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What to watch for with @RamsNFL offense tonight on @NFLonPrime pic.twitter.com/x7FQhwl1xb
— Dan Orlovsky (@danorlovsky7) December 12, 2024
znModeratorJim Youngblood 53@53_jim70721
Rams usually play decently in SF.
They are not the 49ers of the past.
IF Rams play their top kind of game — Rams win by 10-14 points,IF Rams turn it over more than 49ers … bog down in red zone … then close
Key is Rams D–which one will show up? the 1 vs Phi? Buf? or vs MIN?
znModeratorWas this the catch of the year? đ§ pic.twitter.com/9FM9Z0CHhO
— Rams Tapes đ„¶ (@RamsTapes) December 11, 2024
znModeratorThere isn't film I enjoy watching more than when Matthew Stafford is on a heater. He makes it look easy.
Looks off the safety and then casually comes back and puts the ball on a rope to Cooper Kupp down the seam.
None of it happens without good pass pro by the OL. pic.twitter.com/8AL7rAVQ6R
— Blaine Grisak đ (@bgrisakTST) December 10, 2024
znModeratorJ.B. Long@JB_Long
Totally get the anxiousness to have Higs back. However, the physical toll of practicing “full” this time of year =//= playing a live game less than a year from a knee repair without the benefit of any contact football since.znModeratorRams Forever!@ChefDavid119
I just realized that the 49ers will face Kupp and Nacua together for the 1st time ever!.znModeratorBlaine Grisak@bgrisakTST
Yes, Rams ran the ball 42x in the win against the Bills.No, that doesn’t mean Rams need to run the ball 30x a game to win.
Rams had a 38.1% rushing success rate (19th) and -0.11 EPA/rush vs. the Bills. Not the reason they won.
@speed_kills@speedk1lls
one of the contributing factors 4 sure. Oline gets to attack rather than be attacked. Takes heat off his of Stafford and doesnât put the entire offense on him. Forced Buffalo to play both the run and pass and as Brady mentioned forced them 2 run blitz on 1st down to stop the RamsznModeratorSarah Barshop@sarahbarshop
Demarcus Robinson (shoulder) is at practice today for the Rams. I donât see Cobie Durant (lung contusion).znModeratorThe 33rd Team@The33rdTeamFB
Puka Nacua has appeared in 8 games this seasonIn two of those games, Nacua was out before halftime (W1 – injury; W9 – ejection)
In the other six, Puka is averaging 110 receiving yards per game đ„
znModeratorWith Sundays game, Matthew Stafford passed Dan Marino for most 300 yard passing games in NFL history.
He is now 8th All-Time and needs 4 more games to tie for 7th place.
HOFâer pic.twitter.com/dgy4pge0r8
— Stafford9 (@LAR9MS) December 11, 2024
znModeratorJ.B. Long@JB_Long
Kyren Williams is the first back to have multiple campaigns with 1K rushing yards & 12+ rushing TDs within his first three career seasons since Adrian Peterson.znModeratorroberto clemente@rclemente2121
stafford as a Ram, in december:10-1
4-1 vs teams w/ a winning record
6-0 vs teams w/ a losing record
2-0 vs div opponents
6-0 at home
4-1 on the roadso this thurs let’s make it:
11-17-0 vs teams w/ a losing record
3-0 vs div opponents
5-1 on the roadznModeratorPFF@PFF
Puka Nacua: 92.3 PFF Grade in Week 141st among all WRs đ
znModeratorDecember 11, 2024 at 6:35 am in reply to: the “healthcare” industry (thread includes entire film “Sicko” for free) #153822znModeratorznModeratormcvay's rams are 7-2 on thursday nights, including 1-0 against the 49ers, and this little thursday night gem at the coliseum: pic.twitter.com/C6oB0hz2S3
— roberto clemente (@rclemente2121) December 11, 2024
znModeratorI know nothing about tariffs.
So just post merrily away on the topic.
znModeratorTake the simple
Make it easy@RamsNFL pic.twitter.com/56tubAWPcp— Dan Orlovsky (@danorlovsky7) December 10, 2024
znModeratorI posted this earlier but it never appeared
You tried to quote a live tweet with a vid in it. The software here thinks that’s spam and marks it pending.
znModeratorâI think McDermott hasnât understood or comprehended that every single second nowadays matters.â@Chris_Broussard explains why coaching cost the Bills a win vs. Rams: pic.twitter.com/WobrkLzwY5
— First Things First (@FTFonFS1) December 9, 2024
znModeratorBTW, did anybody get a good look at the XP that Karty missed? They didnât show a replay of it. I thought the snap/hold was botched, butâŠno replay or comment from Tom the Genius Brady.
Someone said it was a bad snap.
Missed kicks are so commonplace with the Rams I guess the networks donât bother replaying them anymore.
I didn’t find any official press on it. Just fan postings.
Xelcar569
The snap was bad, it came in low and at Evans’ knee. He couldn’t pick it up and get a nice hold on it in time. Karty, seeing Evans fumble around with the ball tried to slow down his operation but still tried to get the kick off so it didn’t get blocked, this resulted in a very low kick and Karty stumbling to the ground cause he had no more momentum.znModeratorznModeratorJourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Itâs a sprained shoulder for Demarcus Robinson, per McVay, who had no definitive update but was hopeful it would not affect Robinsonâs status for TNF.znModeratorRams make a statement by scoring 44 points to beat AFC powerhouse Bills
Gary Klein
https://www.latimes.com/sports/rams/story/2024-12-08/rams-score-44-points-upset-buffalo-bills
So maybe this Rams team is better than average.
Perhaps coach Sean McVay finally has them on track to win the NFC West.
And, dare we posit it: A deep playoff run?
Itâs all out there for the Rams, who went from marginal-all-season to mostly magnificent for a day with a 44-42 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday in front of 73,493 at SoFi Stadium.
Running back Kyren Williams and receiver Puka Nacua each scored two touchdowns, Matthew Stafford passed for 320 yards, and special teams came up big as the Rams improved to 7-6.
âPlayers did the damn thing,â coach Sean McVay said proudly.
It is the first time this season that the Rams have been above .500, and they did it by holding on to defeat one of the best teams in the NFL.
Consider:
The Bills went into the game with a 10-2 record and riding a seven-game winning streak.
They had scored 30 points or more in six straight games.
They were fresh off clinching a fifth consecutive AFC East title and in contention for the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs.
But even with the vaunted âBills Mafiaâ making up the majority of fans in the stadium â and Bills quarterback Josh Allen accounting for six touchdowns â the Rams registered their most impressive victory of the season.âBeating a team like this is a huge confidence booster for us,â said Williams, who rushed for 87 yards in a career-high 29 carries. âBut we knew we were going to come in and beat them, so weâve got to continue to keep going like that.â
The victory moved the Rams into second place in the NFC West behind the Seattle Seahawks (8-5), a 30-18 winner Sunday over the Arizona Cardinals (6-7).
The Rams do not have much time to savor the victory. On Thursday night in Santa Clara they play the San Francisco 49ers (6-7), who beat the Chicago Bears on Sunday.
âItâs going to feel like a playoff game,â linebacker Michael Hoecht said.
The Rams must once again play âfast and free,â McVay said.
âThatâs going to be a key, critical factor for us to be able to have a chance to go do what we need to do on Thursday night,â he said.
On Sunday, no Ram played with more elan than Nacua, who McVay described as âan igniter.â The second-year pro caught 12 passes for 162 yards and a touchdown and also rushed for a touchdown.
âItâs fantastic being able to feel like, âMan this is what it feels like when the Rams are moving and connecting on all cylinders,ââ Nacua said. âBut also [there are] still moments where we know we can execute a little bit better to make this game a blowout.â
The Rams scored early. They scored often. They scored more points in a game than they had all season, eclipsing the 30 they posted in an Oct. 24 victory over the Minnesota Vikings.
The Rams led, 24-14, at halftime. It marked the most points the Rams had scored in the first half since a game in 2022.
That was the Ramsâ lost season, the worst Super Bowl hangover in NFL history, that had begun with a 31-10 wipeout by the Bills and featured Stafford getting mauled seven times for sacks.
This time, the line kept Stafford clean. Williams and Blake Corum ran with authority. The Rams converted 11 of 15 third downs.
âOur guys did an amazing job up front,â said Stafford, who passed for two touchdowns, giving him 10 in the last four games. âIt starts with those guys.â
While the offense hummed for most of the game, the defense struggled to neutralize Allen. The MVP candidate produced another otherworldly performance.
âJosh Allen is an alien,â McVay said.
The 6-foot-5, 237-pound Allen accounted for all six Bills touchdowns, becoming the first player with three rushing and three passing touchdowns in an NFL game. He passed for 342 yards and three touchdowns, and rushed for 82 yards and three touchdowns.
âHe was something to deal with,â rookie safety Kam Kinchens said, shaking his head.
The Rams offense was their best defense.
The notoriously slow-starting Rams built their 10-point halftime lead on touchdown runs by Williams and Nacua and tight end Hunter Longâs touchdown return of a blocked punt.
Staffordâs touchdown pass to Cooper Kupp near the end of the third quarter extended the Ramsâ lead to 38-21.
But Allenâs short touchdown run and his scoring pass to Mack Hollins pulled the Bills within 38-35 with almost 9 minutes left.
Staffordâs fourth-down pass to Tutu Atwell with just under 4 minutes left kept alive a drive that Nacua capped with a 19-yard touchdown for a 44-35 lead.
Check out the game summary from the Ramsâ win Sunday.
Allenâs sneak for a touchdown with a minute left cut the deficit, but the Rams recovered the onside kick and ran out the clock.
So now itâs on to play the 49ers, a team the Rams defeated in Week 3 at SoFi Stadium.
The Rams remain in search of a totally complete performance, one that includes a high-powered offense, suffocating defense and opportunistic special teams.
âYou saw how good our offense was,â edge rusher Jared Verse said. âImagine our defense playing at full capacity. … If we put out offense and defense together, thatâs a scary sight.
âThatâs a Super Bowl-winning team.â
znModeratorRamsoholic@ShayTweetedThat
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Jackson-LT
Avila-LG
Limmer-C
Dotson-RG
Havenstein-LTThe starting 5 OL has played just twice together â Saints and Bills
The last 2 losses…the OLs.
V. Miami:
Alaric Jackson
Steve Avila
Jonah Jackson
Kevin Dotson
Joseph Noteboom4 sacks allowed.
The issue here was that Avila, Jackson, and Noteboom were all fresh returns from injuries. So they inserted 3 players at once who basically had not played most of the season. That included benching Limmer for Jackson.
v. the Eagles:
Alaric Jackson
Steve Avila
Beaux Limmer
Kevin Dotson
Warren McClendon5 sacks allowed.
Almost there. Limmer’s back but Havenstein is out. This unit was not up to snuff facing the Eagles line.
Then, next 2 games, Saints and Bills.
Alaric Jackson
Steve Avila
Beaux Limmer
Kevin Dotson
Rob Havenstein0 sacks allowed in 2 games.
It looked to me more like they were getting in sync as a 5-man unit. But then terms of sacks, Saints rank 23rd and Bills rank 22nd. Miami ranks 30th but Eagles rank 8th. I think the difference with Miami was playing 3 new starters at once who were freshly back from inuries after several games out.
How do the remaining opponents rank in terms of sacks?
SF 9th
Jets 7th
ARZ 11th
Sea 17thSo next 3 games will tell us more about the OL.
znModeratorso, to be clear, this guy is human, right? i mean dna tests have been performed, live birth records double-checked, kryptonite tolerance exams conducted, area 51 alien detainee population inventoried? asking for a friend, and for the men in black. pic.twitter.com/w85mExZTKx
— roberto clemente (@rclemente2121) December 9, 2024
znModeratorRAMS ON FILM@RamsOnFilm
Cooper Kupp leads all receivers by far in blocking win rate. Whether itâs Von Miller or a defensive back, Kupp is the best blocking WR in the leagueznModeratorBlaine Grisak@bgrisakTST
Against the Bills, McVay’s late game management was the difference. McVay’s decision to “go” on 4th-and-5 vs. McDermott’s decision to call a QB sneak with a minute left and use a timeout was the difference.Ramsoholic@ShayTweetedThat
that QB sneak fail was SO BIGYou are 1000% right- I agreed to go for it- we were hot and its obvious that Mcvay does not trust Karty right now. We have no room for error so who will he trust, a rookie kicker or a guy in his 16th year, future HOF and SB champion?
znModerator.@BuffaloBills @rams when Stafford lets it fly like this tge Rams are tough to beat @AsapPuka #BaldysBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/IOxVZYwdWB
— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) December 9, 2024
znModeratorAll-22@All22_PFF
What can’t Alaric Jackson do well? His PFF grades have been solid all around this season:đ© 79.2 Run Blocking
đ© 80.6 Pass Blocking
đ© 80.6 Overall Grade -
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