The ROD attitude reset thread
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Better fix that shit the Titans did. Playoffs aren't going to be Texans, Lions, Jags.
I said it on the GDT and I'll repeat it here :
The Rams played 3 straight soft teams and then faced one of the physically toughest teams in the NFL, and we came right out of the gate, at least our OL, Stafford & McVay did, looking like we came off an extended vacation. Not counting the corrupt officiating, our fate was sealed.
I'm not counting the Rams out by any means with a 7 - 2 record, but there are valid arguments that fans can hold about preparation & coaching decisions. While injuries are hurting us, we still haven't engaged Von Miller and the potential he brings, but still, coaching decisions and horrible referees can do more to wreck a season than we normally anticipate when we expect roster vs roster to be the final arbiter for games played. I'm not sure if the NFL is selling us a bill of goods these days, but Black Sox level corruption is making me very wary with the co-mingling of legalized NFL gambling and human referees. jmo.
The Rams played 3 straight soft teams and then faced one of the physically toughest teams in the NFL, and we came right out of the gate, at least our OL, Stafford & McVay did, looking like we came off an extended vacation. Not counting the corrupt officiating, our fate was sealed.
I'm not counting the Rams out by any means with a 7 - 2 record, but there are valid arguments that fans can hold about preparation & coaching decisions. While injuries are hurting us, we still haven't engaged Von Miller and the potential he brings, but still, coaching decisions and horrible referees can do more to wreck a season than we normally anticipate when we expect roster vs roster to be the final arbiter for games played. I'm not sure if the NFL is selling us a bill of goods these days, but Black Sox level corruption is making me very wary with the co-mingling of legalized NFL gambling and human referees. jmo.
What is a soft team exactly?
Like the 49ners are supposed to be physical... but they get beat by everyone.
When i look at the Texans D-line vs the Titans - The Texans actually are bigger.
We certainly got beat in the trenchs on offense - but soft or not soft or any of that mumbo jumbo is often just talk.
Every game is different... up until this one our o-line had dominated - including against the Tampa Bay Bucs - who may have the best dline in the league - are they soft?
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Well, it's obviously subjective, but many here previously thought of the New York Giants, Detroit Lions & Houston Texans with their combined record of 4 - 22 as being relatively 'soft' compared to much of the rest of our schedule.
yeah.. just saying Tampa has perhaps the best Dline of anyone we have faced and we dominated them.
The prison of two ideas.
Are you A or B? Uh neither.
I am C.
I am not a lunatic who thinks the season is over. I also don’t think we will be fine if we just move on.
C = We can get better if we identify the problem and fix it.
And I believe we will.
Here is a practical list of a few learning lessons:
1. Take check downs early in games vs tough defenses until it’s clear the Oline can hold up on the longer routes.
2. Create plays that allow our QB to have short outlets or the ability to throw the ball away when protection breaks down. Walk through it at practice.
3. Mix in the PA/rollouts earlier against tough defenses when pass pro starts breaking down.
4. Play with greater ball security vs tough defenses with poor offenses. If it’s not open eat it. Punt.
5. Contain on the edge - Floyd is repeating his mistake vs the Cardinals. All Edge guys must be covered on this.
6. Review Williams tape last year. Get him back in that role.
7. Stop playing loose zone coverage especially on third down. Man the hell up.
8. Stop the dam shit talking and let your play speak. Next one that gets in an opponents face after the play will be sitting out of the game until a coach can get his mind right.
9. Review the late hits on the QB and see if we can do anything to minimize the refs affect on the game.
10. Review the Oline breakdowns. Figure out id the failures can be fixed via technique, blocking scheme or play call.
Are you A or B? Uh neither.
I am C.
I am not a lunatic who thinks the season is over. I also don’t think we will be fine if we just move on.
C = We can get better if we identify the problem and fix it.
And I believe we will.
Here is a practical list of a few learning lessons:
1. Take check downs early in games vs tough defenses until it’s clear the Oline can hold up on the longer routes.
2. Create plays that allow our QB to have short outlets or the ability to throw the ball away when protection breaks down. Walk through it at practice.
3. Mix in the PA/rollouts earlier against tough defenses when pass pro starts breaking down.
4. Play with greater ball security vs tough defenses with poor offenses. If it’s not open eat it. Punt.
5. Contain on the edge - Floyd is repeating his mistake vs the Cardinals. All Edge guys must be covered on this.
6. Review Williams tape last year. Get him back in that role.
7. Stop playing loose zone coverage especially on third down. Man the hell up.
8. Stop the dam shit talking and let your play speak. Next one that gets in an opponents face after the play will be sitting out of the game until a coach can get his mind right.
9. Review the late hits on the QB and see if we can do anything to minimize the refs affect on the game.
10. Review the Oline breakdowns. Figure out id the failures can be fixed via technique, blocking scheme or play call.
Silver lining in this: it's not like we play all that well at home, so if we do have to go on the road it won't be the end of the world in the playoffs.
Also, I sort of felt we would lose to either the Titans or Niners. If this loss helps us beat them down Monday night, I'm happy
Also, I sort of felt we would lose to either the Titans or Niners. If this loss helps us beat them down Monday night, I'm happy
Good post overall @TexasRam. Does this seem more this year? “Almost after every play” we have some type of showboating, it seems to me.
Its an NFL thing these days, but seems a notch up this year.
Hate games like the last one but I always feel like we could of won every game we lose. It bothered me a little bit that Stafford went brain dead on us for a couple of possessions but hope he got it out of his system. We should be fired up for the Niners game. If not, I’d be somewhat concerned!
Like everyone else, I was hoping the Rams would dominate at home, on national TV. What a disappointment. Just getting over it now. We'll see what kind of team they have after the niners game. That game will tell us a lot. Go Rams!
Not giving up. I think more just venting after a frustrating game and the officiating sucked. At times it looked like they didn't know how to run the game. Then you sprinkle in the bad calls and non calls against the road team and you get frustration.
If Von Miller still has fuel in the tank, he's a huge upgrade to our defense.
McVay's offense is awesome but when you run into a matchup problem, I do think he needs to adjust sooner and not wait until halftime because it might be too late by then.
I recall our double TE formation made our power running game a force last season but we haven't seen it since. I guess we just need to give other teams more things to game plan for.
I'm sure the coaches cover all of these concerns, it's the execution and brain farts that are rearing its stinky head. Coaches and players too, on game day.
I wish we could go back to the Tony Banks years 1996-1998 , those were the days!
Top 5 offense, top 12 defense and a 7-2 record feels pretty good to me. Stafford and Kupp both having the most prolific passing-receiving seasons in Ram history feels good to me too.
Still a hell of a lot more right with this team than wrong.
Still a hell of a lot more right with this team than wrong.
Limited choices makes it not worth voting. BTW Excellent tv show (Succession)
