[ramsman34]

If anyone is worried about the Seahawks, I’d put that to bed. The Rams should crush both the Cards and Hawks. If they play starters against the Hawks.

[PARAM]

If anyone is worried about the Seahawks, I’d put that to bed. The Rams should crush both the Cards and Hawks. If they play starters against the Hawks.

First things first. Beat Arizona Saturday Night. Then play the 1's for the first half, build a 17-21 point lead and let the underlings go bananas in the second half.

[St. Loser Fan]

How did we lose to the Bears?? What a pathetic game. Seattle wins 6-3. Chicago could do nothing on offense especially against the blitz.

[Elvis]

Bears won 3 games in a row to be 4-2 scoring 26, 36 and 35 in those games. Of course besides us, they played Jax and Carolina on that run.

But man, while the Rams got their shit together, the Bears have become an absolute shit show...

[Dare]

What the game revealed IMO is a desperate Seahawks team who lucked out and won despite a subpar performance by them. There was nothing in that game that says they can beat the Rams if the Rams simply play as well as they are capable of in all three phases.

McVay has been very good at situational football lately. He's allowing the game to come to him and not chasing points. Taking calculated risks is one thing; being foolhardy is another. That, IMO, is Detroit's biggest weakness. Campbell's uber-aggressiveness will cost them in the playoffs. Campbell's "hombre contra hombre" macho mentality served him well as a player but will cost them as a coach. A good coach picks his moments and doesn't see everything as a personal challenge.

When McVay allows himself to succumb to those urges he abandon's a good run game to flex his passing game offensive muscle. Since he's stifled those urges and allowed the game to come to him, he's a much better playcaller. Now he forces defenses to defend all plays, both run and pass which makes the offense more dangerous.

A healthy Ram roster is a very dangerous team if McVay uses it that way. So far he has and IMO that was the real importance of last year's run. We saw Sean evolve as a coach that year.

[ramsww]

First things first. Beat Arizona Saturday Night. Then play the 1's for the first half, build a 17-21 point lead and let the underlings go bananas in the second half.

I wish I had the confidence you guys have, I really do. I don’t count my chickens and they don’t count me. We barley beat the Jets and I’m still haunted by the Eagles, Miami games. Wounded teams are also dangerous and the entire game is 4th down territory for the Cards. D is improving. This is a big test.

[/zn/]

We barely beat the Jets and I’m still haunted by the Eagles, Miami games.

I think 2 of those games have simple explanations. The 3rd game, they struggled against a better, more veteran opponent.

Jets. Windy cold weather east coast morning game on the road.

Miami. They made the brilliant decision to start 3 new OL all at once, all of whom had been in rehab most of the season at that point (granted, 1 was an injury replacement). Getting Hav back plus returning Limmer as starter fixed all that. If Hav is out this game, that's just 1 replacement, which is not as extreme.

Eagles. In a 3 game stretch that included the Rams, Phil also beat the 7-3 Commanders and the 8-4 Ravens. So...it's not like the Rams played a nobody.

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[ramsww]

I think 2 of those games have simple explanations. The 3rd game, they struggled against a better, more veteran opponent.

Jets. Windy cold weather east coast morning game on the road.

Miami. They made the brilliant decision to start 3 new OL all at once, all of whom had been in rehab most of the season at that point (granted, 1 was an injury replacement). Getting Hav back plus returning Limmer as starter fixed all that. If Hav is out this game, that's just 1 replacement, which is not as extreme.

Eagles. In a 3 game stretch that included the Rams, Phil also beat the 7-3 Commanders and the 8-4 Ravens. So...it's not like the Rams played a nobody.

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To the contrary, The Eagles may be the best team listed and AZ, Miami, and Philly were all hot at the time as were the Vikings and Bills. My point is, AZ torched our weak link secondary in SEPT. Are we that much better now? Will we see Forbes? It’s as big a playoff game as any and I don’t want Seattle coming to LA with a chance to steal the West title.

[PARAM]

I wish I had the confidence you guys have, I really do. I don’t count my chickens and they don’t count me. We barley beat the Jets and I’m still haunted by the Eagles, Miami games. Wounded teams are also dangerous and the entire game is 4th down territory for the Cards. D is improving. This is a big test.

Confidence is a choice. Some people choose to be confident based on 4 straight wins, 8 of the last 10. Some people choose not to be confident based on the 2 losses in the last 10 games. It doesn't matter in the least either way.

[/zn/]

To the contrary, The Eagles may be the best team listed and AZ, Miami, and Philly were all hot at the time as were the Vikings and Bills. My point is, AZ torched our weak link secondary in SEPT. Are we that much better now? Will we see Forbes? It’s as big a playoff game as any and I don’t want Seattle coming to LA with a chance to steal the West title.

I'm not as worried as you are about today's game.

The secondary the Rams fielded against Arizone in December was without D. Wms but with Tre'Davious White. Kinchens was not yet playing. Now they have Wms, Witherspoon, and Durant, and more time as a unit under Shula.

Since then the defense has also improved against the run (they allowed 231 yards in 40 carries in that game).

Meanwhile the OL was the injury replacement mess they began the season with, which is why the offense didn't even get anything done till the end of the 3rd quarter. Stafford was sacked 5 times and they couldn't stay on the field (just 23 minutes TOP compared to more than 36). They certainly couldn't run the ball then (53 yards on 20 carries).

The OL situation is reversed this time. ARZ is missing both tackles. Plus, its defense in the last 3 games is 25th in points allowed per game. In comparison the Rams may be without 1 tackle, but are generally better overall--last 3 games defensively they are 8th in points allowed per game (and that includes allowing 40+ to the Bills).