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Well this was a fun experience on Halloween. Let me start with the Texans. Cal McNair and the rest of their top "executives" can go suck on eggs. How the hell do you still charge $100 for AVERAGE seats for such a shit team?! Also, NRG Stadium is showing its age a bit. Looked kinda dank. And open the dang roof, it was an absolutely beautiful day outside. Fuckin morons. The fans are cool, they just want a competent team. Lot of paper bags tho lol. Counted 3 in my section alone.
When I pulled up about 9:45, ppl were already tailgating cool. But they were Rams fans. Then more showed up. Then even more. And then some. Eventually we all congregated at some massive tailgate with a bunch of Texans fans too which was a helluva good time.
I'd say about 40% of the stadium was filled (and that's being generous). Of that 40%, I'd estimate about 20 - 25% were Rams fans. I seriously could not believe or get over the number of Rams fan fully decked out. Shirts, jerseys, cosplay, draping themselves in flags. My jaw dropped b/c I never encountered another one in my time here. The whole visitor side might has well been a home game. I was surrounded by my brethren, w/ some Texans scattered about. Hell, at one point in the 3rd quarter I felt bad for the mascot and cheerleaders b/c they had to look at our side and do their jobs in front of the opponents fans. It was super awkward lol.
Anyway, let's get to the game itself. I'm not gonna go into an actual analysis b/c there's plenty of that out there. This is just what I witnessed.
- Warm ups pretty much was all STs. The QBs came out and threw the ball around, Cooper Kupp, Ben Skowronek, and former Texan Buddy Howell came out for a bit too. Jalen Ramsey came out looking like an assaulter. He just looked pissed off lol.
-During the entrances Johnny Hekker and Matt Gay were like in the middle of the Texans player intros, almost in their way. Funny to see.
-Darrell Henderson is a big dude in person; not tall but short and chunky but really fast. He's got a weird body type, but hey it works!
-I hope those that are lucky enough to see multiple games a year don't take Matthew Stafford for granted. That guy is a quarterback. Dude is so cool in the pocket and that arm. Oh boy that bomb to Van was sexy AF.
-Speaking of Van, yall saw it but I saw him on the ground yelling. We were all surprised seeing him in the 4th qtr. Crazy.
-Cooper Kupp on that catch and run was right by our section! Holy hell. Same with Robert Woods almost TD on that screen pass.
-Yooo speaking of Robert Woods, that end around fake thing was on the far side of the field, so seeing it at a different angle and behind didn't really do it justice how slick MS was on selling it. Fantastic.
-Hope yall heard the COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPP chants on tv. It was pretty loud on our side.
-Defense. Oh boy. The first sack they had w/ Jalen Ramsey jumping up looked like Roman Reigns doing a superman punch!
-Aaron Donald live. Nuff said.
-Earnest Jones' pick and the reaction! They celebrated right by us!
-Earnest Jones also had some MAN tackles.
-Rest of D was nasty to see.
Other non-game stuff:
Wade Phillips during pre-game; a # of former Rams and our trader Les went to greet him.
Sean McVay is just like what you see on tv. He does that patented one arm cross, the other on his chin, walking by himself w/ his head up staring into space. It was a little surreal to see him in person like that.
OK the 4th qtr. That was fun w/ all the garbage time points. Texans fans were going nuts because they finally got to see something. After the onside they went wild, and then they scored again it was insanity. And this time it was not b/c they were scoring. It was because of the spread lol and wondering if the Texans had covered. What really made me laugh is a lot of the Rams fans started rooting for the Texans too b/c they made it mildly entertaining. Yay aesthetically pleasing scoring! Great time.
And no. I didn't get into any fights in or out of the game (surprisingly. ha.). Anyway, here's some pics and video of Robert Woods' TD!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlGAbz27_MA
When I pulled up about 9:45, ppl were already tailgating cool. But they were Rams fans. Then more showed up. Then even more. And then some. Eventually we all congregated at some massive tailgate with a bunch of Texans fans too which was a helluva good time.
I'd say about 40% of the stadium was filled (and that's being generous). Of that 40%, I'd estimate about 20 - 25% were Rams fans. I seriously could not believe or get over the number of Rams fan fully decked out. Shirts, jerseys, cosplay, draping themselves in flags. My jaw dropped b/c I never encountered another one in my time here. The whole visitor side might has well been a home game. I was surrounded by my brethren, w/ some Texans scattered about. Hell, at one point in the 3rd quarter I felt bad for the mascot and cheerleaders b/c they had to look at our side and do their jobs in front of the opponents fans. It was super awkward lol.
Anyway, let's get to the game itself. I'm not gonna go into an actual analysis b/c there's plenty of that out there. This is just what I witnessed.
- Warm ups pretty much was all STs. The QBs came out and threw the ball around, Cooper Kupp, Ben Skowronek, and former Texan Buddy Howell came out for a bit too. Jalen Ramsey came out looking like an assaulter. He just looked pissed off lol.
-During the entrances Johnny Hekker and Matt Gay were like in the middle of the Texans player intros, almost in their way. Funny to see.
-Darrell Henderson is a big dude in person; not tall but short and chunky but really fast. He's got a weird body type, but hey it works!
-I hope those that are lucky enough to see multiple games a year don't take Matthew Stafford for granted. That guy is a quarterback. Dude is so cool in the pocket and that arm. Oh boy that bomb to Van was sexy AF.
-Speaking of Van, yall saw it but I saw him on the ground yelling. We were all surprised seeing him in the 4th qtr. Crazy.
-Cooper Kupp on that catch and run was right by our section! Holy hell. Same with Robert Woods almost TD on that screen pass.
-Yooo speaking of Robert Woods, that end around fake thing was on the far side of the field, so seeing it at a different angle and behind didn't really do it justice how slick MS was on selling it. Fantastic.
-Hope yall heard the COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPP chants on tv. It was pretty loud on our side.
-Defense. Oh boy. The first sack they had w/ Jalen Ramsey jumping up looked like Roman Reigns doing a superman punch!
-Aaron Donald live. Nuff said.
-Earnest Jones' pick and the reaction! They celebrated right by us!
-Earnest Jones also had some MAN tackles.
-Rest of D was nasty to see.
Other non-game stuff:
Wade Phillips during pre-game; a # of former Rams and our trader Les went to greet him.
Sean McVay is just like what you see on tv. He does that patented one arm cross, the other on his chin, walking by himself w/ his head up staring into space. It was a little surreal to see him in person like that.
OK the 4th qtr. That was fun w/ all the garbage time points. Texans fans were going nuts because they finally got to see something. After the onside they went wild, and then they scored again it was insanity. And this time it was not b/c they were scoring. It was because of the spread lol and wondering if the Texans had covered. What really made me laugh is a lot of the Rams fans started rooting for the Texans too b/c they made it mildly entertaining. Yay aesthetically pleasing scoring! Great time.
And no. I didn't get into any fights in or out of the game (surprisingly. ha.). Anyway, here's some pics and video of Robert Woods' TD!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlGAbz27_MA
