I'm going to try and inject some optimism into this place. The season isn't over, the sky isn't falling, and the Rams aren't the worst team in football. Am I angry? Yes. I am angry that the team came out and played that poorly in week 1. That all said, there are 15 games left in the season. We were down to our 3rd string QB when the game went from 13-0 to 34-6.
And frankly, the game very likely could have been 6-0 if our starting QB never got hurt(as he was injured on the play with the INT and I think that contributed to throw-away not reaching the sidelines). Hell, the game could have been 9-0 at half if the refs had called the holding or even 7-6 Rams if the refs hadn't blown the call on the Cassel fumble when Quinn hit him from behind as the Rams likely have a scoop and score on that play.
Regardless, things didn't go our way and we lost...badly. But may I remind you...this isn't the first time this happened. We lost to Dallas by 24 last year. We lost to San Francisco by 23 last year. And that was with Sam Bradford.
Yes, we all thought we had the talent to beat Minnesota. We were all confident coming into the game. Maybe too confident. But there's no reason to give up on the season quite so soon. If the team comes out in the next couple games and doesn't look any better then I completely understand at that point. However, I think we're a better team than we showed against Minnesota and we'll come out and prove it. I still think this team wins 7ish games. Does that sound great? No. But we're not the 49ers, Seahawks, etc. We don't have the talent to compensate for losing our starting QB.
We probably won't be contending for the playoffs this year even with Shaun Hill. I hope we do but I don't see it as likely. However, I do believe we can be competitive. I also believe that Hill wasn't bad in the first half against the Vikings. I think the Rams as a whole can come out more focused and execute better. And when they do, you'll see a competitive team.
We're all pissed about the loss but the anger, resentment, disappointment, etc. just isn't contributing to anything. It just brings about more anger, resentment, disappointment, and misery. I don't enjoy posting on a board with that sort of attitude. People don't like pessimists. Nobody likes having their attitude drug down. People like having their attitude picked up.
Collect yourself and cheer up, we have 15 games left to play, we have a lot of football to enjoy(and hate) and this team still has plenty of time to right the ship. If we can get destroyed by 47 total points in back to back games last year and rebound to finish the year 6-6 with Kellen Clemens starting 9 of those games. We can sure as hell bounce back from this beating and do some damage with Shaun Hill.
WHO ARE WE?
