Don’t look now, but Rams have elevated scrappy and entertaining to a whole new level, haven’t they?
This team is growing by leaps and bounds and is now far ahead of where I thought they’d be by mid-December. They can now play with anybody.
If we want to know why Rams lost this game we needn’t look too far. THREE blown coverages gifted the Ravens 21 points in a game eventually won by 6 points. Even one less blown coverage and Rams win.
Also, Rams seemed to go ‘bend, not break’ in that crucial late 4th quarter drive where Ravens stole their soul with a back breaking score. Why get away from what was working for 55 minutes?
Havenstein was missed.
Headset problems weren’t helpful (kinda suspicious), but the refs completely ignoring blatant holding by Ravens right in front of them? Not just on AD, either. Like the ‘fix’ was in? Shakes my faith in the integrity of today’s NFL. I’m serious. I don’t recall ever seeing anything like it.
But there was plenty of good news for Ram fans yesterday, too.
Stafford is playing well.
KW is a beast.
Rams OL handled a potent Ravens D quite well for the most part.
Kupp looked healthy once again.
Davis Allen might be our future starter at TE. He’s certainly earned more quality snaps at the very least. He should have been getting more snaps weeks sooner.
Honestly, I prefer Allen Robinson playing ahead of Atwell. There. I said it.
Our secondary had 3 catastrophic blown coverages. And against a team like the Ravens? Just too much to overcome. Rams have some work to do in that secondary. Might be some new faces back there next season.
McVay was right about playing Havrisik over Crosby and I was wrong. The kid had a fine game and certainly did his job.
What’s with the yips from Trammel? Where did that come from?
It is my hope that Morris impresses an owner enough to be hired as HC elsewhere. I’d love the 2 comp 3rds plus the opportunity to see McVay hire a more aggressive DC for this emerging D.
Those were the highlights (and lowlights) for me. All the rest was window dressing.
Thoughts?
