zn wrote:

“The Rams finished strong but were the least consistent team in the league. They had the highest variance overall, the highest variance on defense, and one of the five highest variance ratings on offense.”

For the youngest team in the NFL, that is not surprising.

And I don’t think it takes a “homer” optimist type to think that it is likely – with maturity – that the team tends to stabilize in consistency, and more towards the top end of the scale than towards the middle or bottom of their rankings.

Get a QB. Solidify the OL. And rally around Kurt Warner, and play good football.

Two biggest leaders this year were probably Hill and Britt.

Which isn’t all that inspiring. But Britt could become something, I think. I really liked it when I heard he wears Quick’s number during practice.

znhater wrote:

wv wrote:

Rams4life wrote:
Hazier akim? I assume he means Az Hakim. And he was twice the player tavon is at this point imo.

I dunno. What if Tavon was playing alongside
Faulk, Holt, Ike, Warner, etc ?

w
v

As a returner, yes. But he’s not even close as a receiver.

I dunno. Maybe.

But I wouldn’t be surprised if Austin would look close as a receiver to Hakim if he had Bruce, Holt, and Faulk drawing everybody’s attention. I bet Austin is getting CB coverage from higher on the depth chart, and a little more safety attention than Hakim did.

My first thought on the game matched what is said here, but on trying to frame it in my mind as Rams’ mistakes, in each case I had to admit I thought they were just great plays by Seattle.

No DT makes that interception. Ever.

If whoever caused Cunningham’s fumble was 1/2 second later to get there and make a play on the ball, it was a TD. If that guy hadn’t shot out of nowhere, that would have been considered a great play by Cunningham to stretch out for the TD. But he got there in time, and knocked the ball loose a foot before the goal line. It was a great play.

And the INT was a good defensive play, too. The ball was knocked out of Kendrick’s possession, and there was somebody there in the right place, the right time, to take it.

Those were really good plays by Seattle.

And…seriously…if those identical plays had been made by the Rams’ defense against Seattle’s offense, we would all be crediting the Rams’ D with great play rather than accusing Seattle’s offense of shooting itself in the foot.

Okay, well, I was expecting a more definitive answer from you, of all people.

So if that’s all you got, I guess I will just have to watch the game and find out for myself.

Of course, now that I think about it, even watching the game won’t give us a definitive answer because a bounce here, a bounce there, and the outcome could change. In fact, there is reason to believe that there WILL be different outcomes in an array of parallel universes.

So this is a completely open thing, I think.

Agamemnon wrote:

We now know Fisher will draft Offensive Linemen high. Will he do it two years in a row?

Only if there is an OL the board really wants…in which case he will take a WR.

Boy, I don’t know why they didn’t plug him in immediately as the longsnapper.

cgsuddeath wrote:

RamsMaineiac wrote:
Technically, couldn’t the Rams still finish ahead of the 49ers and thus alter their 2 games determined by place? (Washington, Tampa Bay would flip to Giants & Falcons likely)

If Harbaugh leaves you can expect a sweep.As for the Cardinals as long as Bradford plays and the line is healthy I expect them to beat them.

I am not so sure about that.

While I am loving watching the 49ers implode, I am not so sure that they are worse off without Harbaugh. He’s a good coach, but right now, he is a controversial coach, and his continued presence in the locker room there is probably moderately destructive.

The potential replacements might be better. There are a couple of guys on the 9ers staff that are highly regarded, and who actually might be better for that team than Harbaugh. So be careful what you wish for.

wv wrote:

LoL. This amuses me.

This Division has some real characters
in the coaching ranks.

I just cant work up any antipathy for Arians
yet. As far as a villain goes, he’s
no Harbaugh in my book. Not yet, anyway.

I will probly root for the Cards in the playoffs,
i guess.

w
v

Yeah, what I’ve found has not seemed more than minor blustering. Though from a guy who hasn’t actually won anything yet himself, calling the Rams out for sustained mediocrity was slightly arrogant. It isn’t anything much – nothing to get riled about – but it does make a nice foundation to build on later if these teams don’t botch that opportunity.

Where can I find these Arians’ comments?

I don’t watch TV, so I don’t know what people are saying in the media. But the Rams beat Denver, and squashed Oakland and Washington. I would think that even the Big Picture types who follow the league generally would notice that, or have their attention drawn to it by their staff, and talk about it on their shows.

joemad wrote:

Rams defense was great back then, very underrated.

They pitched at least 1 shut out every year from 1973 to 1979.

1973 2 shut outs
1974 2 shut outs
1975 1 shut out
1976 1 shut out
1977 3 shut outs
1978 1 shut out
1979 3 shut outs, the 3rd in the NFC Championship game.

they didn’t hold anyone scoreless again until 1985, when they did it twice, to KC and Dallas, unfortunately they got skunked against the Bears in the NFC Championship.

The Rams had the #1 rated defense of the 1970s. I read that somewhere. It was rated above the Steelers and Cowboys.