Interesting perspective on the Rams trouble's

[0311rams]

Are LA Rams GM Les Snead and HC Sean McVay still on the same page?

The LA Rams are emerging from their Week 6 BYE with a record of 1-4. But a recent discussion with Rams Head Coach Sean McVay could give the impression that this

ramblinfan.com

 

[Faceplant]

I was skeptical enough to almost not bother reading that, but I have to admit.....it seems pretty spot on to me.

 

[AvengerRam]

Meh.

 

[snackdaddy]

You are what your record says you are. Is the article correct in the assessment? I don't know. I just what I see every Sunday does not look like a playoff contender.

I don't like referring to last year's 3-6 start and subsequent 7-1 finish. If you're relying on another finish like that sooner or later it comes back to bite you. You don't always finish like that.

I do know if we lose tomorrow I don't care about that 7-1 finish. We ain't coming back from that. In fact we might have several must win games in a row real soon.

 

[fanotodd]

You are what your record says you are. Is the article correct in the assessment? I don't know. I just what I see every Sunday does not look like a playoff contender.

I don't like referring to last year's 3-6 start and subsequent 7-1 finish. If you're relying on another finish like that sooner or later it comes back to bite you. You don't always finish like that.

I do know if we lose tomorrow I don't care about that 7-1 finish. We ain't coming back from that. In fact we might have several must win games in a row real soon.

Agree 100%.
The next 3 games are must win, not just tomorrow.
The Rams already have 4 conference losses with one of those being a division loss.

Beating the Raiders is one thing, but the Ram team I’ve watched so far hasn’t played well enough to beat the vikings and maybe not the seahawks.

Yep, the Rams have to put out a much improved team/effort tomorrow.

 

[Karate61]

In 2002 the Rams started out 0-5, and then ripped off 5 straight wins to get to 5-5. I'm from the "it ain't over till it's over" crowd. For me, it ain't over until the Rams are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Only then will I spend my time in the Boobies thread!

 

[OntarioRam]

It isn't over yet, but we are certainly in the ICU, if not on life support.

It is not hard to see what went wrong with this team. We need our offense to be excellent. If not top 5 in the NFL. That is how the Rams are built.

Just look at the cap allocations.

I believe the Rams are top 5 in the NFL for offensive spending? So, to perform anything far below top 5 on offense, is not a good investment.

On defence, by contrast, nobody spends less than the Rams. The team that spends 2nd least, spends almost nearly double what the Rams do.

The offense needs to carry the load when you build your team that way. It has not been able to do so, with all the injuries. We have scored more than 20 points once this year!

I don' think the Rams' cap allocation imbalance is a bad idea to be honest. It is an offensive league. It makes sense to lean into that. I'd just like to see the imbalance be less extreme. To be fair, our defence should punch above its cap weight, given the number of rookie contracts. But the point still stands. Other teams have rookie too. It is arrogant of McVay to think he is such an offensive wizard, that defence does not matter, and we can spend literally a fraction of the rest of the NFL.

Despite the above, 1-4 is unacceptable. Nobody is asking for a perfect record when a team built to win via offense loses its top 2 WRs, and many key offensive linemen, all at the same time, for extended weeks. But we needed to scrap out a few ugly Ws so that we are not out of the running before we get bodies back. Several games that we lost were very winnable. Detroit in OT. Green Bay. Chicago. We could have, and arguably should have, won all of those games. They were there for the taking. But we lost them all. We found a way to go 0-3, and that might sink us. Stafford and McVay are the best offensive QB + coach in the NFC. Our young WRs in Tutu and Whittington are not game breakers but you can win a game or two with that. Williams and Corum are an eliete RB duo. You can win with a depleted roster too. That much should have been obvious to anyone that actually watched the games. The fact we lost them all, that is on the players, and the coaching staff alike - both have not been good enough, period.

 

[Ram Ts]

I think tomorrow we finally see McVay go to the ground & pound game plan that we expected before the season. Corum gets a lot of runs (8-14) too. We run for 180-200+ yards.

 

[Toothsayer]

It isn't over yet, but we are certainly in the ICU, if not on life support.

It is not hard to see what went wrong with this team. We need our offense to be excellent. If not top 5 in the NFL. That is how the Rams are built.

Just look at the cap allocations.

I believe the Rams are top 5 in the NFL for offensive spending? So, to perform anything far below top 5 on offense, is not a good investment.

On defence, by contrast, nobody spends less than the Rams. The team that spends 2nd least, spends almost nearly double what the Rams do.

The offense needs to carry the load when you build your team that way. It has not been able to do so, with all the injuries. We have scored more than 20 points once this year!

I don' think the Rams' cap allocation imbalance is a bad idea to be honest. It is an offensive league. It makes sense to lean into that. I'd just like to see the imbalance be less extreme. To be fair, our defence should punch above its cap weight, given the number of rookie contracts. But the point still stands. Other teams have rookie too. It is arrogant of McVay to think he is such an offensive wizard, that defence does not matter, and we can spend literally a fraction of the rest of the NFL.

Despite the above, 1-4 is unacceptable. Nobody is asking for a perfect record when a team built to win via offense loses its top 2 WRs, and many key offensive linemen, all at the same time, for extended weeks. But we needed to scrap out a few ugly Ws so that we are not out of the running before we get bodies back. Several games that we lost were very winnable. Detroit in OT. Green Bay. Chicago. We could have, and arguably should have, won all of those games. They were there for the taking. But we lost them all. We found a way to go 0-3, and that might sink us. Stafford and McVay are the best offensive QB + coach in the NFC. Our young WRs in Tutu and Whittington are not game breakers but you can win a game or two with that. Williams and Corum are an eliete RB duo. You can win with a depleted roster too. That much should have been obvious to anyone that actually watched the games. The fact we lost them all, that is on the players, and the coaching staff alike - both have not been good enough, period.

I don't think AD99's 23.8 cap hit is included in those defense numbers, is it ? 66.5 mill of that 177 offensive total is on the trainer's table (Kupp, Jonah J, Higs, Noteboom). Stuff like that will wreck the balance of any budget & the value you're getting on the field.