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It's Game Day!

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Here we are, again in December and once again the Rams are playing a meaningless game.

And this year...it feels GREAT!

GO RAMS!!!!
 

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I had a great time in Nashville last week jaw-jacking with Titan fans. No greater way to go into Christmas Day than to see the Rams clinch the division on the road!

That wind off the river into the stadium was brutal along with the rain because it would knock the 42 degree temp down to about 25.

Not looking for much against the Niner's today...but we'll see what happens.
 
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Should be a fun game today.
Watch some reserves get some meaningful time.
A lot to watch today.
Hopefully they represent well.
 

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Need a big game from Darrell Williams.....Step up big here and give Mannion the time and if given the time, Rams might not shock the world, but they sure will shock the hell out of the San Francisco 49er fan base.
 

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I had a great time in Nashville last week jaw-jacking with Titan fans. No greater way to go into Christmas Day than to see the Rams clinch the division on the road!

That wind off the river into the stadium was brutal along with the rain because it would knock the 42 degree temp down to about 25.

Not looking for much against the Niner's today...but we'll see what happens.
Do you think the wet and wind had an impact on Ficken? Is everyone wanting his head on a platter not realizing it was wet and windy and more challenging than normal? Or was it more nerves than anything? Thanks.
 

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Heading out da door! Last reg. season Tailgate of the year. Will be a good one. 29 peeps!! Wanna see our second stringers whoop some ass on the Whiners!!!

GO RAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

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Should be a fun game today.
Watch some reserves get some meaningful time.
A lot to watch today.
Hopefully they represent well.

This may be the '9ers Super Bowl, but it is also the Super Bowl for Sean Mannion and the other reserves who rarely see playing time. This is their opportunity to rise & shine out against our most traditionally hated divisional foe. The coaches really need to know who they can count on if a starter gets banged up; so these guys know they have to take full advantage of their opportunity today.

The '9ers seem to be a solid team who just needed a decent QB---very much like we were last year with the under-coached Case Keenum and Jared Goff playing behind a young and woefully banged up, inexperienced, & under-coached OL. Still, their top players seem to be a little less than our top players, and some of our reserves are damn good!---good enough to start elsewhere. I expect to see our resting starters acting like super gung ho cheerleaders for their respective understudies. The camaraderie on this team embraces the reserves as well. The Horns are a united front against the rest of the NFL!
 

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After the Rams 2nd and 3rd Stringers " Lay Waste" to the 49ers today, the entire Football World will shake with fear, and go "WOW!! Look Out for them Rams, they are for real!!!!"
 

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Do you think the wet and wind had an impact on Ficken? Is everyone wanting his head on a platter not realizing it was wet and windy and more challenging than normal? Or was it more nerves than anything? Thanks.
I think it was nerves. After he made one...he was money from there. It really didn't start to rain much until the 3rd qtr.
Of course I sat on the Rams side and it was a lot of Ram fans there. We kinda all agreed after he hit his first FG he would be ok.
 

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so as I posted in another thread, not sure if I wear my good luck jersey today (throwback Dickerson)... it seems to be good for 2 weeks before the luck runs out. Now I have worn it the past 2 weeks, so do I wear it this week, and say the hell with the superstitions, or do I not wear it, wash it and hope for the best next week?

if I wear it this week then wash it, Rams have 2 weeks of wins guaranteed.

If I don't wear it, who knows what happens next week.
 

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Not your normal 2017 game day thread feeling. Heck not your normal game day thread in years...

The Rams will play hard. Guys are fighting to hold their roster spot for next year. Good op for the backup offensive lineman we haven't seen much of. Good ops for the young WRs and LBers. Now, we get to see how far Mannion has progressed this year. Stay healthy and play hard. Go Rams!
 

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so as I posted in another thread, not sure if I wear my good luck jersey today (throwback Dickerson)... it seems to be good for 2 weeks before the luck runs out. Now I have worn it the past 2 weeks, so do I wear it this week, and say the hell with the superstitions, or do I not wear it, wash it and hope for the best next week?

if I wear it this week then wash it, Rams have 2 weeks of wins guaranteed.

If I don't wear it, who knows what happens next week.

What happens if you wear it inside out?

:sneaky:
 

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so as I posted in another thread, not sure if I wear my good luck jersey today (throwback Dickerson)... it seems to be good for 2 weeks before the luck runs out. Now I have worn it the past 2 weeks, so do I wear it this week, and say the hell with the superstitions, or do I not wear it, wash it and hope for the best next week?

if I wear it this week then wash it, Rams have 2 weeks of wins guaranteed.

If I don't wear it, who knows what happens next week.

Sounds like you wear and the Rams lose but, it doesn't matter much today.
 

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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...g-to-no-4-rams-should-remember-2006-playoffs/

Before plunging to No. 4, Rams should remember 2006 playoffs
Posted by Mike Foolio on December 31, 2017

As noted on Friday, it’s believed that the Rams are choosing to rest starters because they prefer to land as the No. 4 seed, not the No. 3 seed, on the NFC playoff tree. While it may be too late to un-implement their plan, there’s still a very good reason to try to beat the 49ers on Sunday.

By losing, the Rams could be blowing a chance to host the NFC title game.

That possibility was mentioned in Friday’s story on the topic, but Friday’s story failed to mention one key factor: A similar scenario played out in 2006.

The Colts were the No. 3 seed, and the Patriots were the No. 4 seed. The Colts, who had clinched the division, needed to win in Week 17 in order to avoid sliding to No. 4. But the Colts saw what was looming: A win in the wild-card round at home, a road win in the divisional round, and a possible matchup in the AFC title game with a Patriots team that was good enough to do the same thing.

By staying at No. 3 with a Week 17 win over the Dolphins, the Colts ensured that the showdown with the Patriots would happen in Indianapolis, where it would be much easier to win in late January than in New England.

And that’s exactly what happened: The Colts beat the Chiefs then the Ravens, and the Patriots beat the Jets then the Chargers. The Colts then beat the Patriots to get to the Super Bowl.

While the Rams aren’t faced with playing the NFC title game in the elements, their apparent preference for a matchup with the Panthers over the Falcons/Seahawks and a then road trip to Philly instead of Minnesota opens the door for the possibility of having to play the Saints in their own building for a berth in Super Bowl 52, if the Saints win at home next weekend and then at Minnesota. Which will make it harder for the Rams to eventually get to Minnesota for the last game of the year than if the host the NFC Championship.

https://www.dailynews.com/2017/12/3...f-first-year-turnarounds-continues-with-rams/

Wade Phillips’ streak of first-year turnarounds continues with Rams
By RICH HAMMOND


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Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG


Wade Phillips has done it again.

Hailed as a quick turnaround artist for the past three decades, Phillips has maintained his reputation during his first season as Rams defensive coordinator. Even if things go poorly for the Rams on Sunday in their backup-heavy season finale against San Francisco, the Rams’ defense will have improved in 2017.

The Rams have allowed 295 points this season, 99 fewer than in 2016, and the Rams have forced 25 turnovers compared to 18 last season. Most importantly, the Rams are headed to the playoffs.

Starting with the 1989 season, Phillips has been hired for eight jobs, and all eight of those teams made the playoffs in his first season. Six of them missed the playoffs the previous season. In Phillips’ first year, his teams have an average record of 11-5, compared to 7-9 in the season before his arrival.

“Obviously it’s not me,” Phillips said this week. “Obviously here it’s (Coach) Sean McVay. Normally, I’ve come in and the offense was good and they changed defensive coordinators because the defense wasn’t very good. And I’ve had some luck and success getting in the playoffs the first year with that.”

It’s clear that McVay’s worst-to-first offensive turnaround is a major reason why the Rams are 11-5 this season after their dreadful 4-12 season a year ago, but Phillips also has made a difference.

The Rams ranked 23rd last season in points per game against, at 24.6. Now they’re tied for eighth, at 19.7. As long as the 49ers don’t total more than 420 yards on Sunday, the Rams also will improve on last season’s average of 331.4 yards against per game.

Phillips’ teams have made statistical improvements in his first year upon his hiring as defensive coordinator in Denver (1989, and again in 2015), Buffalo (1995), Atlanta (2002), San Diego (2004), Houston (2011) and with the Rams this year, and as head coach with Dallas in 2007.

Including this season, Phillips’ defenses have improved by averages of 5.1 points and 31.3 yards per game in his first year, so the Rams’ improvement of 4.9 points is in line with Phillips’ past.

“I take some pride in it,” Phillips said, “but it’s obviously the players and the coaches that I’ve worked for and, especially this year, Sean. I think our coaches have done a really good job defensively, but Sean’s made a difference obviously.”

Phillips’ top first-year improvement was with the 2011 Texans, who allowed 9.3 fewer points and 91.2 fewer yards per game than they did in 2010. Connor Barwin was in his third season with the Texans when Phillips arrived, and Barwin totaled 11.5 sacks that season.

So it wasn’t a huge surprise when, after Phillips joined the Rams and Barwin was released by Philadelphia in March, Barwin signed with the Rams. Defensive backs Kavyon Webster (who played under Phillips in Denver) and Nickell Robey-Coleman also joined the Rams as free agents, even though the Rams were dreadful last season and seemed to be far from being a playoff team.

“I wouldn’t have come here if I didn’t think we could compete,” Barwin said, “but I wouldn’t have told you then that I knew we were going to win the division. I knew Wade was special. I knew this was a talented team, but all these guys have just come together and this is the result everybody deserves.”

The Rams, under Phillips, made a transition to a 3-4 defense from the 4-3 they had run under coordinator Gregg Williams. The Rams actually have more of a five-man front and attack the quarterback more.

The Rams’ statistics in pass defense, run defense and third-down percentage essentially have been the same as last season, but they have recorded 48 sacks, compared to 31 last season, and have grabbed 16 interceptions, compared to 10 last season. Amazingly, the Rams have forced a turnover on the opponent’s first drive in four consecutive games and in eight of 15 games this season.

If the Rams (11-4) manage to beat the 49ers (5-10) — and that won’t be easy, given that they intend to rest Jared Goff, Todd Gurley, Aaron Donald and several other top players — they will make an eight-win improvement from 2016, but that will only match the best single-season turnaround in Phillips’ career.

The Chargers went 4-12 in 2013, then fired defensive coordinator Dale Lindsey and hired Phillips. The Chargers allowed 128 fewer points in 2014, finished 12-4, won the AFC West and won one playoff game.

The Rams could be on a similar track, although they’d love to take a couple steps farther than those Chargers and send Phillips to the Super Bowl for the third time in his 41-year NFL career.
 

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Before plunging to No. 4, Rams should remember 2006 playoffs
Posted by Mike Foolio on December 31, 2017

As noted on Friday, it’s believed that the Rams are choosing to rest starters because they prefer to land as the No. 4 seed, not the No. 3 seed, on the NFC playoff tree. While it may be too late to un-implement their plan, there’s still a very good reason to try to beat the 49ers on Sunday.

By losing, the Rams could be blowing a chance to host the NFC title game.

That possibility was mentioned in Friday’s story on the topic, but Friday’s story failed to mention one key factor: A similar scenario played out in 2006.

The Colts were the No. 3 seed, and the Patriots were the No. 4 seed. The Colts, who had clinched the division, needed to win in Week 17 in order to avoid sliding to No. 4. But the Colts saw what was looming: A win in the wild-card round at home, a road win in the divisional round, and a possible matchup in the AFC title game with a Patriots team that was good enough to do the same thing.

By staying at No. 3 with a Week 17 win over the Dolphins, the Colts ensured that the showdown with the Patriots would happen in Indianapolis, where it would be much easier to win in late January than in New England.

And that’s exactly what happened: The Colts beat the Chiefs then the Ravens, and the Patriots beat the Jets then the Chargers. The Colts then beat the Patriots to get to the Super Bowl.

While the Rams aren’t faced with playing the NFC title game in the elements, their apparent preference for a matchup with the Panthers over the Falcons/Seahawks and a then road trip to Philly instead of Minnesota opens the door for the possibility of having to play the Saints in their own building for a berth in Super Bowl 52, if the Saints win at home next weekend and then at Minnesota. Which will make it harder for the Rams to eventually get to Minnesota for the last game of the year than if the host the NFC Championship.


Well done on the name change! A+++