Bring on the Cowboys

[EastRam]

This won't be easy. The Cowboys have a tough defense. They are deep at CB, and Richard has taught them the Seattle way (very physical and grabby). McVay will need to be at his best on Saturday. And Wade, you better have the freaking run defense figured out. If you don't stop the run, they'll happily run it 30+ times down our throat.

Agree on Wade. We have to focus on shutting down the Run.

Keep Dak In the pocket and he will not win the game.

McVay needs to attack all day.

 

[hotanez]

plus Cooper did nothing in the Raiders gsme

 

[den-the-coach]

LA will never be Philly or Chicago or NY because no one retires to frigid weather. That's why those cities don't have stadiums where opposing teams travel well. Not sure why this concept is lost on some Rams fans.

 

[RhodyRams]

(4) Dallas Cowboys at (2) Los Angeles Rams
Saturday, Jan. 12 | 8:15 p.m. ET | Fox | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Early FPI projection: LAR, 76.0 percent

Cowboys' best chance to win: Run the ball with Ezekiel Elliott. It sounds obvious, but in this specific case, it's worth pointing out the Rams allowed a league-worst average of 5.07 yards per rush this season. Elliott, the Cowboys' star running back averaged exactly 5.07 yards per carry on first downs alone. The key to the Cowboys' offense is Elliott picking up enough yardage on first and second downs to keep the third downs short or eliminate them entirely. Dallas' strength on offense plays into the Rams' weakness on defense, and the Cowboys need to hammer Elliott at the Rams' aggressive front in order to keep Aaron Donald away from Dak Prescott and have a chance to control the game.

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Rams' best chance to win: A healthy Todd Gurley. The Rams' own star running back sat out the final two games of the regular season with a knee injury. The hope is the bye week helped him heal enough not just to play in this game but to resume his role as the do-everything back in this offense. Dallas had the fifth-best run defense in the league this year thanks to brilliant linebacker play by Sean Lee, Jaylon Smith and Leighton Vander Esch. So it's important that Gurley contributes as a receiver out of the backfield in order to keep the Cowboys' defense honest.

Stat to know: As brilliant as Sean McVay's Rams offense has been, it was only the 18th-best in the league this year in terms of red-zone efficiency. The Rams converted just 57.5 percent of their red-zone possessions into touchdowns. Only three playoff teams were worse in that department: the Ravens, the Texans and ... the Cowboys, who were a pitiful 29th in the league at 48 percent.

Bottom line: Coming off the bye and playing at home obviously works in the Rams' favor, as Dallas was just 3-5 away from home this year. The Cowboys aren't likely to win a shootout against the Rams, but they could make it interesting if they can slow things down with their run game. And it'll be worth finding out whether the confidence boost Prescott got from winning an otherwise meaningless Week 17 road game against the Giants carries forward.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...ook-divisional-round-matchups-schedule#dallar

 

[RhodyRams]

early lines have the Rams at -7


Saturday, Jan. 12
Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs (-5)
Dallas Cowboys at Los Angeles Rams (-7)

Sunday, Jan. 13
Los Angeles Chargers at New England Patriots (-5)
Philadelphia Eagles at New Orleans Saints (-8.5)

 

[den-the-coach]

Colin Cowherd will predict the Cowboys.

 

[Mojo Ram]

Not bagging on LA fans. But disagree you ya.

There's enough people in LA to fill the stands with Rams fans.

Let's see what happens when the new digs open. Hopefully it will put this to rest

I didn't say there aren't enough Rams fans there to fill seats. There are. Its a matter of you can't just NOT sell tickets to all the other LA residents who aren't Rams fans.

Again, i've witnessed just how this works here in AZ since the Cardinals arrived in 1988. Knocking Cardinals fans because 50% of the stadium were Cowboys fans or Bears fans is misguided. Once they opened a new stadium and began to win games it got much better...but still to this day even with the Cardinals winning you can't keep it from happening. They LIVE here. Same as LA.

Anyway, it doesn't matter. It's about the teams on the field. I would only suggest not getting beat up over not having that East Coast vibe at home games. Maybe if the Rams can win a dozen SB's we'll get closer to it.

But as a moderator on a Rams board i will caution ya'll to not get to bagging on the LA local Rams fans. It's misguided angst and bad form.
Deportation of Cowboys, Packers, Eagles, Bears fans living in LA is not legal last i checked.

 

[EastRam]

I didn't say there aren't enough Rams fans there to fill seats. There are. Its a matter of you can't just NOT sell tickets to all the other LA residents who aren't Rams fans.

Again, i've witnessed just how this works here in AZ since the Cardinals arrived in 1988. Knocking Cardinals fans because 50% of the stadium were Cowboys fans or Bears fans is misguided. Once they opened a new stadium and began to win games it got much better...but still to this day even with the Cardinals winning you can't keep it from happening. They LIVE here. Same as LA.

Anyway, it doesn't matter. It's about the teams on the field. I would only suggest not getting beat up over not having that East Coast vibe at home games. Maybe if the Rams can win a dozen SB's we'll get closer to it.

But as a moderator on a Rams board i will caution ya'll to not get to bagging on the LA local Rams fans. It's misguided angst and bad form.
Deportation of Cowboys, Packers, Eagles, Bears fans living in LA is not legal last i checked.

I get what your saying.

But the "Rams" fans in LA buy the Rams season tickets. The transplant fans don't buy Rams season tickets. They buy Individual game tickets for the team they root for.

If the season tickets get purchased by Rams fans then Rams fans butts are in the seats unless they sell them to "other" fans.

Regardless. We agree to disagree.

Beat the Cowboys!

 

[PhillyRam]

Ram fans better show up. Will be embarrassing if half the crowd are Cowboy fans.

 

[OC--LeftCoast]

Shouldn't it have been sold out already?

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True, but ya gotta figure ticket brokers scooped up many as they could

With the Cowboys be so popular im guessing there’ll be around 20-25%

 

[Karate61]

God I hope the Rams win and Skip cries!

 

[gabriel18]

Colin Cowherd will predict the Cowboys.

I think I'll avoid listening to Skip Bayless this week .

 

[OldSchool]

Not bagging on LA fans. But disagree you ya.

There's enough people in LA to fill the stands with Rams fans.

Let's see what happens when the new digs open. Hopefully it will put this to rest

You're implying that Rams fans are the only ones allowed to buy tickets.

 

[OldSchool]

I think I'll avoid listening to Skip Bayless this week .

Not a chance, he has Dickerson on every week that exchange will be a gold mine. Can't wait for ED to bring up a playoff game vs the Cowboys

 

[Ram65]

I didn't say there aren't enough Rams fans there to fill seats. There are. Its a matter of you can't just NOT sell tickets to all the other LA residents who aren't Rams fans.

Again, i've witnessed just how this works here in AZ since the Cardinals arrived in 1988. Knocking Cardinals fans because 50% of the stadium were Cowboys fans or Bears fans is misguided. Once they opened a new stadium and began to win games it got much better...but still to this day even with the Cardinals winning you can't keep it from happening. They LIVE here. Same as LA.

Anyway, it doesn't matter. It's about the teams on the field. I would only suggest not getting beat up over not having that East Coast vibe at home games. Maybe if the Rams can win a dozen SB's we'll get closer to it.

But as a moderator on a Rams board i will caution ya'll to not get to bagging on the LA local Rams fans. It's misguided angst and bad form.
Deportation of Cowboys, Packers, Eagles, Bears fans living in LA is not legal last i checked.

Can we ask season ticket holders not to sell their tickets?

Rams shouldn't make more tickets available so Dallas fans can fill the stadium.

I agree it's not going to be like an East Coast team playing at home. I don't want the Rams to feel like it's a road game. Last year was a good LA crowd against the Falcons IIRC.

Deportation of Dallas fans sounds like a good idea.

 

[Karate61]

I think I'll avoid listening to Skip Bayless this week .

But, this will be the best week to watch Skip...ever!

 

[EastRam]

You're implying that Rams fans are the only ones allowed to buy tickets.

No I'm not.

I'm trying to be diplomatic on this issue.

It's an issue when they play certain teams.

Let's just beat the Cowboys and call it a day!

 

[gabriel18]

But, this will be the best week to watch Skip...ever!

I'm hoping to watch him next Monday . I honestly like Steven A better , and he even makes me sick .

 

[LARAMSinFeb.]

This is true. But don't kid yourself... Having two big windows of playoff appearances and Super Bowl wins cemented their enormous fan base.

Winning history = big fan base.

1996 was a long time ago....

 

[BigRamFan]

Freak the cowgirls! The town of Dallas and the whole freakin' cesspool known as texas. That is all