I am enjoying a big full plate of delicious crow this morning and damn happy to do so.
Very creative game by McVay in terms of mixing things up and using some different looks and movement to get iso looks they wanted.

snackdaddy said:

Its pretty simple. Stop the run. Without Kittle and Deebo Purdy won't have as many easy throws that get yards after catch. They'll want to run more. They have a big back who runs downhill. Let him consistently get 5 plus yards and its gonna be a long afternoon. The key to stopping the run? Tackle the guy. Something they had trouble with the first two games.

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Ever notice how much the 9ers throw in the games they choke away? Usually they stop running as much when the games gets tight, but they came out throwing yesterday. Head scratcher. They had several good runs, enough to keep pushing the Rams’ D down the field, but they just insist on shooting themselves in the foot.

When Reeder made that TFL, it was their last chance to finally stop the run.

In the 4th quarter, Stafford ran the ball and got a mild push out of bounds. I didn't think much of it until a bit later, Purdy got a mild push while in bounds and flags went flying all over the place until the refs finally realized that Purdy was in bounds when he got pushed.

And on the play where D. Robinson caught the ball near the goal line and ruled a catch. Rat boy challenged and it was overturned. What pissed me off was Robinson got totally mugged and the defender never even turned his head to look for the ball.

And that was after the refs kept calling ticky tacky holding and PI against the Rams.

Forget Bryce young wait until this summer and trade for Malik Willis Let him be a back up and give him the keys when Stafford leave

Vikings are fucking impressive unfortunately.

Psycho_X said:

11-6

Date Opponent
L Sept-8 @Lions (SNF)
L Sept-15 @Cardinals
W Sept-22 49'ers
W Sept-29 @Bears
L Oct-06 Packers
Oct-13 BYE
W Oct-20 Raiders
L Oct-24 Vikings (TNF)
W Nov-03 @Seahawks
W Nov-11 Dolphins (MNF)
W Nov-17 @Patriots
W Nov-24 Eagles (SNF)
W Dec-01 @Saints
L Dec-08 Bills
L Dec-12 @49'ers (TNF)
W Dec-22 @Jets
W Dec-29 Cardinals
W Jan-05 Seahawks

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gogoat1 said:

I eat pineapple on pizza. At first I hated it.
Now brussle sprouts, I tried to eat them as a kid and threw up. Well, I was kinda forced to.
Since I do not eat mayo, mustard, ketchup, vinegar there is nothing you can do to get me to eat them things.
Can't sprinkle enough powdered sugar on those turds.

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If you persist you will find yourself hog tied in a fishing trawler off the coast of Florida with the choice of eating brussel sprouts or going into the drink with a cement slab on your feet.

Baltimore is in great position despite doing everything possible not to be. But the Royals, Twins and Tigers (yeah the Tigers who tried to trade away all assets at the deadline) are within 1 game of each other. Plus Seattle is just 2 games away. There are 4 teams fighting for 2 spots.

In the NL the three teams in position are within 2.5 games and the only other team is the Braves, who like Baltimore are doing their best to eliminate themselves. The biggest question is what's the order going to be? #4 will get the Brewers but #5 and #6 have got to play the Dodgers and Phillies.

Snaz said:

Missed Tackle %
33.3% Tre'Davious White
28.6% Kobie Turner
27.8% Christian Rozeboom
27.8% Kamren Curl
27.3% Braden Fiske
25.0% Michael Hoecht
25.0% Byron Young
25.0% Desjuan Johnson
15.4% Jared Verse
14.3% Bobby Brown
12.5% Quentin Lake
11.1% Troy Reeder
11.1% John Johnson
0.0% Cobie Durant
0.0% Kamren Kinchens

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We can gripe about Reeder and Rozeboom all day, but the DL comprises 7 of the top 10 on that list. Yes, I see both LBs names as well, but ILBs are gonna get pushed around if the DL doesn’t eat up blockers.

Faceplant said:

Happens here from time to time, no doubt... So performative. I remember that former poster Les or something always jumping on his high horse and preaching. It's exhausting.

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Yes, it is exhausting.

Ramhusker said:

He’s only a Freshman but that needs to be our next QB! I’m sold already. ( And psssst, his Godfather is Mathew Stafford)

He’s playing on Fox right now. Take a peak.

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I think he is going to be special, but the Illinois defense stop him dead in tracks in overtime. Good for the Illini and a great win for Bret Bielema.

dang said:

What good is the replay booth if they don’t look at a play like that and confirm it looks like a hip tackle, sounds like a hip tackle, smells like a hip tackle - by golly it’s a hip tackle/call down and get it called.

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It at least should be a fine after the fact even if the play wasn't flagged. Take 50 grand every time a guy does it and it will stop.

Pathetic.
Jackson living up to his reputation.

Snaz said:

So how did Zachary Thomas do, saw he was out there and announcer mentioned him.

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Totally forgot about him, the offensive line of the Patriots was very bad, their LT was not very good as Brissett was under duress all night long, until he gave way to Drake May on the last drive of the game. So if Thomas was part of the Pats OL, they did not play well at all last night.

If not for Stafford we would have been blown out in Detroit. Arizona game was not so great but no QB can sustain top play under non-stop pressure.

NCRamGuy said:

I wish we could get more Lgan Bruss in there

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We’ll see if your opinion changes after this week.

Haden said:

Good grief. What team do we expect to beat other than the Bears?

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Bears defense is no joke . I don't even expect us to beat them.

Let's not forget how YOUNG this defense is. We have rookies and 2nd year players across the line and a rookie DC.

We are going to need to be patient. I have no doubt that these players will continue to get better within the scheme.

Karate61 said:

He was doing that. That must be what drew the flag. Pretty dumb of London to have done it...

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Watching a second time, it looked kinda like he was doing a lawn sprinkler.

Burks was given every opportunity to be “The Guy”, but he couldn’t even play well enough to be “A Guy”

Hard pass for me.

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dieterbrock said:

My last thoughts for the vent thread,
Fuck that game
And
Fuck the Niners

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perfect ending

It looks pretty grim and I will not be watching games live, (as usual)......it almost feels like 2007-9 again.

I can't see McVay nor Stafford tank anything and I can't see them trade Stafford. We will see more injuries I'm sure.

Any thoughts on crazy angles the Rams may take?

The rams upset the football gods somehow. Wow.