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FrantikRam said:
I can't wrap my mind around this.

The Bills were down their best CB too.

Usually I can understand a McVay decision, but that one is completely indefensible. Just made absolutely zero sense.

Officiating was fine overall....at least they made some ticky tacky calls in our favor on this one.

The false starts, special teams.....I'm not writing this season off, but we have to go on a run and fix special teams on the fly
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McVay needs to trust Stafford and play for 7 there. If they stop us, then you kick the FG. But no settling.

And I disagree on the officiating. It sucked. Evened out as the game went, but the refs were terrible.
 
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RamUK said:
Why only a 7th?

I've been banging on about this for years. Kicker's are the most underappreciated and undervalued player on almost every team.

A top-five kicker is easily worth a second-round pick to a team like the Rams.
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Well your not getting a top 5 kicker in a trade right now.
 
dieterbrock said:
Just frustrating
McVay is the issue but he's also the reason they are as good as they are
Rams havent made a 2 point conversion in 4 years but have given up like 5 or 6 successful ones in a row
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He is basically Mike Martz, but with a much better ability to create a great culture. That makes him a superior coach, but what they have in common is a great offensive mind, who just doesn't focus on STs despite his comments on STs.

Now, I in no way would I want him gone, but he has to wake up and make it a real priority instead of offering lip service on STs.
 
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RonM11 said:
I've been watching the NFL since 1967 too. I don't think they even called them special teams back then. Not sure if I remember what they called them. But I agree, this special teams version is a laughingstock. They couldn't mention it enough on the broadcast.
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SUICIDE SQUADS
 
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Two things can be true at the same time: 1. Horrible play calling by McVay on the 3rdand5, 2. Meavis is a below average kicker that needs to be released. Notice how the Bills didn't think twice about kicking the gamewinning 45 yard FG on 1st down with 2 mins left? The ST is an absolute joke and it's 100% on mcvay. This team may win a playoff game but has 0% chance of making/winning the SB just like last year. ST catches up in the biggest moments. Cant escape it.
 
InfiniteRam said:
This game is on Shula IMO. Allen ran up the middle time and time again and he refuses to or cannot adjust.
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I agree. As bad as special teams are (and they are costing us several points every game!)... the D got gashed up the middle all day long by Josh Allen and Cook. Where is the defense?
 
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fearsomefour said:
Yes....he is not a bright bulb.
I fully expect next weeks game against what should be an over matched Cardinals team to come right down to the wire or be a lose and the wheels totally come off....if the Rams lose next week they are winning 5 games all year.
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I doubt that. We just lost in OT to a playoff team because we bungled the game. We should have beaten the Broncos if not for our errors and the ref screwjob. These games do not indicate that we're a bad team. If anything, they indicate that we're a good team that is presently underperforming.
NorthernRam said:
The reason that you throw the ball on both second and third down instead of going for a 48 yard field is that anything longer than 40 yards is reaching the limits of Mevis' range. That is why he has been wide on anything over 40 recently, because he is straining to reach the distance, which sacrifices his accuracy.

We had total control of the clock, the offence was rolling and the Bills had no answer for Kyren Williams, Puka, Higbee or anyone else. We should have gone forward for a TD.

McVay should have seen this, and he also should have observed from practice that Mevis cannot be counted to reliably hit anything beyond 40 yards. NFL kickers are generally so good now that anything up to 50 and even beyond are basically chip shots.

McVay should have had the offence go for a td, won the game and then replaced Mevis this week, as you can not reasonably have a kicker who you cannot count on to make the kicks that Mevis has been missing.

What is most alarming is the long-running ineptitude and glaring incompetence of our special teams units, our continuing inability to close out sacks, our poor tackling particularly in clutch situations , our failure to contain or restrict running QB's, and our inability to cover the short passing routes in the interior of our defence.

Of particular issue is that McVay clearly has not prioritized special teams, and it shows.

McVay's field goal decision just shouldn't have made given all of the known circumstances. It was stupid given the flow of the game and the known weaknesses of our kicker and special teams.

Another winnable game just got pissed away tonight.
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Range isn't the issue here. Mevis hit from 61 yards in college. He's simply not reliable.

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4Rbtbeb4WNk
 
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