Here's to special teams. Dirty kicks by Karty kept Washington from getting good field position to start. He pinned them at the 20 twice, the 28 and 33. On punts, we covered pretty well too. And on our KR, we averaged 27 yards. McManus was 2 of 2 on FGs.CELEBRATE !! Rams beat Washington
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Here's to special teams. Dirty kicks by Karty kept Washington from getting good field position to start. He pinned them at the 20 twice, the 28 and 33. On punts, we covered pretty well too. And on our KR, we averaged 27 yards. McManus was 2 of 2 on FGs.
Have to give McVay credit for his out of the box thinking on Karty. And not that no one thought of it. I know myself and others here thought of it, and posted about using him for his dirty kicks as soon as they signed him. However, many old school coaches would never "waste" a roster spot on a 2nd kicker, and then activate both kickers on game day. He did and it has helped. They may lose today if a few of those drives start at the 35 or 40 instead of the 20 or 25.
I watched portions of several games today where special teams other than the Rams were crapping the bed this Sunday.
The Rams have turned a corner with this game! Stafford wasn't perfect, but he was not 4 INT Caleb Williams. MVP Stafford is lurking
just outside the door and I bet he arrives when we need him the most.
The Rams have turned a corner with this game! Stafford wasn't perfect, but he was not 4 INT Caleb Williams. MVP Stafford is lurking
just outside the door and I bet he arrives when we need him the most.
I'll always take the win.
The positive in this game is our defense may save our season. Again I think we need to be a defensive team to make this work. Meaning they need to consistently shut down opposing offenses or we're going to lose to good teams on the schedule.
Garrett if he can stay healthy may be enough for us to get there. Also I don't trust Forbes. So we absolutely need McDuffie healthy for a run and even then the rush will need to be epic. Which it might be if Garrett stays up.
We are 5-4. But whether we're a contender or a pretender is going to come down to our defense.
The positive in this game is our defense may save our season. Again I think we need to be a defensive team to make this work. Meaning they need to consistently shut down opposing offenses or we're going to lose to good teams on the schedule.
Garrett if he can stay healthy may be enough for us to get there. Also I don't trust Forbes. So we absolutely need McDuffie healthy for a run and even then the rush will need to be epic. Which it might be if Garrett stays up.
We are 5-4. But whether we're a contender or a pretender is going to come down to our defense.
yea good points. No post game bitching about special needs teams.
Hats off, they kept working on it.
Throw enough shit against a wall and something will stick.
A blind squirl gets a nut now and then.
They need to figure out Kartys other mental issues. He needs to be our kicker moving forward.
Watching some of this again, still can't get over how dominant Forbes was in this game. He looked like a legit starting corner. His intensity was off the charts, reminded me of a baby Jalen Ramsey.
As I pointed out in the Garrett thread I think all the injuries have us all frustrated and every thread just somehow turns into another vent thread. I like any and all Rams wins and it sure was nice to see a lineman sack the QB a few times today. Should be a lot more to come if we keep forcing teams into throwing situations.
Hey guys, we're on a 3 game winning streak! We still get to enjoy the ride because we're still relevant. This season's not over. Enjoy.
Lake, Forbes, Wallace and Curl played 100% of the defensive snaps. Other than allowing Van Jefferson to make this his payback game, they did pretty good. BY and Fiske, 86% and 77% were next with AD at 76% and Kinchens at 71%. I gotta believe once Garrett gets up to the Fiske/AD percentages and McDuffie is back, we ought to have a formidable defense.
I don't remember hearing Wallace's name called in this game and that's a good thing, right.
Wasn't it Lake who got beat late down the sidelines that could have cost us the game?
Looked like a standard out and up pattern too. Nothing remarkable, but beat him easily.
Forbes did fine overall yesterday ....... made some plays too ...... not perfect, but not a liability like he has been at times in the past.
Looked like a standard out and up pattern too. Nothing remarkable, but beat him easily.
Forbes did fine overall yesterday ....... made some plays too ...... not perfect, but not a liability like he has been at times in the past.
Today I saw Schlereth mention that the passing offense is basically designed to force the ball to Puka...the other guys run "for the love of the game" routes.
So why are the guys running lazy routes? Because they know that the ball likely won't be coming their way.
Is it right or professional? No, but the guys are human.
I think it would do the team well to have a game plan designed to spread the ball around a bit more to keep everyone focused.
here's the problem with that. Remember the 21' season when Kupp ran that "for the love of the game" route with a minute left and a tied game against the Bucs? Yeah I remember it too. Kupp caught it because he didn't run a lazy route. Thus we won the game.
Whether you're running a clear out route or if you're a primary target doesn't matter. You give 100% on every play or you're gonna get the results we saw on Sunday.