Rams crush Whoville - Media Fallout

[Soul Surfer]

No easy or quick fix to the Sofi dilemma.

Winning cures everything.
It just takes time.

 

[JonRam99]

Yep. There were whole convos in certain online communities about arbitrage opportunities at various price points and once the stadium was finished and so many fans saw seeing an away game in SoFi as a bucket list item, locsl fans had to contend with once-in-a-lifetime vacation money.

With where the economics of live sporting events is now, I’m not sure there’s a price point that packs the place with loyal fans while dissuading ticket brokers and investors from coming in.

Lower ticket prices make the arbitragers more money and higher prices price out many local fans reducing overall local demand and creating a denser pool of arbitragers to fans… which means more opposing fans

There are things they could have done, but needing to recoup $5.5B means no one’s getting a price break. That ship has sailed. I’ve been to one game there and it’s worth it.

And yes, its sad we can‘t really have home games like the Packers, Patriots, Steelers and Eagles. I wish it could be different.

Sad to say, but this is one of the best explanations I've heard about this problem -- and it's a serious problem. Rams players were mic'd up on a video I saw a few weeks ago on an away game, one of them was lamenting, "oh so is this how it feels to play a home game?" (referring to the support the other team was getting from their home fans).
After a while... what F/A is gonna want to go play for a team that NEVER plays true home games? Could this be a factor in why we missed out on Evans? And, isn't Matt tired of not being able to audible at the line in his own stadium?
Stan and/or the NFL needs to fix this problem. It's serious.

 

[den-the-coach]

Buffalo can give up the run.
This probably will be the game plan and should be.
Frankly, I think its the only way the Rams keep it close....control the ball and finish with TDs, not FGs.
That said, McVay continually goes away from the run when it is working.
If the Rams fall behind early they need to keep running the ball, but, I don't think McVay will do this.
He really gets in his own way sometimes.

This is so true and I have seen McVay stick with the run on a couple of occasions, against the Patriots several years ago, but concur with this assessment. McVay cannot help himself sometimes, but in this game, run both Williams & Corum like they are ten cent ponies and stick with it throughout the contest.

 

[JonRam99]

Winning cures everything.
It just takes time.

See my post above.
Hard to win games when you're always playing on the road.

 

[majrleaged]

If you were in Chicago for example and wanted to go to a road game....LA and Vegas, when they play there, would lead the list.
Plus LA is full of disgusting transplants from back east in particular.
No easy or quick fix to the Sofi dilemma.

It takes a lot of winning over a lot of years and kids growing up with the team to root for.

 

[Allen2McVay]

...
No easy or quick fix to the Sofi dilemma.

Becoming a winning / playoff team under a high energy, young head coach, playing exciting football (with star players), going to a Super Bowl and, then winning a Lombardi (on their home field) were all supposed to accelerate the support of the Rams' Los Angeles fan base.

It didn't. That's disappointing.

No successful NFL team, in recent years, has endured such a lack of home-field fan support.
That is really disappointing.

 

[fearsomefour]

Becoming a winning / playoff team under a high energy, young head coach, playing exciting football (with star players), going to a Super Bowl and, then winning a Lombardi (on their home field) were all supposed to accelerate the support of the Rams' Los Angeles fan base.

It didn't. That's disappointing.

No successful NFL team, in recent years, has endured such a lack of home-field fan support.
That is really disappointing.

It really is.
When I went to the Steelers Rams game last year I saw several parents in Steeler jersey with their kids in Rams jerseys. Makes sense. The kids are growing up in LA.
A lot of bridge building with young fans should happen and could take a generation or two....if it happens.

 

[fearsomefour]

This is so true and I have seen McVay stick with the run on a couple of occasions, against the Patriots several years ago, but concur with this assessment. McVay cannot help himself sometimes, but in this game, run both Williams & Corum like they are ten cent ponies and stick with it throughout the contest.

I understand why he does this.
He sees his weapons outside and his QB and sees chunk plays potentially there.
He really needs someone in his ear in game that can keep him on the plan.

 

[den-the-coach]

He really needs someone in his ear in game that can keep him on the plan.

 

[Loyal]

And GB is too fricken cold for me.

Wimp! ~ @Mackeyser

 

[RamWoodie]

that game is at home and timing is everything. They caught us after the disappointing finish to the Detroit game. Our Oline was a reck. The D was worn out after playing the lions and still had a lot to learn. The Rams are way healthier, have improved and are still improving. Cards are doing what they do at the end of seasons.

I don't agree with that. The Rams were not worn down from losing to Detroit. The fact is in the Cards game the Ram secondary had NO CLUE!!!

I'm as big a Ram fan as anyone...but FACTS ARE FACTS! I really think after OWNING the Cards for so long, they took them lightly.

 

[majrleaged]

I don't agree with that. The Rams were not worn down from losing to Detroit. The fact is in the Cards game the Ram secondary had NO CLUE!!!

I'm as big a Ram fan as anyone...but FACTS ARE FACTS! I really think after OWNING the Cards for so long, they took them lightly.

Well, they might not have prepared for the Cards like they preped for the Lions. They did lose to them in a close game in the playoffs and I am sure it was their focus in the offseason. I would call that game a classic trap game. So we will add that to the list with the other things mentioned. Just one more reason they will beat the cards.

The Rams are not the same team that played the Cards earlier.

 

[majrleaged]

Becoming a winning / playoff team under a high energy, young head coach, playing exciting football (with star players), going to a Super Bowl and, then winning a Lombardi (on their home field) were all supposed to accelerate the support of the Rams' Los Angeles fan base.

It didn't. That's disappointing.

No successful NFL team, in recent years, has endured such a lack of home-field fan support.
That is really disappointing.

I went to the Dolphin game and the Rams definitely had the home crowd. At the big moments on D the crowed was really loud. Not so for the Dolphins. Yes, there were plenty of Dolphin fans. The ones I talked to were from here, which is standard for most of the opposing fans that attend these games. I don't know about anybody else, but I can't change who I have rooted for my whole life. I tried when the Rams left, but I hated to many teams for too long to change.

The way the Rams have performed will definitely pay off down the line when the kids of today grow into ticket buyers. That is the reality.

 

[JonRam99]

View: https://x.com/JourdanRodrigue/status/1864358702481907790

 

[Tano]

Wimp! ~ @Mackeyser

Well, I call Mackeyser a wimp for not handling the heat in Florida. So there.

 

[Tano]

I don't agree with that. The Rams were not worn down from losing to Detroit. The fact is in the Cards game the Ram secondary had NO CLUE!!!

I'm as big a Ram fan as anyone...but FACTS ARE FACTS! I really think after OWNING the Cards for so long, they took them lightly.

I mostly blame the Reeder Rozeboom tandem on that game. However, you are right about the secondary being terrible. The safeties have gotten better and the Cardinals do not have a game breaker like Barkley.

If we can keep Murray in the pocket, we can win that game.

 

[Mackeyser]

Wimp! ~ @Mackeyser

‘oh yeah. I’m loving this Minny winter this far.

 

[Merlin]

View: https://x.com/JourdanRodrigue/status/1864358702481907790

Hell of a nice article by Jourdan. Interesting quote by Kupp too:

“When Matthew got (to Los Angeles in 2021), he’s obviously seen everything under the sun and he’s played in every offense,” receiver Cooper Kupp said.

“He’s like the savant of football. He came in here and I remember that first training camp (that summer) … we’re going to go through a blitz pickup walk-through and Matthew’s out there just like bop-bop-bop-bop-bop, getting us in exactly what we wanted to be in.”

Kupp pointed rapidly in different directions as he spoke, imitating Stafford’s movements.

“I remember walking off there and just clapping. I was like, ‘This is what we needed.’ This is like the stress that comes off when you have a quarterback that is able to see things like that.”

 

[brucebruce]

Becoming a winning / playoff team under a high energy, young head coach, playing exciting football (with star players), going to a Super Bowl and, then winning a Lombardi (on their home field) were all supposed to accelerate the support of the Rams' Los Angeles fan base.

It didn't. That's disappointing.

No successful NFL team, in recent years, has endured such a lack of home-field fan support.
That is really disappointing.

LA has many transplants who rarely get to see their original hometown team, so they show up at Sofi. And LA is a destination travel city. Still, Kronke should take significant steps to make Sofi a home field for his organization. I'm not sure what the best way to do that is, but I'm sure it'll end up costing him significant revenue.

 

[Soul Surfer]

See my post above.
Hard to win games when you're always playing on the road.

I'm saying that the local fan base will slowly build up because of winning.