Id run thru a fricking wall for McVay

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Ellard80 said:
he said the punt return changed the game.

Also alluded to the 2pt conversion being a blown coverage.
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Re: 2 pt conversion, it is hard for fans to say without knowing the specific assignment every player received, so that insight from McVay is telling. It looked like Forbes was supposed to have the TE, and just stood there watching for some reason. Really bizarre. He almost seemed to be unsure of if he should cover the TE or the RB, but given how Speights made a bee-line to the RB, it would appear Forbes was 100% on the TE. By the time he started running the balls was almost there. With his long arms it is a play he likely defends if he reacts instantly which is the name of the game on defence. Inexcusable as 2 timeouts were called back to back before that play was called. Nobody on either side of the football should have been confused. Check it out at 4:30ish if you heart can handle to re-watch.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZtc_GA1qAk


Forbes had an elite stretch of play for a handful of weeks but has really regressed to the mean. He's a decent CB, but not the answer long-term to build around. Unfortunate, because it was looking like he might have been after getting him for free! In the end, we still need to address CB this off-season via the draft and/or free agency. No team is perfect in a salary cap world but I do think you want at least 1 great player at each level of the defence, and at least 1 true game changer on the DEF overall. Not sure the Rams do have anyone great in the secondary. Lake is on the cusp IMO. It was a bit surprising we didn't address CB last year. But I could see the logic behind it, with how the team played down the stretch at all 3 levels of the defence - and we do have 3 players in the secondary out with injury right now that the team was likely counting on to be suiting up in big games down the stretch (Spoon, Lake, McCreary). Inserting those 3 will be a pretty big makeover back there if they are all healthy for playoffs. But I'd be worried about game speed for them. And for McCreary, having no real reps in the system.
 
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Rams8821 said:
Watch his presser.

Im fired up!!!!
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Agreed. Loved McVay's attitude after this devastating game.

As a fan, last night, I had that sick feeling like the Rams just got eliminated. Good to remember we're not dead yet-- far from it. McVay is gonna bring out the best from these guys for the rest of the year.

Nobody wants to face the Rams in the playoffs.
 
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OntarioRam said:
Re: 2 pt conversion, it is hard for fans to say without knowing the specific assignment every player received, so that insight from McVay is telling. It looked like Forbes was supposed to have the TE, and just stood there watching for some reason. Really bizarre. He almost seemed to be unsure of if he should cover the TE or the RB, but given how Speights made a bee-line to the RB, it would appear Forbes was 100% on the TE. By the time he started running the balls was almost there. With his long arms it is a play he likely defends if he reacts instantly which is the name of the game on defence. Inexcusable as 2 timeouts were called back to back before that play was called. Nobody on either side of the football should have been confused. Check it out at 4:30ish if you heart can handle to re-watch.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZtc_GA1qAk


Forbes had an elite stretch of play for a handful of weeks but has really regressed to the mean. He's a decent CB, but not the answer long-term to build around. Unfortunate, because it was looking like he might have been after getting him for free! In the end, we still need to address CB this off-season via the draft and/or free agency. No team is perfect in a salary cap world but I do think you want at least 1 great player at each level of the defence, and at least 1 true game changer on the DEF overall. Not sure the Rams do have anyone great in the secondary. Lake is on the cusp IMO. It was a bit surprising we didn't address CB last year. But I could see the logic behind it, with how the team played down the stretch at all 3 levels of the defence - and we do have 3 players in the secondary out with injury right now that the team was likely counting on to be suiting up in big games down the stretch (Spoon, Lake, McCreary). Inserting those 3 will be a pretty big makeover back there if they are all healthy for playoffs. But I'd be worried about game speed for them. And for McCreary, having no real reps in the system.
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I am wondering if Forbes thought he had the RB and not the LB. And saw too late that Speights took the RB
 
OntarioRam said:
Re: 2 pt conversion, it is hard for fans to say without knowing the specific assignment every player received, so that insight from McVay is telling. It looked like Forbes was supposed to have the TE, and just stood there watching for some reason. Really bizarre. He almost seemed to be unsure of if he should cover the TE or the RB, but given how Speights made a bee-line to the RB, it would appear Forbes was 100% on the TE. By the time he started running the balls was almost there. With his long arms it is a play he likely defends if he reacts instantly which is the name of the game on defence. Inexcusable as 2 timeouts were called back to back before that play was called. Nobody on either side of the football should have been confused. Check it out at 4:30ish if you heart can handle to re-watch.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZtc_GA1qAk


Forbes had an elite stretch of play for a handful of weeks but has really regressed to the mean. He's a decent CB, but not the answer long-term to build around. Unfortunate, because it was looking like he might have been after getting him for free! In the end, we still need to address CB this off-season via the draft and/or free agency. No team is perfect in a salary cap world but I do think you want at least 1 great player at each level of the defence, and at least 1 true game changer on the DEF overall. Not sure the Rams do have anyone great in the secondary. Lake is on the cusp IMO. It was a bit surprising we didn't address CB last year. But I could see the logic behind it, with how the team played down the stretch at all 3 levels of the defence - and we do have 3 players in the secondary out with injury right now that the team was likely counting on to be suiting up in big games down the stretch (Spoon, Lake, McCreary). Inserting those 3 will be a pretty big makeover back there if they are all healthy for playoffs. But I'd be worried about game speed for them. And for McCreary, having no real reps in the system.
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The fact that Barner was so open is what pissed me off most about that final play. If they get it, they get it but ffs there was nobody around him for 5 yards in any direction.
 
I feel like McVay confirmed my priors with his press availability today. He doesn’t give a fuck who we play OR where we play in the playoffs. He thinks we will beat anyone. If the division isn’t in reach week 18, I wouldn’t be surprised if Stafford, Puka, and a handful of other guys don’t play vs Arizona. I don’t think he cares if we are the 5 or the 6 or the 7 seed. I think health and freshness will be the priority.
 
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