Special Teams will once again ruin anything else.

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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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But he’s not coming back so it’s like pining after an old girlfriend
 
Every game I've watched this season I see other kickers make a 55+ yarder like it was no problem and I think, damn, why can't we have a kicker like that.

Every game I've watched this season I see other punters flip the field with a log punt like it was no problem and I think, damn, why can't we have a punter like that.

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Classic Rams said:
Every game I've watched this season I see other kickers make a 55+ yarder like it was no problem and I think, damn, why can't we have a kicker like that.

Every game I've watched this season I see other punters flip the field with a log punt like it was no problem and I think, damn, why can't we have a punter like that.

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It’s bizarre how bad we are. Especially after the offseason emphasis.
 
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Classic Rams said:
Every game I've watched this season I see other kickers make a 55+ yarder like it was no problem and I think, damn, why can't we have a kicker like that.

Every game I've watched this season I see other punters flip the field with a log punt like it was no problem and I think, damn, why can't we have a punter like that.

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28 field goals of 55 yards or longer were made during the first 5 weeks this season by 18 different kickers. Brandon Aubrey had the longest at 65. 11 attempts from 55+ yards out were missed. That's a missed attempt of 28.21%. 71.79% is the percentage made for the 28 successful ones.

These days kickers are hitting a lot of 55+ fg kicks. Like you stated, why can't the Rams find one? 18 other teams as of now have found one.

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thirteen28 said:
No, but it shows that coaching of STs actually matters and that McVay has failed to get it right since he let Bones go. And it’s cost the Rams big time.
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Because Bones is the only ST coach in the world. Just like the ex girlfriend.
Good grief
his ST have been so good that hes never coached a team that won a playoff game
 
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brucebruce said:
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...
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You win amigo. I just miss the complete McSnead staff. That fire and tenacity. I ain't seeing it.
 
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RamsTheirWife said:
You win amigo. I just miss the complete McSnead staff. That fire and tenacity. I ain't seeing it.
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It wasn’t just Bones who made The Rams Special Teams good.

BTW - Bones over stood his boundary’s, He needed to GO
as well.it was Mcvay having to take his training wheels off.
 
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Putting aside the coaching, which hasn’t been a strong point on teams for as long as I can remember, with one exception -who cannot be named, because to do so would facile and fassell :-)

The year we won the Super Bowl we did invest draft capital on teams and found a world best type kicker (if only for that season). Why not do so again, even now, before it’s too late?

Can we scout other teams, cut some backups who don’t play teams, but are on the 53 - then sign rival’s special teamers who are comfortably outperforming ours - specifically those who are elevated from that teams practice squad but are not on their 53?

If not possible, then by trading with a team who already not going to make the playoffs and before we fall into that category ourselves…

It’s costing us points and games, so we cannot continue like this. And, as one of you correctly pointed out, we can ill afford to play Higbee on teams when he is important to our offense or McDuffie when he’s the best CB on the team and possibly the league!

Answers please…
 
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dieterbrock said:
Because Bones is the only ST coach in the world. Just like the ex girlfriend.
Good grief
his ST have been so good that hes never coached a team that won a playoff game
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People will forget about Bones as soon as McVay hires a special teams coach that gives us consistently adequate or better special teams. People will remember Bones as long as our special teams is costing us wins and rings, as they are now.
 
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thirteen28 said:
People will forget about Bones as soon as McVay hires a special teams coach that gives us consistently adequate or better special teams. People will remember Bones as long as our special teams is costing us wins and rings, as they are now.
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You are right! That’s why we are still all talking about Johnny Hecker, right? right?!

I think the reason why people are talking about Bones is because we were well above average then and because he clearly had a lot to do with that including hand picking our punter, kicker and snapper (who excelled even as rookies). We even had a returner make the probowl! Remember, a competent returner, who could beat someone, honestly, we once had one :-)
 
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