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Bills fire O.C Dorsey after loss to Broncos

dieterbrock
oldnotdead said:
Goff's development in Detroit has been far greater than he had under McVay. Goff has taken his game to the next level, i.e. he's considered a top 5 QB by many.

You call sabotaging Goff's ability to read defenses by holding him in the huddle until it was too late for him to do anything but run the play. Then have your HC calling you out for needing to play better great development? Even I said when Goff was here if McVay would build his offense around Goff's skillset he could be a perennial top QB. But McVay did exactly the opposite.

Now Stafford is clearly in decline and Goff's career is ascending. Stafford's career is in decline because he's become injury prone. People denigrate Noteboom for being injury prone but turn a blind eye to Stafford? Raise your hand if you believe that Matt Stafford won't get hurt or have an existing problem like tendonitis in his throwing arm flare up during the final games this year and all of next year. I for one wouldn't take that bet.

How much you want to bet if McVay stays he will lobby for Wentz to take Stafford's spot starting in 2025. Hell even Carson suspects it. Wentz made it very clear this year he wants to sign with a team that offers starting potential for him. So now here he is in LA. I for one don't want him as a starter, because he's proven his problem in reality is between his ears.

I only hope that Stafford can finish this season and Carson never sees the field. This will allow Snead to go on with his plan and draft the next QB1. Will that make Sean realize he doesn't want to have to coach up a young QB? It might. But I still think 2025 is his retirement date.
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Blah, blah, blah
McVay developed Goff. Ignoring that is just ludicrous.
He took a 1st round bust to the Superbowl 2 years later.
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Rams select Stetson Bennett (QB) with the 128th pick.

Merlin
thirteen28 said:
I'm not as concerned with the misses at WR, as it seems when they hit, they really fucking hit big. Both Kupp and now Puka look like first round talent taken in later rounds. Harder to complain when you have hits like that.

At TE, I think there is an emphasis issue in developing them given how addicted to 11 personnel McVay has become. It seems that Higs is sort of the binky he runs back to at that position, it's his path of least resistance.

OL is the one that bugs me the most, because Avila seems to be the only one they've really got a solid hit on so far. And although TuTu has redeemed himself somewhat, Creed still would have been nice. Imagine Avila lined up next to him.
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This is true but once again both Kupp and Puka in skill set are underneath types not gamebreakers who will stretch the field. McVay has a type in terms of passing game weapons and he's done well at finding that type but not so well in finding speed to complement them.

Same deal with RB. And not only has he struggled to draft them but they've wasted time and allowed themselves to rely on guys who they should have realized quicker were not good enough.

TE is a bit more complicated, in that Kupp basically is a pass game TE in his strengths. But that said they've taken shots on guys and haven't been able to replace a mediocre TE in Higs. Nothing against Higs of course but let's be honest he's nothing special.
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I need help with my dog

Loyal
RhodyRams said:
feel free to reach out via pm if you want bud
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It worked wonderfully. I think my wife thought we were wasting money and didn't have any faith in the product. Today we have had the most peace in our house since we got Cuddles. She only used once and threatened to use it several times. It works like a charm and we can't thank you enough.
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GAME DAY TNF - Bengals at Ravens

Allen2McVay
Loyal said:
I keyed in on 1973 because that season turned out to be an absolute dud. Even though we had a great regular season and had a better regular season record than the Cowgirls, we had to travel to Dallas and lost to them....one and done after being hyped as a Super Bowl favorite. I actually saw the Browns @ Rams for my first Rams game ever and we won. The next week we were out.

We are fellow masochists...
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Yes ... kind of goes to my original point that other than the Super Bowl Champions, everyone is miserable.

BUT

The playoff loss was a huge disappointment. I was so frustrated, I said something disrespectful to father.
The ONLY TIME in my entire life; and I am still ashamed of it.

That being said, the 1973 Season was amazing from September through December.
After not making the playoffs the prior three years, and coming-off a sub-.500-year, the Rams were going with their third head coach in a little over two years; and thirteen-year-old me had never heard of Chuck Knox.

Adding to my anxiety and misery was the trade of my favorite Ram (Roman Gabriel), plus the player I thought was their best defensive player (Coy Bacon) and a bunch of new starters on both sides of the ball (some were young guys who had barely played (Hacksaw, Geddes, Brooks, McCutcheon), veterans I knew little about (Stukes, Williams, Jackson, Preece) and some bald-headed-loser at Quarterback named John Hadl.

I have posted numerous times since the off-season that I did not think the 2023 Rams had nearly enough talent to be a good team but I prayed to be completely wrong.

I was completely wrong about the 1973 Rams ... and absolutely thrilled to be wrong. Great Season / Memories.
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20 Random Bye Week Thoughts

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OnceARam said:
Playoffs? :D
This season is about grading on a curve. If we win more than six games, our coaching staff will have done a hell of a job. The NFL is about talent first, the coaching. That said lots of promising rookies and reason for future success. In a year from now the talk will be about how the league has never seen a team reload so quickly. One down year is a small price to pay.
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Forget worrying about wins and losses for the remainder of this season. It’s more about finding the foundational defensive pieces and establishing an offensive identity that the Rams can build on for a legitimate playoff run next year.
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4th Quarter Failings Have Been a Theme in 2023. Why?

snackdaddy
Noregar said:
My simple answer is that I think it is overall talent deficiency and also having a young team. The cream always rises to the top so to speak. Better teams with better talent tend to pull ahead as time passes. Statistically speaking good/bad breaks tend to even out more over time and so better talent becomes the differentiator in the later part of the games. (except blatantly bad officiating).

I think our Rams have some good young and older talent to build around but they also have too many big holes for the good talent they do have to overcome.
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It is starting to look like its all about next year and beyond. They didn't trade any assets before the deadline. Which is good. This year should be more like auditions for young guys to show they can be contributors down the road.

But I would like to see more wins than expected. 7 or 8 wins might keep us out of the top ten in the draft but that is what a young team needs to build confidence that they can pull out wins instead of losing games that were winnable. Going 2-6 over the last 8 games will do more to damage the confidence.
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News Analysis: Rams’ season is at crossroads but barring playoff run, building blocks are set for 2024

Tano
Merlin said:
I'm still pissed at Kendrick. Secondary was playing well as a group prior to his arrest. Wasn't perfect but they were doing a good job limiting QBs which is the most important element in winning defense. Since that time they have shit the bed vs even poor QBs.

So as it pertains to Morris the one thing he has to get right for this second half is sorting that back end. Looks like Kendrick is being phased out, not sure if that continues but whoever they go with need to be able to make QBs hold the ball.

Lake is really interesting. I don't know that he can continue to do well in this role. Feels like they should have Tomlinson out there in the slot (I've accepted Spoon's gonna finish the season out for us), and I'd like to see Lake playing over either Fuller or Yeast, but that might not happen while we're still trying to win games. But there is a lot of value in seeing what he can do back there. Yeast has been better than I expected but the guy does not have great instincts in the pass game for that deep role. Fuller is gonna leave in FA. Lake should be taking one of those two jobs back there I think.

We need Jones back. Those guys were overrun without him. Defensive front as a whole is already light I think, without Jones it doesn't feel like we have enough physicality up the middle.

Jackson's play at LT has dipped. Unfortunately Hav who is an iron man got hurt, not sure when he gets back but I think it is healthy for Jackson to have Boom sitting behind him on the depth chart. So I'm thinking Hav is a key piece for us from that perspective, plus he's the anchor of this group on the leadership side.

OL has some much easier games ahead but also a few tough ones mixed in. Hoping they get on a roll after the bye. If not then park Stafford, feature Wentz, and see how high we can get that pick.
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Plus we are getting Bobby Brown back.

With Jones and Brown, we should be able to stop the run better
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Wayy to early of a look at Defensive Coordinators

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WestCoastRam said:
That defense was stacked with an AD in his prime and several significant role players. That secondary was legit stellar.
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Most definitely. I didn’t mean to imply that defense was JUST AD and 10 other guys. It was very talented, but having 99 in the thick of it made a significant impact that benefitted everyone else.
It always has.
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Did you watch the Washington vs Oregon game?

fanotodd
Are we seriously talking about changing the throwing mechanics of a player who has gotten this far on his current throwing style? That is a difficult task.

There’s tweaking and there’s starting over. The latter never works. Should an evaluation determine he just won’t be effective at the next level with his current technique, maybe we’re seeing the best penix has to offer and the Rams should move on to another prospect. Let 9ers or the cheatriots draft him.
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