Vent thread

[Giles]

Who is making things up?

Dude went 9-7 with zero run game, middle of the pack d, and a horrible oline. Highly doubtful he doesn't win more games with this rams team. Be real.

 

[TXRams86]

Weird right like is Morris a con artist he pitched Ramsey initially sold him on how he would be used Ramsey bought in and is he now having buyers remorse???? That's scary crazy

Imagine being arguably the best player at your position playing in this defensive scheme? It has to be absolutely frustrating for Ramsey. He went from playing in a defense where he was shadowing the opposing team's best WR (sometimes getting bored because the ball wasn't thrown his way) to having to play in a stupid ass soft zone where your strengths are taken completely away and no one knows who the hell they're supposed to cover. He's out there trying to coach and communicate with the likes of Rapp who it's pretty apparent he despises.

 

[“Turbo set!”]

Asking not questioning.

Why are people blaming Morris? It is not his fault the D-Line was slapped around.

 

[Poppinfresh]

Sorry but 9-7 is literally just a few plays away from 8-8 or 7-9. Saying he wouldn’t have flirted with a sub .500 record because he finished 9-7 in 2019 seems like weird logic.

This 2021 team is struggling to make the playoffs with Goff. You get all the Stafford turnovers with a fraction of the explosive plays.

What else you'll get are some draft picks to get some ILB's and OL's who don't suck. So there's that. I don't know that I *hate* the Stafford trade, even after a year, but it's hard to argue that it's put us over the top. The argument at the time seemed to be that he'd play at an MVP level when surrounded by better overall talent, but all it's really exposed is that Megatron and Kupp can make him look better for periods of time.

 

[Poppinfresh]

Asking not questioning.

Why are people blaming Morris? It is not his fault the D-Line was slapped around.

I dunno. I'm told that it falls to the defensive coordinator to A) make a scheme that fits his players strengths and not make life harder for them and B) to make sure they understand to wrap up and finish tackles rather than do that gator armed shit they did for 30 minutes today.

 

[FarNorth]

If you guys haven't seen the post game presser I encourage you all to do so.

McVay looks like he's on the verge of tears. I've never seen him so pissed off and be so short with the media. He was ready to go into the locker room and let heads roll.

Ramsey doesn't say much but makes sure to get in a shot at the conservative defensive scheme. Now we all know what he was yelling at Morris on the sidelines about. He's really wasting his talent on this defense.

If Ramsay revolts against him Morris could lose the D and his job.

 

[TXRams86]

Yeah, at the end he looks lit.

Needs to harness his anger, give over to the dark side and start beating the shit out of other teams...

I wouldn't be opposed to seeing him come out in a hoodie for the rest of the playoffs and letting O'Connell call plays so no one knows WTF is up his cut off sleeves.

 

[payote75]

My only positive thought or wish/hope right now is and I believe it would work this way.. First let's not just grant the Rams an automatic and start looking at the Packers. You have got to beat the Cards first but in my warped head I'm thinking destiny a final showdown.....Hoping it would happen this way Rams beat Cardinals then Tampa and those bitches beat the Cowboys then upset the Packers. And we do this all over again for the final showdown. That's the only thing I can dream about. In reality right now I don't know how this team will respond and the Cardinals could lose to us or just as easily beat us. Still numb but hanging on to that hope.

 

[wolfdogg]

When a team scores to make it 17-0 29 minutes into the game and then loses 27-24 in OT, both the offense and the defense are to blame, and as we saw, so were the coaches.

 

[Ellard80]

Asking not questioning.

Why are people blaming Morris? It is not his fault the D-Line was slapped around.

it was the secondary that lost the game... not the dline

blew a bunch of coverages at the end.

 

[Poppinfresh]

If Ramsay revolts against him Morris could lose the D and his job.

It's kind of weird in how we've never found a balanced DC. Wade was too aggressive. Morris is way too passive. Staley had a lot of potential but needed some seasoning.

 

[Young Ram]

 

[Poppinfresh]

it was the secondary that lost the game... not the dline

blew a bunch of coverages at the end.

Really? It was Rapp and Ramsay making contact with Niners RB's behind the line of scrimmage and then not wrapping and finishing the tackle so that 2 yard losses kept turning into 8 yard gains?

Got any video of these 2 causing that for 30 minutes?

 

[ottoman89]

Ramsey and Morris got into it on the sidelines?

 

[RamsOfCastamere]

Ok I'm reading 26 pages of vents so I may repeat something that was said before.

First things first: FUCK!!!!!!!!!!

Now time for my assessment:

I don't think the 3 before half gave them much momentum...it's the 10 straight running plays that got them down the field before the trick play.

The second half D is what cost us the game. No run D whatsoever. What happened to the 3+ DT packages that we used after the 3 game slump earlier this year??

That prevent D was AWFUL! To end the half, and during the 9ers game tying drive. Can we at least show man and then transition to zone??? No attempts at confusion whatsoever and Jimmy knew which guy to go to.

O line was terrible, just falling down all over the field. All were bad but I think Allen was the weakest link.

Shanahan knows the weakest guy on both sides of the field and just attacks that person.

Donte Deayon can't cover a 5 yard out route. Or anyone that's physical.

McVay was too conservative before that final drive. We could have tried to get a 1st down to win the game. 1 more 1st would have done it.

 

[Spider2YB]

Dude went 9-7 with zero run game, middle of the pack d, and a horrible oline. Highly doubtful he doesn't win more games with this rams team. Be real.

This years rushing stats are very similar to 19s. Both teams finished in the mid 20s.

 

[Ellard80]

Really? It was Rapp and Ramsay making contact with Niners RB's behind the line of scrimmage and then not wrapping and finishing the tackle so that 2 yard losses kept turning into 8 yard gains?

Got any video of these 2 causing that for 30 minutes?

talking about the drive at the end of the game numbnuts

 

[TXRams86]

I dunno. I'm told that it falls to the defensive coordinator to A) make a scheme that fits his players strengths and not make life harder for them and B) to make sure they understand to wrap up and finish tackles rather than do that gator armed shit they did for 30 minutes today.

I agree with both points but I think point A is the strongest one here. His scheme makes absolutely no sense with the personnel we have. Ramsey is a shut down corner who's playing in a soft zone. We can also argue that D Will also plays better in man coverage, though he might get burned here and there. Rapp has no business being anywhere but in the box. I don't know how any defense can be successful giving a 10 yard cushion every play and leaving both the flat and middle of the field wide open seemingly every play. This is all scheme and Morris' scheme is absolute crap. He's relied on his star studded play makers to make his defense look serviceable but lets be honest, if he was playing this defense with a bunch of JAGs, their record would be closer to 5-12.

 

[payote75]

Imagine being arguably the best player at your position playing in this defensive scheme? It has to be absolutely frustrating for Ramsey. He went from playing in a defense where he was shadowing the opposing team's best WR (sometimes getting bored because the ball wasn't thrown his way) to having to play in a stupid ass soft zone where your strengths are taken completely away and no one knows who the hell they're supposed to cover. He's out there trying to coach and communicate with the likes of Rapp who it's pretty apparent he despises.

Yea we have stuck to this all season basically. We repeat this over and over I'm just shocked at how enthusiastic Ramsey was at the beginning and hyped up etc. No seems to be realizing it's not going to work and maybe wants to jump off morris ship. Morris has had some good moments but it's not overall it's more timing and the scheming it's like teaching a kid to do the bare minimum til the tom comes where he supposed to just turn it on just because he knows and we know he is capable. When does that ever work on life. You can skate by but you never really reach your potential that way.

 

[FarNorth]

it was the secondary that lost the game... not the dline

blew a bunch of coverages at the end.

It appears that Fuller leaving the game was a serious factor in this. Have to wait to see what comes out in the press and interviews but there seems to have been confusion about getting the defensive signals called in. In any event that would be consistent with what happened on the field.