GDT: 49'ers at Rams
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It's not the O-line that concerns me this game; they did well. Getting Mason into a comfortable running flow doesn't concern me. What concerns me is six consecutive running plays to Mason in the middle of the third quarter that resulted in two three-and-outs. It baffles my mind. I completely understand doing that in the fourth quarter, but it's ridiculous, asinine, and ludicrous to do that when the game is still on the line with at least a quarter left to go.
What happened in that third quarter offensively concerned me a great deal and angered me a lot.
Not to mention it should have been 20-13 halfway through the 3rd with the fumble recovery for a touchdown. We got fucking lucky on that one. I completely agree with you. Just score as fast and often as possible. They never ran that seam pass to Cook again the whole game. It was there for the taking we should have won by 40.
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Who freaking cares lol, a blowout win is a blowout win, I couldn't care less about a couple 3 n outs when the game was already in hand.
No offense, but what a pointless, ridiculous thing to latch onto and complain about like it's the end of the world.
No offense, but what a pointless, ridiculous thing to latch onto and complain about like it's the end of the world.
Um, I've always hated phrases like that. "We weren't even playing our best."
Can I ask you a serious question then? WHY weren't we playing our best? Did Fisher and the Rams decide before the game to not give it their best?
THAT is why a lot of intelligent fans are very concerned even after this win. Because the offense how it is playing now will be one and done EVEN if we make the playoffs.
It's logical concern. We want playoffs and superbowl. Not excuses.
A win is a win. You guys are goin way too deep on this.
We could go back and complain about the NFC Championship victory over the Bucs in '99. Rams did not play their best game that day. One could argue the Bucs should have pulled off that upset, or that the Rams were lucky to get out of that game and advance to the Super Bowl. Or we could nuke the victory over the Titans for our first championship in the Super Bowl era, and say that the Rams were gassed and if that game had been tied up we would have lost. So what. It doesn't matter. We won.
The Rams beat the 9ers rather easily. They sat their best player in the third quarter. Fans might not like it, but the staff wants to get Mason involved, get him rolling, and it takes carries to do that. Why not do it in a game where you are blowing out an opponent? Gurley gets the rock when the game is in question, the other guys help hammer it to eat the clock when they get a big lead. This team has to find that mix to keep Gurley healthy and finish off games where they have leads.
I just think you guys are unnecessarily nuking things. Enjoy the victory and know that this team has grown in confidence after easily handling two low-end teams that would have given them problems the past few years. Let's wait and see how the offense looks as we move forward before we sweat it out about being one and done in the playoffs because they're so bad after 7 games.
Obviously I don't know why we weren't playing our best, I'm not in that locker room. It's pretty clear that we weren't though, as evidenced by how we played in the Seattle and Arizona games. It's also clear that we let up late in the game and didn't pile on when it wasn't necessary, Cheatriots style.
We have the talent and evidence to show we can play a lot better, so why not just enjoy a blowout victory for now? Not like we can do anything to change the results as fans, anyway.
I hope Fisher/Cigs have taken a long look at these issues in prepping for the Vikings game!!
No it shouldn't, it should've been a face mask penalty. Which was called. A blatant one at that.
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I guess what I was trying to say with my question to you is that I feel it's Jeff Fisher's fault if the team is really not "playing their best" week in and week out. There's no excuse to not play their best every game. It's their full time jobs. I blame Fisher for a lot of stuff involving my Rams. But here goes, tomorrow is HUGE regarding playoff probability. Please please please have some decent offense and 3rd down conversations. Hey Rams, please play your best! Haha.
Yes, and it could be argued that Cunningham woulda recovered it if his facemask wasn't grabbed. Looked like he was making a move for the ball until he got pulled by the mask.
Yeah Cunningham would have covered that fumble up. I'm seeing 80% chance when I watch the play. At the very least he may have taken a penalty and batted it out of bounds.