You're not really addressing anything I actually said, Speed. We're just completely talking past each other. It's okay and no big deal, it happens. My main point is that Benoit is wrong on every single count because he's not addressing TG's lingering injury issues. Which is the only thing that actually matters in this discussion. If you don't agree, so be it. We'll agree to disagby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSpeed_Kills clearly the writer is saying given that CJ is playing more because MCVay has evolved and running more out of this formation and CJ is better running inside through traffic than Gurley And...I think the writer's wrong. On all counts. I think they ran CJ more because TG had physical issues. Period. If it were simply a matter of the scheme (and I don't think it IS),by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSpeed_Kills And I agree Nobody said anything about Todd Gurley not being good or top asset But that's a negligible point. Let's assume for a moment that CJ is somewhat better at running to the middle than Gurley. So what. Gurley is still good at it. The Rams are first in the league running to the middle, with Gurley running the ball 6 times as much as CJ. And Benoit dby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM :laughing First of all.. I don't discount the possibility, (likelihood), of Gurley suffering some lingering physical problems. That said: I haven't seen much in his play that to me can't be possibly explained by getting hurt somewhat late in the season, taking time off, and not being up to par because of the 'time off'. Actually.. he looked pretty darn good to me in the lby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quote21Dog Quotezn Sorry, unclear. What logic aren't you buying? That CJ might a better fit in the team's run game. Well we agree to this extent. That IF CJ were a better fit than the team didn't design plays where Gurley was a fit. Which just plain does not sound likely. So the better explanation is that Gurley was up and down physically. Not that the McVay offense just plainby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quote21Dog Arguably the best in the game. Makes you wonder how much better he would be if the plays were tailored to his strengths. Not buying that logic. Sorry, unclear. What logic aren't you buying?by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSpeed_Kills but its right here in this article and for those of us who are paying attention you can see it on the field. read the article again if you aren't getting it...its right there I want Todd to have a good game but if hes not giving the Rams what they need inside... I'm good with CJ getting those touches If the real issue is that IF as Benoit claims, CJ fits the plays theby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quote21Dog That he might have a little bias in his pick wouldn't be surprising. Turns out Malavasi did not know that Dreyer's contract specified how much playing time he got so in effect he could not be replaced, he was guaranteed to start. That led to cutting him, and then Malavasi found out that he had a guaranteed contract. Dreyer's quip about that was that to thank the Rams for paying for hby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteCraigMatson I'm sorry I had the impression that Groh was more involved with coaching the receivers . Re-watch the hard knocks training camp and you'll see it as I recall. He doesn't say much and his most memorable moments come when the Rams receivers drop passes in red zones . He slams head sets in booth. He should have been more meaningful but he apparently either wasn't that dynamicby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
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QuoteJamesJM probably because I said it badly. :laughing I'm filtering what I read.. no you. :laughing You were very clear. You said, because the Rams were penalized for PI in New Orleans, you can;'t back them any more and therefore do not read threads about the superbowl. What's to misread about that?by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams_81 cause and effect the coaching makes the good Foles and coaching made the bad Foles. The bad Foles---which means STREAKS of bad games---appeared in 2014, 2015, and 2017. Yep 2017 with the same head coach. The Bad Foles appears regardless of the coach because that;s always a part of what Foles is.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteDeadpool I could go on, but really, the only reason Groh still has a job is because they got hot at the end and made the playoffs. ie. after the disappointment Wentz was this season, they had the Good Foles for a few games and did better. Meanwhile I suspect the effort to downplay Groh happened because he came up in this context. Anyway. Saying that makes more sense to me than bothby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotebigjimram21 Was it they felt he was a lame duck coach after 2015? Seems weird he couldn't get a real good OC for the team. Or a combination of guys wanting other jobs, even HC jobs that may be out there? Naw, it wasn't any of that. After Bradford went down for the 2nd time and they actually went 7-9 with Hill and Davis at qb, the coach was not a lame duck. The issue was the move. It tby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotestlramz Gase and Shanahan would've been excellent choices. The problem is, I guess is people really didn't want to work for him on offense. The Rams passing game coordinator in 2016 was Mike Groh. Groh is now the offensive coordinator of the Eagles. Groh came up under Gase, and interest in him grew out of the interest in Gase. Chances are Gase recommended him. ...by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotealyoshamucci Ball was tipped According to Coleman, he was told that. But we have no verification that he was told that or that any ref thought as much. No word from the league that any ref thought that. If you look at the vid the ball wasn't tipped.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotedzrams #1 - I'm assuming no such thing. You've got to remember the context I spoke up in was the reasonableness of replaying the game from the none called PI without considering previous infractions. Personally, I would NEVER advocate replaying a game from any point based on a ref mistake even if my team was on the losing end of error. So for me I'm coming at this from an objective basis,by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
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Quotedzrams Some people are gifted with the ability to be more fair and objective than the norm. Of course even that has its downsides. And I don't believe that every fan automatically takes the side of their team. History shows that isn't the case. So yeah, I'd say it's possible for a fan, Drew Brees, or any other commentator to consider the facts from both sides with relative objectiviby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
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Quoteroman18 I am saying I don't put blame on refs for a loss, I look at how the team reacts and plays before and after such things occur, and you come back saying...we all say that when the game goes our way.....I for 1 don't do that....don't include me in that wide sweeping statement, you can't possibly know how look at a game any more then I can you. Do you see what you are doing? You areby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteroman18 But I don't blame a loss by the RAMS on a penalty issue....I don't yell for game replays, or do overs as some fans are doing along with politicians ( why in the heck they are getting involved with a sports game is beyond me).... A team loses a game by their overall play for the entire game.....we've had plenty of games God knows where the refs had bad calls, but the game comes dowby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSunTzu_vs_Camus If the situation had been switched and the Saints beat us??? I'd feel bad...but would be keenly aware of the fact that we did NOT stop them at key moments and allowed them to win the game. Maybe you would do that. But be fair. How many others would be more balanced that way? 9 out of 10? 1 out of 10? 1 out of 100? What's your honest assessment of that?by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteroman18 you made a scenario where the PI is called...the saints run the clock and win....that is being totally selective to your scenario....it's not semantics its you making a narrative and fulfilling it with your ending....I am saying that just getting that PI call did not mean a thing to the outcome of the game in and of itself (which you seem to be portraying).... I'm going with yourby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteroman18 When you say that the saints if they got the PI could have run the clock off, you are assuming they would do so, however in the what if world you are going into they also could have fumbled in the next few plays and not had the chance to kick the FG.... What ewe83 is going by is what happened in those sequences that DID occur...what you say can only become a fact if they did indeeby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteembraceable_ewe83 My point is that facts remain facts, of course everyone is going have their own view point and most likely not move from it but the facts are still just that. It's a fact that PI wasn't called, it's a fact that the Saints still went up by 3 points. It's a fact that their defense had a chance to stop us and didn't. It's a fact that they had the ball first in OT and were stby zn - RamsFootballFans.com