Preseason Week 2 Post Game/Observations

[OldSchool]

Anyone see the Charger-Saints attendance at the stubHub?

lol what attendance

 

[Soul Surfer]

Refs still suck....

-Flagging Joyner for hitting "defenseless" receiver shoulder to shoulder.
-Not flagging defender for laying out an actual defenseless receiver(Cooper).
-Not flagging defender for leading with crown on helmet to helmet hit that knocked out Thomas(most bullcrap missed call I have seen in a while).

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

 

[Soul Surfer]

Whitworth is undoubtably the biggest acquisition of the off-season.

Yep. 6'7 and 335 lbs.

 

[Soul Surfer]

what the hell was all the O penalites about during Fisher's time?

Fisher wouldn't hold anybody accountable.
He would just give them a big hug and ask them to be more careful next time.

 

[Soul Surfer]

Yep. 6'7 and 335 lbs.

That size is crazy when you think about it.
He has about 30 pounds on most Tackles and yet is fast enough to handle 285 lb defensive ends.
In all of sports, defensive ends have to be the biggest, most athletic players out there.

 

[RedRam]

My recollections for his incomplete passes are:
1. Fade to Watkins - I think Watkins was held (he couldn't get free of the defender)
2. Throwaway on a boot-leg when they took away Higbee and he was about to get sacked
3. Watkins drop on deep ball (but not a bad drop, nice play by defender)
4. Ball thrown before Kupp got his head around

Basically, if you remove the throwaway, he only had one pass that was off-target (first Watkins fade).

It probably sounds weird but likely my favorite throw by Goff was the one he threw away. That was a professional QB play. He had nothing open and rather than forcing a throw (in an essentially meaningless game so why not?) he threw it away avoiding a negative play and/or getting clobbered in the process. He's thinking out there... No deer in the headlights. He made the correct play.

 

[fanotodd]

Rams had the ball on O over 36 min. Converted 8 of 15 3rd downs. Looks like we have an offensive coaching staff for the first time in many years.

Those #s are even more impressive when you just look at the starting unit that played the first half.
The Rams had the ball for over 20 mins to the raiders having it for less than 10, and the Rams converted 5 of their first 7 3rd downs.

The offense looked stellar. There was marked improvement from last week to this game. The play calling was refreshing if not impressive. What was also a big sigh of relief was the run game. I know the staff needed to see the right side of the OL and evaluate the Brown/Havs thing, but this game the Rams actually ran to the left, over our big vets. Impressive. Whitworth is a mountain. Loved his play.

 

[fanotodd]

It probably sounds weird but likely my favorite throw by Goff was the one he threw away. That was a professional QB play. He had nothing open and rather than forcing a throw (in an essentially meaningless game so why not?) he threw it away avoiding a negative play and/or getting clobbered in the process. He's thinking out there... No deer in the headlights. He made the correct play.

Good call. I was impressed w/ that play as well. Hey, sometimes the defense calls the right play. That play was blown up almost immediately. Goff made the right decision.

 

[kurtfaulk]

One negative about this week, kidding it isn't about the team, the NFL.com site used to have a team selection of videos. Now you go there and select Rams video's and half the video's or more aren't about your team! NFL.com broke their site they better get it together.

Yeah that site sucks arse right now. It shouldn't be that difficult to find what you want. And what's with the length of commercials sometimes? Don't these fuckers make enough money already?

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[dolphinlover123]

Opposing defenses will pay attention to Kupp now. Excited to see how we respond.

 

[RamsFan47]

Best thing that I saw that has been missing, is simple, we had designed plays that worked well that showed the same look, with a different play, and we executed overall on offense. Executing includes, throwing on time, catching the ball, run blocking, blocking downfield, and pass blocking. Also, well designed, and in sync play calling. Guys were open, all day.

Agree, we executed.

Yes, we executed!!
-This is not some pop-gun offense-
That TD to Kupp- had the raider D completely duped and when they figured it out, Kupp calmly trotted under the ball for an EASY catch. BANG!
-the run by Gurley and the o-line pushing the pile was my favorite play of the night. BANG!
-Gerald Everett is smooth.BANG!
-Sammy- BANG!
-Tavon- BANG!
-Gurley-BANG!
-excellent time of possession. BANG!
-Wade Phillips led D-BANG! BANG!!
Sullivan is right, this team is not going to be an easy out!

Too. Many. Weapons.

 

[FrantikRam]

Kupp is just insane.

Goff is 4/6 scoring drives - 3 TDs.

This team has so much talent..

 

[RamsFan47]

Kupp is just insane.

Goff is 4/6 scoring drives - 3 TDs.

This team has so much talent..

They'd better effing have a bunch of talent considering their draft position over the last handful of years!!!
Thank god they made a great hire in Mcvay.
We're in week TWO of the pre season and it crystal clear that this is his team. Everyone is buying in.
This is the Boss Baby that hired Wade Phillips, Kromer and a big ugly left tackle!
This is absolutely a fantastic coaching staff that he's assembled, period.

-Horns Up^

 

[RhodyRams]

Nobody mentioned the fact there were no fumbles

And Justin Davis had a few decent carries

 

[LARAMSinFeb.]

Anyone see the Charger-Saints attendance at the stubHub?

Give em a break, their fans are 120 miles away now.

 

[NERamsFan]

Well it certainly looks REALLY different once the ball is snapped. There are players at all levels of the field and sideline to sideline. Not a lot of motion pre snap but I expect we will see more of that once the season starts. McVay is a creative play designer and while I don't expect this team to rival the GSOT it's fair to say that there is an element of Martz's philosophy in McVay.



Good observations RamBall.........there was no shooting themselves in the foot. It wasn't frustrating to watch them like it has been for so many years.



@DaveFan'51 this is my gift to you. A condensed version of the entire game. Enjoy! Looking forward to your opinions too!


View: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_0SmtX8MuQqMUhuaGkzeENOdG8/view





IMO that's by design. The plays are constructed to take a little more time because of how they are spreading out the defense so Goff has to wait the extra heartbeat or two.



Two different guys and one of them hit him TWICE. No flag though LOL.



Wait until TAustin is back and defenses have to worry about the jet sweep or reverses. I think it was @Mojo Ram that did a breakdown of how those two were killing teams in the run game on some well designed plays.

McVay keeps a defense on it's heels doesn't he..........



Both were small things that made a big play happen.

Have you paid attention to Goff's footwork, it's very good now. They have obviously been working on that. He is moving better than last year and it's pretty clear McVay recognized it was an issue and they went and got on it big time.

As someone who lives here in the east coast, I want to personally thank you for this video!! Would it be too much to ask for the next game, the rehearsal game by chance?! Pretty please lol

 

[badnews]

As someone who lives here in the east coast, I want to personally thank you for this video!! Would it be too much to ask for the next game, the rehearsal game by chance?! Pretty please lol

I second this!!!

 

[SteveBrown]

I second this!!!

3rd this, pretty please with a plumb cherry on top!

 

[kurtfaulk]

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isn't cbs televising the game?

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[den-the-coach]

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isn't cbs televising the game?

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Yes Chargers @ Rams will be televised on CBS on Saturday Night at 8:00pm Eastern Time A.K.A where the sun rises.