2013 revisited - Game One vs Arizona (1st Half)

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12intheBox

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Its the dead time of the year - time to break out last year's games.

The Rams begin the 2013 Season at home against the Cardinals.

Cunningham returned a rolling kick from the 3 to the 27 making a nifty little sidestep to scoot around a defender firing in on Reynold's missed block. Decent blocking other than that.

The first offensive play of the year was a quick pass in the flat to a wide open Kendricks down the sideline for 10 yards - Acho had been lined across from Kendricks but he blitzed - Richardson picked it up (sort of) he got thrown into Sam - who stayed on his feet. Sam read the play and got rid of it quickly.

Richardson ran for 6 up the middle with a nice hole (Dahl and Kendricks from FB) then he caught a pass as a safety valve for a first down. The passing play looked like it was meant to go deep, but Williams let a blitzing linebacker go free after pulling. Sam ran to his right to get the throw off as he was being tackled.

The next play Sam went back and had a pocket - didn't like what he saw downfield and dumped it off to Richardson who had a field of green in front of him. Richardson made it good for about 20 yards but the play was called back - Holding on Jake Long was the reason Sam had that nice pocket. Campbell had him beat and Jake took him down.

1st & 20 from our own 35. Draw for 6 yards. Daryl Richardson fantasy owners are oogling over how often he is touching the ball.

2nd & 14 - False Start - Saffold

2 & 19 - Bradford either overthrows Cook by 5 yards or Cook ran at the wrong depth. Ball was thrown about 5 yards away from scrimmage. Sam had initially been looking down field again but not finding anything.

3 & 19 - Sam gets a good pocket - doesn't chance it downfield - instead finds Richardson at about the line of scrimmage who beats one guy and turns it into about a 15 yard gain.

PUNT - and it is a beauty. Ball was kicked from the Rams 40, it bounced on the 4 and was angling to go out of bounds at about the one inch line. Mike McNeil caught the ball right in the corner and apparently went over the line because they called it a touchback.

Defense finally gets their action of the year.

1 & 10 McLeod was coming on the play and met Mendenhall in the backfield for no gain.

2-10 Palmer completes to the TE for a first down - found the soft spot in the zone. Brockers had an impressive pass rush on the play.

1-10 Palmer hits Floyd on an out for 10 yards. Finnegan was there to push him out of bounds but was 3 feet away when the ball got there.

1-10 - Mendenhall runs for 7 - Long was doubled at the point of attack - Ogletree dragged him down.

2-3 from midfield. Mendenall runs for 11. He cut to the outside and beat JL55 to the corner.

1-10 - Quinn. Beat his guy so cleanly that the lineman just stood there and watched as he stripped the ball out of Palmer's hand. The ball fell right to the beaten tackles feet who picked it up and ran back to the LOS.

2 & 10 - Pass to Fitz for a 12 yd gain. Between Jenkins and Ogletree in zone

1 & 10 - 30 yd line - William Hayes lines up wide 9 and crushes a running play headed up the gut in the backfield.

2 & 11 - Rams blitz - they run a draw which gets past a few but Hayes is there again and drops him for a loss of 1 again.

3 & 12 - Quinn - Abuses Levi Brown and Palmer has no real chance - dropped for a loss of 9. Takes the Cards out of FG Range.

PUNT - Tavon is back and makes a good decision to fair catch it at the 11.


On the next drive the Rams ran for 4, ran for 3, then hit Givens for 15 yards. Ball was thrown a yard from scrimmage. Givens made Peterson miss to get free.

Rams ran for 1, then Kendricks picked up 10 yards on a 5 yd pass breaking a tackle to do it. Kendricks came up with an ankle.

1 & 10 from 40. Jared Cook hit in stride 25 yards downfield and its a T-O-U-C-H-D-O --- no it isn't - its a fumble and touchback. Motherf&^#@

Defense from the 20

Brockers with the tackle on a 2 yd run

Mendenall for 6

3 & 2 - Palmer to Fitz for a First down - Tru was there - tough to stop.

1 & 10 - Palmer gets plenty of time and hits the TE - JL55 with tight coverage - 16 yd gain.

1&10 - Mendenall runs for 2.

2 & 7 Palmer looks deep and connects for 44 yards to Floyd. Finnegan had good coverage - great one handed catch by Floyd.

1 & G from the 3 - Fade to Larry overthrown - Jenkins w good coverage but it was probably there with a better throw.

2 & G - Same play - Touchdown - again, pretty good coverage - but thats tough to cover.

7-0 Cardinals

Squib Kick fallen on by a lineman at the 20.

1 & 10 - Playaction pass to Tavon. Tavon had lined up as the right wingback after going in motion - on the snap - he went back across the field just behind the O Line. When Sam got him the ball there were 3 defenders after him but all of them were at least 5 yards away. Tavon slipped when trying to plant and ended up with a 1 yd gain.

2 & 9 - Richardson runs for 11. Saffold, Dahl, Williams all made good blocks.

1 & 10 - Richardson for 3. Saffold hurt on the play. Barksdale comes in the game. Fortuitous injury on hindsight.

2 & 7 - Pass play - looks like miscommunication in the backfield on the play action because Bradford turns around completely - maybe just a more elaborate play action fake. Sam goes deep for Tavon who has a step - Pass Interference on the Honey Badger. Good looking pass. 38 yd penalty.

1 & 10 - Encroachment

1 & 5 - from 21 - pass to Cook bear the endzone - could have been PI as well but no call - didn't look like Sam and Cook were on the same page and Sam ended up with a lineman in his face - Wells on the block - but in fairness, it was the second guy Wells was blocking who got through.

2 & 5 - Richardson runs for 3 up the middle

3 & 2 - Bradford has a small pocket but a pocket - he throws to Quick who is running down the LOS - would have been tackled for no gain had he caught it - which he did not.

Greg the Leg takes 3 from 36

Kickoff - the Cards should down it, but Arenas runs it out and gets taken down by Darren Bates at the 5.

1 & 10 - Mendenhall runs for 5 but pays for it with a huge hit by TJ McDonald.

2 & 5 - Mendhall loses one yard as the entire defense line swallows him.

3 & 6 - Palmer hits Andre Roberts for 13 yards. Rams in zone and Palmer finds the spot again.

1 & 10 - Palmer hits Fitzgerald at the LOS and Larry turns it into 13 yds.

1 & 10 - run for 2 - good play by JL55 shedding a block making the tackle.

2 & 8 - Run for 5 up the middle - Witherspoon makes the tackle.

3 & 2 - short pass - zone coverage - to Roberts who gets 10 out of it.

1 & 10 - Patrick Peterson checks in on offense - they throw a college screen to him but its broken up by Tru streaking in.

2 & 10 - Long pass to Floyd - 20 yards deep into the zone. Finnegan adds a late hit to tack 15 extra yards to the play.

1 & 10 from the 14 - Palmer to Fitz in the endzone broken up nicely by Jenkins.

2 & 10 - Mendenhall runs for 3

3 & 7 - pass deflected by Sims at the line.

Field Goal

10 - 3 Cardinals

Kickoff is a touchback

Saffold is back in the game at RT

1 & 10 - Short pass to Tavon who gets an extra 5 out of it - 9 yd gain.

2 & 1 - Richardson gets 2 yds running into the line.

1 & 10 - Short pass to Richardson coming out the backfield - gain of 8 - Richardson bobbled it badly - could have been more.

2 & 2 - Zac Stacy gets a run and picks up 3 - but offside on the Defense gets the Rams 5.

1 & 10 - Play action - Sam has time and forces it to Cook who has 3 guys on him - incomplete.

2 & 10 - Draw to Stacy for 4 yds.

3 & 6 - Pressure comes but Sam gets away and completes it downfield for a first down to Givens coming back for it.

1 & 10 - Sam complete to Cook for 11.

1 & 10 - ball at 29 - Sam throws it behind Pettis - clear miscommunication

2 & 10 - Defensive penalty for jumping (Peterson)

2 & 5 - Empty Backfield - and they get pressure forcing Sam to throw it away - Jake Long down on the play - Rams call a timeout so he doesn't need to come off the field.

3 & 5 - Sam hits Tavon 7 yards down the field. First down and Tavon gets out of bounds - 1:10 left in the half

1 & 10 - Richardson runs to the right for 2

2 & 8 - Sam to Cook for a TD - they let about 30 seconds come off the clock getting the ball snapped but Cook's dive to the pile-on made it worth while.

After a touchback - the Cardinals come out throwing from the 20 - incomplete on first down, then a 20 yard pass complete to Andre Roberts who gets destroyed by McDonald. Timeout Cardinals - Another complete pass to the back gets them over midfield with 10 seconds left.

Pass complete to Fitz another 18 yards down field. 5 seconds left and the Cards have worked their way into FG position. 50 yard attempt - no good wide right.

Halftime 10 - 10

Thats it for tonight ...
 

Boffo97

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I remember those halcyon days of thinking Jared Cook would be the biggest steal of free agency.

If only we could have that Jared Cook EVERY week.
 

Mojo Ram

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Richardson had a nice start...because he was healthy.
 

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Man I thought for sure we were going 10-6 last yr, esp after that game. Most of the trouble in that game on offense seemed to be from miscommunications/ players other than Bradford not doing the right things. I thought it would be corrected and perfected later. But even up until B got hurt, we had these same issues. If the players can stop making these mistakes, our offense will be just fine - a top 15 I think.