wv wrote:

Never had a deep threat as good as DJ?

Apparently he’s never heard of Harold Jackson, Tom Fears
and Crazy Legs.

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And Milton Wynn. Everyone keeps forgetting Milton Wynn.

Hey, Billy. I have been to only one game since the Rams returned to Los Angeles, and that was at the Coliseum which is wide open, and not designed for acoustic reinforcement whatsoever.

All I can tell you is that I have heard Colin Cowherd, Rich Eisen, and the announcers all say it is unbelievably loud in SoFi. Eisen said it’s louder than the Seattle stadium.

One caveat: the stadium acoustics are just as loud for fans of the visiting team, and as of now, it still appears to me that Los Angeles has a higher proportion of visiting fans than anywhere else because LA was without a team for 20 years, but not without football fans. Many Los Angelenos chose to follow a team elsewhere, and have not changed their allegiance to the Rams just because they moved into the local area. That will change over time, but the Rams lost a large part of a generation during their absence from LA. The Rams have a significant home field advantage – bigger than it’s ever been in the past – but not as big as it will be in a few years, especially if the Rams bring a Lombardi to LA.

There must be somebody around who has attended a game at SoFi, and can give a better answer, though.

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I didn’t expect them to win that convincingly. I was expecting a nail-biter. That was solid.

I knew I was going to see DJax score on a bomb. Jax was doing some minor grumbling last week because he hadn’t been used, and I thought, “McVay is saving him for TB.” Pretty clearly he had this game circled on the calendar. That guy was somewhat charged up for this game.

Gronk was maybe showing some age, finally. And the Bucs have an issue in the secondary. They’ve been lit up for over 1,000 yards passing in three games. I’m here to say that I do not feel sorry for them.

Meanwhile, the Rams miss Akers, a lot. I hope to see something more coming out of the rush attack in the next few games, or we have a problem.

The Rams will be on top of most Power Rankings this week.

zn wrote:

Tampa and Brady have a lot going for them and it would be a hard win. Especially with the Rams defense not living up to what it was last year.

But, the Rams strength (offensive passing game) lines up real nice with the Bux defensive weakness (pass defense).

After 2 games the Rams are pretty good offensively in the passing game and are ranked 7th in yards, while Tampa’s offense is 30th in passing yards allowed.

I fully expect to be uncomfortable pretty much the entire game. And if I was a betting man…I’d take the Over.

As a casual observer, seems to me the most obvious difference in the defense is that they are playing zone a lot this year, and it seems to me to be less effective than last year’s secondary. I hope they readjust. Losing Johnson hurt, but I believe they have a lot of depth there, and they could be as good as last year. Seems like the scheme to me.

TSRF wrote:

I almost hope the Rams lose tomorrow; that would mean beating TB12 in the playoffs would be sweeter.

I did say “almost”…

I really just don’t see what’s wrong with beating him in both the regular season and the playoffs.

I’m pretty sure that wouldn’t take the shine off the playoff win for me.

You would think a guy with 655 TDs on the year would be worth more than 2 fantasy points, but I’m not sure how that works.

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Tyler Lockett is good.

Watching Jalen Ramsey nail him down to the floor twice last year was a thing to behold.

All glory to Jalen.

nittany ram wrote:

Maybe Stafford can go all ‘Beautiful Mind’ with McVay and see the patterns unfold while dodging DEs, but I think too much is made of that. You don’t have to be a ‘rocket surgeon’ to excel at QB in the NFL. Marino and Montana were dolts but they are among the best QBs of all time. I don’t know what Goff’s issue is, but I don’t think it’s about intelligence or lack thereof.

I’m not really talking about intelligence. I’m talking about ‘presence.’ I agree about Montana, and even made a comparison between Goff and Montana during that rookie year. Football smarts is different from intelligence. I don’t recall Goff’s Wonderlic score. I’m not really talking about that.

He’s not…’present’ all the time. He has less awareness of his environment than average, I think. “Head in the clouds.” I don’t know how else to put it. That’s not intelligence, exactly.

Stafford already matched Goff’s 15-yard TD total from 2020
Matthew Stafford threw two 50-plus-yard touchdown passes in the season opener against the Bears, which matched Jared Goff’s total from the season prior. He added another 16-yard touchdown pass on Sunday against the Colts, bringing his season total of touchdown passes that traveled at least 15 yards to three.

Incredibly, that tied the same number of such touchdown throws that Goff had in 2020. It just goes to show how much more aggressive the Rams are being under Stafford.

Edit: That’s from Cameron DaSilva. Sorry.

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Tough game. I prefer easier games, but the Win in the column works just as well as a pretty victory, and in December, I won’t remember that it was kinda ugly.

Wentz is not dead. That guy can play football well.

Cooper Kupp is amazing, and I want that guy signed up for the rest of his career.

Great goal line defense. It took the Colts 11 tries from inside the 5 to finally score a TD.

I agree that the secondary work does not look as good. They have the guys to go man coverage, and I don’t know why you wouldn’t do that if you could. Zone (seems to me) is how you go if you’re doing the best you can with a so-so secondary.

Sony Michel looked okay, and I just think he’s going to end up with most of the carries this year.

Cooper Kupp is good.

Morris should watch last year’s tape on the Rams/Bucs, and take notes on whatever Staley did because that was the worst I have ever seen Brady play.