ZN wrote: "At the same time I personally don't feel that way though--cause this is different."Part A, the dissection of a sentence:
I mastered that by saying that to potential girl friends....
(of course, I am making fun of our NFL obsession, lol)Hey ZN, good post, and I agree with all except "no game is big....." (paraphrase courtesy)
Part B, the dissection of a Sentence: I: You be wrong, Mista ZN:Well in reality, for us fans who haven't seen us beat a 'real' team, it is big. I don't know of any 'real' Ram victory since 2004 against Seattle in the playoffs. All the other victories wewe 'partials'...meaning Bradford had great rookie year,but the WRs (parts) sucked, or Steven Jackson was awesome, but the other starting QB was hurt or.....or, or....
"Real" is not those 'wins' which came against teams with stupid CBs (see Buffalo 2012), or because we used trick plays and 60 yard field goals (see 2012 vs Seattle), or the superior team wasn't ready (2011 Saints, 2013 Broncos) etc, etc, etc etc. etc. None of those games showed a "NFL" ready offense that could impose its will in the run and pass game. We haven't had that since 2001 NFCC. Well, we are approaching that now.
So, NOW the games are "big". Because can the talent multiply in such a way that we beat teams that are 'better' than us, and they KNOW we might beat them. Those games I listed above---those teams had very little fear about us (how do we not lose to the Rams..."run the ball a lot, don't make turnovers, don't do a 7 step drop against Quinn without rollout or RB to help out"
"That" type of opponent was more fearful of our 7-9 ability to give concussions and hurt ACLs than to actually lose to us. Bruce Arians, knows.
Teams now, have significant fear. Can we produce when the intensity soars. We beat Seattle in Seattle in 2015--an amazing game. We were the better team that day---but, Seattle didn't fear our offense....they were laughing in the team meetings as they watched us flail away on film. Now they are concerned about our offense, and we will be attacked like never before---why? Because we can beat any team now---because we have serious talent and the players know teh system [Lance K,gone, GRob, gone, Brandon Gibson, gone] . We can beat any team on their best day....if, if, if we produce like we can. That was never, ever true 2005-2016.
II. Ooops, you be Right MR ZN:For Goff it is all the same: be good, be efficient, be smart, follow the system, trust your playmakers, and play confident. And how "that" turns out may be a win, and it might be a heart breaking loss, or we may fall down and whimper one Sunday. Even with all of that said: confidence is built will all of these 'little' successes. In 1999 we didn't know the Raven would have a great D....we didn't know what Kurt achieved would manifest as an MVP after that one game. It was huge for Holt, Warner, Bruce, the O line...they over came. That builds confidence. So, actually, I change my mind, even when I was saying you were right, maybe becuse of the importance of 'confidence' and how it is built through success, you are then wrong. Or not...or...
Ooops, maybe my oops is wrong, and i am right and you are wrong again---did I say that right. THis is all entertainment,
you understand that, dear reader, right?THe creativity in me is wondering how ZN responds to my double negative right on being wrong, or even triple negative, LOL!!!
Love it, Go Rams, Go Goffer, or Go-Off on that weak Dallas secondary! GO ZN....do it, do it, now--get out that keyboard and show me some wizardry!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/27/2017 11:20PM by Steve.