All Foles....replace him in week 4...whole different ballgame....
The one game to me was Minnesota
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To me it was the Baltimore game, no excuse for blowing that 10 point lead in the 4th qtr. against a bad team like that.
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Minnesota puts us at 5-3 and I think the confidence level is at an all time high.
But I can't help but cringe at the Baltimore loss. We absolutely handed a game away that we dominated in full.
Minnesota puts us at 5-3 and I think the confidence level is at an all time high.
But I can't help but cringe at the Baltimore loss. We absolutely handed a game away that we dominated in full.
I am under the impression Nick Foles cost Cignetti his job. Had Keenum not had to play in a windstorm in Baltimore and gotten a concussion I feel as those Cigs would still be operating the offense.
This team is MUCH better than that, and as stated above at no point should we be thinking we were lucky to have hit that mark. I'd wager it was unlucky we didn't make a playoff push. The Steelers, Vikings, and Ravens games would have ended much more positively than they did. All they needed was a TINY bit more from the QB position. Plug a good starter in there and they would have had a shot at the division.
Sorry for thinking your expectations are crap, but if that means I have a teenages attitude so be it.
8-8 is what you want? Bad enough to miss the playoffs and think of only what could have been, yet also good enough to prevent this team from getting the one thing it really needs; a competent QB?
I am not saying tanking would be a good idea. I love the effort and wins, but 8-8 is what it is. I don't care how long its been since this team has pulled that off. They need more.
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Yes, it would be Hawks or Vikings losing that would put us in if Rams beat Niners. I was rushed when asked how and it's because both would be at 9 wins if we had won that game and we have both tie breakers
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I'm saying, if the Rams win that game, Rams win next week, and either Vikings or Hawks lose next week, which is likely, Rams are going to the playoffs.
vs Chicago? Like i said i disagree. The outcome vs Minnesota had little bearing on the Bears game(or the course of the season) IMO. The Rams' MO was in full force. Lose a tough, close game on the road vs a quality opponent in Minnesota(no shame in that) and turn around and get beatdown at home vs a bad team. Rams win at home vs the Bears(even after dropping a close one at Minnesota) and the season(playoff talk) continues and takes on a completely different feel.
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Helluva thread, that's for sure.
So many winnable games that slipped between our fingers.
A game here or a game there.
A score here or a score there.
A two point or a one point conversion.
Four red zone ints vs the Packers.
Picking Cigs rather than Boras for the OC position.
Losing TWO OL on a single Foles interception play? I mean, the SAME damned play?
Winning a damned coin flip for the wind?
I'll say this, and I doubt that many will disagree. We are a helluva lot better than our 7-8 record indicates.
Arrrrrgh! It's not easy being a Ram fan. Sigh...
So many winnable games that slipped between our fingers.
A game here or a game there.
A score here or a score there.
A two point or a one point conversion.
Four red zone ints vs the Packers.
Picking Cigs rather than Boras for the OC position.
Losing TWO OL on a single Foles interception play? I mean, the SAME damned play?
Winning a damned coin flip for the wind?
I'll say this, and I doubt that many will disagree. We are a helluva lot better than our 7-8 record indicates.
Arrrrrgh! It's not easy being a Ram fan. Sigh...
Yep! Al we can do at this point is play the cards we've been dealt!
( Week #'s 2-3-9 and 11. all very winnable games!!)
8-8 is a non-Losing Season, and a beginning!
Look at how many 8-8 seasons the cowboys had and the press always called them " God's gift to Football" so to speak!
As much as that loss sucked, it isn't the pivotal game. As Ramz said, the Vikings loss is more pivotal. But the Ravens loss is what killed our playoff hopes. And we had no business losing that game. If we had beat the Ravens, we'd be in the playoffs next week with a win over San Francisco and a Seattle loss to Arizona.
I dont think you have a clear sense of the mental pulse of this years team big picture-wise,. Im sure the Rams felt very good about themselves going into the Chicago game, despite a tough loss in Minnesota, and they had every reason to. The wheels fell off vs Chicago. Thats couldn't be any clearer. The Chicago gm was last year's 2nd AZ gm. The team fell out of the mindset that they had turned the corner so to speak. The Vikings loss was just that...a hard fought loss.
I don't believe there's any such thing as momentum going into a new season.
A figment of the imagination.
The Bears game was the most inexplicable loss of the season to me. Had we lost to the Bears by a late FG in a tight game, it would STILL be the most inexplicable loss of the season to me. Here's why:
1. We were at home - Vikings and Ravens games sucked - but they were road games. Look at what Baltimore just did to Pittsburgh. Knew that game would be tough as they play everyone tough.
2. Back to back road games are tough - back to back road games where the team plays Monday night then Sunday at 1pm are even tougher - back to back road games going from Monday to Sunday, including travel from the WEST COAST??? The NFL did everything they could to give us an advantage. And we just didn't show up.
1. We were at home - Vikings and Ravens games sucked - but they were road games. Look at what Baltimore just did to Pittsburgh. Knew that game would be tough as they play everyone tough.
2. Back to back road games are tough - back to back road games where the team plays Monday night then Sunday at 1pm are even tougher - back to back road games going from Monday to Sunday, including travel from the WEST COAST??? The NFL did everything they could to give us an advantage. And we just didn't show up.
I really hate playing the "what if" game but if I had to for this season, the Pittsburgh game is the most frustrating winnable game. Defense played their hearts out and all we needed to do was score ONE touchdown and the Rams win that game. That was the most extremely frustrating thing to watch.