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  • September 30, 2025 at 3:08 pm in reply to: rams tweets etc … 9/29 – 9/30 #158376
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    September 30, 2025 at 1:52 pm in reply to: rams tweets etc … 9/29 – 9/30 #158375
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    Nate Atkins@NateAtkins_
    10 thoughts on the Rams after watching the coaches film:

    1. Matthew Stafford came out a little off. He was throwing a lot to players he often doesn’t (RBs, mainly) and sped up by a Colts rush that was winning more than normal.

    This is where Puka Nacua really carried things.

    4. Blake Corum makes more sense as a second-half change-up to Kyren Williams once he wears down linebackers a bit and they can run more power scheme. And numbers are bearing this out.

    Sunday was a day to feed the hot hand in the middle quarters more than they did.

    7. The issue with trying to spread the ball around right now is the players the Rams are playing don’t have the chemistry and skill sets to offer a ton.

    They have two who do (Tutu Atwell and Terrance Ferguson) but haven’t wanted to play either all that much because of blocking.

    September 30, 2025 at 1:46 pm in reply to: Rams kickoffs are getting a lot of attention from commentators #158374
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    September 30, 2025 at 1:42 pm in reply to: rams tweets etc … 9/29 – 9/30 #158373
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    September 30, 2025 at 1:41 pm in reply to: rams tweets etc … 9/29 – 9/30 #158372
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    September 30, 2025 at 11:52 am in reply to: setting up the Thursday SF game #158371
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    September 30, 2025 at 11:43 am in reply to: people praising Puka #158369
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    Zooey wrote:

    One QB to bind them all.

    One qb to bind them all
    One qb to align them
    One qb to find them all
    And never throw behind them

    September 30, 2025 at 1:39 am in reply to: people praising Puka #158362
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    September 30, 2025 at 1:28 am in reply to: rams tweets etc … 9/29 – 9/30 #158360
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    Sami ON Tap@SamiOnTap
    The Top TWO teams in overall PFF Grading through 4 weeks:

    1. Los Angeles Rams – 89.5
    2. Seattle Seahawks – 86.3

    September 29, 2025 at 11:45 pm in reply to: Colts game…tweets, plays, highlights, reporters #158357
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    They do the Rams game at about 1:24:32.

    September 29, 2025 at 11:23 pm in reply to: our reactions to the Colts game #158356
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    InvaderRam wrote:

    i didn’t realize this at the time, but the colts only had ten men on the field on the tutu td. add to the fact that tutu’s defender tripped over himself. the rams were even luckier than i thought.

    Yep. 2 Colts TDs negated (one of which directly gave the ball back to the Rams), and then the winning TD was thrown against 10 defenders on the field, one of which (the guy who had Atwell) tripped.

    But as I said above…I will take a “win by luck” game now and then.

    And I’m sure you’ll agree, but in the middle of all that, the Rams also made plays…it’s not like they just coasted. Nacua came to play, Williams was running his heart out, Stafford had a perfect qb rating in the 4th quarter, one TD was thrown on a 4th and 2, and Curl intercepted Jones twice. Before that game the Colts had punted only once in three games (it was 4 times this game). So the Rams were in the game…but luck absolutely did smile on them in this one.

    September 29, 2025 at 11:08 pm in reply to: rams tweets etc … 9/29 – 9/30 #158355
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    Brock Vierra, from Rams Mailbag: https://www.si.com/nfl/rams/los-angeles-terrance-ferguson-steve-avila-sean-mcvay-san-francisco-49ers

    The offense can be opened up and more explosive with TFerg. Why can’t he get on the field. What is holding him back?

    He’s just not ready. I don’t know when that will be but that’s been the word out of the facility. Ferguson also needs to put some weight on him, something he wasn’t able to do this offseason due to the draft but it’s clear the time he missed in training camp was more damaging than initial findings.

    Will there be any trades for…o-line?

    …no there won’t be any trades for offensive lineman unless something dramatic happens.

    Here’s what I know. The Rams love Justin Dedich and Beaux Limmer. They don’t want to lose either of them. The Rams can’t afford to cut tackles either because Alaric Jackson has a fluctuating health issue that needs constant monitoring and Rob Havenstein is an older player who has been playing banged up.

    Plus, the market is awful right now for a backup interior offensive lineman.

    September 29, 2025 at 10:58 pm in reply to: people praising Puka #158353
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    The 33rd Team@The33rdTeamFB
    Only Odell Beckham Jr. had more receiving yards through 32 career games than Puka Nacua 😲

    Most rec. yards through 32 games since 1970, per
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    1. OBJ – 3,114
    2. Puka – 2,979
    3. Justin Jefferson – 2,909
    4. Randy Moss – 2,726
    5. Ja’Marr Chase – 2,712

    September 29, 2025 at 10:57 pm in reply to: people praising Puka #158351
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    September 29, 2025 at 10:56 pm in reply to: people praising Puka #158349
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    September 29, 2025 at 10:49 pm in reply to: setting up the Thursday SF game #158346
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    Greg Beacham@gregbeacham
    Sean McVay on the 49ers fans who make the trip to SoFi: “They’ve certainly got a great fan base. I blame my grandpa for that, a lot of the success they had in the early years.”

    September 29, 2025 at 10:44 pm in reply to: setting up the Thursday SF game #158345
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    September 29, 2025 at 10:39 pm in reply to: rams tweets etc … 9/29 – 9/30 #158344
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    from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/rams/2025/09/29/rams-colts-snap-counts-week-4-playing-time-forbes-whittington/86415705007/?taid=68da9efb2712010001905419&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

    Cobie Durant takes over CB1 spot:

    Emmanuel Forbes Jr. had been the top cornerback with Ahkello Witherspoon out and he was the starter in each of the first four games but he played just 61% of the snaps on Sunday, his lowest of the season. Durant, on the other hand, played 77% for the second week in a row, climbing the depth chart as the team’s top cornerback. Forbes struggled in this one, allowing a long catch to Adonai Mitchell and a touchdown to Michael Pittman Jr., so perhaps the Rams reduced his playing time as a result.

    September 29, 2025 at 8:11 pm in reply to: The Stafford thread…update 12/31: huge S.I. article #158340
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    Stu Jackson@StuJRams
    Entering Week 5 (pre-MNF) of Year 17, Stafford’s 1,114 passing yards are 2nd-most in NFL, 8 passing TDs tied for 3rd-most, 106.1 QB rating 7th-highest in NFL.

    September 29, 2025 at 7:52 pm in reply to: Colts game…tweets, plays, highlights, reporters #158339
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    5 interesting stats from Rams’ Week 4 win over Colts: A perfect 4th quarter for Matthew ‘soul snatcher’ Stafford, two of the most impactful offensive plays of the NFL season lead Rams comeback

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    https://www.therams.com/news/5-interesting-stats-from-rams-week-4-win-over-colts-a-perfect-4th-quarter-for-matthew-soul-snatcher-stafford-two-of-the-most-impactful-offensive-plays-of-the-nfl-season-lead-rams-comeback

    When Rams head coach Sean McVay started his press conference by saying, “We’re not a boring team to watch, I guess,” that was an understatement. The Rams came away with an improbable comeback victory over the Colts in Week 4, 27-20, thanks to some big-time plays from quarterback Matthew Stafford, timely turnovers by the defense and an incredibly efficient run game.

    Here are five interesting stats from the Rams’ comeback win over the Colts in Week 4:

    Stafford had a perfect passer rating in the fourth quarter (158.3), the second person to achieve that this season

    During the Rams’ fourth-quarter comeback, Stafford completed nine of 11 pass attempts for 172 yards (third-highest in the NFL this season) and two touchdowns, facilitating a 72.7% success rate on pass attempts, via nflverse data. That accounted for 45.9% of his 375 passing yards on the day and two-thirds of his touchdowns.

    Stafford’s late touchdown pass to wide receiver Puka Nacua (who set a regular season career-high with 170 receiving yards) tied the game, and his 88-yard strike to wide receiver Tutu Atwell won it. The Rams’ win probability was as low as 15% early in the fourth quarter, according to Next Gen Stats, but that’s when Stafford worked his fourth-quarter voodoo magic to pull a victory from the jaws of defeat.

    That was Stafford’s 50th career game-winning drive. He’s the active leader among quarterbacks in that stat, which is partially how he was dubbed the “soul snatcher.”

    Atwell’s 88-yard touchdown was the longest go-ahead scrimmage touchdown in the final two minutes of a game this century, via ESPN Research

    Atwell’s game-winning touchdown was the longest play of his career and just his second catch of the season, and he reached 21.7 miles per hour, the fifth-fastest ball-carrier speed so far this year, via Next Gen Stats.

    Atwell told theRams.com that the play felt like a weight lifted off his shoulders after not producing as much as expected early in the season (he came into the day with one catch for four yards). Once Atwell made his defender fall down on the route and he was wide open with nothing but green grass in front of him, his only thought was, “I’m finna go get it.” And he did.

    The Rams on Sunday had two of the top 15 most impactful offensive plays in the NFL this year based on win probability added, via nflverse data

    Atwell’s touchdown raised the Rams’ win probability by 29%, from just over 60.8% to 89.8%, which was the eighth-highest boost from an offensive play so far this season. On the drive before that, Nacua’s game-tying touchdown on a must-have 4th-and-2 from the nine-yard line raised the Rams’ win probability 24.8% (ranking 13th this season), to just over 51%.

    Daniel Jones’ passer rating was more than 100 points lower when he wasn’t pressured compared to when he was, via Pro Football Focus

    This stat is definitely interesting, but it’s more so confounding. When Jones had a clean pocket, he went 12 of 19 for 81 yards and two interceptions and a 32.9 passer rating. When Jones was pressured, he completed 12 of 14 pass attempts for 181 yards, one touchdown, no interceptions and a 142.6 passer rating. So, what exactly does this mean, and what’s the cause of it?

    The Rams’ coverage seemingly lulled Jones into a false sense of security. His average depth of target was nearly three yards higher when he wasn’t pressured, prompting Jones to take shots down the field rather than throwing the easy check-downs. It resulted in errant passes, breakups and interceptions. The Rams’ front was the engine of the defense in the first three weeks, but the backend came through in the win over Indianapolis.

    Jones entered Week 4 with no turnovers on the season, he left SoFi stadium with two, both courtesy of safety Kam Curl (the first multi-interception game of his career).

    Kyren Williams’ 84.6% success rate on the ground was the best for any qualified running back in a game this season, via Next Gen Stats

    Apart from the fumbled handoff, something McVay took responsibility for on Monday when speaking to reporters, Williams’ shortest run of the day went for three yards. He was constantly putting the Rams ahead of the sticks, and (for the second-straight week) most of that production came on outside zone runs.

    47 of Williams’ 77 yards on the ground game on outside runs (61%), and he averaged 6.7 yards per carry on those attempts, via Next Gen Stats. L.A. did the same thing last week in Philadelphia, and the Colts presented a similar front that the Rams took advantage of.

    September 29, 2025 at 7:52 pm in reply to: Colts game…tweets, plays, highlights, reporters #158338
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    from Albert Breer, Week 4 NFL Takeaways: https://www.si.com/nfl/week-4-nfl-takeaways-chiefs-not-dead-rams-jaguars#_9umxd2i56

    Los Angeles Rams

    …the Rams already look battle-hardened. You know what happened to Sean McVay’s crew in Week 3, when a 26–7 third-quarter lead evaporated in Philly, with a barrage of 26 unanswered points punctuated by Jordan Davis rumbling the length of the field with a blocked field goal to clinch a 33–26 win.

    That kind of loss can leave a mark with a team, and most coaches would do some sort of proverbial burial of any evidence of its existence.

    In this case, Sean McVay went the other way with his players.

    “That was the kind of game a lot of coaches would’ve been like, O.K., move on to next week, and not addressed it at all,” star edge rusher Jared Verse told me early Sunday night. “Sean takes that head on. We gave that team that win. Obviously, that’s a very good Philadelphia team, but we gave them that win. We started going away from our morals and changing up how we play. And Sean made sure to adjust with that. We can dominate any team in the league but we have to be us.”

    On Sunday, against the upstart Colts, the Rams showed what that means.

    This time around, though, the trouble wasn’t with how McVay’s group finished the game. It was with how they started it. The Colts came in 3–0, looking for a signature win behind red-hot and rejuvenated quarterback Daniel Jones. And the first 52 minutes or so seemed to validate the resurgence of both team and player as real.

    Which was about where the lessons of the Philly game, and especially the need to play it all the way through at full intensity, came into focus for a team with Super Bowl aspirations.

    “We made mistakes [in Philly] and they were able to come back,” Verse said. “You sit down and say, All right, this was on us. How do I make sure that never happens again? I’m glad it happened against one of the top teams in the league instead of another team that wasn’t as talented. We realized, that’s what can happen if you don’t keep your foot on the gas, take your foot off their neck. This is what my dad always told me, he would say, I don’t care if you’re up 100, or you’re up three, you keep your foot on their damn neck.”

    The Rams did keep their foot on Indy’s neck, but not until much later.

    L.A. started to turn the heat up on the Colts midway through the fourth quarter, with the offense going on an 11-play, 83-yard drive to tie it at 20—one capped with a fourth-down touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Puka Nacua. Next came Verse’s strip sack of Daniel Jones on a second-and-15 from the Colts’ 42, with 2:10 left, just two plays after a 53-yard Jonathan Taylor touchdown run was called back on a holding call.

    In the huddle, after the penalty, Verse told his teammates, to “calm down—don’t play outside yourself, do your one-of-11.” And on the sack, Verse’s one-of-11 came as a result of getting Jones’s cadence down, getting a jump off the snap and having left tackle Bernhard Raimann on his heels after bull rushing him all day. “When the game’s that way,” Verse said, “he’s going to sit back a little bit.” Which allowed for Verse, in turn, to run around him.

    That forced a punt, which was immediately followed by an 88-yard touchdown from Stafford to Tutu Atwell. Three plays after that, a Kam Curl interception clinched it. “That boy, Kam, is just a dog,” Verse said. “Ball in the air, I saw Kam line it up and said, Yeah, he’s taking this one home.” And Curl, of course, did.

    So that left Indy as the team leaving a visiting stadium with a lot of regret, in this case, over a blown lead, two devastating mistakes by receiver Adonai Mitchell (the holding penalty on Taylor’s would-be touchdown, and an unforced fumble on another would-be touchdown prompted by an attempt to celebrate early), and the fact that just 10 defenders were on the field for Atwell’s long touchdown.

    Meanwhile, the Rams’ belief in where they are, clearly unshaken through last week’s meltdown, was only further cemented.

    “You could’ve asked me this if we were 0–4. I would say the same thing. I 100% believe we have one of the best teams in the league,” Verse said.

    The past two weeks would show that faith in his team, and the Rams’ faith in themselves, is real.

    September 29, 2025 at 7:46 pm in reply to: The Stafford thread…update 12/31: huge S.I. article #158336
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    September 29, 2025 at 7:44 pm in reply to: rams tweets etc … 9/29 – 9/30 #158335
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    September 29, 2025 at 7:30 pm in reply to: rams tweets etc … 9/29 – 9/30 #158333
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    A couple of different angles.

    September 29, 2025 at 7:26 pm in reply to: rams tweets etc … 9/29 – 9/30 #158332
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    Sosa Kremenjas@QBsMVP
    Emmanuel Forbes among qualified CBs this season, per NGS:

    204 yards allowed (9th-most)
    Perfect 158.3 passer rating allowed (worst)
    3 TDs (2nd-worst)

    Allowed 12-of-14 targets to be completed.

    Certainly worth the reclamation project, but so far, it hasn’t worked well at all.

    His lack of strength is way too evident.

    September 29, 2025 at 7:20 pm in reply to: rams tweets etc … 9/29 – 9/30 #158330
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    September 29, 2025 at 7:17 pm in reply to: rams tweets etc … 9/29 – 9/30 #158328
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    Los Angeles Rams PR@TheLARamsPR
    Matthew Stafford finished yesterday’s game with 375 passing yards, three touchdowns and a 123.5 passer rating. It was the most passing yards in a game for Stafford since Week 13 of the 2020 season. He also passed Kurt Warner for the sixth-most passing TDs in franchise history (103).

    September 29, 2025 at 7:16 pm in reply to: rams tweets etc … 9/29 – 9/30 #158327
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    J.B. Long@JB_Long
    Notable PFF grades from Rams 3rd win, and there were many:

    Curl 93.9*
    Verse 93.6*
    Puka 92.6*
    Allen 84.6
    Stafford 82.2
    Turner 80.6^
    Parkinson 79.5^
    Ford 78.3
    Tank McCollough 77.6^
    Dedich 74.1*

    *Career-high
    ^Season-high

    September 29, 2025 at 1:51 pm in reply to: our reactions to the Colts game #158322
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    In terms of how the Rams are setting up for the season, I think this is an upgraded version of last year. Last year they started slow and then gelled. That meant they started off with losses. This year it’s a better team with a much stronger version of starting off slow. This year starting off slow means they look less dominant at times.

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    September 29, 2025 at 9:46 am in reply to: rams tweets etc … 9/29 – 9/30 #158316
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    they do the Rams at 19:20

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