Special Teams will once again ruin anything else.

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OCRamsFanatic said:
Yup, 2 stupid calls screwed the Rams.

McVay should had just kicked the extra point instead of going for 2 pts after that 4th quarter TD. The Rams would of had a 2 point lead and even after a Buffalo TD, the Rams another TD, they would of had just a 5 or 6 point lead. A TD and extra point would have won the game in regulation for the Rams.

Secondly, on the 3rd and 5 before the OT field goal, why are you running the ball? You're not going to get a first down and you need at least another 7-10 yards to be in field goal range for Mevis. That 3rd down play should have been a pass to try and get a first down.

The sorry special teams play and McVay's play calling on these 2 plays cost the Rams the game/
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So, I do think the Rams should have kicked the extra point as well, because I subscribe to "don't go for two until its the last score" so you dont end up chasing points.

That said....here is how that would have played out:

Rams kick XP, go up 21-19
Bills score and go up 26-21
Rams score with 7-ish minutes to go, at that point, you do probably have to go for two - it would be 27-26. 7 minutes to go. So we go for two and don't get it. The Bills then score, go for two and get it and we're in the exact same spot, 34-27.

So I think it played out the same. There is no team on the planet that kicks an extra point when up 27-26 with 7 minutes to go in the game. That's the point where you just have to do it.
 
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pvtdragon39 said:
The #Rams are moving on from K Harrison Mevis, per me Rappaport and @MikeGarafolo, as coach Sean McVay authors a special teams shakeup. They are signing Blake Grupe off the #Jets practice squad!
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pvtdragon39 said:
Blake Grupe
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Apparently we're shaking shit up by going with the opposite, bizzarro version of Mevis by replacing him with the "could be thiccer kicker". But I'll try anything at this point. Had a good year with Colts last season.
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PhillyRam said:
The problem is we have 34 yr old Tyler Higbee covering kicks right now.
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Where is Klare. His athleticism was in the 99th percentile for a TE. Ferguson is injured, but he doesn't play much on ST.

On the flip side, Seattle's 2nd round TE, Arroyo, is one of their highest contributors to their coverage/return teams.

We need a philosophical change.
 
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I really did not trust the special teams to win the game. I was yelling at the screen when McVay called a run on 3rd down. I wanted them to keep going until the endzone. Its pretty bad when you can't trust your special teams to get a field goal from any distance. Its also frustrating when you have the worst special teams unit year after year.
 
RamsTheirWife said:
Another long lost season missing John 'Bones' Fossell. This is so obvious yet FOSM, Friends Of Sean McVay continue.

Our Special Teams overall suck ass. -
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This fucking team is so everything except ST. Fuck it!
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Good reasons why bones is gone. Why romanticize his tenure?

Might as well wish for Joe DeCamiilis who would have advocated for Matt Gay. Shoulda woulda...
 
This won't improve untill MCcSnead realizes that you don't get your special teams players from the special Olympics.
 
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I guess some good news is that Bachman seems more comfortable catching punts at least. So far has made good decisions on calling fair catches and not letting balls bounce. Hasn't made me close my eyes and pray yet.

Glass... like... 20% full?
 
dieterbrock said:
Rams special teams are a joke however this reverence for Fassel just has to stop. They won a SB without the guy for living sakes.
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It's not going to stop until we consistently have good ST's. Yes, we were adequate the year we won it all, but we've been terrible on ST's most years. Last year it cost us a ring and it might cost us a ring this year. We were much better in that area when Bones was here.
 
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Merlin said:
McVay should look at the collegiate ranks and go with a strong leader who is sound schematically. I want some fucking energy by that coach on the sideline. Someone who that shit comes naturally for. The type who you want to sit in a foxhole with.

Recycling the same old bastids is something I am tired of. McVay has a great eye with staff. Use it.

And btw obviously the issue is the roster. But I agree that the ST Coach needs to go.
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I'm talking about right now, though. After the season, sure. Go grab a young coach. But I doubt we're going to be able to steal a college coach in the middle of the year.
 
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thirteen28 said:
It's not going to stop until we consistently have good ST's. Yes, we were adequate the year we won it all, but we've been terrible on ST's most years. Last year it cost us a ring and it might cost us a ring this year. We were much better in that area when Bones was here.
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Yes and iirc teams that year were sound. It's not like we won a title in spite of them that year.

Fact is it's McVay's greatest weakness. I think we can all agree on that. He just needs to get the next hire right and then support that hire in how he stacks the roster.

jrry32 said:
I'm talking about right now, though. After the season, sure. Go grab a young coach. But I doubt we're going to be able to steal a college coach in the middle of the year.
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Yeah firing him now would feel good. And it's deserved as bad as these teams have been. If there's a coach McVay likes that he thinks can do better for now, go for it.
 
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