Playoffs(???) and the remaining NFC gauntlet schedule

[RamsOfCastamere]

Alright, we've swept the AFC and just played our easiest NFC game. We're 1-2 in the NFC and every game here on out has a direct impact on our playoff picture. We have 5 division games remaining and the two division leaders of the NFC North and NFC South. The next 4 games will truly let us know how we stack up against the best of the NFC.

I'd say the three games I've highlighted are must wins if we want to avoid a low playoff seed. We have to beat the niners to win the division, and the other two have head-to-head tie breaker implications. At least splitting Seattle is a must. I will be ecstatic if we win the next three.

 

[fearsomefour]

No easy games there.
Panthers are playing much better and the Cards are a divisional game.
Winning the games the Rams should, Cards x2, Panthers, Falcons....gives the Rams 10 wins.
11 or 12 win is still very possible.
Seattle look excellent right now.
They have an excellent roster and and coach that has that defense cooking.

 

[duanevalle22]

I think the next three game will define the Rams season. I'm hoping for 2-1

 

[FrantikRam]

2-1 will set us up for success. That Thursday game in Seattle later this season may decide the division unless the Niners beat us and keep winning.

After the game earlier this year against the Niners and watching them yesterday, I am not feeling great about the game this Sunday.

This would be the worst case for the division coupled with the best case overall:

@Niners - L
Seahawks - W
Bucs - W
@Panthers - W
@Cardinals - W
Lions - W
@Seahawks - L
@Falcons - W
Cardinals - W

Sign me up for a 13-4 season.....problem is, if Seattle or SF also went 13-4, we'd be a wildcard.

This Sundays game is HUGE.

 

[Faceplant]

I am not sure 10 wins get the Rams in this year. Gotta win these divisional games. No more bullshit. Losing to the corpse of the whiners was inexcusable.

 

[12intheBox]

This team is a serious contender for the #1 seed. Not making the playoffs at this point is pretty much unthinkable for me.

Plenty of work to do, of course, but this team is certainly good enough.

 

[RamsOfCastamere]

Yeah I want that #1 seed. It's right there if we execute and a get a little help with GB and the Eagles.

If we win our division and get the #2 or #3 seed, there is a high probability that we face a division opponent again first round.

 

[CanadaRam]

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Crazy this year, I’ve seen Rams as low as 10 and as high as 1.
Vegas odds on SB they are third.

Clean up the FG unit and let’s get a championship

 

[Loyal]

Dump the inferiority complex! The Rams can beat ANY team in this league. Teams should fear the Rams, not the other way around!

 

[Merlin]

I am not sure 10 wins get the Rams in this year. Gotta win these divisional games. No more bullshit. Losing to the corpse of the whiners was inexcusable.

That was the worst loss we have had in years. But the boys responded and bounced back from it. Next game vs SF we have to rub their noses in shit. The division games loom large.

We either run this division or we try to slip into the playoffs as a wildcard. But both are going to require divisional and conference wins.

 

[RamsOfCastamere]

Huge fucking Ws over the past two weeks!!! We're in the division lead and also have a shot at the 1 seed if we hold on. I really want that one seed. I do not want us to play the niners again in the first round. The Lions and Packers failed to take down the Eagles but they have the Cowboys, Bears, Chargers, and Bills coming up. Maybe one of them will help us out.

Next up is the Bucs! A strong team but they haven't been looking invincible recently. If we get through the Bucs, there's strong possibility that we win the next 3 in a row.

 

[Rams8821]

That Carolina game is not looking like the gimme it once did.

That's going to be a tough game. I think we win, but wont be easy.....good think is they will be coming off a MNF game on the West Coast.....

 

[fearsomefour]

Baker running around and making plays off of that can torture a defense.
I am sure the Rams will be able to score on Tampa as well.
I expect a high scoring game.

 

[snackdaddy]

Last game is with the Cardinals. Just their luck the Rams have clinched and have nothing to play for that game. Sit the starters. Cards win and screw up their draft position.

 

[fearsomefour]

Last game is with the Cardinals. Just their luck the Rams have clinched and have nothing to play for that game. Sit the starters. Cards win and screw up their draft position.

They do enjoy doing things like that to themselves.
With Penix likely done for the year.....the Rams may end up with a top 5 pick.

 

[Classic Rams]

With the remaining schedule the Rams could realistically go 4-3 minimum. If anyone at the beginning of the year said we'd be 12-5 I'd accept it for sure.

I'm thinking 3 losses because of the winning teams they play, but at least 1 could be a win, just as 1 against a lesser team could be an upset loss. Or from resting starters in the last game. But not sleeping on Jimmy, he almost got us that one last year.

 

[snackdaddy]

They do enjoy doing things like that to themselves.
With Penix likely done for the year.....the Rams may end up with a top 5 pick.

Imagine winning a Superbowl and having a top 5 pick a few months later? The rich get richer.

 

[RamsOfCastamere]

That Carolina game is not looking like the gimme it once did.

That's going to be a tough game. I think we win, but wont be easy.....good think is they will be coming off a MNF game on the West Coast.....

It will be tough but I'll be there talking enough shit to help us win.

 

[Rams8821]

It will be tough but I'll be there talking enough shit to help us win.

Same here, although I dont talk junk, especially at a visting stadium.

Good natured bantering....... sure.

Lets meet up for a cold one.....

 

[Virginia_Ram]

Huge fucking Ws over the past two weeks!!! We're in the division lead and also have a shot at the 1 seed if we hold on. I really want that one seed. I do not want us to play the niners again in the first round. The Lions and Packers failed to take down the Eagles but they have the Cowboys, Bears, Chargers, and Bills coming up. Maybe one of them will help us out.

Next up is the Bucs! A strong team but they haven't been looking invincible recently. If we get through the Bucs, there's strong possibility that we win the next 3 in a row.

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I doubt the 49ers even make the playoffs. Seattle and the Rams from the West. The Bears, Lions, and or GB from the north. The Eagles from the East. And Heaven knows who from the South?