snackdaddy said:

It sure seemed like the defense was determined to keep everything in front of them. By limiting big plays its hard for opposing offenses to score a bunch of points. They know their offense is going to score and score quicker than before.

The downside is the time of possession. The defense can wear down being on the field for so long. And the longer the other team has the ball the less our offense has it. Can be hard to get into a rhythm. We'll see if it was just the game plan for the first game of if that becomes their identity.

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I don’t think TOP will continuously be this lopsided regardless for 2 reasons
1) we will tackle better and force punts
2) We wont always score in 35 seconds (and if we do who cares about the rest)

Neil039 said:

I watched for the maybe a great fight. Over at 1:45ish first round. 44 yr old Belfort just bulled right threw 58 yr old Holyfields guard. The once great left jab was gone and Belfort‘s heavy right was too much.

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Holyfield looked like the old man that he is. Twenty years ago, he would have destroyed TRT

Merlin said:

Earlier today Dungy was talking about how teams should play starters in preseason and cited how many slow starts result from it. What is interesting is the Rams' offense did not seem too affected by it and they had a new QB learning the scheme on top of no preseason.

And what does he do? Only one of his best performances of his long career. Shows how good McVay is IMO.

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It was a huge relief IMO to see passes down the feed over 15 yards. Plus, it appears Van Jefferson is definitely a target Stafford is looking for.

Fidelis said:

35-14

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boom

Kuuuuuupppppppppp!

Psycho_X said:

That has been his ultimate Achilles heal is his inability to give up on a play. Needs to learn to throw the ball away too. He’s going to have to learn that with the Lions because they don’t have the talent down field to force stuff often.

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Honestly I see that as his biggest problem, hell watching a few rookies today and they were comfortable throwing it away and resetting. Better than a fumble or pick 6.

CoachAllred said:

Wouldn't be surprised if Rodgers threw the game to try and get out of GB.
Don't know about everyone else's opinion of Rodgers, but I think he cares about one thing and one thing only
and that's himself.
Again JMHO but he was born with the tremendous talent to be the best ever, but I call him a team cancer.
Because he is incapable of trusting and loving his teammates enough to be a part of the brotherhood required to
win it all.

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He didn’t look interested that’s for sure.

Merlin said:

Him leading them back vs the 9ers was really good for his standing in that locker room though, that's for damn sure. I just wish they would have finished that last drive and forced some OT.

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THIS^

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FrantikRam said:

Sure that looks bad.

But the story came from the Boston Herald - and then was later redacted. It came about in tandem with filming the Jets.

In order to believe they actually did this, you have to believe the Patriots or the NFL paid the Boston Herald to redact the story which is tin foil.

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No, I'd have to believe that the Boston Herald retracted the story because it couldn't confirm it or its source recanted. That doesn't mean the Patriots were innocent. You still haven't reckoned with all the behavior from the NFL. You don't destroy the evidence in the way they did if it exonerates the Patriots. And then there's the fact that a bunch of the guys on the field that day are saying their experiences corroborate the story.

BonifayRam said:

I was hoping it would be our rookie CB Robert Rochell. I have not liked what I have seen from David Long since he arrived. In the past Long being on the field in coverage is a certain completed pass waiting to happen.

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We'll see. I do think it will end up being Rochell. just a matter of when.
If long struggles badly we also may see Burgess in that spot.

I couldn't get down to LA from Seattle for the opening game.

Please message me with an offer for my 2 seats in Section 413, Row 2 (around the 40 yard line) and I will take the best offer by noon today and email the mobile tickets to you. If you can pay via PayPal, that's a bonus (quick and easy)...

Good luck and whoever wins, REPRESENT!!

Corbin said:

I mean more so he’s on the edge 1v1 vs a safety and let’s the safety grab his shoulders pads and throw him down. Back in the day he would’ve been in that endzone.

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Yeah, that play was BAD.

Some good games on TV here in LA. We have a Double header on both stations, which never happens due to TV contracts.
CBS Chargers/ WFT, Browns/ Chiefs. FOX whiners/Detroit and Packers/Saints. Then of course Rams/ Bears SNF. Good first sunday of football.

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This team is better than last year's Rams. But you can see the Bears have enough to win if the Rams get sloppy. If the Rams play their A game they win going away.

Huge upgrade at QB for the Rams. (Dalton vs Foles at QB for Bears a wash IMO)
OL better with a year together with better coaching. Better center, blocking calls improved with Stafford and Allen vs Goff & Blythe.
Michel is far better than Brown and Henderson playing as Akers was out.
Better depth at WR and TE this year.
DE position improved with Williams in rotation (Lewis & Brockers in 2020)
Darious Williams far better CB than Troy Hill

Henderson & Brown combined for about 150 yds on the ground. Michel is a huge upgrade over Brown.

Only one person picked AD for DPOY

FanSince69 said:

Yeah, issue is he's the fastest at getting it out fast. But I agree with the pressure, commit to short hot routes and let our CBs lock down the deep options man2man. I mean, they might get a miracle TD once, but Brady will throw picks if he stays in the game more than one quarter.

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I can tell you this. It's a copycat league. Defensively Tampa Bay made a model the Chiefs are trying to copy. Go big, as in size, at DL and make the offense one dimensional with 4 stopping the run. The trick is still being able to get pressure.

That's why the Chiefs bumped Chris Jones to DE and Reed is filling that spot next to Nnadi. Then you can focus on your coverages without having to blitz so much while still stopping the run.

As for the Rams they have Donald. I'm guessing they built their DL to get pressure in the back field because Donald may be the best to ever do it. The counter to that is a hard nose running game, which Tampa has.

In the end I don't know this Ram team all that well. When Brockers, Fowler, and Little left I don't know the guys who replaced them or even the style of the DC.

CGI_Ram said:

In Hollywood Park, is my understanding.

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SWAdude said:

Does this site have a large SoCal season ticket holding presence? I have never really been able to figure that out.

If so, we need a party organizer to develop a gang. And I am willing to do what I can from afar. I know the ROD peeps we got to know at the SB was nothing short of GREAT and FUN RAMS fans to hang out with. God that was so much fun!

GO RAMS!!!

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Unfortunately this site doesn't have as many local game attendees compared to other sites like RFU. At least in the past few seasons. I'm gonna shoot you a text Brotha as far as a meet up for Manana!

Just got Sunday Ticket MAX for free. Had to wait a hour on the phone but I got it and 45$ off my bill too.
Give it a shot.

This is the type of thread you wished there more emoticons to share.

There is not the time we all have to share how this event affected all of us. But it did. And some unfairly more than others.

I stand 20 years later still in horror of the moment.

Evil will always be evil that views good as a weakness.

We will forever keep our heads on a swivel. It is always just around the corner. As it always has been.

And we will be ready. It is what makes us all.........Americans.

Been seeing patterns about this team for a long time.

I called and went into detail our abysmal '16 year and stated in January when we hired McVay in '17 that we'd make the playoffs as a wild card. We did.

This team... it's almost hard to project because the synergies cause errors in my brain... the values get too high.

If this team comes out fast, it legit could go undefeated or close to it.

If there are growing pains like we saw with TB last year, then I think 11 wins is reasonable.

But... the Rams haven't had this level of offensive competence since the GSOT in '01 and we never had this good of a defense at the same time.

Yes, we have a few tough games on the schedule and our division is a woodchipper, but I really think this team is gonna straight body the competition.

I see us at 14-3 +/- 3 games... so 17-0 to 11-5 at the floor.

I wish I could be more accurate, but there are two outstanding unknowns out there... our health and will we be able to shake the Shanahan monkey off our back?

But yeah, I feel good about this call. I rewatched the second Rams/Cards game last year and the number of WIDE OPEN throws against a defense playing to be in the playoffs was really something... and that was with Wolford. Stafford takes that to another level. We're back to forcing defenses to defend every single blade of grass... ESPECIALLY the deep middle which Goff really struggled to attack.

This is gonna be an amazing team and I also think we're gonna see a few rooks/2nd year players really step up.

Ewww. Just… gak…

I highly doubt Stafford with his wife and girls is wanting to move again.

Moreover, when he does very well this year winning a Super Bowl and likely MVP, he’ll be set up very well.

Plus, can guarantee we didn’t drop all those picks without ensuring that we’d be able to retain his services for the foreseeable future