QuoteClassicalwit QuoteznThere is no way on the planet earth there will be doubts about this guy this early over things like that. You underestimate lunacy, my friend. lol okay. I should say, serious doubts about him from the people who make the big decisions.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSteve I am not stunned; they have the players for a super bowl victory; but no super bowl team that is soft has ever won. ANd, they are soft, and that is on MCVay. Turn on a 1985 rams game and see the difference....they fight for every yard/ That depends upon the assumption that what that game showed is that they are "soft." I don't share that assumption. Personally, I don'tby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteL.A.Rams The next few games could be a referendum on Sean McVay. Last year, the Rams were totally unprepared for a playoff game at home against a team that finished third in its division. After going into a tailspin late this season, the future success of McVay will come into question if he is unable to lock down the second seed in a home game against a 4-11 team and notch his first playoffby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
I agree, if the formula is to (1) play better, and (2) not turn the ball over.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram "Sean McVay confirmed Kupp has a knee sprain and is considered week-to-week. " Fair enough ...by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteXXXIVwin All I know is, usually when it’s a sprain, they say so, but in this case they keep using the more vague term “inflammation”. What would an MRI tell them? (I am not, btw, so sure they WOULD say "sprain." And of course sprains can be different degrees of severity.) Plus they seemed a little optimistic last week for not knowing. If they didn't know the wise thingby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteXXXIVwin Quotezn The logical deduction from that is a sprain. .... No, not at all. Many things could cause inflammation and result in Gurley being day-to-day. There could be an excess build-up of scar tissue, or moderate cartilage damage, or a mild meniscus tear. A sprain is only one of several possibilities. How is it that a mild tear is day to day? And how is moderate cby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram I don't think anyone on the Rams has mentioned a sprain, only inflammation. There are a number of other potential causes for inflammation of the knee so unless I missed something I don't think we can say for certainty that Gurley has a sprained knee. Causes Many types of problems, ranging from traumatic injuries to diseases and other conditions, can cause a swollen kneby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotechunkmeister I haven't been able to keep up as I usually can lately. I can't tell whether Gurley has an injury that needs to be managed long-term, or whether he is just hurt and a little dingedright now. Which is it? Because there's a big difference on how you proceed moving forward. The way they talk about it--inflammation---it's a knee sprain. As you know all you can really doby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLindsey Thiry@LindseyThiry Rams RB Todd Gurley also is day to day this week, Sean McVay said.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotezn Can the Rams run the ball with Anderson (a Ram for less than a week) ... I would say, yes. B)by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax Quotezn Quotemax Losing to AZ is a total collapse. The Cards OL is a mash unit. Rosen got destroyed last week. I think they benched him. The only way the Rams lose this game is if the Rams offense plays like they did in Chicago, only against an inferior defense in a nice climate. If that happens, this team is done for the year with one of the worst end of season collapses in Nby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax Losing to AZ is a total collapse. The Cards OL is a mash unit. Rosen got destroyed last week. I think they benched him. The only way the Rams lose this game is if the Rams offense plays like they did in Chicago, only against an inferior defense in a nice climate. If that happens, this team is done for the year with one of the worst end of season collapses in NFL history. Theby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemoklerman Quotezn QuoteNewMexicoRam Just saying. Well I agree, if you mean what I think you mean, that this is just a "blip" on JG's trajectory. 3rd year qbs have games like that. Plus here's what I see. And maybe it's just me but...what I see is a typical case of pressure breaking the protection, and the qb going down with it. In fact that's Farr's take too fwiw. And toby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 Maybe so. They need to not just replace Suh as a starter next year but find a guy that can be that reliable, off the bench DL. A William Hayes, Tyocka Jackson type. None of their DL should be playing more than 80% of the snaps. So what happened to Westbrooks? The word I heard on Smart btw was that he just made too many mistakes. Is this a trend? The trend being this---bacby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteNewMexicoRam Just saying. Well I agree, if you mean what I think you mean, that this is just a "blip" on JG's trajectory. 3rd year qbs have games like that. Plus here's what I see. And maybe it's just me but...what I see is a typical case of pressure breaking the protection, and the qb going down with it. In fact that's Farr's take too fwiw. And to me Farr is the best filby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRamfan21 Just look back at our performances against top tier defenses....we typically struggle to get in a flow or put up points. Teams that can run the ball and have a top tier defense spell trouble for us. I dont see that changing anytime soon. Gurley as a runner becomes an after thought. Part of that (red bit) I don't agree with. Rams have played 7 games against top 12 defenses tby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 Not to minimize their recent struggles but I think the biggest thing is they need to get their act together when it comes to turnovers. As much as the offense has not clicked the past two games it is turnovers that ultimately killed them. And vs Philadelphia specifically I still believe that without the awful INT/fumble by Goff and the fumble by Natson on the PR they would have won. Anby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM who here is saying, YOUR words, "putting everything on the QB"? No one is doing that.. that I have read. 52% is probably massively high... to extrapolate that it's unique to Goff is nonsensical to me. The predominant thing I see is that Goff bad throws come up and very few make a direct connection between that and the protection collapsing. And in contrast I alwayby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
There are sites like PFF that count pressures. And 52% is just massively high. I mean I can always tell watching a game if the protection is there. If it's slipping now and then but overall okay. If it's a back and forth battle and sometimes the OL comes through and sometimes it doesn't. Or if the OL is being dominated or has just kind of collapsed. I have always watched for that. Thaby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSpeed_Kills I was only support Ferragamos comment regarding the last throw The odds might have been long but a killer throw there and other parts of this game gives them a chance Far more often than not his throws were so off we had no chance I too said games like that do not get down to one play. And I would say an off game by a 3rd year qb under a ton of pressure behind an OLby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM Your recurring theme: "Can you name me any qbs who were under THAT MUCH pressure and did not get rattled to a certain extent?" Probably not... because no such thing exists.... and it's also subjective to the extreme.... but no matter because it's utterly nonsensical, IMHO... because I can name hundreds who, EVEN THOUGH "TO SOME EXTENT" got rattled, (as you callby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSpeed_Kills I don’t agree with all of it as you know I do expect him recover and finish. He did lead them back sure but the execution at the end bothered me I never believed he could do it and I do believe other QBs in similar would have given Reynolds better balls on all three of those closing efforts for sure The thing is we have seen him keep his composure in similar scenarios. Hby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteNewMexicoRam He had never hit a season over an 86 rating. Goff is over 95 in these last 2 seasons, last year over 100. I'm not worried. Well to be fair, yes in his 3rd season, 2002, he had 7 games with ratings higher than 90, including 6 in the 100s (and one was 147.6). His avg. qb rating that year was driven down by 5 bad games where he had qb ratings below 70 (and 2 of those were belby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSpeed_Kills Just from what I remember... I can’t watch it again Goff was awful ... he was stunningly inaccurate and lost his composure “rattled”. Even when the offensive line solidified and gave him time He was a complete mess... and it was stunning to watch. He was being asked to do something that most QBs have to do from time to time... “go the distance” and without the PA and withoby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotesacram edit: BTW, if JG could have a game like Mahomes did under heavy pressure from the Rams, I'd be more than ecstatic!! I think he could if he could play against the Rams defense too. B)by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotesacram there definitely were a handful of plays in the Iggle game where Goff just flat out missed open receivers with absolutely NO pressure. Hopefully he gets this fixed, as there is sure to be pressure in the playoffs for sure. That's true but I still see that as a result of pressure. If you can put that much pressure on a qb it messes with his timing, confidence, and forces him into prby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteferragamo79 that game could have easily been tied up by the Rams. first: early 4th Goff had some really bad throws with no pressure. . When a qb is under that much pressure, as he was during the Bears and Eagles games, it has an effect on his entire game. Can you name me any qbs who were under THAT MUCH pressure and did not get rattled to a certain extent? Heck I have seen theby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams_81 I get that he had 1 more good year after Martz, but what made him great was he was a prepared fundamental QB. Bad habits slowly eroded that advantage. Hence the theory why the regression wasn't immediate. He stopped anticipating throws and knowing all of his options and being a decisive QB to a QB that prepared for the worst and went into the fetal position instead of looking toby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM not to me. That it's a big factor, probably the primary factor, doesn't tell the entire story IMHO... as it does for you. You say 'we've seen it before'.... I would say the same but in different context... I have seen Goff stand up to pressure as intense, (if not as prolonged), and perform admirably. I have seen nothing in Goff's character to make me assume without question thatby zn - RamsFootballFans.com