Rams stumble by not staying humble

[ram007]

They shut out two NFL teams.

They were at home.

The road team is coming of a 1-2 record in the last 3 games.

The road team is devastated by more injuries than you.

The opponent is travelling on a short week and never won a Thurdsday Night Game since 1940's.

And what does Rams do? Come out and lay an egg when the whole world picked them to win.

This tells me, Rams didn't stay humble and overlooked an opponent coming in with a 10-3 (lucky or not, good or bad) record. This caused the loss, IMO, as I cannot see other reasons for this loss.

Hope Rams players learn from this and mature. Go Rams

 

[Ken]

I doubt it . Rams OL was just too weak vs the Cards DL. And Hill was off target.

 

[Thordaddy]

They shut out two NFL teams.

They were at home.

The road team is coming of a 1-2 record in the last 3 games.

The road team is devastated by more injuries than you.

The opponent is travelling on a short week and never won a Thurdsday Night Game since 1940's.

And what does Rams do? Come out and lay an egg when the whole world picked them to win.

This tells me, Rams didn't stay humble and overlooked an opponent coming in with a 10-3 (lucky or not, good or bad) record. This caused the loss, IMO, as I cannot see other reasons for this loss.

Hope Rams players learn from this and mature. Go Rams

I think that's part of it, it's difficult to keep the type of intensity it takes to do what we did the previous weeks ,but I have to say they did limit the other team to 12 points and the sort of thing you speak of many times ends up in a blowout not at all like what happened to Oakland after beating KC for their first win. We are almost as good on defense as the talking heads say we are.

I say part because , the 11 wins this year and the 10 last year are no mirage and IMO if Palmer had played all of this season the Cards would have an even better record Stanton has started 8 of their games. So ...............I think AZ deserves credit for being possibly a better team albeit a little less talented, and constantly motivated by the Rams with the inferior record being favored as you say by the whole world.

We got a little cocky maybe but I disagree with the "laid an egg" assessment , if we'd been blown out ,I'd agree

 

[mr.stlouis]

WTF does humble have to do with it? This isn't freaking church, choir practice, or the flipping Spagnolo era! They lost because the was offense brutally one sided and the major deficiency came in the passing game against a defense that dared us to pass the ball! OL struggled, but ultimately we needed a QB with quite a bit more than limited abilities in passes over 12 yards. But you can only pissed if you judge Hill as a starter, not as a back up. So alas, our biggest fear of losing Bradford rings true again. We didn't overlook anybody, we LOVE to murder teams. The defense did murder their offense, even killed another Cardinal QB. But the facts are the facts, and the fact is we put Hill in a poor position to succeed that we ultimately couldn't help.

And freak Arians! He's just pissed because the early talk of our future domimation already outweighs the talk of the Tardinals doing anything significant in the Playoffs.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

Humble? No.

Were the Ravens humble? Seattle? new England?

Not being humble has nothing to do with it. Our offense looked flat from the start, especially the line. The line seemed tired and the Cards had more to play for. The Oline is where that game was lost. The old guys looked even older after a short week.

 

[Ramrasta]

I prefer that early Rex Ryan type cocky attitude if you can back it up. It builds players confidence and makes them play at a higher level.

 

[Jumava1968]

Az just took it to our O-line and kept our offense off balance all game long.Aside from working on who our Qb will be next year Fisher needs to keep this game in mind. Because the NFL is a copycat league and this is what teams will try to do to us.So fixing the line is priority 1b as I see it so let's hope he gets it done.

 

[shovelpass]

I think it was more of Arz.'s D neutralizing our Offense. The past 3 weeks have shown the Rams offense slowing down: we put up 45 on offense against the Raiders, then 17 on Washington, and finally 6 against Arizona. It is a mixture of "things" working right and favorable matchups, and we had neither on Thursday. The Cardinals tough D plus drops, errant throws, and fumbles left our offense stagnant.

 

[Ballhawk]

Never bet on the Rams when they are going against a three-four defense.

 

[SierraRam]

Never bet on the Rams when they are going against a three-four defense.

especially with our three-fifths OL.

So alas, our biggest fear of losing Bradford rings true again.

cold, hard, harsh reality: our playoff hopes ended in preseason.

 

[mr.stlouis]

especially with our three-fifths OL.



cold, hard, harsh reality: our playoff hopes ended in preseason.

Right...

 

[RamFan503]

Humble? No.

Were the Ravens humble? Seattle? new England?

Not being humble has nothing to do with it. Our offense looked flat from the start, especially the line. The line seemed tired and the Cards had more to play for. The Oline is where that game was lost. The old guys looked even older after a short week.

That's what I really saw too. We just looked flat coming out on offense. Just had a weird feeling when I saw that.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

That's what I really saw too. We just looked flat coming out on offense. Just had a weird feeling when I saw that.

Yep it was a sinking feeling.