I feel really insecure about making this prediction. I even made a bet on the Eagles, against the Rams, at work. My same friend who guaranteed the Rams would bury Chicago thinks the Rams are going to destroy Philly. We're going to a nice restaurant. If the Rams win, I'm very happy and don't mind buying lunch. If they loose, I'm bummed and so I'll go all in and chow down. I won't go cheap.by Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
Does anything McVay said after the loss indicate that he realizes he performed so poorly? That his calls were bad? I've not followed his words closely but I've read some. That coupled with what other posters have commented about his comments leads me to believe that McVay hasn't learned the hard lessons here. Success and knowledge breed some degree of arrogance. Maybe he believes all theby Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
First of all, that was not a long and boring read. I know long and boring reads, painfully too well, and that was not one. It was nice work and well written. Thank you. You used numbers to point out troubling developing trends accurately. "It's hard to argue with success" is a well known axiom, the limiting bar is our definition of "success." In Detroit it is an 9/7 yby Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
I do want the Rams to win, but I think I still have a little of that dark cloud of pessimism hanging around from all the years of failure. Plus, I think the Bears and Trub are both very good teams. The Bears need to have a signature win for this season, and this is the game, and the setting, for that. I also wonder if the Rams might have a little bit of stepping off the pedal since they've cliby Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
I remember reading something about that very question and the comment was that it made it a lot easier for a DB up on the line to initially shove the WR off his intended path. I believe some contact is allowed within the first five yards.by Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
The first guy I remember not using a 3 point stance was Fred Biletnikoff. I always wondered if what is he doing was better than the three point stance. I guess it was.by Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
Yes LBR, thank you for sharing your wonderful, and special, story with us. It was encouraging to read about how kind a man he was.by Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
The Eagles' O has looked pretty good as of lately. I think Wentz is a very good QB.by Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
Sorry, I'm apologetic. I think my pessimism is popping its head out of the grave. I think the Bears are going to defeat us soundly.by Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
I lived in the Southwest and now live in the Detroit area and you definitely get acclaimated a little. Like Eternalhorns said, after winter, when you hit the 50s, its almost tee shirt weather. I tell everyone that anything about 32 is a win. When I've gone back to Nevada to visit family in the early winter, they'd be all bundled up in their winter cloths and maybe I'd have a tee shirt and sweaby Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
Yes, i agree completely. That 4th qtr score stat is strange and interesting to me. I think I'm aware of the obvious, but I wonder what else might be at work. I'm also curious to see how the rest of the season plays out. Imagine going into the 4th qtr of a tight game knowing that your defense plays like a unyielding wall in that quarter. I'm also curious to see how the other top teams staby Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
Yes, or course I yell at the tv. Especially at the refs!by Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
43, I don't know if it was Prime Time, or you who decided to throw out the Chief's game but you can't throw that score out. That number, be it 21 or 14 is statistically valid. Outliers should have an assignable cause to justify their discard. Measurement error? No. Un-normal factors at work? No. You need to take the full data set to get the most accurate picture possible. I have seen aby Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
I understand Baker's argument and I agree with his general point completely, but Baker chose a poor team/game to use. The Lions are a depleted team. They are missing their primary weapons and are somewhat demoralized. Their Tate trade earlier this year signified they were throwing in the towel for the season. Most of the Lion's fans I talk with agree, (I live in the Detroit area). This wby Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
Lions are in a funk, demoralized. Rams D wants to make a statement. If here was a time when the Rams could really blow out a team, it is now. BTW, they better not lose, otherwise all my Lions friends at work are not going to let me forget the rest of the year. I'll be the easy target of their frustrations!by Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
The Rams will beat Seattle soundly. They have more confidence, more focused, more talented.by Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
My heart says Rams, my head says Saints. I have to give McVey and the Rams the benefit of the doubt and go with him and the Rams.by Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
I watched the NO vs. Minn game. I was impressed by NO. They are better coached than MN. Brees is better than Cousins, especially under pressure. Cousins always seems to get stupid. Wow, they overpaid for him. Both teams had strong lines. 1) My first thought for a key to the game is for our O line to match up well with NO's. I don't think we'll be able to dominate them, but if we can pby Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
GB's pass defense didn't look all that good against SF. Roger's heroics mostly won that game for them.by Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
Trading picks for proven players is not something McVey invented. Maybe some of you are too young, but there was once a guy named George who did quite well with that approach to the game. 5 will get you 10 that there are probably a few guys here who've seen him live. Maybe there were guys before George who did it, but that is as far back as I know.by Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
Lions' fans tell jokes about them all the time, and feel hopeless about their team. But, they know that the Lions have a track record of playing to the level of the competition: "They win games they should lose and lost games they should win." I hear that often. They have a fantastic QB. He'd probably have a ring if he played for a slightly better team, with slightly better coacby Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
Just another shallow writer looking for clicks. Some news, or sports, or lifestyle, etc., organizations judge the quality of their writers by the amount of hits they get. That puts the writer under pressure to turn out as much crap as possible. Additionally they have deadlines, be it every day, every week, every two weeks, once a month, etc. to submit an article to the editors for review andby Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
I don't know anything about his contract status. But I'd like him over Mannion as our back up.by Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
I would never refer to amateur football fans as "experts." If those dufuses are experts then all of us are experts.by Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
Dude, Never let us forget. When we saw darkness, you saw light I really thought you were off your rocker, and I expected a bad, bad, year. But I was wrong. One thing I ask, guarantee me a Ram's victory over Deeetroit.by Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
Some guy named George Allen used to do the same thing.by Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
I remember one or two games where he was too committed to the pass when he should have ran it, and things didn't work out. I think people coined it that he was "too cute" with his play calling. And, just like the Denver game, he admitted as much. However, if he learned from his mistakes from last year, he wouldn't be repeating them this year. From a distant pov, this is a minorby Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
I think I've noticed a few teams have started to do what what we've been doing. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery. In war, smart people copy what the winners do. For example, early in the civil war Gen. Sherman didn't want his men to build bulwarks because he thought it made them cowardly. He learned his lesson at Shiloh.by Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com
Didn't the Rams get blown out and humiliated by the 49ers a few years ago wearing the yellows?by Coy Bacon - RamsFootballFans.com