How did the Rams suddenly become underdogs?

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leoram

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After watching a dozen programs with prognosticators predicting the playoff scenarios, I’ve yet to see anyone believe the Rams are a serious threat. Suddenly, the Bears are a better team, nobody can beat the Saints in the Superdome, and the Eagles and Seahawks are playoff veterans and somehow superior.

In the AFC, the Colts and Ravens are now considered the most complete teams in the conference.

While I agree this is the most unpredictable playoffs I’ve seen in many years because of relative parity, the Ram’s recent skid vs the Bears and Eagles have defined the team in the media while the other team’s losses and flaws are glossed over as though they never happened.

If anyone believes McVay won’t have adjustments ready for the Saints, Bears, and Eagles, they aren’t paying attention. Their collective strategies are now known and in each game, it took three quarters for the Rams to overcome them. I contend that those losses and familiarity is actually the best possible scenario for the Rams and THE FACTOR hidden from the media. Beating most teams twice in a year is difficult, but beating a team this good twice is a taller order.

Frankly, I hope this next week the messages sent by the media stoke a fire and stack chips on shoulders. Football is an emotional game and often won by the team that just wants it more. They have the talent. They have the intelligence. Add a little “pissed off” and I pity the competition. Let it smolder men...
 
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Yeah seems the Rams are held to a diff std. If they had beat the Niners 14-9, the talking heads would jump all over the Rans for being a fraud. The Bears beat them 14-9 and it's a sign they are a hot team. I don't get it.
 
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PhillyRam said:
Yeah seems the Rams are held to a diff std. If they had beat the Niners 14-9, the talking heads would jump all over the Rans for being a fraud. The Bears beat them 14-9 and it's a sign they are a hot team. I don't get it.
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They built the Rams up as the "high scoring Rams" and then in the three losses, we became "finesse." The talking heads will learn.
 
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Rams came in the league as viewed as a "super team" by being the highest scoring offense in the league last season and our free agency signings on D. This season we are 3rd in offense and our defense looks like our achilles heel. We've done less with more talent, and now we've seem to hit a wall with our offense.

The saints are being led by Brees who is having the best year of his career, the Bears have the best D in the league and seem to be able to win with it (2000 Ravens) and the Eagles just dont die. Also, remember us laughing at the Seahawks earlier in the season bc they are "imploding" and hired Schotty as their OC? The fact that they are in the playoffs with what they have is amazing.

The bears, eagles and Seahawks are all teams that seem to have a grit to them which seems to give them advantages over superior teams. Us and the Saints, IMO dont have that as much. We have the ability to come back and win, but when the going gets tough, we seem to move away from what makes us great (play calling wise) and play desperate.

That's just my take on it though.
 
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Fine by me. I kinda hated it when the media was slobbering all over them earlier in the season. It felt.. ... Icky. Fuck the media, and fuck very other team in the path to the Rams second Suberbowl win.
 
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We lost to the Bears and Eagles and all of a sudden we suck again.
 
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The media doesn't believe in Goff and the D doesn't play D like everyone thinks it should. They will have to be shown in the playoffs the error to their ways.

Goff didn't play well those three games, no doubt, and I would have liked to see him handle that kind of pressure with less.... how to put it, stupid, wild ass results, but I think he didn't just go bad. The line went bad as a result of a change in play calling due to Gurley's and Browns injury and the reluctance to show some new wrinkles before the playoffs. Maybe even McVay was testing his team. Risky. Looks like it has been fixed and we will see some more new wrinkles going forward.
The issue with the D is still up in the air although we see some signs it might be rounding into shape. We saw some blitzing and there were Barron sightings. Woo Hoo. Also Talib being back has made a difference. There is also the timely play that the D seems to come up with when it has to.

So, while I am worried about the D, I still think we can beat any team we play. This will just make the odds better.
 
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For myself the Eagles loss is the only one that bothers me.
I mean, 13-3 on a first place schedule with the high expectations is outstanding. Losses on the road to the #1 and #3 seeds is what it is.

Losing Kupp could have been disastrous. Guys stepped up on offense.

The defense has been disappointing for sure.

Now we've got a home playoff game. We have to get that one.
 
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Mojo Ram said:
For myself the Eagles loss is the only one that bothers me.
I mean, 13-3 on a first place schedule with the high expectations is outstanding. Losses on the road to the #1 and #3 seeds is what it is.

Losing Kupp could have been disastrous. Guys stepped up on offense.

The defense has been disappointing for sure.

Now we've got a home playoff game. We have to get that one.
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We HAVE to win the divisional round, imo, or I'll question the team itself going forward. No excuses.
 
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No matter what, the media will be hard on this team .

Sean mcvay is too young to be a coach
Jared Goff is a bust

The media has been wrong abou our team and they hate it
 
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It does seem like we get a little more scrutiny than others. The media wants a Drew Brees Super Bowl so badly, it’s obvious.

But, I’d rather be out of the spotlight and I suspect the Rams don’t care what the media thinks.
 
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leoram said:
After watching a dozen programs with prognosticators predicting the playoff scenarios, I’ve yet to see anyone believe the Rams are a serious threat. Suddenly, the Bears are a better team, nobody can beat the Saints in the Superdome, and the Eagles and Seahawks are playoff veterans and somehow superior.
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The Bears are legit. The Saints...ehh.

They want a repeat of the Eagles last year, and they always have a boner over the shitbirds.

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In the AFC, the Colts and Ravens are now considered the most complete teams in the conference.
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The Colts are a complete team. Anyone that follows them even loosely that got better as the season went on. The Ravens are the shitbirds of the AFC.

leoram said:
While I agree this is the most unpredictable playoffs I’ve seen in many years because of relative parity, the Ram’s recent skid vs the Bears and Eagles have defined the team in the media while the other team’s losses and flaws are glossed over as though they never happened.
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Yeah I can agree with that. Even when Minnesota was still alive, a barely above .500 team, was considered "dangerous" if they got in. But a 13-3 team? Nah, no chance in hell.
 
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LoyalRam said:
We HAVE to win the divisional round, imo, or I'll question the team itself going forward. No excuses.
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Winning a playoff game this season was my expectation from day 1 so yeah, its a must win for this fan.
 
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OldSchool said:
We lost to the Bears and Eagles and all of a sudden we suck again.
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The only thing that really bothers about the Bears and Eagles games is/are: the Oline.
Ya, Goff was off,and other stuff happened, but if the line can't play at a B+ level, then we will not beat teh Bears or Eagles in the playoffs....I suspect they can, and so we can beat both teams I believe.

If GOff plays like he did weeks 3-11, then we WILL BEAT the Saints. At this point, I don't see that happening.
 
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Because we have stunk since our bye week. Beating the two worst teams in the league in weeks 16 and 17 doesn’t change that.

I’m good with being underdogs.
 
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