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The Cardinals are in sad shape...probably worse than the Rams.

Cards playing a Rookie QB - his 1st NFL game.
I think this is a prime opportunity for our D to shine.

I'm also looking forward to seeing Stafford throw to his other WRs...seeing who steps up, seeing how McVay adjusts, now that he is FORCED to adjust.

Man, that last play call to give Puka the ball was just so stupid...but I'm interested to see how the offense looks now.
 
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den-the-coach said:
I am hoping that don't make Carson Beck look like the second coming of Joe Pendleton.
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Cardinals are the only team in worse shape than we are with wide receivers. Their receiver group has a grand total of 8 catches. Ours isn't much better with a total of 18 catches. If its a tight end game they have the advantage with McBride.
 
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Cardinals are the only team in worse shape than we are with wide receivers. Their receiver group has a grand total of 8 catches. Ours isn't much better with a total of 18 catches. If its a tight end game they have the advantage with McBride.
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I don't know - Rams might have the advantage with quantity.
Rams can focus on McBride and shut him down.
 
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If the Rams play these guys straight up and McBride gets single coverage all game - I'll be disappointed. Lake is elite in TE coverage - but we are talking about a team with a rookie QB in his first start with backups to the backups at all other positions. They are going to try to run the ball and they are going to try to feed safe passes to McBride. Put the corners on islands - they get no help over the top. Crowd the box and always always have McBride sammiched.

I dare them to try to beat us deep.
 
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This is the one game that I am not concerned about. I know, I know... this is the NFL... divisional opponent... any given Sunday and all that. But I am confident that the Rams will pull this one out mainly because the Cards are such a mess right now. However, it will be interesting to see what McVay will do with the offense.
 
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Fire Ants said:
The Cardinals are in sad shape...probably worse than the Rams.

Cards playing a Rookie QB - his 1st NFL game.
I think this is a prime opportunity for our D to shine.

I'm also looking forward to seeing Stafford throw to his other WRs...seeing who steps up, seeing how McVay adjusts, now that he is FORCED to adjust.

Man, that last play call to give Puka the ball was just so stupid...but I'm interested to see how the offense looks now.
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Great post! I'm with you. I don't see how their rook QB can possibly excel against our Dline. He'll be running for his life most plays.

And I'm also curious how McVay adjusts our offense now. My hope is he runs as much as feasible and throws when it makes sense.
 
I don't think the Rams will show anything new as far as the offense. They will stick with the 13P and run the ball. At the same time don't ignore the passing game.

I do hope to see Stafford spreading the passes around when they pass. This is a good game to get the WR/TE/RB groups on the same page and be ready for targets coming at anytime. Without Puka everyone should be on high alert when running routes. No more slowing down. They need to play attention to the details of the routes. Get the rookie elegibles Daniels and Klaire reps and into the flow of the game. They didn't throw deep last week. They need to take a few shots down field to keep defenses honest.
 
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RamDino said:
This is the one game that I am not concerned about. I know, I know... this is the NFL... divisional opponent... any given Sunday and all that. But I am confident that the Rams will pull this one out mainly because the Cards are such a mess right now. However, it will be interesting to see what McVay will do with the offense.
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I was pretty confident the last time we played them.
 
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While there's a chance Carson Beck has a great debut, IMO it is more likely he is overwhelmed and throws one or two picks. He'll hit a few passes early but then our pressure will get to him and it will be "get the ball out within one second" mode for the rest of the game.

On the other hand, we need to show we can score against these guys. Our lowest scoring output of the season (except week 1 SF) was against AZ. They held Seattle to 17 pts and 295 yards last week. Why couldn't they have traded Budda Baker (sigh)? I'm guessing/hoping this might be like a 24-13 game for us.
 
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den-the-coach said:
I am hoping that they don't make Carson Beck look like the second coming of Joe Pendleton.
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You mean the guy who guy who got hit by the bus? Nah... I'm more afraid of the 2nd coming of Tom Jarrett who appeared to magically returned to life right on the field!!
 
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