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bwdenverram said:
You'd think at some point you risk keeping someone, anyone in to spy Allen and not let him take run after run with wide open middle of the field. Our tackling tonight was pretty bad and we just didn't adjust to what they were doing.
That said, Allen is Allen. He does it to every team.
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The last half of the 4th quarter and overtime all they did was run the QB. Some were called passes, but then they just called Allen's number. It was simple for them.
 
Besides the special teams - the other thing that absolutely boggled me was watching Landman trying to stop Allen on a QB scramble.

Never seen someone time after time get foolishly sidestepped play after play.
 
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Merlin said:
The Rams built up a belief system in Landman, that he is a good starting linebacker, in that phase early last season where he was playing over his head. Then they rushed to pay him. It was a mistake, and since that time he has reverted back to who he was. He was always going to revert back to who he was regardless of whether they paid him, however if they hadn't paid him they would have addressed ILB perhaps.

But they didn't because they believe in him. It's stupid. All teams do this kind of thing, as they're run by people and people can't help but make mistakes. So these things happen and it's not like it's a massive financial mistake to play him. But the impact of the mistake was they overlooked that roster position and as a result it remains a need as it always has been under McVay/Snead as a roster building team.

All this aside we have won in spite of ILB. I get that. But one of the reasons we're fragile on defense is the hole we have in the roster quality in the middle of the field.

The future of ILB is speed and tackling in space, and ability to snuff out running QBs or at least limit them. Days of heavy duty early down backers who fill downhill are gone. They're easy to get and put on your depth chart, but at the top you need a couple who don't come off the field on passing downs.
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Replacing Speights is what I would target. They need to get an athletic ILB early in the draft. Would help with teams too.
 
DzRams said:
Replacing Speights is what I would target. They need to get an athletic ILB early in the draft. Would help with teams too.
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Why not Dolac to spy Allen. He's small but quick and fast. Or Agent Zero as suggested.
ANYTHING is better than doing nothing when Allen scrambling was killing them time after time.
I have reluctantly concluded that Shula is not smart and McVay is not a great game time coach.

BC
 
RonM11 said:
I just read where the Jets cut him before we picked him up last season. So, we picked up a Jets reject. No comment necessary.
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And we got our special teams coordinator from the Cleveland browns. We're literally scraping the bottom of the barrel for our special teams
 
BC Ramfan said:
Why not Dolac to spy Allen. He's small but quick and fast. Or Agent Zero as suggested.
ANYTHING is better than doing nothing when Allen scrambling was killing them time after time.
I have reluctantly concluded that Shula is not smart and McVay is not a great game time coach.

BC
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As our best pass rusher, I want Young rushing the passer, not spying the QB. The lack of athleticism is the weakness of the LB unit. Dolac probably can't do it if they don't trust him enough to give him snaps on defense.

I don't think Shula deserves to be fired but I also don't think he's special. I doubt he's qualified to be a NFL HC and if he does get a job as one, it will likely be because of his connection with McVay.

McVay's superpower is his leadership, ability to build culture, and his innovative offensive mind. But he has some acute weaknesses. His game time coaching ability is one of them. I think he's probably a "C" coach in that regard.
 
Stafford was on a roll and McVay left off the gas. Trusting a kicker like we have is wishful thinking. Did anyone on the entire coaching staff notice that the last 3 kicks he missed were all from the right hash mark ? I sure as hell did. Then the run to the right for no gain. FG was blocked , but it headed low left. All that hard work wasted by bad decisions and a poor kicker. Frustrating
 
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Based on talent alone, I don't see how this is a 'bad' year but boy, oh boy is it gonna end up being a disappointing one...

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Ram_Rally said:
My wife thinks im a football genius. On the last big Allen run, they sent Cook out wide. I told her Allen was gonna run when the rams pass rush over played their lanes.

I'm not a football genius. I just saw it 8 different times.
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Yeah, a lot of defenders out of position in the second half led to big plays.
 
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Faceplant said:
I think 2027 may be this teams best chance. Looking a lot like the shit bag, cousin fucking niners will win their 6rh in our stupid, others fans house.
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You never go full Shanahan. Kyle will find a way to fuck up a SB win if he gets the opportunity. You are who your record says you are...0-3.
 
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