[aeneas1]

Good grieve!! They need to get a guy in the booth that can specifically manage challenges, time management, extra point conversion and, while were at it, aggressiveness? Seriously, if your not good at offense and your team piles up the penalties, ignoring these little details are going to exacerbate the situation.

look man, if you're going to continue making these logical posts i'm going to ask that you just take it somewhere else, you're harshing my high...

[RamsFanSince89]

Good grieve!! They need to get a guy in the booth that can specifically manage challenges, time management, extra point conversion and, while were at it, aggressiveness? Seriously, if your not good at offense and your team piles up the penalties, ignoring these little details are going to exacerbate the situation.

Hard to argue against that sound logic.....

[PARAM]

Anybody think he might have challenged that second call to give his defense a blow on the sidelines? It was the 4th quarter (8 minutes left) and the D line was a little short without Hayes all day and Quinn getting dinged late in the first half. They were in need of a important stop. He could have just called a timeout to give them a blow but with the challenge, they get a timeout and perhaps more time than just a timeout. If the play is overturned, all the better. If it's not, it still just cost a timeout.

[Stranger]

I get the concerns. I share a lot of them.

But i don't get not enjoying watching the Los Angeles Rams win football games. That one doesn't compute...

For me, the gap between expectations of where I think we should be and where we are is huge. Sure, winning is great, even winning ugly is okay, but this team is miles away from one that can make a deep playoff run. And quite honestly, I just don't see this team ever getting to that level. I think it's close to its ceiling with this coaching staff, and perhaps that's what's most disappointing.

[dieterbrock]

It's hard to blow teams out in the NFL. You look around the league and it seems like 85% of the games come down to the wire.

What league?
This current weekend in 15 games, 8 of them were decided by 10 or more points
Week 3, 9 of 16 games decided by 10 or more
Week 2, 4 of 16 games decided by 10 or more
Week 1, 4 of 16 games decided by 10 or more
So that's 25 of 63 games (39.7%) decided by more than 10 points.
Could argue that more games than that weren't "down to the wire" I am only considering winning handily
85%? No way

[Indrid Cold]

For me, the gap between expectations of where I think we should be and where we are is huge. Sure, winning is great, even winning ugly is okay, but this team is miles away from one that can make a deep playoff run. And quite honestly, I just don't see this team ever getting to that level. I think it's close to its ceiling with this coaching staff, and perhaps that's what's most disappointing.

I think that gap is unrealistic expectations on your part. This is who we are...and the same team as last year...one of the worst QBs and WR cores in the league, novice OC, questionable LT and a defense that is willing to give up tons of yards in the passing game. There isn't a chasm.

The margin for error with this team is razor thin. But so far, instead losing 3-7 pt games, we are winning them this year. If they get confidence and momentum...and thereby eliminate the losing to inferior teams like SF that happens 3 times a year, then there are a fair amount of wins on the schedule (nice link here on this site...looking much more palatable than it did 4 weeks ago for sure. AFC East and NFC South blow so far). Vikes were a 23 FG from a deep playoff run last year and what's the difference between them and us? (Zimmer/Turner, true, but not much else on the field. ) Really who in the NFC scares you? (Probably 3-4 teams in the AFC that Rams might not be able to compete with, but we only play one of them...NE).

[Rams5Fan]

3-1 and in first place in the division.....and people bitch about it.

If they were sitting on top of a 10 foot pile of gold, they'd bitch that it wasn't 11 feet high.

Take your negative man cape and suit off.....or go away.

[HAL 9000]

look man, if you're going to continue making these logical posts i'm going to ask that you just take it somewhere else, you're harshing my high...

LOL A1, I'll try and tone it down a lil bit. Fishers game management tends to get me upity at times.

[aeneas1]

What league?
This current weekend in 15 games, 8 of them were decided by 10 or more points
Week 3, 9 of 16 games decided by 10 or more
Week 2, 4 of 16 games decided by 10 or more
Week 1, 4 of 16 games decided by 10 or more
So that's 25 of 63 games (39.7%) decided by more than 10 points.
Could argue that more games than that weren't "down to the wire" I am only considering winning handily
85%? No way

plus, what does looking at how many games per week that were decided by slim margins tell us? i mean so what if the likes of the browns, jags, bears, or other bad teams won games that went down to the wire, are we supposed to take solace in that?

last year's postseason teams won their games by an average margin of 13.6 points - 63% of the wins were decided by more than a td, while just 26% were decided by 6 or less. moreover, last year's postseason teams averaged 29.1 points per game in their wins.

fans complaining about the rams' inept offense, the rams' inability to score points, the rams' 32nd ranking in offensive scoring through 4 games this season, and their 31st ranking last season, aren't complaining because they think a 27-14 win looks cooler than a 9-3 win, or because they think a convincing win counts more in the standings than a close win, they're complaining because a lack of offense and squeaker wins doesn't bode well going forward, historically it's not a recipe for a successful season.

[Stranger]

I think that gap is unrealistic expectations on your part. This is who we are...and the same team as last year...one of the worst QBs and WR cores in the league, novice OC, questionable LT and a defense that is willing to give up tons of yards in the passing game. There isn't a chasm.

I guess with perhaps the highest paid coaching staff in the league, and after 5years, numerous high round draft picks, I would have expected that we'd have a higher ceiling. So, I actually don't think my expectations are unrealistic. Rather, I think too many are accepting, and excited by mediocrity.

I watch all of the Chuck Knox years, in person, and not only was that a very different league back then (much lower scoring), but we dominated teams in the regular season. Still, Knox's 3yrds and a cloud of dust was not powerful enough to get us to the Show.

Now, we have a similar style of offense, but in a league where teams can move the ball and score. I just don't see how we compete on an ongoing basis. And I don't hold much faith in this 3-1 record that we currently have, as I don't really see it as an indicator of our capability.

The margin for error with this team is razor thin.

Exactly. We eeking out victories. A hand full of breaks, and we're 3-1 instead of 0-4.

3-1 and in first place in the division.....and people bitch about it.

If they were sitting on top of a 10 foot pile of gold, they'd bitch that it wasn't 11 feet high.

Take your negative man cape and suit off.....or go away.

Umm, been here 45yrs. Don't think I'm going anywhere.