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Well, one source is standing with the Rams:
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NFL Power Rankings entering Week 4: The Raiders are 3-0 and there are plenty of signs it might stick

The Raiders have won as many games this season as they did all last season.
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Dropping the Rams even this far doesn't seem like it will age well. The Rams played on Sunday night at Denver, a team that is 16-4 in its last 20 games, and lost in the final minute after a a bad defensive pass interference call. They were without two players who are arguably top 10 non-quarterbacks in the NFL, Myles Garrett and Puka Nacua. It was a reasonable loss. Check the Super Bowl betting odds: The Rams are still favorites at some books, or just behind the Bills. They're 1-2 but don't be fooled into thinking this isn't a very good team. The Rams will be just fine.

Still, 1-2 isn't how the Rams wanted to start. Even if the pass interference call was bad, the Rams were sloppy when it mattered.

The Rams have some things to clean up, and if Nacua and Garrett are out a while it will be a challenge, like it would be for any team losing two players at that level. But listen to the oddsmakers. The Rams will still be a Super Bowl contender.
 
We all are beginning to realize the oddsmakers are in control of what happens in the NFL, thank-you Vegas.
 
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FrantikRam said:
I had this game marked as a loss. I thought that Denver was a really talented team, and that the home field would be too much to overcome. But....there were some positives from last night.

The first and most obvious is.....without Puka and Myles - arguably the best offensive weapon and best defensive players in the NFL - we are still significantly better than a team who is almost completely healthy, at home and made the AFCCG last year winning 14 games. They also beat a Jaguars team last week who just beat the brakes off the Patriots.

It wasn't just the yardage, though I think that does tell a large portion of the story here for how much we dominated them - it was the refs, the plays we could have made (dropped INTs by Watson and Lake), our run defense - people will say whatever they will say and they'll have fun with this. But last night was the second game in a row where we showed we are more talented than everyone else.

Other good signs:

Mevis was perfect. Thank god after his miss last week....special teams is a disaster outside of him, but at least we have him

And the most important thing for me.....how we responded to the adversity. When Stafford threw the pick 6, I thought the game was over. Not only did the offense respond, but special teams kept the Broncos from getting past the 35 yard line on the ensuing kick return (have to squint hard to find positives for ST aside from Mevis), and then the defense made a game sealing pick that was stolen the refs. AND then the defense responded by stopping them AGAIN. Only to be aided by the refs again. We got them to 3rd down even after that before the culmination of everything got them to the 1cm line and any QB at that point can do what Nix did.

Davante, again. The WRs, overcoming the injuries on offense.....Kyren. Holy shit.

Concerns:

Evans and our coverage units. Kick return coverage kept them before the 35 so that was okay.....I'm wondering if it can be turned around by getting a new punter

Stafford was a little off, missing some open WRs again. But that's a tough place to play, they have a good defense and I imagine all that combines to mess with him. Not overly concerned here.



This was my prediction after the Niners debacle. 2 for 2 so far:

Giants - W
@Broncos - L
@Eagles - L
Bills - W
Cardinals - W
@Raiders - W
Chargers - W
@Commodes - W
@Cardinals - W
Packers - W
Chiefs - W
@Niners - W
Cowboys - W
@Seahawks - L
@Bucs - W
Seahawks - W

1-3 start, panic everywhere, finish 13-4


But I now see a win next week if Puka is back. I think our DL will get after the Eagles offense and we are due to beat them, just like Denver was due to beat us.
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I hope you’re right, honestly, I don’t think you are about the Bills game in particular. Especially without one of our starting cornerbacks, it appears.

The Rams need to seek out a trade with someone for at minimum a serviceable backup that will probably need to start (temporarily) soon.
 
Very easy to be concerned and we could easily be 1-4 in a couple weeks. Not trying to be a debbie downer but reality of our schedule is the next 2 games are gonna be tough ones. Philly will be pissed after getting embarrassed last night, and the Bills are looking pretty damn good.
 
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LARams_1963 said:
Very easy to be concerned and we could easily be 1-4 in a couple weeks. Not trying to be a debbie downer but reality of our schedule is the next 2 games are gonna be tough ones. Philly will be pissed after getting embarrassed last night, and the Bills are looking pretty damn good.
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So we wont be pissed with the way we lost?

Bills got challenged by SD...AT home. No reason we cant beat Buffalo at home.
 
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Eagles are coming home off an embarrassing loss. I don’t like the Rams in that one.

Rams at home vs Bills, I could see a big win for the Horns in that one. It could be that “Enough is enough” type game that turns it around.
 
Mojo Ram said:
Eagles are coming home off an embarrassing loss. I don’t like the Rams in that one.

Rams at home vs Bills, I could see a big win for the Horns in that one. It could be that “Enough is enough” type game that turns it around.
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Are the Rams gonna continue to "bitch-out" against Philly? How about strapping on our balls for once against this team?
 
Coliseum Ram said:
Are the Rams gonna continue to "bitch-out" against Philly? How about strapping on our balls for once against this team?
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That’d be great. Im not an expert X’s and O’s guy but on the field it too often looks like a bad matchup for our defense.

I feel like we can move the ball on them with (Puka), Adams, Kyren and Higs.
 
Mojo Ram said:
That’d be great. Im not an expert X’s and O’s guy but on the field it too often looks like a bad matchup for our defense.

I feel like we can move the ball on them with (Puka), Adams, Kyren and Higs.
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I'm not talking about "moving the ball," I'm talking about getting and taking a win. Especially with a 26-7 3rd Quarter lead. Why is McVay suddenly blowing multiple LARGE 2nd Half leads???
 
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I'm not talking about "moving the ball," I'm talking about getting and taking a win. Especially with a 26-7 3rd Quarter lead. Why is McVay suddenly blowing multiple LARGE 2nd Half leads???
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It was 16-0, then 16-16, not 26-7.

What gets me is the talking heads.....in this case, Chris Broussard from FTF. He says the Rams D allowed 30 second half points to a team who scored a total of 30 in their first two games. Not exactly accurate. The D let up 16. Then the offense gave them 7 on a pick 6. Then the refs gave them 7 on a DPI/no INT, which if called right would have meant the D allowed a total of 16 points.
 
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PARAM said:
It was 16-0, then 16-16, not 26-7.

What gets me is the talking heads.....in this case, Chris Broussard from FTF. He says the Rams D allowed 30 second half points to a team who scored a total of 30 in their first two games. Not exactly accurate. The D let up 16. Then the offense gave them 7 on a pick 6. Then the refs gave them 7 on a DPI/no INT, which if called right would have meant the D allowed a total of 16 points.
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Bro, try and keep up. This is an EAGLES discussion currently.
 
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My bad.

I disagree with your term "suddenly".
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Suddenly meaning the last year or two? I mean, wasnt, McVay 50-0 or something when leading at Halftime at the beginning of his Rams tenure???
 
Ramlock said:
I'd reverse that because the Eagles looked in disarray last night. I feel the Bills game will be a barn burner.
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We're going to be ready to blow up by the time we play the Bills and we match up really good against them.
We're done with the warm-up games.
We're going to find out what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. We're going to bust ass from here on out. :)
 
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