RamsOfCastamere said:

The Cards can't be a 4 seed if we win the division.

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You're right. So the Cardinals would travel. Sucks for them because they owned the first tie breaker in head-to-head vs Dallas otherwise.

Elmgrovegnome said:

That sounds like one of the harder schedules I've ever seen

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Really? I don't think so. Saints are an easy win on the road. Brady may retire, and if not, well we're 2-0 against them so not worried.

Going to GB....again....sucks. Home games for Bills and Cowboys will be fun. Can't wait to destroy the Bills.

Home games against the Falcons, Panthers, Broncos and Raiders. Seahawks twice will be bad.

If the Saints win Sunday, it'll be 12 games against teams with a winning record which sounds rough. But 4 are division rivals, Saints, Bucs, Bills, Raiders, Chargers and Cowboys could all be mediocre next year.

Chiefs and Packers games will be tough. Rest we will be favored in.

Saleh doesn't seem at all like the type to throw a game. New HC mistakes & growing pains are a lot more believable.

dieterbrock said:

Exactly.
Why the need for some to trash the NY Post as if they made it up, is beyond me

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San Jose had a backup plan as well for this season.Some city’s are tougher than others in the States.

socalrams90 said:

Hi all. Unfortunately I will not be able to make it to this big game due to possible exposure.

Tickets are reselling for a a lot but I don’t want to list them on the public market because most likely a Niner fan will buy them. Wanting to sell my two season tickets in section 213 row six to a Rams fan for 250 each obo (currently the cheapest ticket to get in is around this cost with fees).

Attaching a view from the seats.

Mods please delete if not allowed.

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Are you in the Rams Season Ticket Member Facebook group? It's limited to STM members only (you need to apply with your member ID). They have threads for buying/selling tix with other STM members for every game. I sold my 300 level seats to a verified Rams fan for $500 last week.

Yeah... This thread is going nowhere good. Locked.

Merlin said:

This is a great one too. AD looking at Huntley like he's the meat in the sandwich.

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That's some "Mike Singletary" stuff, right there

Edit: Although I do agree that the single-season records, #of catches and yardage, are pretty historic too!

Jacobarch said:

Exactly my thoughts.

But you have to keep this in mind too. People complain that we're 12 and 4.

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WE'RE 12 AND 4?! I thought we were 14 and 2. Oh, yeah, mcvay definitely has to go. The number 2 seed with a new qb is only the first in line of losers who aren't the 1st seed.

Merlin said:

I bet he made it by eight inches.

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He was well past the 1st down marker when he caught it.

Merlin said:

What's funny here is I'll bet that if Hendy had made that block no call would have been made. Because he wouldn't decleat the sumbish. Just so happens Michel is a big physical MFer and you really feel when he contacts dudes.

Once again the big thing here for me isn't calling that, but the moment in which it was called. That was at the time a really tough call against the Rams. There are just moments in games where you should only call obvious fouls IMO. Some crews sort of get that, others do not. Vinobitch definitely doesn't get that, he'll sperg you in the ass with a nitpicky call when the game's on the line.

Same thing with Boger btw. So we're gonna have to truck the 9ers and overcome his stupid fucking decision making this weekend.

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I think if Hendy made a block like that he’d probably disintegrate right there on the field.

Ellard80 said:

I think i saw someone post earlier that Stafford was at fault because he starred down higbee or something.

Its a 4 yard route... like 1.5-2 secs - there isnt any time to "look off" defenders on a quick pass. route is over by the time you look back and covered.

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You would hope he sees the DB sitting on his throw there. But it happens on quick hitters like that at times and I'm not all that annoyed by that INT due to the big picture there. That series also was pass pass pass iirc which simply is not necessary with this offense having the ground game they have. More than anything else that was probably the defensive player making a play.

My irritation in that game was the insistence on throwing that deep ball into triple coverage. McVay mentioned that speeding up the cadence prevented a pre-snap read by 9 but the problem is in that play design I seriously doubt the long ball is the first read. What that means is it is likely Stafford made up his mind to throw it based on an assumption at the snap, because had he gone through his reads he would have seen Jefferson wide open for what would probably end up as a first down and a good chance of a TD drive.



All that aside I rewatched the game and I don't think it was all that bad a game for 9. He made one really fucking dumb call. And I wish he would have been aware of the DB on the other one but again you see QBs do that on those quick hitters, it's hard to have that awareness when it's bang-bang. The fumble was him trying to do idk what. Take the fucking sack there 9 Jesus. You're old as fuck you're not gonna suddenly become a run threat.

Going forward McVay has to get into what happened on that deep pass choice and make sure the decision process is fixed for his QB. That's the important takeaway in this game IMO.

Merlin said:

Yeah the lane discipline has been really good across the board on coverage teams. And Powell has removed a glaring issue on top of that.

Gay has been a force of consistency too for us. Though I will admit in the back of my head I have these nagging doubts about him going cold before with Tampa. Rams are obviously gonna sign him but I hope they have that contract laced with incentives.

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He was a rookie with Tampa so I am not too concerned

CGI_Ram said:

I was flipping through the Cowboys Zone and there are a TON of topics and fans wanting to move on from Dak, for Wilson.

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They're not wrong...

thirteen28 said:

That video is why the mods or whoever maintains the functionality of the board need to add a boner reaction.

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Shit, the Ravens almost pulled Skow’s jersey off on the 4th and 5. Easy defensive holding.

Ever wondered which one's the biggest and how they determine that? This show goes into all of it.

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dieterbrock said:

Keep in mind folks that there's no 2 TE sets with Blanton only seeing 3 snaps and Hopkins on the no show list, AGAIN
Skow isnt taking snaps away from Jefferson as much as he's going to be in on running plays for sure. Jefferson is having an awesome year for a WR3 with nearly 800 yards, 48 catches and 6 TD. OBJ is taking snaps away from Van the man, not my boy Skow

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Skow seemed to take Van's snaps on the last drive, but as others have pointed out, he got kinda run over by Sony on his TD run. No injury designation doesn't mean he didn't take a shot that effectively took him out of the game.

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Got us the W on Sunday. Clutch catches.
And then Von Miller does it on Defence.
Cream rises. Hopefully it is a sign of things to come in the playoffs!

I think for where we got him Skow has been a fine pick so far. To be impacting the game as a rook in the pattern when you get selected that late, it's not easy to do. Especially on this team.

In projecting him I agree with dieter that his future may be at TE. There is a need at the position on the roster with Harris going to WR next year in camp. And even if they take a TE in the draft he will need time to develop. I also don't think Skow would have a problem with the occasional OLB or crackdown blocking assignment either, the way our WRs block anyway most of them are in good shape in that part of their game.

Either way I appreciate Skow's game. He's big and knows how to use his size and has dependable hands. Good fit for a QB like ours. Would not surprise me if the kid has some clutch catches for us in the playoffs for those reasons. This is the time of year one would hope the 2nd round pick would be asserting himself. So it's a nice consolation to see Skow showing us a little something and he has a chance to be a contributor in the playoffs as a rook late round receiver how cool is that.

RamFan503 said:

I seem to recall it coming out on Tuesday as well. IIRR, it also contained the MNF results and stats. I never did the Sporting News route so I know it wasn't that. USA Today used to be delivered to certain establishments like hotels, so you could always grab one from a lobby without having to buy a subscription.

It's funny. When you would rarely find me in the library in HS, I would generally be reading the LA Times sports section to get Rams, Dodgers, Lakers info. Remember those wood poles that the papers hung from?

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I do remember those. Talk about high tech. LOL. They did keep the papers nice and neat though.

Neil039 said:

Blows my mind guys like Watt get 1:1 almost every down AD is 1:2 or 1:3. It sucks but it is what it is.
If Watt gets DPY, his only Super Bowl moment will be rooting for AD at the Super Bowl with JJ by his side.

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Well you can easily isolate and get a one on one matchup w/ an EDGE rusher vs a down interior lineman. He almost always has a guard/tackle on him, and TJ can get a one on one w/ an OT.

Also the Steelers have guys like Cam Heyward and Stephon Tuitt to eat up blocks for TJ. I'm sure the production for TJ would be the same if he was on the Rams.

Sony starts, gets bulk of carries, Akers subs in for a series or 2, I think many of us can see this happening. Would love to see a big screen to Akers.

If either gets hot we keep 'em in. Need that running game to work, grind clock, make 1sts, keep ball away from 9ers much as possible.