VENT Season Vent Thread

[Ram_Rally]

This isn't the reason we lost but man this was puzzling


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This plagued us all season long. Our defense can get gashed for a score in a hurry. Mcvay should have protected them. He really needs to look in the mirror. If you want an aggressive offense, you better have a defense that can make up for mistakes. Refusing to invest in the defense and also refusing to help keep them off the field hurt them all year.

 

[Ram_Rally]

I concur and believe the FO does too.
There is a reason our name always comes up in trades for guys like Burns, Garrett etc. This isn't a knock on what we have but a first hand acknowledgement of what a game wrecker can do. We had one and know the impact 99

I had this realization yesterday as well. Every player on the defense is a second option on a good unit, at Best. We need a defacto corner and pass rusher.

 

[RamUK]

Right here
1:30 left in 2nd up 13 -10 and the next time the offense takes a snap it's 24 -13 WOW!

If we'd have scored a touchdown from there, everybody, you included, would have been saying what a genius McVay is.

Way too many people are prepared to pluck out a play here, a play there to justify that McVay got it wrong..

Somebody saying in a chat that they didn't like a certain play is kind of irrelevant.

And I say that because they can only give that opinion after the fact when it either did or didn't work.

It's human bias to say that I knew this would happen or I knew that would happen. The reality is, we never know what will happen. it's utter folly to think otherwise

Many people who are brilliant at something have that eccentric side as well, and McVay is very much in that mould.

If he continues to drive us deep into the playoffs and make us one of the most exciting teams in the NFL, I'll continue to stick by him.

One more thing on the DBs.

McVay traded a second-rounder and a fourth-rounder to get Marcus Peters.

He then went out and gave two firsts up to get Jalen Ramsey.

That isn't the behaviour of a guy who doesn't recognise the need for a strong secondary.

 

[RamUK]

This plagued us all season long. Our defense can get gashed for a score in a hurry. Mcvay should have protected them. He really needs to look in the mirror. If you want an aggressive offense, you better have a defense that can make up for mistakes. Refusing to invest in the defense and also refusing to help keep them off the field hurt them all year.

The Seattle Seahawks had the number one defence in the NFL.

Stafford gashed them in the third quarter.

And he gashed them in the previous meeting.

It happens.

If Smith doesn't muff the punt or Parkinson doesn't drop a simple catch, there's a high probability we'd have won that game.

 

[CGI_Ram]

This isn't the reason we lost but man this was puzzling


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That was definitely a killer. Man, we had the momentum too up 13-10... the crowd was quieted and stunned a little... and in matter of minutes Seattle grabbed it all back.

Ugh. Our defense really let us down.

 

[InfiniteRam]

Lots of calls for better corners. But no corner will solve a scheme that sits fifteen yards off of a slow, washed up Cooper Kupp and allows him to run virtually free for a critical first down. This happens time and time and time again. The scheme is horrible.

Seems every team we play has defenders within a yard or two of our pass catches every time. We sit back clueless in zone and let any and every QB play catch every single game.

 

[Coliseum Ram]

This plagued us all season long. Our defense can get gashed for a score in a hurry. Mcvay should have protected them. He really needs to look in the mirror. If you want an aggressive offense, you better have a defense that can make up for mistakes. Refusing to invest in the defense and also refusing to help keep them off the field hurt them all year.

Too much on Mac's plate now? Marriage, kids. He completely blew the game at the end of the 1st Half. Took the game from 13-10 to 13-24.

Then completely misinterprets a valid question from reporter after game re: Stafford.

I wonder about this guy. If he was a better clock manager we'd have more than 1 ring in the Stafford era.

 

[Ram_Rally]

The Seattle Seahawks had the number one defence in the NFL.

Stafford gashed them in the third quarter.

And he gashed them in the previous meeting.

It happens.

If Smith doesn't muff the punt or Parkinson doesn't drop a simple catch, there's a high probability we'd have won that game.

For Seattle, it ONLY happened against us. For our defense, it happened against the eagles, 49ers, Seahawks second game and last night, and the Panthers twice. That's not the same.

 

[AZRams]

Now I know how all my uncles must have felt watching the 70s teams pull up short.

 

[AZRams]

Lots of calls for better corners. But no corner will solve a scheme that sits fifteen yards off of a slow, washed up Cooper Kupp and allows him to run virtually free for a critical first down. This happens time and time and time again. The scheme is horrible.

Seems every team we play has defenders within a yard or two of our pass catches every time. We sit back clueless in zone and let any and every QB play catch every single game.

With better corners you don't have to sit 10 yds off a guy that is past his prime.

 

[GoodBadUgly]

I think the biggest bummer about the loss... is that the biggest play wasn't a play MADE by Seattle... it was just a fuck up by a Rams player. Period.

That's the one thing that'll bug me from this game.

Sure.. they have weaknesses and whatever... but that WAS THE BALLGAME.

I was bummed about this too, but then I realized it was basically offset by the Seahawks taunting penalty. It went from a 4th and 12, to a first down, and we threw a TD on the first play. That was a wash. Brainfarts on both teams.

The main difference in this game was our D. When you're getting good pressure, playing soft gives an out to a good QB in short to middle. When you're NOT getting good pressure, QB has all day to pick apart the zone. Either way, with our scheme, we lose.

 

[FaulkSF]

I’m sure it’s been said earlier, but McVay needed to take the girls goals instead of going for it on fourth down. Six points we missed out on….

Very difficult to get that first down against the #1 NFL defense. Even if you’ve got the MVP.

 

[SWAdude]

Am I the only one that beyond all the strengths and weaknesses, the officiating cost us the SB?

I can't believe how many talking heads on my X channel are questioning all the bad calls and blatant missed calls.

Oh well. Same story different day.

I really thought this was our season.

 

[dang]

We got a taste of what Bills fans have been feeling since the 1990s. So close but no cigar.

 

[PhillyRam]

I had this realization yesterday as well. Every player on the defense is a second option on a good unit, at Best. We need a defacto corner and pass rusher.

Yeah, and Lake should go back to safety. Him trying to cover JSN was a joke. The "star" position needs to be a physical CB who can cover anyone.

 

[0311rams]

Now I know how all my uncles must have felt watching the 70s teams pull up short.

it really sucked!

 

[dieterbrock]

I guess this is as good a spot as any to post this:

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[0311rams]

Lots of valid criticisms
This one only hurts this bad because of how close we were.
Should we have been? Was this
After trading for Stafford in '21 the Rams started kicking the leagues ass out of the gate. They went from good to great at QB and upgraded a very good roster with lots of contributions from young udfas and late picks but unlike this years or last years team, they also had some bona-fide absolute badasses and proven vet studs spread out across all three units. McVays O with Stafford and Kupp and Whitworth lead the way but the defense had the best player at an position in his prime and an all-pro corner. Shit, even the STs featured pro-bowl caliber vets at Kicker and Punter. They didn't stop there, adding Von Miller and O'Dell Beckham in Nov.

I know it's long and nobody needs a history lesson but I'm getting to my point, I promise.

That 21 team needed every one of their star players and vet studs to come through in big moments and even with all the talent on that team, every one of those games were a baby door hair away from a loss.

Weren't we supposed to be rebuilding? That's why our defense is the lowest paid and our ST have been ignored. They haven't had much cap room or premium draft picks over the past few years to speed up the process of restocking the roster. Last years team was much better than it should've been. We weren't supposed to be in the conversation but we outperformed expectations and we just picked up where we left off from last year.
Yes, getting that close and knowing we could've won another ring is tough, but perspective matters and the saying "playing with house money" comes to mind.
Because of great coaching and drafting and the best QB+WR duo in the league, we've been making the post season and even winning playoff games while we're rebuilding.

Stafford comes back then yeah, quiet rebuild. he doesn't it's a bit bigger than quiet rebuild. I prefer some transparency myself. what's the bigger picture?

 

[DeaconJones]

Bummed by the loss but we gave it a good shot. I share everyone's frustration over the missed plays and the turnover. X's muffed punt is my fault - I always cross my arms to form an "X" when he is receiving the kick. I forgot to do it that time.

At the end, like a good movie, I at least wanted it to come down to a Hail Mary shot. So unfortunate that Puka just missed being out of bounds to set that up at midfield. 25 seconds to go at their own 7 or 8 yard line and got to midfield. Impressive.

Such a good drive near the end - 84 yards. Sad to end on that 4th down play. What I liked about that drive was that Stafford was attacking and getting down the field quickly. I wanted us to score fast, leaving enough time for Seattle to perhaps come back and re-tie or take the lead, then still time for the final game-winning drive by Stafford. Kind of like sandlot baseball putting fingers on the bat to see who goes first.

581 yards last game and 479 this time. Seattle with the #1 defense? We piled up enough yards in these games to make it to Canada.

Run it back and get some cornerbacks. Keep looking for a WR3 upgrade too.

 

[snackdaddy]

After a close loss there's a lot of coulda, shoulda, woulda's. Bottom line is we had a defense that was not good enough to be in the Superbowl. They have cap money. Two first round picks. If they want to get back to the Superbowl they gotta fix that defense.