I Expect a Fast Start

[A55VA6]

Colts or texans

Haha, those are 2 good ones for sure!

 

[Barrison]

I've got the night free, thinking about re-watching one of the games from this year. Which one should I watch?

Colts or Saints. Two playoff teams we made our bitch!

 

[Prime Time]

Lolol!!!

Still disturbing when I'm called by my first name. It's like... how much more crap they got on me? Haha

 

[mr.stlouis]

Haha! Yeah I know. It catches me my surprise every time, though.

That cat... lol. Perfect

 

[Prime Time]

Haha! Yeah I know. It catches me my surprise every time, though.

That cat... lol. Perfect

I'm glad you enjoyed that Mr. St. Louis

 

[thirteen28]

Oh I thought it said you expect a false start ... Sorry.

Sincerely,

Alex Barron

 

[Thordaddy]

Shit every time I see this thread title I read it FALSE START, disturbing

 

[Thordaddy]

Oh I thought it said you expect a false start ... Sorry.

Sincerely,

Alex Barron

You too huh

 

[Rambitious1]

Rams are natoriously slow starters. Seems 1-3, 2-3, or at best 2-2 is the theme every year. This year I think we get spotted 4 games before the real tests begin against with our rivals.

Vs Minn- W
@ TB- W
Vs. DAl-W
Bye
PHI- W

We have two weeks to prepare for Philly. These early games will be crucial confidence builders for our young team. Then we face the toughest stretch of our schedule. Niners twice, ARZ, and the Seagulls in a five week span. Being our second half is much weaker than the first, getting a head start is a necessity. That five week span dictates our season to a large degree. If we can go 4-1-1 two years ago in the NFCW, I don't see how we don't stand a good chance to at least go .500 against the NFCW, or better. . That should be enough to have us controlling our own destiny down the stretch.

Wow......you have us winning AT PHI?

I like it.

 

[Rams and Gators]

Wow......you have us winning AT PHI?

I like it.

They're a good team, but who was their best win last season? A Rodgerless Packers? Arizona at home by the same margin we beat them at home? The blowout win against the Bears?

 

[Memphis Ram]

Many believe that this team needs a fast start. It would be nice I'm not convinced it's necessary. I guess I'm just not in awe of the remaining teams on the schedule. Some of those teams might be better than expected, but some might be worse and take a Falcons / Texans like tumble. No one knows.

One game at a time.

And that Vikings opening day contest concerns me if they can get that running game going strong again.

 

[SteveBrown]

I've got the night free, thinking about re-watching one of the games from this year. Which one should I watch?

I like the division games for intensity....the 2nd seattle game in 13 was amazing for me...to see the D really shut down seattle at home until the late 3rd quarter when Langford lost it....very impresive...the Rams, not counting QB, were and are the better team....QB is important, come on Bradford show me as true!

 

[DaveFan'51]

I believe we can start out 6-0! But that 3 game Road trip in wks 8-9-10 really has me Buged! And then we come home to the Bronco's! But after all is said and done I see the Rams Finishing the Season 11-5 GO RAMS

 

[DaveFan'51]

Many believe that this team needs a fast start. It would be nice I'm not convinced it's necessary. I guess I'm just not in awe of the remaining teams on the schedule. Some of those teams might be better than expected, but some might be worse and take a Falcons / Texans like tumble. No one knows.

One game at a time.

And that Vikings opening day contest concerns me if they can get that running game going strong again.

I'm not overly concerned, Minn. Has a New HC, a New QB, and a New scheme. I wouldn't worry too much about them in wk.#1. Maybe if we were playing them in wk. 6 or 8, but not in wk.1!

 

[ZigZagRam]

We better get off to a fast start or else our schedule could bury us. That stretch after the bye looks rough.

 

[ChrisW]

Be careful expecting a fast start. We usually play up and down to competition. So I'm not expecting anything until we prove that we can put away teams that we should.

 

[ZigZagRam]

If we can't win at least 3 of the first 4, we'll be looking at another .500 season with that schedule.

I expect them to come out blazing this year.

 

[CoachO]

what I hope doesn't happen, but very likely it will, if this team doesn't get off the that 4-1 start that so many seem to think is necessary, how many people will be jumping ship and saying her we go again.

As I mentioned earlier in this thread, the one that thing that stands out about Fisher coached teams, is they always get better as the season progresses. I can envision a scenario, especially again being so young, that they don't get out of the gate as fast as many think they "need" to, but they still manage a 10 win season.

 

[Mojo Ram]

what I hope doesn't happen, but very likely it will, if this team doesn't get off the that 4-1 start that so many seem to think is necessary, how many people will be jumping ship and saying her we go again.

It will happen, and for good reason...
-Just 5 of 161 teams since '78 that started 0-3 have made the NFL playoffs. Historically, they have 3.1 percent chance.
-Last season, of the 12 teams that made the playoffs, none of them started the year with an 0-2 record. In fact, no team has made the playoffs after starting 0-2 since the 2008 season
-On the flip side of that equation, teams that have gone undefeated in the first two weeks have qualified for the playoffs 63.3 percent of the time since 1990

As I mentioned earlier in this thread, the one that thing that stands out about Fisher coached teams, is they always get better as the season progresses. I can envision a scenario, especially again being so young, that they don't get out of the gate as fast as many think they "need" to, but they still manage a 10 win season.

AZ won 10 games and missed out on the playoffs. Why? Look at week one vs our beloved Rams. The Cards fans will all tell you the same thing.

In this division there is little to no room for error.
In 2013 Seattle was 4-1 after five weeks.
SF started 3-2 after five weeks. Early losses @ Seattle and vs Indianapolis.
AZ started 3-2. When you look at the six losses the Cards suffered last season:
@ Rams
@ Saints
@ SF
vs Seattle
@ Philadelphia
vs SF
It becomes pretty obvious where AZ slipped up to cost them a post season birth.

Rams were 2-3 after five weeks last season. Our Rams have a losing culture that hasn't sniffed any kind of success in a decade. Getting off to a fast start is the first step in changing all that.

 

[Rambitious1]

If we can't win at least 3 of the first 4, we'll be looking at another .500 season with that schedule.

I expect them to come out blazing this year.

I agree.
And maybe a .500 season at best.