QuoteSuh-weet! Quotemoklerman Quote73Ram QuotemoklermanShrugging off a careless turnover leads me to question your objectivity. Goff should not be unfairly criticized, nor should he be absolved of his own mistakes. It was the line, it was the weather, it was the playcalling, now it's his receivers. This wasn't a tipped pass, bad luck type of thing. He had a defender in his face and he forcedby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemoklerman QuoteL.A.Rams I'm talking about the apparent difference in arm strength. For the first time all year, Goff was throwing the ball on a rope -- like a Marino or Elway. That wasn't the only apparent difference, but the apparent physical difference made me wonder if there had been an undisclosed injury.I would guess that it's mostly about confidence. I think he was actually limited asby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSuh-weet! Lots has been said about the pick-6. It seems that Woods sat down the soft pocket of a "zone" when in fact the Hawks were in man and he should have kept running. Goff threw to where Woods would have been. That snafu was all on Woods. . QuoteJared Goff and Sean McVay explain what happened on pick-six .by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 I think that Goff’s feeling more and more confident in his OL. Everything flows from that. Bad news for the rest of the league. Yeah I just said the same thing (after you already said it). It's a point worth repeating. ...by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSunTzu_vs_Camus Anyway, Goff's best game of the year....by FAR!!!! To me it's no accident that his confidence is restored about the same time he is also more confident in his OL. He isn't pressing or hurrying throws with off-kilter mechanics. Which was a product of playing behind an overwhelmed OL. Meanwhile the qb who is best under pressure, Wilson, had more than his share ofby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotedzrams Quotereggae wE ALSO HAVE A wHITWORTH ISSUE Whit has been playing very well the last few weeks. Goff was almost under no pressure tonight and the pressure he did face, besides maybe one play from Whit, came from the inside. Agreed, Whit got back on track.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotestlramz What is going on is nuts and the fact that we have to go back to the Hogs from 3 decades ago, kind of makes that point. Quotemerlin What is happening on our OL is remarkable and IMO one of the more remarkable stories around the league not just the Rams. Yeah. I agree wholeheartedly. And well put (both of ya). On paper it's not supposed to go this way. 3 injury replacements afby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotestlramz He definitely says they are related. I believe what he is saying, if I may be so bold, is that (1) the arthritic condition has slowed him down (done deal) (2) a flare up will shut him down (Manageable). Is that right zn? Yeah. That sums it up. BUT just to clarify on #2--#2 isn't necessarily permanent. So if he gets shut down because of a flare-up, it's not good, but atby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotedzrams You don't think the arthritic condition is the reason he lost the explosion? Of course it is. He deteriorated some after last year's pain/swelling flare-up. But I directly said the arthritic knee is the reason he has lost some explosion. Of course it is. How could it not be. AND I see that already got straightened out. All of this can be confusing because the Rams jusby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 Let’s see... Kromer found and developed Edwards, Evans, and recommended bringing in Corbett. Plus, he moved Blythe to his apparently natural position at C. And all are working out quite nicely. Boom was playing kinda out if position at LG, although he was showing signs of improvement before the injury. Kromer thinks that Boom can be a quality starting LOT. So, logically sby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteheadslapper What makes you so sure we can unload him that easy? Because they can cut him if nothing else, and get a cap savings out of it. So it's a no brainer. He played well in 2017 and most of 2018. Word is this year he was playing hurt. And he;s not "highly paid," he just got the standard issue 2nd contract for a starter at ROT. A couple of ROTs get more because theby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 I don’t recall ever seeing anything quite like it. Literally 4 new players have replaced September starters due to injuries closely bunched together. Two of the newbies are literally rookies not expected to see the field until maybe next year! And now they are not merely ‘adequate’, they have become somewhat impressive. Kudos to Kromer and his assistants. Ripple effects includeby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotechico n da rams Quotezn Quotechico n da rams Quotezn Quotechico n da rams Really showed something against Clowney. The Rams have a Havenstein problem. Having depth is not a problem. Havenstein is now an experienced back-up who is there if needed. After the season he can be traded. That's not a problem, it's a good situation. True. He's a grossly overpaid backup, but it's a nicby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotechico n da rams Quotezn Quotechico n da rams Really showed something against Clowney. The Rams have a Havenstein problem. Having depth is not a problem. Havenstein is now an experienced back-up who is there if needed. After the season he can be traded. That's not a problem, it's a good situation. True. He's a grossly overpaid backup, but it's a nice situation to have. Evans seby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemerlin Recall reading a comment in preseason about how Kromer (paraphrasing) told one of the press folks that it might get dicey early on but come the end of the season they should be better off with the youth movement. It didn't go the way they planned, but the youth on this line has indeed improved them. And no telling if we'll get into the playoffs, but if we do that physicality is goinby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotechico n da rams Really showed something against Clowney. The Rams have a Havenstein problem. Having depth is not a problem. Havenstein is now an experienced back-up who is there if needed. After the season he can be traded. That's not a problem, it's a good situation.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotestlramz which to me is the big difference. there are a few plays this season that the old gurley hits the big gears and is gone. this year, those gears appear to be gone, managed or not. Of course he has lost explosion, we have all said that, and seen it. That is not in dispute. It's also not the topic or issue when we talk about the knee flaring up. Which. Is. A. Different. Thing.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
quote=waterfield] From a personal standpoint I doubt its that black and white. There are degrees of what you call "flaring up". I have arthritic pain in both of my hips from two total hip replacements. It's always there but there are days when its worse than other days. I don't think any of us knows what's going on with Gurley-only what we either hear from the Rams or what we read onby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotewaterfield I don't think he's saying Gurley can't play. He's saying he's not as good as he was before. And in TG's case, not as good as before is still very good. Watch him. He's using his head to compensate for the bit of explosion he lost. ...by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotewaterfield How do you know his knee has not "acted up" this hear. ? I already said why. Because with the kind of pain and swelling he gets when it flares up, he has to sit. He cannot run. That is what happened last December.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams_81 Need to find somebody better if this is the best he is. that is way too much money to tie somebody us that you could throw a dart at the dart both of NFL starters lined up and 50% chance of somebody who is performing better. And the reality is, Gurley can play. Are you even watching the games?by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSpeed_Kills is not willing to revisit the seeding It seems to me that if you have a team as a wildcard that finishes 13-3 and 12-4 that they should host a division winner that finishes with a weaker record Winning the division should get you in the playoffs but the seeding should be determined by record I'm not surprised. I agree with them.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSpeed_Kills there are occasions when a division champ should not have a home game No way Dallas finishing 8-8 should host a 13-3 team for example You would have been okay with the 8-8 Rams in 2012 (if they had beat Seattle) hosting a team with a winning record? Cause I don't recall any Rams fans protesting that issue THEN,by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams_81 because he doesn't show any explosive acceleration in most games. I hope you are wrong about the knee not hindering him from week to week and it isn't over, because it is big difference in Gurley last couple of years vs Gurley of this year. Watch him. Like many backs before him with arthritic knees he can be productive. And IS productive. He may not have the same explosiby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotesstrams Had hernia surgery today.. Honestly not a big deal - BUT - my dad died in 1988 at the same age I currently am, while having hernia surgery.. he threw a PE blood clot on the table and died immediately during this relatively simple operation.. so, that WAS in the back of my mind, although I really didn't care what happened.. I'm asleep, right? So, still have another neck surgery onby zn - Bucky's Pub
QuoteRams_81 so for the most part the Rams run somebody out there that is a bottom tier starter versus a MVP player. The ugly part of the NFL is having to cut a player that gave his blood and sweat completely to the team, was a great player, but can't do it consistently any longer because of health and/or father time. The Rams need to find out if Henderson can play or not and need to find oby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Just adding info. In 1979, the 9-7 Rams took a weak division and went to the superbowl. That year the 10-6 Washington team was third in the NFC East and missed the playoffs. If we went back in time and used the "best record only no divisions" formula to change things, the Rams are excluded from the 79 playoffs. Yet at the time Rams v. Steelers was considered one of the besby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotefrom Reseeding playoff teams has 'never been a consideration' for NFL Adam Schefter With the NFC East winner poised to have a .500-or-worse record and with NFC wild-card teams expected to have double-digit victories, there have been increasing public calls for the playoffs to be reseeded. But those calls are mostly from fans and the media; they have not happened within the NFL.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotesacram was the plan to limit TG's carries in the Pittsburgh game coming off a bye Sure. Why not. They probably had a pre-set number of games in mind for load management. Either way I can't think of any way in which a team can turn a back's arthritic knee into a plus. B) It is what it is. Over do it, as they did last year, and the guy misses games...and his knee deteriorates further.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Let's say they just count the record. Where's the problem there? It favors good teams that are in weak divisions. No matter what system you come up with, there will be a possible issue. That's inescapable. Being in divisions, on the other hand, builds in a lot of important things. Among those are these 2--(1) it lessens travel (teams in divisions tend to be in the same region); anby zn - RamsFootballFans.com