Plaschke- Wide-eyed Rams acting like they haven't been here before

[tklongball]

must fill space... article due... need to write about something... anything...

 

[BadCompany]

But on the field, in big and unfamiliar situations, these Rams have initially struggled to find their footing.

Two weeks ago in the NFC championship game in the deafening New Orleans Superdome, their first quarter was awful, and they exited it with a 13-0 deficit to the Saints.

In the divisional round against the Dallas Cowboys, they had another lousy first quarter and trailed 7-3.

It seemingly takes Goff time to find his feet underneath him. It takes Gurley time to find his rhythm, at least when he’s had his rhythm.

These Patriots are the opposite, a team that never shows any panic in giant games, or did you already forget how they overcame a 28-3 deficit to the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl a couple of years ago?

So let me understand this... The Rams are at a disadvantage because they started off slow and then came back to win, but the Patriots are at an advantage because... they started off slow and then came back to win?

 

[SoCalRam78]

So let me understand this... The Rams are at a disadvantage because they started off slow and then came back to win, but the Patriots are at an advantage because... they started off slow and then came back to win?

lost in the media slobber fest over the Pats and Brady is the fact they gave up 31 points in the second half.

also if dee ford isn't off sides on a play he had zero impact on, GOAT Brady has a 3 pick game.

They're beatable, and we'll beat them.

 

[Loyal]

lol. Lighten up Plaschke.

“It doesn’t feel real, I’ll tell you that much,’’ he said. “It does not feel real at all.”

It is real. The Rams need to figure that out. Real fast.

Stop being a dope. Of course they know it's real. Let them enjoy the experience. It's a rare, rare blessing to even be there.

I know...Talk about obsessing over every syllable a young guy utters, as though that indicates anything about Super Bowl 53

 

[jjab360]

But on the field, in big and unfamiliar situations, these Rams have initially struggled to find their footing.

Two weeks ago in the NFC championship game in the deafening New Orleans Superdome, their first quarter was awful, and they exited it with a 13-0 deficit to the Saints.

In the divisional round against the Dallas Cowboys, they had another lousy first quarter and trailed 7-3.

It seemingly takes Goff time to find his feet underneath him. It takes Gurley time to find his rhythm, at least when he’s had his rhythm.

These Patriots are the opposite, a team that never shows any panic in giant games, or did you already forget how they overcame a 28-3 deficit to the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl a couple of years ago?

Question. Does this blowhard know what the word opposite means? Because he just described two teams overcoming an early deficit and winning. Why is it that one team took a while to find their rhythm and started out playing lousy and awful because they were panicked and the other team had their opponent right where they wanted them the whole time?

 

[Rmfnlt]

Silliness.

 

[rdlkgliders]

 

[majrleaged]

Meanwhile, Vinny B. Reports


View: https://twitter.com/VinnyBonsignore/status/1090432487346634752

I trust vinnie.

 

[LesBaker]

also if dee ford isn't off sides on a play he had zero impact on, GOAT Brady has a 3 pick game.

That play got about half of the media's attention as the blown call on NRC did.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

During the Super Bowl opening gala show the press tried very hard to get players on both sides to put their foot in their mouth. Nobody bit.

 

[wolfdogg]

The patriots have scored a TOTAL of 3 points in the first quarter of their last 8 super bowls, combined. That s right, 3 fucking points. Not an average of 3 points but 3 points in 8 first quarters. And this asswipe wants to make slow starts for the rams a talking point?

 

[Ram65]

Different coaching styles and different teams so what's the big deal.

I'm hoping the Rams come out and play there best. I think they will be focused from the beginning.

 

[ArkyRamsFan]

Right! If we can get through that hostile environment, this one may seem easy.

I was thinking the same thing. Heck, we've already been to hell and back, what with 110 decibel noise and all......

~ArkyRamsFan~

 

[RamsSince1969]

Vons wishes them luck! new mail today. Bring home the chip!

 

[Mackeyser]

Follow the quote of John Sullivan and Vinnie B tweet. Rams have faced a lot of crap the last two years and had zero issues with it. Nothing you can do about super bowl inexperience. Philly and Atlanta didn’t have it either. Didn’t seem to bother them.

Rams will be ready. Fact no one thinks we’ll win. All the better.

And why are the twin tragedies of the mass shooting and wildfires so ignored???

We had players affected, moved from their homes, reaching out to victims and so much more! What NRC went through alone is enough to affect a team.

But we can’t humanize the Rams... have to constantly genuflect to Belichick, Brady and the Pats. Makes me sick.

 

[PhillyRam]

A quick fact about the experienced Patriots. In their last eight SB appearances they have scored a total of 3 points in the 1st quarter... combined!

They had that stat on ESPN I think. Stunning when you think about it.

 

[RAMBUSH]

You heard it here first .... should patten it .... Rams gonna put the goat out to pasture ...

 

[OregonRamsFan]

You heard it here first .... should patten it .... Rams gonna put the goat out to pasture ...

Yeah, and force feed him turf!

 

[Mojo Ram]

 

[Merlin]

I trust vinnie.

Yeah Vinny has become the best sportswriter in the market period, due mainly to his even-handed takes on not only the Rams but whatever he writes about. Personally I detest the media members who go out of their way to drive their storylines, which is probably most of them. Plaschke is hit & miss, if he were a member of the Rams he'd be a career special teams guy who is sort of just there, sort of like Whicker from the OC rag.

And another thing here IMO is the older guard writers who were around when the Rams were inherited by Georgia need to go through that period of acceptance that the Rams are an elite franchise now. Love or hate him, it's obvious Kroenke is an elite owner who has put his focus into his football team, and it honestly might as well be a different franchise than the one who left OC under Georgia and the Shaw regime.

This isn't the time for local writers to fight the acceptance of the Rams being elite. Rather it's the time to accept that they are right now in a remarkable time and place and should be enjoying it.

Oh and btw I do think Plaschke's title was a bit of click-bait too btw. Not like the article was terrible or anything, but Bill is still a "special teamer" to my eye at least.