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Rams currently a playoff team...

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Elvis wrote:Rams currently a playoff team...

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Wow!! More than a third of the way through the season and those green kids haven't shat the bed??

I was looking through some NFL preview publications to see how off some were.

Athlon had Carolina winning the South, Seattle winning the west, Green Bay winning the North and of course they went out on a limb with Philly in the East!

Now over in the AFC, their picks are all still looking good.
Miami, Jacksonville, Cincinnati and KC (another limb walking exercise)

And they picked the Chiefs over the Seahawks in SB LVIII

Lindy's had Philly, Detroit, New Orleans and SF. Miami-Buffalo tied for 1st, Baltimore, Jacksonville and KC.

I think we will know in 7 games if the Rams are a playoff team. They still have a lot of improving to do..... especially on offense.

Definitely a long way to go but as McVay often says, be where your feet are. And where my feet are, Rams are a playoff team...

Today my feet are once again in the playoffs!

Currently in. Stays at 73% if we beat the saints. Jumps to 96 % if we beat the saints and giants. Basically that’s the path regardless of what anyone else does.

Elvis wrote:Today my feet are once again in the playoffs!

Going into week 16!! Who had that on their bingo card? Honestly, it's been fun to watch all these kids learning each week.

It really has been a ride so far. And they have instilled a lot of faith in a lot of people that they are only going to get better. The ole peaking at the right time. I felt really strong about a 3 game win streak out of the bye, loss to Ravens (we all know we shoulda won) and other 3 game win streak. Then the Showdown with the hated ones. I feel that is exactly how it plays out. Hate and love that they are playing Thursday. Hate the physical toll but love we only have a few days to see our boys go to work again.

Obviously I want them to win every game overall, and hopefully at least 2/3 of the remaining games, and to get into the playoffs.

However, in the bigger picture this has been a MUCH better and competitive team than I thought during training camp. Having late Dec games that have meaning is a bonus for me at this stage.

FMulder wrote:Obviously I want them to win every game overall, and hopefully at least 2/3 of the remaining games, and to get into the playoffs.

However, in the bigger picture this has been a MUCH better and competitive team than I thought during training camp. Having late Dec games that have meaning is a bonus for me at this stage.

Way, way back during training camp and preseason, it was hotly debated "rebuild" or "renovation". Some said it was all about 2024, some said, we wouldn't be competitive for two or three years and some said, it looks a lot like 2017. It was suggested we were gonna get crushed on D because of the youth and inexperience, though our offense was going to make us competitive at times. Hope was the defense would grow into a decent unit by the second half of the season. Then Kupp went down the doom and gloom swept in along with even more dire predictions. But a funny thing happened on the way to disaster. We discovered they had found a stud in Puka Nacua as well as Steve Avila and on the defensive side Kobie Turner and Byron Young. Solid free agent pickups like Witherspoon, Dotson and John Johnson further strengthened the squad. Right now, I don't think you can find a QB playing better than Stafford, Kupp is healthy again and this team has proven it can play with just about any team in the NFL. Then there is Kyren Williams. Big picture? We're waaaay ahead of schedule and by the week, not only does 2024 look really promising, but we're enjoying 2023. Nobody knows what's going to happen the last 3 weeks....if we will make the postseason or not.....but nobody thought we'd be in this position back in early September. There is one other angle by which the team and ramsnation should benefit. I don't think we're going to hear a peep about "moving to the booth" or "retirement" this off season.