Texans at Rams

[tomas]

Rams started flat ----BUT----- goff-offense gathering some momentum

 

[norcalramfan]

+2 turnovers +2 points. This is ugly. We need a touchdown when we get the ball in the 2nd half and gain control of this game. We had some good plays but need to sustain them. Clowney is good.

 

[CGI_Ram]

We definitely need some adjustments on offense. I expect McVay will figure out something.

 

[RamWoodie]

The 2nd half McVay has to go with the short pass more because Houston is playing zone a lot. That should tell him the TE is open A LOT...which also means the WRs MUST protect the ball!!!

The run is working...the Rams don't have to blow out everyone...TAKE WHAT THEY'RE GIVING YOU!!!

 

[FaulkSF]

Get McVay a magic cooler!

 

[MachS]

We're getting beat badly up front on both sides.. We step up the physically and we win.

 

[XXXIVwin]

Huge developments today:

Barwin injury not serious

Sammy foot injury not serious

Our team finally showed up at the end of the first half

 

[WoodsideRam]

One thing that does encourage me is that this staff will make some kind of adjustments.

 

[jrry32]

Let's go out there and score a TD on the first drive. Let's put the pressure back on the Texans!

 

[leoram]

One isn’t contingent on the other, true. The only way that would be relevant are those players who haven’t completely bought into the play at a time mindset dictated by McVay. They would be exposed and McVay would have an important teaching point.

Consider the one word answers by several players concerning 6-2. Most we’re celebratory. Only McVay and Whitworth answered “halfway” and “incomplete” respectively. These guys are happy to win...and should be. But the mentality necessary is that which those two leaders expressed. The others acknowledge it verbally, but you HAVE to feel it in your gut. There’s a saying in sales, “he got rich and good looking.” It naturally happens in every industry. Consider Mike Tyson when he was a perennial underdog in life. His ferocity was unmatched. When he experienced success and adulation, he lost his edge. I’ve been through it myself and KNOW it is inevitable to more than 95% of those who suddenly experience success.

In recent interviews, McVay makes it clear he EXPECTS moments of adversity the second half and he focuses on the response when that happens. It may not occur this game...but it’s coming.

My answer to my proposed question is this...I prefer this be our last loss of the season. We are set for success on every level other than the one I just proposed. It all looks like total buy-in, but human nature rejects that notion. Losing today would reveal who is susceptible to this issue.

Fortunately, McVay is the kind of mature coach who will find this flaw whether they win or lose. We don’t have to lose this game to become World Champions. But I promise, the two losses in the middle of the season for the ‘99 Rams were essential to their postseason success.

I posted this before the game...here’s to hoping this first half was the wake up call I predicted and they respond.

On the other hand, I’m interested in how MCVAY responds as a play caller. When you KNOW that Clowney owns the right side of your line and the defense shifts left to take that away...what plays do you call?

This half will tell us as much about this team as any game this year so far.

 

[Rabid Ram]

Anyone who thought this was gonna be a walk in the park doesn't know Houstons defense

 

[gabriel18]

Very Very lucky to be ahead . Now come out and pound them into the dirt .

 

[bomebadeeda]

Ok. Let's go get them guys.

 

[OldSchool]

Anyone who thought this was gonna be a walk in the park doesn't know Houstons defense

All of us know their defense. We also know they're missing several keep players. The rest are playing a great game.

 

[Ramhusker]

Now come out in this 2nd half and play like your 50 point selves!!!!!

 

[Loyal]

All of us know their defense. We also know they're missing several keep players. The rest are playing a great game.

"Any given day"......We have to overcome ourselves.

 

[GoodBadUgly]

It's 7 to 6. Why punt fake

I loved the call. They had to make a perfect play to stop it by one yard. If dude makes one cut, he gains 20 more yards.

No points given up anyway, upside far outweighed the negative.

 

[jap]

Halftime Statistics

Horns
Passing
Goff: 11/20 for 104, 0 TDs, 0 INTs for a PR of 69.9
Rushing
Gurley: 7/19
Austin: 1/7
Goff: 1/6
Receiving
Gurley: 4/59
Higbee: 2/22
Cooper: 2/12
Woods: 2/10

Texans
Passing
Savage: 12/20 for 127, TD, INT for a PR of 74.4
Rushing
Miller: 8/61
Foreman: 5/13
Receiving
Hopkins: 4/32
Anderson: 2/30
Fuller: 2/15
Fiedorowicz: 2/10
Ellington: 1/26, TD

 

[Q729]

WHOOOOSE HOUUUUSE??

 

[-X-]

This feels like a playoff preview. Not that the Rams could play an AFC team in the playoffs or anything, but it feels like the kind of test you'd face in the playoffs when the other team's defense has you figured out. Gotta find a way to overcome.