on the deep ball. He was a bit of a dual threat, but that doesn’t mean much in C-USA I suppose. He was great in the pocket and knew how to win ball games, which I believe are traits that can transcend conference. He look really accurate on the short-intermediate type throws. As far as if he was better with seam routes, outside routes, etc, I can’t answer that as I didn’t break his play down enough to do so. I do know that Southern Miss ran a CRAP LOAD of plays from shotgun.
I don’t know if “gunslinger” is the right word for him, but against better competition he quite possibly could have been labeled as such.
He certainly put up big numbers, and for those that don’t know, broke or almost broke all of Favre’s passing records at USM.
znModeratorGood questions. Who knows.
Oddly, they may be deep at corner.
znModeratorzn wrote:</div>
Note: the author of the original post in this thread has since deleted it on the board where he first posted it.Are you saying the new team owner
wont be PaRam, and the team
is definitely, for-certain,
NOT moving to Allentown Pa ?Because, if you are,
then I’m confused.w
vI am not at liberty to say one way or another, at the moment.
znModeratorOkay–now he wants to SELL the team?
My head is spinning.
That is ONLY an internet rumor.
As for your head spinning…allergies?
znModeratorIt’s being inexperienced I think.
Pre-snap reads, ‘n all.
znModeratorIt’s all part of Greg Williams strategy and I don’t know why you would question it.
Oh I see, I see. I get the picture.
You want…a board war.
znModeratorhe Rams have the #1 defense in football against the pass.
I think that’s misleading.
They’re 1st in passing attempts against, meaning, they are thrown on the least of all 32 teams.
But they are 26th in yards per attempt passing on defense.
Which means if anyone DOES start throwing on them, they will give up lots of yards.
znModeratorWhat’s his penalty history?
He’s an expert at drawing “holding” and “blocked in the back” and “personal foul” flags for the other team.
It’s from training as a stunt double. He can actually fly in the air and land badly from apparent hits that never happened. They say watching him practice his routine is like the scenes in The Fight Club when Ed Norton Jr. beats himself up.
…znModeratorThe Rams ranked sixth in the NFL last season in the highly respected special teams rankings compiled by Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News.
just four games in….the Rams are off to a very slow start on special teams. They rank in the middle of the pack or worse in basically all of the major special teams categories a quarter of the way through the season:
Well ain’t this interesting.
The Rams 2 best units from last year, the DL and special teams, are both underperforming in 2014.
It would be hard to say something sensible about that being “no coincidence” since no one here was in all the meetings and at all the practices or film sessions.
But it LOOKS like the coaches took it for granted that that was the status quo. Or the players let their own PR go to their heads. Or both.
Or maybe neither. Who knows. Hard to say.
znModeratorHerring is the same guy who picked off Sam Bradford in the final game of his rookie season. If correct, that was the game clincher for Seattle.
quarter time….down..distance..yard line
4………..8:47…..,…1……..10……..SEA 46
Sam Bradford pass incomplete short right intended for Brandon Gibson is intercepted by Will Herring at SEA-37znModeratorInterestingly, they replaced Ray.x.2 with a vet special teamer who was with the Saints when Wms. was. “Vet,” I think, being the key term.
znModeratorRamsFanz
The irony is this didn’t need to be a battle to come from behind EVEN with the O line playing poorly the first half.
AD over threw wide open Quick, Britt, and Cook several times. It’s his one consistent flaw even when not under pressure. The long balls float. Two of the three could have each been over 150 yards if it weren’t for floating balls.
His throw are EXACTLY what we want with the subtle arch and velocity that gives the WR time to adjust and go up and get it. Unfortunately, he floats them a little too far. When you rewatch the game, you see at least 5-6 open receivers he floated the ball over for massive plays. If he makes 2 of those, it’s a whole different game. He get’s that down a little, OMG, his potential is through the roof. If Davis becomes just a foot more more accurate, this passing O is going to explode.
After bragging on their catching last week, they dropped several catchable balls this game. Not Britt or Quick as I recall but Cook at least one and Pettis several. Others too.
Penalties killed drives and plays again. This wan’t Dallas, they were legit calls for the most part.
How did they almost come back? Those problems went away. AD still floated a few but he also threw some beauties with less pressure. AP dropped key catches to seal the deal but most of the second half they were fighting for balls and making the catch. A false start penalty also helped kill the final series, but they seemed to be far less the second half (I haven’t checked).
The defense played pretty damn good this game all things considered. Eagles have a fast paced high flying offense and the D gave up 20 points. They didn’t sack Noles which is just shocking, but he was under pressure all game. There should have been 2 more interceptions for the Rams. The secondary just didn’t make the plays.
This team is SO CLOSE to being able to play anyone. The O line is key. Everything else pretty much works.
I will add that I think Fish and Schotty blew clock management, gave a way a possession by kneeling in the first half, and, in the end, when they had timeouts and time on the clock, were trying for the big play instead of getting the first down. OF course, it would have worked if AP hadn’t dropped the ball, but a more conservative approach with clock management would have kept them in it.
znModeratorBlue and Gold
second sack, he’ll learn in time, but it’s on Davis.
znModeratorRampage2K-
On the brink of history….no team has ever come back to win a regular season game after trailing by 27 or more in regulation…It happened one time back in 1980, but it took overtime to do it….it was the greatest comeback that never was….
The Rams were going to win this game and the Eagles had that look like they knew they would…the Rams were unstoppable and scored TDs on three straight drives and on their way to their 4th but just couldn’t finish…Just as good as the offense was in the last 20 minutes, the defense was incredible…only allowed one big play, a 20 something yard run by Sproles on 3rd and short on the Eagles final drive, but still managed to to force a punt with two minutes to play..
speaking of the Eagles final drive, TJMac damn near caused Sproles to fumble on their last 3rd on 5 on the Rams 47 with two minutes left to play….That would have been huge!!! But they managed to have them punt anyway and still had a chance to go 92 yards for the win….but a fumble by Sproles there at mid field would have made it much easier…..dang it!!!
Quick is on his way to being a star and Britt is a very underrated part of this offense….The TD catch Britt made was just him imposing his will..he was well covered but just made the perfect adjustment and made that catch, which was nice to see because he just had an easy drop on the play before…and Quick is just having his way with one on ones right now…and tracking the ball very well, the play he made to start the finale drive was huge….
Austin Davis has that Brett Favre in him, he just has this team rallying around him and making plays!!! Hope he continues to make them…One play I know he wishes he had back(as do all of us) is the 4th down play…The delay of game did not help matters there and made it 4th and 13 instead of 4th and 8, a huge difference in the play calling even though its only 5 more yards…anyway, it was still there to be made..Quick had a step on his man and no doubt he comes down with that had it been anywhere near him…also Cook was coming wide open underneath that for an easy first down…Philly did a good job of bringing the heat and forcing AD to just pull the trigger before he wanted to…Damn it was a heart breaker!!! AD would have become legend had he hit Quick there to win it…
Bailey needs to replace Pettis asap…had two easy drops and one that was just a good play be the defender….Bailey catches everything, put him in there!!!
I know we all question some of the things Fish does, but you know what, he never panics and it rubs off on this team…They stayed calm and cool and just kept coming…just wish they wouldn’t have dug such a big hole, we win that game….I know it sounds crazy, but this team is close folks….
speaking of questionable coaching….I don’t know what the heck Kelly is thinking when he is still going no huddle up tempo while trying to protect a huge lead??? amazed me that he didn’t slow it down til the Rams were with in one score…hes going to have to figure something out quickly, cuz that was just dumb and allowed the Rams to mount such an incredible comeback…
I’m not one for moral victories, but it was much better then what the Jets did while getting blown out by the Chargers…They didn’t panic and bench Davis, They didn’t roll over and play dead…They kept fighting and damn near made history!!!!
znModeratorKnowBody
Bright Spots on a 1-3 team- stream of consciousness post
what i am seeing from this team screams to me that they will be very good before too long
what you look at becomes what you see, so instead of looking at all the reasons to hate the rams, and there plenty, i am going to try to look at what has impressed me so far this season
first of all, we are rallying to the ball
Alec Ogletree is one of the best LB’s in the game
LaMarcus Joyner showed flashes of why he was drafted in the second round against the eagles.. he was perfectly timing his crushing blows to his opponents
EJ Gaines has been about as good as you could expect a rookie corner to be, even a first rounder..
Donald continues to pressure up the middle- if we did wiff on the #2 pick, then at least we got this monster at #14
Saffold has been a man on a mission so far this year, and he is playing with some real passion, unlike what i have seen from him before
i love the Physicality that Britt brought to the WR core- i think this is by far the best group of WR’s since the GSOT days
Quick is finally playing the way i always thought he could, and Fisher and crew told us he would
Bailey gets open when he sees the field- i liked seeing him and Tavon on the field at the same time… that’s when our offense really started to open up this past Sunday
i can’t say that i honestly expected to reach the playoffs this year, but next year, i do
and how about Benny Cunningham- he is looking like a serious force coming into his own as of late
i liked what i saw out of Austin against Philly- having Brian Quick and Kenny Britt should open up some space underneath for him to work with as we move on
i think Robinson is going to be a beast once he gets his chance
znModeratorAnd by the way, he has ALREADY made great plays! That 45 yard catch on the final drive was awesome, clutch, and physically assertive. I’m not altogether sure what more fans might want from him.
Hear, hear.
znModeratorNY Ram Fan
At the game yesterday. Was honestly shocked at how well-behaved the Philly fans were. Saw no fights..almost no cursing…no-one giving me hard time about being a Rams fan (beyond good-natured ribbing). I envied the whole experience they had going on there.
It seems most of the fans have that failure attitude like most Rams fans and those sitting around me really thought the Rams were going to come back and win. Even when Rams were down by 27 they were worried.
Most of the fans around me thought Austin Davis was better than Nick Foles and said they wish they had Davis instead. They were a bunch of whiners though…several near me wanted a Ram penalty on almost every single play. I was counting them and I think at one point Rams had 8 penalties and Philly 1. Once I pointed that out they started to quit their whining. Especially after that missed pass interference call when the Philly CB was allover Quick (I think) in the 4th quarter.
znModeratorFor years the Rams were an ugly larva twisting and roiling in the muck. Now they finally are ready to emerge from their chrysalis as a beautiful moth but their wing is caught so they just impotently flail against the sides of their cocoon prison.
You don’t mean that literally, right?
znModeratorYoungblood_HOF
So we’re sitting 6 rows from the field on the 50-yard line on the Rams side of the field. The Rams bench is literally 50 feet away (albeit we’re 12-15 feet above the level of the field). Players can certainly hear the fans sitting in the first few rows from the bench, although its pretty tough to hear if a player were to yell back.
How do I know this? Because after the Benny touchdown run makes it 34-14, while the Rams are preparing to kickoff, Pettis starts jawing with four Eagles fans in the first row. I have no idea what started it, but he was at the bench, facing the crowd yelling back and forth with the fans. I don’t know why they were getting on him, but as soon as he engaged them, they went crazy. Yelling, cursing telling him how bad he and the Rams were in a way you would imagine idiot Eagles fans would. So this goes on for most of the time the Eagles have the ball and I’m saying to myself, “Why doesn’t he just ignore them, WTF?”
After the Foles fumble, the Rams first play from scrimmage is a Pettis drop. As you know, they complete a TD drive and make it 34-21. When Pettis gets back to the bench these 4 guys are yelling and letting him know what a great drop he just had. He completely ignored them this time and didn’t turn around. Well you know how the rest of the game played out. Pettis has two huge drops on the final failed drive that would have won the game with a TD.
As all of the players and coaches convene on the field after the final gun, Pettis is seated on the bench right in front of us with his hands in his head. He is just sitting there by himself, obviously distraught because of the drops and these 4 guys are letting him have it. The section is almost empty because the fans have mostly started to leave so we could hear these 4 guys clearly (and so could he, I’m sure). And they’re basically telling him that he screwed up because he had to talk smack in the first place. It was a jarring scene, this guy obviously distraught over the loss and his mistakes and these guys are 30 feet away relentlessly harassing him with a profanity-laced tirade. I started to feel a ping of compassion for him and then I turned to my brother and said, “You know what? He deserves it and they’re right. For what good reason would a professional athlete talk trash to fans, during a game no less.”
Just a sad display of professionalism from Pettis. I don’t know if the fans were in his head when he dropped those balls, but I hated seeing him give them time of day and hated even more that his focus wasn’t 100% on the game.
znModeratorI think Hill and Bradford were all throwing more of these deeper balls and more 50/50 jump balls as ordered from Fisher thru Schotty. We know Fisher wanted more big plays from the passing game last offseason.
Yes. I don;t know how many people see this. But that downfield game was part of their plan going back to the first OTA. And with Britt, Quick emerging, and Cook playing better, they can DO IT now. Just imagine when they get Austin mixed in more and get Bailey going. Kendricks too for that matter. The medium pass has re-appeared too, and I agree, it was the plan from the beginning.
But, since this thread is about Davis…it’s really valuable that he can do this. He may not have the top arm, but he has big hands (like Brees) and a high release point, so, he can take advantage of this stuff.
They had some of this with Bradford last year (games 5-7). Hill showed he could do this. Davis can do this. Clemens couldn’t.
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