[Horny Mcbae]

What did the Eagles do that we can't? Nothin, IMO. What can we do that the Eagles couldn't? Score a lot of points and run the ball. We go in healthy and the Saints are missing their best interior D-lineman. That could loom large in both the run game and in pass pro.
http://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news ... y06dyqboad

Their injuries could have a big impact.

The way i see it our offense has to carry us. Having a dual running threat is a huge plus and an area we can dominate in. Something they didn't see the last time we visited them.

If Jared can play like he did the last time we were there we have a really good chance especially if we can keep our suspect defense off the field by controlling the clock with our run game.

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On that point, we agree 100%.



I agree that Goff will probably have to do a bit more next week to get us to the big game. He played well last time out against the Saints, so I'm hopeful.

The thought here is how much of the change McVay made to the offense has to do with McVay pulling back on letting Goff being the focal point of the offense (like he was early in the season against Minny and KC) and how has to do with getting back to fundamentals and relying on being a power team with Goff as more of a game manager in the mold of a young Bob Griese, not an Aaron Rodgers.

Steve Beurelien said today that Goff played really well against Dallas, but he wasn’t asked to do the things he was asked to do earlier in the season. He said McVay may have lost some trust in Goff after his struggles. McVay has pulled back on Goff and Jared is comfortable with what he’s being asked to do now. Those are his thoughts not mine, but they seem reasonable to me.

[AvengerRam]

The thought here is how much of the change McVay made to the offense has to do with McVay pulling back on letting Goff being the focal point of the offense (like he was early in the season against Minny and KC) and how has to do with getting back to fundamentals and relying on being a power team with Goff as more of a game manager in the mold of a young Bob Griese, not an Aaron Rodgers.

Steve Beurelien said today that Goff played really well against Dallas, but he wasn’t asked to do the things he was asked to do earlier in the season. He said McVay may have lost some trust in Goff after his struggles. McVay has pulled back on Goff and Jared is comfortable with what he’s being asked to do now. Those are his thoughts not mine, but they seem reasonable to me.

I think those are overstatements.

I think its more of a situational thing in which McVay is reading what the defense is keying on and riding an effective running game. If different circumstances present themselves on Sunday, I wouldn't be surprised to see Goff again become the focal point.

In the end, though... and I can't stress this enough... I don't care, as long as we win.

[SWAdude]

Ya I thought so.

Make one post that doesn't agree with your opinion (current mood to be exact) and all of a sudden I am a negative peep regardless of my hundreds of other posts on this board.

Got it.

Enjoy having those "balanced discussions" I see you having all over this board for months now. Lol. Since you so kindly gave me re-location advice i'll return the favor and suggest that perhaps you belong on a cheer leaders board where the Rams are the perfect team and life is all about pom poms and parades.

Whatever dude.

I was teasing a bit about going over to the draft board.

Okay, I will play on your "points".

I am more confident than you and don't look in the past (losing to the Bears for a better seed) wishing for something different unless it can improve me today or tomorrow.

Other than that, it was a post based on feelings, than any real points.

But if you feel the need to be kind of a jerk, press on.

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I think those are overstatements.

I think its more of a situational thing in which McVay is reading what the defense is keying on and riding an effective running game. If different circumstances present themselves on Sunday, I wouldn't be surprised to see Goff again become the focal point.

In the end, though... and I can't stress this enough... I don't care, as long as we win.

Well, you should have heard Trent Green. He was tougher on Goff. He said he’s very concerned about him. He talked about Goff’s completion %, it’s significantly less than what it was early in the season. He said he thinks the Saints run D is good enough to force Goff to beat them.

I think thats debatable.

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I think a turnover or 2 from the special teams is going to be a necessity to win this game.

New Orleans just have too many weapons. Against an average team like Dallas Wade's plan was to stop Elliott which he did and then dare the likes of Gallup/Dakota/Cooper to beat us. Did ya'll see how many times their receivers caught the ball WIDE OPEN. Banking on that worked because Dakota isn't that good. Now we face Brees. So what to do?

Focus on their passing game and they run with Kamara. Focus on that and we get torched by Thomas and Co. Pick you poison and make it a shootout I guess but the our offense has to be humming. We will need 35-40 pts to win this. Anything less just won't cut it. Jared has to be pre-bye Jared. Nothing less will do. They have an aggressive coach who can go Cojones to Cojones with Sean. Special teams and defensive take aways are pretty much a must for us in that damn dome.

I sooooo wished we didn't lose that Bears game so we could face them in LA. Whole other story with Bress and co in the wide open spaces of the Coliseum. But it is what it is now.

I have little to no confidence in our pass rush and secondary. I have little to no confidence in Wade Phillips. Zero confidence in Marcus Peters to not get absolutely torched.
What i do hope the coaches do is adopt the "nobody belives in us" mantra. Use the doubters and their words to motivate the players. Especially the defensive players. Tell them again and again how people like me are doubting them. Perhaps if our guys just want it more than them they can elevate their play to the desired levels.

I don't know............ i said after we lost in the dome that i don't like our chances if we have to come back and home field was paramount. I still haven't seen anything to make me confident about this game.

Who are all these wonderful weapons that NO has? Who is there TE, who are their WRs not named Thomas that scare you? Sure, they have 2 fine RBs, so do we.
They only scored 20 points yesterday.

[Horny Mcbae]

Whatever dude.

I was teasing a bit about going over to the draft board.

Okay, I will play on your "points".

I am more confident than you and don't look in the past (losing to the Bears for a better seed) wishing for something different unless it can improve me today or tomorrow.

Other than that, it was a post based on feelings, than any real points.

But if you feel the need to be kind of a jerk, press on.

My post is not all about how i feel about the game. Read it again. There's literally one line in it about it. It's funny how if you're so against that particular sentiment how come you didn't say anything when all last week i was saying how great i felt about our chances and that i wasn't worried at all. I even guaranteed a win. Such a downer and negative i know.

Your post is 100% feelings based thoug. Still haven't told me anything that would merit what those feelings are based on. If you had i would totally accept that and might even agree if your points made sense to me. You are just demanding everyone ride the same wave as you. Disregarding my history of posting here and calling me a downer. It took me by surprise because you and i have a friendly relationship and i've always been very respectful of you and i figured you know my general tendencies well enough to know that i am not someone who is negative all the time and it was unfair of you to categorize me as such.

If your comment about me going to a different board was just a joke than i misunderstood that. Just the whole tone of your post didn't sound joke-y. Thats all.

But then you said i wasn't worth discussing anything serious with which is the definition of being "kind of a jerk" to which i responded. Hope you understand.

[Horny Mcbae]

Who are all these wonderful weapons that NO has? Who is there TE, who are their WRs not named Thomas that scare you? Sure, they have 2 fine RBs, so do we.
They only scored 20 points yesterday.

Brees. Thomas. Kamara. Ingram and Taysum Hill are all extremely dangerous and because they are so dangerous it makes their lesser attacking players better even if they aren't all that on their own. That's a lot of weapons to have. For comparison look at the Pats.

My concern is more to do with our defense than their offense (which is frickin good obviously). Our secondary does scare me. Peters is a head case and his penalty taking potential is worrisome along with him getting completely owned by whoever he is covering. Wade Phillips does not give me much confidence. We can all HOPE that he brings it but thats just hope.

Our offense can go toe to toe with anyone but even there we need more from Goff if that is to happen.

Look, saying that New Orleans is a very dangerous team isn't a hot take.They are playing at home where they have a significant advantage, this isn't a hot take. Saying that our defense is bad isnt a hot take.

Should i put a disclaimer before every post saying that i still root and hope and wish the Rams win as to not sound like i've forfeited this game already.

[Elvis]

I think those are overstatements.

I think its more of a situational thing in which McVay is reading what the defense is keying on and riding an effective running game. If different circumstances present themselves on Sunday, I wouldn't be surprised to see Goff again become the focal point.

In the end, though... and I can't stress this enough... I don't care, as long as we win.

Agree, one of McVays mantras is "situational masters."

The idea that it needs to be one or the other regardless is pretty wrong headed IMO...

[Horny Mcbae]

I think those are overstatements.

I think its more of a situational thing in which McVay is reading what the defense is keying on and riding an effective running game. If different circumstances present themselves on Sunday, I wouldn't be surprised to see Goff again become the focal point.

Absolutely. Very good point.

We have seen this too. We go from emphasizing one thing one week and another the next week. Completely situational. The way this offense is built it allows us to do that too.

In the end, though... and I can't stress this enough... I don't care, as long as we win.

Exactly. As soon as the playoffs start all that aesthetic stuff goes out the window. I wouldn't give a damn if we won my 1 pont in a game where the total score in over 100.

Right now its all about survive and advance.