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Rams43
I've cut back on my posting lately because nobody wants to be around a Mr Gloom and Doom. Including me.

There, there Mr. 43, no need to be so down. Come in, let me take your coat. Have a seat - better yet, lie down on the couch and make yourself comfortable. Here, swallow this - it will help with the pain.

But I wanna get this off my chest in the hopes I might feel better.

Yes, best to talk through all this angst - maybe we can come to see things from an alternative perspective together.

So here goes...

Mr Mediocre remains as our HC and that will continue for the rest of the '16 season.

Yes, a frustrating chap that Mr. Mediocre. He wears a crappy porn 'stach and weird mullet hairdo as well. What I want you to do is picture Mr. Mediocre with his pants around his ankles and you standing behind him with a red hot poker fresh from the furnace. Now, do it Mr. 43, brand "7-9 bullsh!t" directly on his left buttock. Now he feels bad, has been properly shamed, and you are feeling a bit better, aren't you?

Keenum has managed 3 wins, each by 3 and 4 point margins when accompanied by terrific D and ST play. Otherwise, he's 0-2. This condition is not likely to improve.

No, not likely at all. At this rate, the team will end up 10-6 or 9-7. A cheerful thought though - there a very large, strong and fast men looking to stomp Mr. Keenum's guts out every Sunday afternoon this fall. It is likely one will succeed, and then we will never have to bear witness to Mr. Keenum's horrid mediocrity ever again.

Our #1 overall QB has yet to take an NFL snap. This is despite the success enjoyed by several other rookie QB's around the league AND Keenum's underwhelming performance so far. Let that soak in for a minute. We gave up 6 premium picks for Goff over 2 drafts and have yet to get a single snap as a return on investment through 5 games. Gulp...

Here, Mr. 43 - chase that gulp down with another pill. Mr. Goff will get his chance, and then we can all watch him soil his diapers on national television.

What does that say about Fisher's judgement in picking his QB? Or about his staff's ability to develop his QB? Either way, it's kinda scary.

What's scary is that mullet, and I think his left buttock is infected.

Our "elite" RB is struggling. At least he sure looked elite LAST year. Btw, anybody notice how many of Fisher's RB's have a good 1st year than a big drop off in their 2nd year? Look it up.

Heeding your call for research; I see an entry for a Chris Johnson, or "CJ2K". Here is another for a Mr. Eddie George...I'll keep looking, you just take a deep breath and relax.

Don't know about you, but I sure expected bigger things from our OL this year. It's not as if they've been devastated with injuries, either. So, what gives?

Those are very very big men, Mr. 43. I have not had the opportunity to inspect their "things", but I'll take your word for it that they are less than impressive. We have more pressing matters to get to however...

Can we please utilize our TE's in this O a bit more? Kendricks can be a weapon, especially against stacked boxes. Is Higbee in witness protection? Boggles my mind how slowly he's developing. From "mini Gronk" in preseason to MIA once the season starts? C'mon...

Well, we are here to unboggle you my good sir. Mr. Boras does not use the TEs as much as you like in his practice, and I don't get to use elephant tranquilizer as much as I would like in my practice. Sometimes, that is just the way of the world, for better or for worse.

Britt and Quick (to my great surprise, btw) have impressed, but is anybody happy with our $42 million Tavon as an O weapon? I'm not. Saw it coming, too. Fisher continues to try to force a square peg into a round hole with Tavon. Results speak for themselves, at least so far.

Close your eyes and think back to that late September afternoon in Tampa, no no, after the storm (or was it before?, I dunno). What do you see? Ah, it's Mr. Austin ramming a decidedly round peg into all the round holes of the Buccaneers with that punt return...feels good seeing that, doesn't it? Didn't feel so good for the other guys I bet.

Is there any other team in the league that would continue to struggle facing 8-9 man boxes? Take what the D gives you, dammit! A steady dose of quick passes until either we're up by 21 points OR their D compensates. Geez...

Gee Wiz indeed! Have another pill.

No complaints with our D. Just frustration with the injuries to key starters.

No complaints, that's the spirit! Good!

ST's have been outstanding. Wouldn't trade our P or PK for anybody in the league. Coverages have been good, too. Fisher did get carried away with that fake punt, though. The final back-breaker, IMO.

Don't let that horrid Mr. Mediocre cloud your sunny thoughts!

Here's the thing that's really got me kinda down...

I'm afraid that nothing's gonna significantly improve this year. Offensive ineptitude seems to be baked into Fisher's DNA. Which means another year with some good to great talent will have been wasted.

Hope I'm wrong. I really do. But I'm just out of faith in Fisher these days.

What kind of talk is that? It's barely Mid-October Mr. 43 and you are already making plans to watch Breaking Bad reruns instead of Rams playoff games over the holidays! Here, take the whole bottle of pills and this Superbowl 34 DVD. Remember your happy thoughts and buck up sunshine, if you felt less than crappy after a Ram loss, then you wouldn't enjoy the wins!