[RedAlice]

Hochuli will ref our game on Saturday.

NFC Wild Card: Falcons at Rams, 8:15 p.m. NBC
Ed Hochuli is the referee, who is in his 27th season and 25th as referee. This is Hochuli’s 26th postseason assignment, the most of any active official, which include 11 Wild Card Playoffs, 5 Divisional Playoffs, 8 Conference Championships, and Super Bowls XXXII and XXXVIII.

http://www.footballzebras.com/2018/01/0 ... -referees/

[RamsFanSince82]

[RamsFanSince82]

[Elvis]

It occurs to me this will be the first Rams playoff game i've ever been to...

[Elvis]

[Hacksaw]

QFTOS: ATL, WILD CARD edition.

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Everyone will focus on Gurley and the Rams great offense ahead of the game.
But the best football player on the field Saturday not named Julio Jones is going to be Aaron Donald. This man can straight up destroy the interior of any offensive line.

Mack is the key to the middle of our line as long as he's there I'm still fairly confident we can get this done.
Person that worries me is Robert Quin I think he's gonna give Jake fits that speed to power.

He is the best defender in football. He will rarely see a single team matchup...I hope anyways.
Quinn's speed may be an issue. Our tackles aren’t the best w speed rushers. Hopefully we don’t kill too many drives w false starts and holds.

Best defender in football. Would have been a Falcon if I was running this team. #1 player on my board that year.
But no, everyone on this planet knows who he is and the problem he creates. He is my only true fear for this Saturday

He is the best DT in the league. Add Robert Quinn and that defensive line can be in the Falcons backfield all day.

Ryan's gotta get the ball out fast. I hope we have a plan to get the ball out quick too.

I feel the same. I think they clearly win the battle in the trenches unless a miracle happens

Falcons will get some chances, they better maximize these opportunities. Sark needs to call a good game against Wade Phillips defense.

It all starts up front, if that man gets going we are gonna have a long day. He is that kind of player.

The name everyone is forgetting is Wade Phillips.
He's a pretty good DC. Hopefully Sark won't be completely out schemed by him and can come up with his best work or else it will be a long day Saturday.

(2014) We probably could have traded down and got Donald before the Rams did

I took him in my draft I do along with the falcons. It was a no brainer. Best college prospect I’ve ever watched. He was dominate at all times

C'mon Jake is still really young and has a higher ceiling than he has shown. If Hageman never hit the lady we'd have a solid #3 DT right now.

We have a pretty good DT in 5th rounder Grady Jarrett! If I were the Rams, I would be worried about him!

I'll talk Aaron Donald. He should be a Falcon and we should have a front 4 of Beasley, Donald, Jarrett and McKinley.

Rams are more complete team than falcons. At this point, they are favorites to win the game. Falcons would need to play a great game to beat them.

When was the last time we played a complete game where we didn't shoot ourselves in the foot several times? I guess last week, but Jared Goff isn't gonna pass for under 40% completion and LA's offense is much more well-rounded than Carolina's.
We're gonna have to win this game on the back of our rushing attack and defense, while minimizing drops.

Their D is very good if they make us one dimensional. We'll have a tough time winning if they get Gurley going without our offense firing on all cylinders.

More complete? No. Their offense has the scoring edge, but defensively we actually have a better unit. Talent wise we clearly have the edge, it will just come down to the Falcons avoiding self inflicted wounds.

The Rams secondary is a suspect and Atlanta should be able to get some big plays on them. They are not good against the run offense and pass.

If Debo and Keanu have solid games against Gurley and Kupp the Falcons will win.

Confidence is great and all but, I see a bunch of people selling the Ram's way short. Anyone thinking they are weak needs to go watch them play the Vikes and the Saints.

Vikes = They stayed with them neck and neck, blow for blow until everything bounced the Vikes way in the 4th. Very solid showing by them for most of the game.

Saint's = every other snap drew was getting hit and it seemed like every series the ball was on the ground at least once. In that game the saints might have had 5-6 turnovers if they hadn't been lucky enough to land on their own drops.

The Ram's have played great ball this year and are not a team to take lightly.

Their defense is way better, All units of Rams play as one. Their defense is one of the main reason their offense gets good field position. They give up lot of garbage yards playing with big leads. Not to mention even if their offense gives up the ball in their own territories the defense restricts the opposing team.

not going to sell the rams short they are clearly a good team. 24-7 vikes over the rams 14-9 vikes over the birds

We ate Mark Bulger for breakfast that (last playoff)day, didnt we sack him like 8 times? Lol

Glad you said that Kupp is Goff's security blanket, guy has decent hands and a knack for getting open

Last time we beat the Rams in the playoffs was the last time we had a real kick returner (who toasted them that game). I miss you Allen Rossum!!!

The Rams are prepared to score points. A lot of points. This game can not be an offensive no show for us on the prime time stage of Saturday night. The defense will not allow us to get blown out, but......the offense has to score at LEAST 28 points to win this game. That 20 point stuff is out of the window now.
It's playoff time.

Stop Gurley and make the young QB have to beat you.

Punt out of bounds if we have to to keep it away from Austin

The world thinks the Rams offense is unstoppable....I believe they will be very surprised to see how well the Falcons defense matches up with them...

Their secondary is suspect...they will be completely overmatched...

Their DLine is tremendous against the pass but weak against the run

Can our line hold up...can Julio feast...will Free and Tev get loose..

If so...there is no way the Rams win this game

The Saints offense is better and more diverse than the Rams offense, and the Falcons did a great job of slowing them down twice.

Run the ball. Rams are 28th against the run. That's the key to victory.

We aren't winning if we give them the game, make stupid mistakes, bad turn overs, dumb *** penalties, bad clock management.
Somehow I don't think we change who we have been all year in one week

The falcons have least number of drives in NFL, Rams have second most in NFL. If Falcons play slow and methodical Offense, it will be low scoring game. Rams are less efficient than falcons offense on per drive basis.

This defense trained against the top offense last year and held some of the top offenses to the ridiculous lows deep into the third quarter. If the coaches are smart, we can hold them to <20 points.

Rico needs to stay over the top of Woods and Watkins. They aren't elite WRs but have elite speed. We cant get burnt saturday. Donald has to be neutralized. He can wreck a game. Make Quinn or Brockers beat us. QBs hate inside pressure.

The Rams are who their record says they are

[DirtyFacedKid]

The Rams are who their record says they are

Word, anonymous Falcons fan. Word.

[Elvis]

[maxxx power]

https://twitter.com/vcsjoecurley/status/948686181511831552

If they are anything like RAMS HOUSE towels they gave out they are cheap chinese products that will stain your hands blue from the ink and will irritate the hell out of your lips (if you choose to bite them, like I did during the Eagles game when I was nervous.)

[Elvis]

If they are anything like RAMS HOUSE towels they gave out they are cheap chinese products that will stain your hands blue from the ink and will irritate the hell out of your lips (if you choose to bite them, like I did during the Eagles game when I was nervous.)

So the Rams lost and you may have poisoned yourself?