... posters to his place had the Colts *beating* the Rams in the opener. In that unscientific thing y'all do a few days before each game about posting a score. Man! Some people sure seem to have a lot of outright rooting interest *against* this team's success. Really ... that doesn't bother me. To each their own. But this passive aggressive take some people have is annoying. If you aby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
Soooooooooooooooo ... let's all keep our fingers and toes crossed and hope Goff fails. 'Cause that's what being a fan of this team is alllllllll about! :bangheadby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
***It's too soon to make safe predictions about an unsettled unit, but it's fair to assume that they won't repeat how bad they were against Washington.*** Thank you.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
... Son of Bum has a history in Big D. Wade Phillips has never struck me as a vindictive person. But, I suspect he's got to have at least some desire to rub JJ's nose in it when he has a chance.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
... mistakes are part of this game. On both sides. That being said ... these posts have some merit. A lot of it, actually. I said it on Friday ... the Rams could have very easily hung 50 on the Niners and won going away. What kept that from happening were the mental mistakes. Lining up off-sides. A fumble ... on a fair-catch ... bringing a kickoff out of the end zone when all that was neby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
Ghost to the Post: Don Maynard in '68 title game: (starts at 2:36)by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
Has the start to this season - specifically, the team's offensive production - begun to create *any* new buzz for the Rams in L.A?by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
Touché. Yeah ... that one is definitely not going in the ol' time capsule.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
... 'And now you want some of this?'by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
Compared it to a cross between Don Maynard's over-the-shoulder grab against the Raiders in the '68 AFL championship game and Dave Casper's Ghost to the Post in the '77 playoffs. The throw was very reminiscent of what I think was one of the five best passes Kurt Warner threw in his entire career - the rainbow to Ike Bruce in the first 49er-Rams game in '99. Bruce was hugging the sideline and Waby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
But Madden had some special qualities he brought to the table as a coach that went beyond schemes and offensive / defensive philosophies. Which is why he was one of the very few coaches who was extremely successful at a very young age. Hopefully ... McVay is on his way to joining that very short list.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
1. They've played the teams on their schedule. 2. Last year, they might well be 0-3.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
John Madden was 32 when he was promoted to Raiders' head coach. That's the only thing I'm making a comparison of - Madden's age and McVay's. Assuming McVay continues this ascent ... he and Madden are going to be the outliers of the 'hire-a-very-young-coach' school.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
Last night *cannot* be a destination. It can only be a step ... another one ... and an extremely impressive one ... on a long, long road.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
Just speaking the truth.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
Age is a number. Beauty is timeless.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
I'm homely enough without catching some shrapnel in the mug. Seriously ... I get what you're saying ... but my point was that there are some head coach / QBs who are thrown together by chance and circumstance. Like Aikman and Johnson. Yeah ... Johnson technically drafted Aikman ... but that was more Jerry Jones. That same year, Johnson used a supplemental No. 1 on Steve Walsh. It wasn't untilby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
... Snead pulled with the offense this past off-season ... Whitworth; Woods; Kupp; Reynolds; Watkins ... has put the Rams in position to be able to focus the vast majority of their off-season maneuvers to the defensive side of the football. Assuming, of course, Watkins re-signs. In my opinion ... that needs to be a priority. Maybe THE priority of the off-season.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
But it should have never been that close. Save for the mental mistakes ... the Rams could have easily dropped a 50 on the Niners last night and won going away.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
I'm thrilled with the overall direction of this franchise. After all those years in the wasteland ... it suddenly feels like the Rams are a vibe again. People are looking at McVay, the staff, the offense, even Wade ... and saying ... 'damn! There might be something good going on there!' But ... I've gotta admit ... I'm thrilled for the kid. He took a helluva lot of abuse last year. Abuse thby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
And I am sure he's going to be very, very good. But ... I *do* know that if Goff had made some of the decisions and mistakes that Wentz has made with the ball in his hands this year ... the howling from just THIS place could have been heard on the dark side of the moon. This is a kid who, if he continues to develop, is going to be a lot more like Troy Aikman or ... dare I say ... Joe Montanby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
... had what can only be called an adversarial relationship during the early years of their time together. There was a time that JJ wanted to go with Steve Walsh, for the love of Mike! In fairly short order, though, they figured out they were far more alike than dissimilar ... and became one of the great coach / QB duos in NFL history. From what I understand ... George Allen was not a big fby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
... 'you never hear McVay compliment Goff' narrative that was being pushed so much. Instead of coddling Goff ... I got the sense that was McVay's way of testing Goff and his emotional boundaries.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
He's got an extremely cool demeanor. Either he's a great actor ... or is just ... that ... cool.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
... was to do so only *after* he'd had the chance to 1.) get the graduate-level tutoring he needed (and deserved) from a coaching staff that understood the modern NFL game, and 2.) be surrounded by NFL-quality skill-position players. It just so happens that McVay might be the *best* choice the Rams could have made for the former ... and Snead went out and rebuilt the latter in one off-season.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
The corner is playing off Watkins ... true. But he also has inside position. And ... he jumps the inside route. I'm just working from memory ... but Goff threw the ball to the out route, correct? It went out of bounds. As you say ... had Goff thrown the in-route ... it may well have been picked. So, not sure how that is a mistake by Goff.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
The corner jumped inside position on Watkins, who still broke to the inside. Goff read the corner and threw the out.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
It's the sound of the 'Yeah, buts ...' preparing their counter-arguments. That assault should begin early tomorrow. As I said last spring ... when Goff began to play well ... some folks who frequent this part of the world would do their best verbal gymnastics as a means of giving everything else under the sun credit for it *except* the Kid QB.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
Cross *really* wanted to stay with the Rams - he loved playing for Allen - but Jerry Williams was an old friend. When Williams, who'd just been hired by Philly, gave him the opportunity to be a player / coach with the Eagles in 1969. It was something Cross really wanted to do and agreed to the deal. He went back to Philly in exchange for Boomer Brown. Cross told me that, during Rams' practicesby The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com
Time of possession tonight: 49ers: 30:17 Rams: 29:43 It sometimes felt like the 49ers were permanently on offense early on and late.by The_Bad_Guy - RamsFootballFans.com