Quotemax You are just throwing stuff out there without doing any research at all. Wentz has been an erratic deep ball thrower in college and the NFL up until today. That is a fact. I guess its all fixed now after todays performance, right? Before this game Wentz had hit on 2 of 11 passes of 31 or more yards. That's 18% which is not that good. Last year it was about the same. 4 of 19 for 2by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax He showed me that he just may have that all important clutch ability on that last drive. Rams got the ball on their 25 with 1:07 left in the game with NO timeouts. And after 2 big time throws against a great Seattle secondary, Goff almost won the game with that pass to Kupp in the end zone. Sure, Goff made plenty of mistakes and inaccurate throws during the previous 59 minutes, butby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteheadslapper That score was fischer ball. but 5 turnovers was the killer, and the constant first down run over and over and over and over The Fisher Rams beat Seattle all but one of the last 4 times out. And that was with Keenum at qb 2 of the times. And in the wins, they averaged 22 points a game. The 2017 Rams are a young team and they went against a veteran team that knows how to makby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteramBRO Sorry, but for some reason, my post got cut off. From the article, Vinny B said this with respect to Goff: He I know. It's actually a developing board tradition that we respond to cut off posts with invented cut-off posts. It's not supposed to make fun of the poster, it's just a lighthearted thing. .by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
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Quoteden-the-coach Fisher will never be a Head Coach in the NFL again, he might get a gig in college and even then I'm not sure, he could be a Defensive Coordinator to try and reinvent himself, but he was well paid and should be able to retire, but again a DC in the NFL or in college I could see, but give the Rams credit for moving on in the right direction. Again some people want to give Fby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRamUK Trade Gurley? Can you imagine if we had and he was doing this for another team? Boy oh boy that would have been sickening. My view was that he was part of the problem in 2016. He lacked the explosion, decisiveness, and strength he had in 2015 and has again now. Some attribute this to coaching but not me. Steven Jackson never wavered that way and that was for trainwreck 1-15 andby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
If you count targets as well as touches, this is how the players break down in terms of how often they are handed or thrown the ball. Out of 118 attempts and 119 rushes, or 237 combined passes and handoffs (not counting 4 sacks), it goes like this: Gurley, 86 carries, 25 targets = 111 or 46%. Woods, 22 targets = 22 or 9.1% Kupp, 21 targets = 21 or 8.7% Austn, 14 carries, 5 targeby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
If you listen to the recent podcast by Farr and JB Long, they discuss the "2nd half adjustments" issue. Farr went with what Barwin said and basically stated that the Rams just played the 2nd half more disciplined and in that sense no they did not adjust, they played the same gameplan more effectively. At the same time, as the article I post indicates, they probably did blitz lesby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteFootballGenius Where? He made a few plays in the Dallas game. That's about it. And I'm tired of hearing about 2015. That's ancient history. Let's talk about this season. 3.5 yards per catch, 5.8 per run and 5.3 per return. His longest play from scrimmage is 14 yards and he has 0 TDs. Not exactly the big play machine everyone makes him out to be. Against Dallas he had runs of 7, 14, 14, andby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotewv ram “Without Tavon,” Gurley said, “that’s the extra defender being there, or extra two defenders being there.” Decoy of the Year. Dont ask me what the trophy looks like. w v He has also made plays this year. A few crucial ones in fact. Not like 2015 when he averaged 8.3 yards a carry and caught 50 passes on top of it for a total of 9 TDs on offense. It's clear they wereby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteThe Cowboys game will mean nothing if we can't prove the doubters wrong and the believers they were/are right tomorrow. I just have a different view of all this. They could lose a game or 2 coming up, and it might make the doubters think they're right. To which I say, so what? The doubters won't be right. They are on their way to becoming a relevant team this year. That's just apparentby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteMamaRAMa Yeah, and then they only won 4 of their remaining 11 games. It's not how you start. It's how you finish. That was Speed's point I think. Starting fast does not guarantee finishing strong.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotewv ram Quotezn QuoteGlacieRam I think your position is very sober minded and balanced. Not a lot of balance here sometimes....... It's like skydiving both ways. I'm of the same mindset. Next year this team will be considered top of the league and contenders. This year I'm gonna take all I can get though. Next year they will have a full off-season and a more mature team familiar with thby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax Quotezn Quotemax Quotezn Quotestlrams13My original post is based upon my instincts as a former athlete, years of observing sports, and finally just a sense that this team has turned the page and we will see it on Sunday.) There are plenty of people with those perspectives, including the guy you responded to. Fact is, though, they have a qb who has played just 11 games and they doby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteleafnose I could see a future where we come back at .500 4-4 Even that scenario does not dim my expectations for the season. Winning tomorrow is priority one, and while a lot of stuff points in our favor; Still have to go play this game. I agree with you but it depends on what you mean by "expectations for the season." My expectations are that a young team will only gby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax He said he has guys inside the organization texting him. And Vinny was one of the first guys calling for Fisher to be fired. Waldman is great in evaluating tape. But he has admitted many times that he has no clue about whats going on inside the team. He has said many times that he totally ignores stuff like this. He did say that Fisher and his staff deserved the criticism theyby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax You can win the SB with Sgt. Pepper. And you never know when injuries will happen. I'm not one for the wait until next year stuff. I've always found that to be fools gold. It has nothing to do with our own tolerance for waiting or inability to do it. The Rams situation is the Rams situation and whether or not we are patient or impatient has no influence on that one way or anby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteGlacieRam I think your position is very sober minded and balanced. Not a lot of balance here sometimes....... It's like skydiving both ways. I'm of the same mindset. Next year this team will be considered top of the league and contenders. This year I'm gonna take all I can get though. Next year they will have a full off-season and a more mature team familiar with the systems on O and Dby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSpeed_Kills Lots of close wins too then 3 or 4 close losses in a row The Rams are such a long way away from proving anything. Which begs the question. They have a new coach, a new DC, new systems, new players, and a qb who came out of school green as they come (Air Raid offense) and who has started only 11 games. Is this the year they have to or should or even could prove anythiby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax So you aren't buying what Moon and so many others are saying about how Fisher and his staff handled Goff? No offense, but I think thats blatantly obvious and overrides anything else in this discussion. I can't get beyond that viewpoint. I don;t think they have any clue. It's just more talking heads stuff. No national guys watched all the Rams games. None of them watch all 16 games oby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSunTzu_vs_Camus just never got the chance until this year. Brockers looked sprite-ly and more athletic than I ever thot...moving really well for a guy his size. I hope he can be like one of those Jets' DL when they had the big 3 at 5-tech. That would be nice. But it doesn't sort out the LBs.....by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax Due to Fisher's incompetence in setting up his offensive talent I'll repeat something. The number of games from 2012-15 where the Rams had both a starting caliber qb AND a relatively healthy and/or at least experienced OL was...15 out of 64. (2016 was a whole different animal....). I will buy all these routines about how bad the offense was once someone tells me examples of teamsby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax Quotezn Quotestlrams13My original post is based upon my instincts as a former athlete, years of observing sports, and finally just a sense that this team has turned the page and we will see it on Sunday.) There are plenty of people with those perspectives, including the guy you responded to. Fact is, though, they have a qb who has played just 11 games and they do have some strugglby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotestlrams13My original post is based upon my instincts as a former athlete, years of observing sports, and finally just a sense that this team has turned the page and we will see it on Sunday.) There are plenty of people with those perspectives, including the guy you responded to. Fact is, though, they have a qb who has played just 11 games and they do have some struggling units. Soby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
If you do an objective take that accounts for the normal percentage of hits good drafting teams tend to get, the Rams did well. The people who say otherwise, IMO, just end up fixated on a couple of the picks. And they completely ignore contextual things like this: OL drafting in the 1st round is now far riskier than it was in the recent past, due to the prevalence of spread offenses.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 Yeah, I agree. I think this unit is much improved and the sum is probably greater than its parts. They've gone from exceedingly bad at LT to top-tier while the rest of the unit has gone from below average to average. And that's fine with me. They've gone from 29th in sack percentage a year ago to 4th so far this year. And like you said part of that is Goff (and the scheme by design) geby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
The Rams have a low sack percentage and low hit rate...4 sacks and 19 qb hits. But that's on a low number of attempts. As my friend IR pointed out to me in a different discussion, the actual percentage of sacks/hits is fairly high. ESPN lists them at 31% if you count sacks, hits, and hurries. . That ranks 6th worst in the league. Since mixed in with that they have a low sack percentagby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax Snead has done a very commendable job since Fisher was booted. He has done a commendable job all along. Taken as a whole, being objective, and accounting for everything. Including accounting for what real hit rates are for teams that regularly draft well. If he had not done a commendable job all along then this would be a rebuild. It's not. Subtract every player acquired frby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotejoram i dont think he was active Blythe might be backup The actives list changes every game. If Brown can't go then Donnal plays and Brown is inactive. They need Blythe on the bench to be the main backup at center and guard.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com