sitting in the stands of that 1st game I saw what this D was going to be doing.....it is what it is...they need a lead to play off of, and not 3's......IMO Matthew will be back to his play and so will the O.....but no belief in the D...at least in terms of pulling out games when the O is off......at least not now....I try to make ideas come into my head about later in the season, but I just can'tby roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
time of possession allowed, 3rd efficiency, passer rating etc.....usually someone is posting that every now and then.....is it so bad it could cause heart issues? Also what is the record for a team ranked #1 one year and falling in the rank the following year.....has anyone gone from #1 to maybe #25....or gulp...worse?by roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
he was just "off"...the plays were there. He was hitting those plays before that game...The guys were open for the most part, he was just off....the guy can't play at a 130+ rating for every game in a season...he still finished with something close to a 90 rating mark....that along with the decent run game by Henderson should be enough to make that game much closer, if not maybe pullinby roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
I say the cards will be up in the clouds.....haven't watched the whiners at all, but I don't think their D is as soft as ours....the cards will be full of themselves after yesterday is what I'm relying on....I remember when the RAMS were bad and teams would play us and what they were bad at the RAMS made it look like it was fixed. Yesterday coming in the cards were not good at 3rd down conversioby roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
I'm banking on Matthew and guys getting it back.....Just a couple of 3 and outs combined with scoring off them can give us the cushion to win it......That's all I give the D...they can stop a team a couple times a game, we need to capitalize on them when they do it.....Turn overs come in bunches...had them the 1st couple games.....not so much since....looking for a fumble or 2 possible off a sackby roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
even with his misses (and some where bad misses)....his game along with the run game going the way it was should have been enough to not only keep that game close, but maybe pull it out. But the D was so bad he had to play perfect to just stay within distance.....2 TD's 1 INT ( and I called that play in my chair....2 and 3 near the middle of the field, run game working...good time to go deep....by roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
He'd make a nasty dentist.....the way he took the teeth out of this D he could make a fortune with a chair.....by roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
I think his entire defensive plan puts players into that mindset.....instead of being an aggressive attack mindset they play a soft, react type plan.....When you let guys catch a ball and then close in for a tackle instead of being right there to contest the passes you miss tackles, as far as the run game misses it's just snow balled off the pass D..... The only thing I see that Morris has kepby roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
the cards will be beaten by the whiners and we are back in position going forward for a few weeks.....I am looking at it like this, many had has us pegged for a loss, but it was supposed to be last week. I also see that the packers started out being thumped bad and have seemed to right the ship. I see several teams at 3-1, many more game to go..... All that said as I said in another post whby roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
and I assume now it will never be reckoned with. You have the ball closing out the 1st half, you have it down inside their 10, you run it to the 5. 3 minutes left .....he goes hurry up and misses a throw and then throws again...end up with 3 points AND gives them the ball with over 3 minutes left, timeouts, and the 2 minute warning. He can see that the D can't come close to getting them offby roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
IMO run at their rushers, gotta go Hulk on the O-Line today and push them off the line....The pass will come with more dynamics if they have to deal with a solid run game....Henderson through the cracks and Sony busting their chops......Don't want to get into a passing duel with them.....by roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
we'll see if that can improve. But IMO, in reality the reason something isn't done consistently can have several reasons, 1 they don't work on it enough, 2 they don't find that to be a priority, 3 it's poor execution...If it's execution that can for sure be fixed, if it's a combo of the 1st 2 it won't be fixed because of the reason it's happening...... I can't see logically a team would not wby roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
or worse on giving them up...Don't know the figures, but my memory and eyes have remembered enough to be able to say that with some certainty.....It's a bend, don't break D so that's a polite way of saying they don't get off on 3 and outs very much. I think we also are close to the bottom on time of possession...but that goes hand in hand with bending. Doing OK thus far doing it, so I guess iby roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
sometimes the least obvious becomes possibly the most important.....well done.by roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
I mean all the players we lost pretty much either retired or went to another team, so you could still follow them if they went elsewhere. Carl left and that was it, you only had memories of his playing. As of right now, today I'd say him.....It was just the finality of it that did it for me.by roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
this is a perfect place and time for the fans. This is IMO one of the loudest venues across the league....noise can be a huge factor in this game, they are also one of the higher penalized teams ( I think)....add loudness to the equation and they could have several movement calls putting them behind the sticks several times. As explosive as they can be down and distance can become a big help foby roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
and yet another RAM we have met in the past, met his parents as well in New Orleans. That guys smile is infectious, he's never lost it from the time we met him. You really met up with a happy guy didn't you, great luck that will carry over for the game I'm sure of it....Roland just rubbed off on you....by roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
very personable guy, had all kinds of time to offer to us, and yes he signed my SB Helmet...has Faulk, Warner, Holt, Wistrom, many more.....He had a smile on his face that it looked to me never left his face.....by roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
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they would try to hand it off to someone other then him because he won it in week 1. Glad he got it to me it was obvious.but at the same time IMO this award is strictly fan driven. This award is for the fans to push out chests and say, my man is the guy of the week.....I don't think the players totally disregard the calling, but also they say it's 1 game in a season..I gotta say/hope that to Matby roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
I mean he's pretty young, he is a tough out for the defense and he's not even familiar with anything yet..I I know nothing of his contract numbers.....I would hope that Cam is back close to normal, Henderson and Sony are also on the roster....save those high picks for more needed spots....line for one, maybe a DB or 2 as well.....by roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
how do you surprise a team in using him....they know he's on the team they know he can get on the field. Do you think Arians was really on the sidelines and when Jackson came out he said something like.." man I never expected Sean to play him, never".....it surprised him? The use or non use of the guy can never be found out why.....but again to say playing him surprises people or teby roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
the windows are wide open....then they collapse on the guy after the catch....by roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
are you saying that a head coach will deliberately keep out a viable weapon from some teams to save and surprise others? Again the original post was about using DJax as a surprise for the bucs......how can a guy who has the rep of Jackson be put on the field and surprise you?....Yes he played this game, many were saying on this board that something was wrong with him because of his absence in thby roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
My main contention is that I can't see a coach holding back options in order to surprise a team down the road....Yes he did not play in those 2 1st games, no doubt, but to think it was to surprise the bucs....just can't see that. I even mentioned it in my posts, the need of him was not there in week 1, so it's a fair shot to think that Sean over looked him for packages. NOT forgot about him, oveby roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
but if he is indeed healthy (and the medical team would know) I think he needs to get his feet soaking wet.....he needs to get into the flow....that would mean he needs the minutes. Not saying you don't spell him with packages, but IMO he needs to play as much as he can . I can't go on the premise of worrying about injury, if the player does he's cooked, if the coaches do it, well it will limby roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
Sometimes a classic look never fades.....it is called timeless......Some would say that unbroken HORN was just that..timeless....by roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
I still don't think this defense is set up for that, if you are behind you need the ball ASAP....if they allow long periods of the cards O on the field and add in being behind it won't bode well IMO.....Now I'm not talking about like 3-0 or 7-0, but a double digit will be hard pressed to overcome....This D needs a lead to work like he has it set up IMO..... Let's make sure we have the lead atby roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com
when you are game planning I think it is possible to overlook things, that's not forgetting them. Game 1 we get Van and Cooper involved in deep balls, you think that coach forgot about DJax, or overlooked him withe long game working....I'd go with the overlooked idea.by roman18 - RamsFootballFans.com