Good one.

I hate that Robert Woods is not out there.

You guys may have seen this article before, but I just stumbled upon it. A few of the things I knew, but I was surprised at “Crazy Stat 2.” The 49ers didn’t gain a single yard in the final 12 minutes.

Anybody know when Donald circled up the defense?

10 crazy stats from Rams’ 20-17 win vs. 49ers in NFC Championship

Why people gotta be like that?

It’s a game.

A thought experiment: Imagine if every day for the last 25 years every newspaper and tv station had urgent “breaking news” stories and graphics about the *thousands of deaths the night before* from air/water pollution, climate change, or poverty?

— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) November 26, 2021

So…Washington’s team colors are red and yellow, and they’ve just changed their name to a word that neatly gets short-handed into “Commies.”

Bold choice.

How did the Bengals beat TN when Burrow was sacked 9 times? I didn’t see that game.

wv wrote:

Do you-people trust this team to take the Bengals seriously?

I do, yeah.

The Rams have been a different team since they gagged up the big lead to SF.

I think Donald, Stafford, OBJ, Weddle, and Whitworth all know that these opportunities are not frequent guests, and they have to seize this Right Now.

I do not think the Bengals know that. The Bengals are the 2018 Rams, and I expect them to meet the same fate.

TSRF wrote:

Forgive me if this has been posted, but on Sunday, I heard there is a rumor going around the NFL that if the Rams win the SB, McVay might do a Vermiel and step away from coaching. That would suck…

That rumor was started by one of the talking heads; I don’t recall which one. I saw one of them speculate that based on McVay being young and intense like Vermeil was. There was no source, nor did the person claim it was anything more than a hunch. It was just one of gasbags who sometimes have something to say, and sometimes make shit up.

My first reaction to that was like yours, but after I thought for a second, I moved to wv’s point of view. There is no report of McVay running on fumes, and wv is right. He just got Stafford, and the Rams are going to be in the mix for a few more years.

zn wrote:

Reeder’s 28.2 was his second-lowest of the season. Missed 4 tackles and allowed 87 yards in coverage

Yeah, my son and I were talking about Reeder during the game. Not his best effort, that’s for sure.

And what happened to Jones? I think I only noticed him once all night.

Don’t do that, Sean.

nittany ram wrote:

9ers may be beasts next year – depends on how quickly their rookie QB develops. But the reason the game was so tight was largely due to the Rams shooting themselves in the foot. – Stafford forced a pass to Kupp that was tipped and picked off in the end zone. That cost the Rams 3 pts. -Kupp dropped a pass that, had he caught it, he likely would have been able to run inside the 9ers’ 10 yard line. -Skowronek dropped a TD pass. -Gay missed a long but make-able FG. -Ramsey dropped an INT deep in 9ers’ territory. The Rams should have won the game by a comfortable margin. That said, I am always impressed with the 9ers’ toughness. And Debo may be the best weapon in football.  Fortunately for the Rams, Jimmy G was an anchor around their necks last night.  His limitations are the only thing holding them back. If Trey Lance develops into a good QB, look out.

I agree with all of that. The Rams made multiple mistakes, again. And that is dangerous against the 49ers. They punish mistakes. The one mistake the Rams (Stafford) made that the 9ers did NOT punish them for was probably the difference in the game, though. That WTF throw that Tartt dropped. Good lord, that would have really put the Rams in a bad, bad spot.

Jimmy G is not a bad QB. I don’t think he’s an “anchor.” The guy at least makes very few mistakes. He’s limited. He can’t do it himself. The Rams did the right thing. They attacked the run, and held Elijah whozit to 20 yards on 11 carries.

I was just thinking how, if the Rams had Robert Woods, Skowronek wouldn’t have even been on the field.

That lack of pressure the first 3 quarters was because the Rams focused on stopping the run. And that was the right thing to do. They could not let the 49ers get going on the ground and just wear them down. Make Garappolo beat them. On the other side, the Rams went for ball control.

Here’s another factoid: McVay and Shanahan are now the 2nd and 3rd longest-tenured coaches in the NFC. Only Pete Carroll has been at the helm longer. Wow. McVay and Shanny are old guys now.

Cooper Kupp had 636 receiving yards against the blitz during the regular season – the most by any WR in a single season in at least 15 years.

— Sheil Kapadia (@SheilKapadia) January 31, 2022