A few random thoughts after sleeping on this fubar of a game…

[So Ram]

WTF - heard the game on the radio,just got done watching. Had a text yesterday saying nice tackling son.

There is nothing that happened? Maybe the 1st TD on Bobby Wagner. Ernest Jones could have been better.

RAMsey missing that tackle after Rapp missed a the tackle right before that on Deebo. - LMAO - come on guys. They might as well both just beating each other up again like that Ravens game. Maybe they will learn how to hit the other team.

I’m not to upset with the game.The last sack was on Cam Akers.He can’t move to the side of Noteboom for a direct line to Stafford.

Really liked A’ Jackson once again. I called it of him playing RG better than any other Ram player.

Bobby Evans ? Can’t say much there. He held his own,but The Rams need better. Kolone did ok,but is limited.That pitch to Akers is a bad call. You can’t ask him to run across the field to block the MLB step for step.
HENDO I like,but his vision Stinks.He had a couple of nice holes he missed.

 

[Ballhawk]

To me Wagner looks like he has no idea of how to play in this defense. Coaches taking his knowledge for granted and not preparing him correctly?

 

[bubbaramfan]

Guess we know now why Seahags released Wags.

 

[Riverumbbq]

Justin Hollins, Takk McKinley get into it on Rams sideline

Two Rams players were caught by the ESPN broadcast in a heated argument on the sideline. Linebacker Justin Hollins and defensive lineman Takk McKinley exchanged words and bowed up on each other before several teammates intervened, separating the two players. Director of football affairs Jacques...

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[Merlin]

Not gonna lie I'm irritated to see our team be the one with two idiots going at it when they're being beaten down by a division rival. Sounds like some shit a lesser team would do.

 

[IBruce80]

We've had long enough to bolster the O line.
It just never happened and here we are.
The running game was also left on the back burner after losing Gurley.
We've been reasonable at times, but now it's completely gone.
Stafford's hit a rough patch which I'm sure will be sorted.
Despite the niners getting some big plays, I thought our D kept us in the game.
Kupp was Kupp. He's just a great player.

I have faith that the coaches will have us ready for the Cowboys and the performance will be better.

 

[Kupped]

We've had long enough to bolster the O line.
It just never happened and here we are.
The running game was also left on the back burner after losing Gurley.
We've been reasonable at times, but now it's completely gone.
Stafford's hit a rough patch which I'm sure will be sorted.
Despite the niners getting some big plays, I thought our D kept us in the game.
Kupp was Kupp. He's just a great player.

I have faith that the coaches will have us ready for the Cowboys and the performance will be better.

The Rams are on lineman #10…
Jackson is the 4th string guard and looks.. pretty good!
They’re on Center #3.

I just don’t think the argument they neglected the line is very relevant right now.

 

[majrleaged]

Offensive weakness up yhe middle. The most effective pressure against most QBs. Especialy pocket passers. It rushes and disrupts the thought process. Causes mistakes. We didnt even have a 2nd stringer in the middle.

All the complaints of play calling and staffords mistakes are just symptoms of the issues above.

Lets see how they respond.

 

[Faceplant]

I shudder to think what that Dallas front 7 will do to this OL.

*shudders*

 

[Tano]

The Rams are on lineman #10…
Jackson is the 4th string guard and looks.. pretty good!
They’re on Center #3.

I just don’t think the argument they neglected the line is very relevant right now.

Well all of us know Brian Allen is injury prone and the 2021 draft had many good centers available that could at least be a decent back-up and we ignored them all in all the rounds.

We could still have gotten one in the 4th round and we went with an undersized DE/(outside LB?) that pick when we could have picked up a center or guard instead.

 

[Flint]

We've had long enough to bolster the O line.
It just never happened and here we are.
The running game was also left on the back burner after losing Gurley.
We've been reasonable at times, but now it's completely gone.
Stafford's hit a rough patch which I'm sure will be sorted.
Despite the niners getting some big plays, I thought our D kept us in the game.
Kupp was Kupp. He's just a great player.

I have faith that the coaches will have us ready for the Cowboys and the performance will be better.

I think they have developed guys who can be serviceable, I don’t think they were ready to have to use all of them by week 4.

Despite the 9ers dominant defensive showing and all the explosives and the sacks the rams were in this game, barely, but they were.
The super bowl showed when the rams get in trouble they force feed the ball to Kupp, it worked then but clearly teams are coming up with a plan. But McVay’s a smart guy now he can use this to his advantage, but McVay and Stafford have to have someone else as the first option on occasion. The 9ers saw what the rams were doing on the pick 6, the corner’s responsibility wasn’t Kupp according to the talking heads. So they broke the rules of the defense cuz they recognized what was happening. Why can’t you run something like that with Tutu or AR for that matter. Everyone knows what routes Tutu can run but if Kupp is on the other side of that screen formation does he still get bracketed?
McVay has to figure out how to score some tds until Vanjeff gets back and AR figures it out. I’m becoming less and less confident in Odell’s return, he’s in Minnesota checking on his guy, he’s bff’s with Aaron Rodgers, he’s also homies with Von Miller, he’s hugging it out with Brady. This guy loves to be the topic of interest so let me know when something happens.

 

[Kupped]

Well all of us know Brian Allen is injury prone and the 2021 draft had many good centers available that could at least be a decent back-up and we ignored them all in all the rounds.

We could still have gotten one in the 4th round and we went with an undersized DE/(outside LB?) that pick when we could have picked up a center or guard instead.

They HAVE a backup center... he's injured too.
They drafted a Guard.. he's hurt.
Evans is Guard #5 on the depth chart.. they're on to Center #3.

These aren't "they skimped on depth" issues.. this is a rash off injuries to a specific position.

Kolone was on the practice squad.. so that means it's a guy who would've been exposed to other teams if the Rams had drafted him. You don't carry 11 lineman on the active roster.

 

[Kupped]

I think they have developed guys who can be serviceable, I don’t think they were ready to have to use all of them by week 4.

Despite the 9ers dominant defensive showing and all the explosives and the sacks the rams were in this game, barely, but they were.
The super bowl showed when the rams get in trouble they force feed the ball to Kupp, it worked then but clearly teams are coming up with a plan. But McVay’s a smart guy now he can use this to his advantage, but McVay and Stafford have to have someone else as the first option on occasion. The 9ers saw what the rams were doing on the pick 6, the corner’s responsibility wasn’t Kupp according to the talking heads. So they broke the rules of the defense cuz they recognized what was happening. Why can’t you run something like that with Tutu or AR for that matter. Everyone knows what routes Tutu can run but if Kupp is on the other side of that screen formation does he still get bracketed?
McVay has to figure out how to score some tds until Vanjeff gets back and AR figures it out. I’m becoming less and less confident in Odell’s return, he’s in Minnesota checking on his guy, he’s bff’s with Aaron Rodgers, he’s also homies with Von Miller, he’s hugging it out with Brady. This guy loves to be the topic of interest so let me know when something happens.

And on top of it all.. the Niners defense was in a look that should've compelled Stafford to check out of that play. He didn't.

McVay and Stafford both said as much after the game.

 

[Tano]

They HAVE a backup center... he's injured too.
They drafted a Guard.. he's hurt.
Evans is Guard #5 on the depth chart.. they're on to Center #3.

These aren't "they skimped on depth" issues.. this is a rash off injuries to a specific position.

Kolone was on the practice squad.. so that means it's a guy who would've been exposed to other teams if the Rams had drafted him. You don't carry 11 lineman on the active roster.

I am talking before the 2021 draft when we only had an injured/unproven Allen and an unproven Colbert or Shelton as possible centers.

It would have been a prudent idea to have drafted a center/guard in the second third or fourth rounds in case none of the others worked out.

And we all know what we could have done in the second round that draft - that has been stated ad nauseum

 

[Kupped]

I am talking before the 2021 draft when we only have an injured/unproven Allen and an unproven Colbert or Shelton as possible centers.

It would have been a prudent idea to have drafted a center/guard in the second third or fourth rounds in case none of the others worked out.

And we all know what we could have done in the second round that draft - that has been stated ad nauseum

We ALL think they should've drafted Humphries...

But.. again.. they drafted one this year.. and last year got a UDFA who is doing a decent job at right guard. They HAD Shelton last year.. and Allen and, let's not forget, actually thought Corbett was going to be the starting center.
They are far from perfect.. but, what I'm saying.. is the depth isn't the problem right now.. it's the NUMBER of injuries on the line.

 

[PhillyRam]

Well, our OL could be worse...

 

[Tano]

We ALL think they should've drafted Humphries...

But.. again.. they drafted one this year.. and last year got a UDFA who is doing a decent job at right guard. They HAD Shelton last year.. and Allen and, let's not forget, actually thought Corbett was going to be the starting center.
They are far from perfect.. but, what I'm saying.. is the depth isn't the problem right now.. it's the NUMBER of injuries on the line.

I should add to my statement

IMHO "and I want to stress that this is just my opinion and how I feel" - OL is the second most important position right behind QB.

I feel the Rams should spend at minimum 2 picks in the draft each year (one in a higher round 2nd 3rd 4th) and one in the later rounds.

Dl - they can find decent ones in the 5th or later rounds every year it seems like.

If the Rams had done this, we might still have a decent OL even with the amount of injuries we have incurred. Tutu and/or outside linebacker/DE last year were wasted picks when at least one of them could have been a possible decent OL. Right now our OL sucks because we are forced to use in your words a third string center (who is absolutely horrible right now) and a fifth string guard (who shouldn't even be on the team from what I have seen of him in the preseason and regular season).

But that's just my opinion.

 

[Tano]

However, the Rams have done an excellent job in maintaining a good secondary corp even with the injuries that have occurred (kudus to them on that front since CBs are probably the third most important position group imho)

 

[Kupped]

I should add to my statement

IMHO "and I want to stress that this is just my opinion and how I feel" - OL is the second most important position right behind QB.

I feel the Rams should spend at minimum 2 picks in the draft each year (one in a higher round 2nd 3rd 4th) and one in the later rounds.

Dl - they can find decent ones in the 5th or later rounds every year it seems like.

If the Rams had done this, we might still have a decent OL even with the amount of injuries we have incurred. Tutu and/or outside linebacker/DE last year were wasted picks when at least one of them could have been a possible decent OL. Right now our OL sucks because we are forced to use in your words a third string center (who is absolutely horrible right now) and a fifth string guard (who shouldn't even be on the team from what I have seen of him in the preseason and regular season).

But that's just my opinion.

What I'm saying is that it's not the problem right now. Math.
Rams only carried 8 OL... and one of them was Evans.. who wouldn't have been there, most likely, if Bruss hadn't gotten hurt.

I can understand if the argument is that you just don't think they devote enough resources to the Oline and that the overall quality isn't good enough.. maybe Edwards wouldn't be the starter.. maybe Allen would be the backup.. but the number of injuries have wiped out the on-roster depth. Period.

Once you're on practice squad, you're fair game for the rest of the league.

That third string center was on the practice squad.. if he was "good".. he would've been poached by another team.

So, no.. it's not a depth and draft issue at the moment. When they were playing with Shelton, Jackson and Edwards.. backups at two positions.. one of them the 4th guard.. they were doing a decent job.

They gave up one sack to the Falcons and one sack to the Cardinals.. that's fine.. especially for backups including a 4th stringer.

 

[Merlin]

I feel the Rams should spend at minimum 2 picks in the draft each year (one in a higher round 2nd 3rd 4th) and one in the later rounds.

I think this year's OL group was a bit light and we discussed that during the offseason and prior to the final cuts. So yeah they should have done a bit more for the unit, given that they went the budget route at LT with Boom. And I'm not knocking Boom. But the way things went down a little more investment on the interior would have been wise.

The Bruss injury really hurt because we already felt a little short in the depth quality. That was a real kick in the nuts.

Only comment I'd make re: drafting 2 every year is remember you have to be able to make spots for them on the roster. So maybe every other year or as needed is a better approach, where you always draft if there is any question. It would be nice to see this team field a more dominant front.