Over Macho Grande?

[69superbowl]

December 27, 1969. I will never get over that loss. Ever. The Rams were the best team in the NFL. The Super Bowl was mine. Dammit.

 

[Tano]

That one I put more on Goff for not throwing sooner. Second one was PI.

Yeah but a really good receiver catches that ball even when it was thrown a tad late.

 

[AvengerRam]

Yeah but a really good receiver catches that ball even when it was thrown a tad late.

Lost in all this is the fact that Cooks had 8 receptions for 120 yards in the game. If he makes those plays (maybe even one of them), he could have been the MVP.

Hopefully, I’ll get over it someday!

 

[David Ray]

That '74 game pissed me off because we should have had home field due to winning the head to head during the season. Instead, conference record was the 1st tie breaker and we had to play in that shit weather in that shit stadium.

Yeah... I lived through that crap. And yeah... I'm old.

Now either mow my lawn or get off i

If we just had Kupp, or a just a healthy Gurley I think Goff would've been fine & could've been wearing a ring.
That drop by Brandin was brutal.

The "drop" where the DB was pulling one of his arms? What was brutal was Goff holding the ball FOREVER when Cooks had raised his arm signaling he was open as he was running his route LONG before he settled in the back of the end zone.

 

[David Ray]

Yeah but a really good receiver catches that ball even when it was thrown a tad late.

"A tad late?" Goff's indecision allowed the DB to come from near outside the numbers to make a play under the goal post.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QO55-KqgZo

 

[Tano]

"A tad late?" Goff's indecision allowed the DB to come from near outside the numbers to make a play under the goal post.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QO55-KqgZo

Yes a tad late. He was turned around on a fake which he is the best at by the way and it took him a second to find Cooks open in the end zone. He was so wide open that Goff thought he could get it to the receiver without drilling the ball.

That was definitely a mistake on Goff's part, but Cooks still should have caught the ball even being with it being a tad late.

 

[André]

I'm never getting over the first super bowl loss to the Patriots. Everyone knows they cheated. That should have cemented our dynasty for the greatest show on turf.

 

[Memento]

I'm never getting over the first super bowl loss to the Patriots. Everyone knows they cheated. That should have cemented our dynasty for the greatest show on turf.

And worse still, it robbed Aeneas Williams and many like him of a Super Bowl ring.

 

[oldnotdead]

There is one thing about getting old. You learn that there is no reason to fret about the past. I look forward to the future with anticipation and excitement. The only things that bother me are things are in the present. Right now I'm more excited now than I was last year. This year's draft will probably be better overall than last year's and that's saying alot.

We have a kicker that IMO will win games not lose them. They have two outstanding edges. Now with Turner and Fiske inside this DL should be very special this year. I feel confident with the secondary with ball hawks back there.

This season is already looking great! Nobody (the media) gave the Rams much thought last year. But this incomplete team was still good enough to make the playoffs. I felt 10-7 was a likely finish and most people scoffed. IMO this team can win 12-13 games this year and should contend for no less than the second seed. Oh yeah this year is looking very good.

 

[Merlin]

Yes a tad late. He was turned around on a fake which he is the best at by the way and it took him a second to find Cooks open in the end zone. He was so wide open that Goff thought he could get it to the receiver without drilling the ball.

That was definitely a mistake on Goff's part, but Cooks still should have caught the ball even being with it being a tad late.

In that game it was the mistake. The one that most affected the outcome. Rams after that were deflated on offense. You could almost feel the belief drain out of them.

It felt way too much like the previous Pats SB loss. Shit was mostly Belichick's specialty of isolating the QB and making him beat you. Worked vs Goff and a beat up Warner very well. Thankfully the last one we had a QB who could do it with his wideout.

 

[Tano]

In that game it was the mistake. The one that most affected the outcome. Rams after that were deflated on offense. You could almost feel the belief drain out of them.

It felt way too much like the previous Pats SB loss. Shit was mostly Belichick's specialty of isolating the QB and making him beat you. Worked vs Goff and a beat up Warner very well. Thankfully the last one we had a QB who could do it with his wideout.

Well I still blame the receiver more than Goff. We can agree to disagree on that.

He could have caught both throws if he was a top 10 receiver. And 1 of them if he was a top 20 receiver. But nope - he was just a good receiver who couldn't make the tough catches.

 

[Classic Rams]

I had to vote Carroll's accident. I'm over that. When the news first came out I was like many others. I was crushed. Whudunit? The wicked witch? It was like a game of Clue in RL. Now with all the stories supporting the really rough surf (even for a good swimmer) I lay that conspiracy theory to rest.

As for the losses to the Vikings, I was on for the 3rd and 4th games of that playoff rivalry, being too young for the 1969 and 1974 losses. In 1969 I loved monster movies and magazines. In 1974 I was full on Marvel comic collecting back when they were affordable for a kid. When I got on with the Rams it was the 1975 playoff game vs Dallas. For the Viking games I saw, the blocked kick TD was total lucky bullshit, as well as that rare rainstorm preceding the mud bowl.

The Cheatriots SB was also bullshit.

The phantom sack hurt. That we limped into the playoffs with an ailing defense that game didn't help much.

In that disaster season of 2011 I really wanted to find a better team having become sick of the witch and her mismanagement and low football IQ. Didn't seem like they were committed to winning and just trying to make a profit. I looked at the Colts to follow, but couldn't find a legit reason to jump on their wagon. It felt awkward, like being the new kid.

This list is great at covering all the stumbles, and I am never really over anything on it; I just picked the one that I am most over with which is based on what actually happened more than what leftover conspiracy theorists say "could have" happened.

 

[David Ray]

"A tad late?" Goff's indecision allowed the DB to come from near outside the numbers to make a play under the goal post.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QO55-KqgZo

So, according to Tano and viewing the video, ""a tad late" equals "four hitches" and most of the fault lands with Cooks. I suspect Tano didn't even watch the vid since it was clearly going to conflict with his Goff .... whatever. LAUGHABLE

 

[David Ray]

Well I still blame the receiver more than Goff. We can agree to disagree on that.

He could have caught both throws if he was a top 10 receiver. And 1 of them if he was a top 20 receiver. But nope - he was just a good receiver who couldn't make the tough catches.

And if Goff wasn't in GOOF mode, it would have been an easy catch.

 

[Tano]

So, according to Tano and viewing the video, ""a tad late" equals "four hitches" and most of the fault lands with Cooks. I suspect Tano didn't even watch the vid since it was clearly going to conflict with his Goff .... whatever. LAUGHABLE

I have watched the video many times and Cook still should have caught that ball. Both Kupp and Puka catch it because they would block out the CB from hitting their arm the way he did. Plus I have see QBs miss seeing wide open receivers before even Stafford. You're just a Goff hater especially calling him GOOF.

 

[David Ray]

I have watched the video many times and Cook still should have caught that ball. Both Kupp and Puka catch it because they would block out the receiver from knocking the ball away.

You refuse to recognoze that the ball should have been in Cook's possession long before the DB arrived which would have prevented any opportunity for the pass to be broken up. I'll admit, Cooks is not that type of WR. He has a smallish frame and is not physical on contested catches. So, GOOF's indecision put him in a position where his skillset was going to be in an unfavorable matchup.
GOOF's FAULT in February 2019, GOOF'S FAULT TODAY and GOOF'S FAULT FOREVER.

 

[Tano]

You refuse to recognoze that the ball should have been in Cook's possession long before the DB arrived which would have prevented any opportunity for the pass to be broken up. I'll admit, Cooks is not that type of WR. He has a smallish frame and is not physical on contested catches. So, GOOF's indecision put him in a position where his skillset was going to be in an unfavorable matchup.
GOOF's FAULT in February 2019, GOOF'S FAULT TODAY and GOOF'S FAULT FOREVER.

As you have shown, you are just a Goff hater. I have seen all QBs screw up on wide open receivers. The only thing I wish Goff would have done is fire that ball in. He floated that ball. He made a mistake but it was still catchable.

 

[David Ray]

I'd be curious if Cooks 'felt' anyone approaching. For as long as the ball floated, he could have suspected that, even though he was WIDE IOPEN at the top of his route, there might be a play made on the ball but if his eyes are directed skyward, does he know where the defender is coming from? Again, if GOOF executes in even a semiprofessional manner, it's an easy catch and six points for the LA RAMS.

You refuse to recognoze that the ball should have been in Cook's possession long before the DB arrived which would have prevented any opportunity for the pass to be broken up. I'll admit, Cooks is not that type of WR. He has a smallish frame and is not physical on contested catches. So, GOOF's indecision put him in a position where his skillset was going to be in an unfavorable matchup.
GOOF's FAULT in February 2019, GOOF'S FAULT TODAY and GOOF'S FAULT FOREVER.

 

[Tano]

I'd be curious if Cooks 'felt' anyone approaching. For as long as the ball floated, he could have suspected that, even though he was WIDE IOPEN at the top of his route, there might be a play made on the ball but if his eyes are directed skyward, does he know where the defender is coming from? Again, if GOOF executes in even a semiprofessional manner, it's an easy catch and six points for the LA RAMS.

He should have seen it coming out of the corner of his eye.

As to Goff being late on the play, Cooks was definitely not his primary receiver. He was going to go to another receiver when he saw Cooks so wide open. That's what caused the hitch. He had to re-calibrate himself. But again I admit he should have fired that ball. So it was partly his fault. But I still feel with it being a so so throw that Cooks should have caught that ball by preparing for the CB coming in. I have seen other receivers catch that ball. If Kupp wasn't injured he definitely catches that ball.

 

[David Ray]

As you have shown, you are just a Goff hater. I have seen all QBs screw up on wide open receivers. The only thing I wish Goff would have done is fire that ball in. He floated that ball. He made a mistake but it was still catchable.

This discussion reminds me of the tale about playing chess with a pigeon. And, no I don't hate Goff. As a HATER of the Minute Scrotum BiQueens, that TNF game in September 2018, was one I'll ALWAYS cherish. The MNF shootout against Mahomes, he was a bit erratic but came out on top in an historic fray. The NFCCG in the Superdome, I thought he'd arrived what with the mental toughness he displayed that afternoon. But minutes before the Super Bowl, the cameras picked him up on the sideline and he looked as though the moment was too big for him. He appeared to be physically ill. And at critical stages, he played the way he looked in that moment.