[PARAM]

I get that people aren't happy about the loss. Looking for someone to blame. But lets be real. This is not a Superbowl roster. The team they played last night is. They are clearly better. What did you expect? We go out and show were are an elite team when we're clearly not?

But its not like we are a bad team. We're a borderline playoff team. Not a Superbowl caliber team. The young guys on defense can learn something from that game. In a couple weeks they play another team that is clearly better. Last night's game just might prepare them better for what they will face. In any case, the other games on the schedule are winnable.

No. FIRE EVERYBODY!!!!


Reality is Saquon is a great RB. The Eagles have a great OL. They have a very mobile QB. They have a big, strong, fast #1 WR. They have a beast defense. And we have a very young, but up and coming defense. They had a 13-7 halftime lead. If it weren't for a very untimely fumble by Kyren, it may have been a little better.......a 13-10 lead or a 1 point deficit. And we probably would have lost in the end anyway. But that's what happens when you play an awesome team and you make mistakes.

It ain't like we got beat by the Panthers.

I knew a guy who used to want heads to roll everytime we lost a game.
"Cut ________"; "Fire ___________"; "I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore"; "I spend good money to follow these guys and I deserve better than this!!"

[ramsman34]

Shula didn’t play last night; his players didn’t stay true to the play calls per Verse. They freelanced, and they paid the price. That’s not on the coach per se. Shula is actually doing a fine job with who he has and the situations he has to work with. Was it Shula’s fault the Rams O went 3 n out three times in a row?? The offense is killing this team and massively impacting the defensive success. How can anyone see it any other way??

[safer]

Even after tonight, our very young D is improving upfront, dramatically. I liked how humble they were after the game, and taking responsibility for the f' ups.
Statistically, we are in the middle of the pack with our D and our O is much more the problem this year. What I do LIKE about Shula is his willingness to show many different looks and be aggressive vs having our corners play nine yards off of the LOS. I really think if we could find a massive, f/a NT that requires double teams, our run D could get to top ten.

[Rams1PlateSince1976]

safer, Elvis, ramsman have good points. Rams in 2024 are still undermanned and I think if not exceeding expectations are at least meeting them. The #$&^%$^^*$%*##*# fumble by Williams on the first drive was a KILLER! I quit charting the plays on my notebook after that #%#&#%%*# fumble as I could see what was coming. The Rams were major underdogs going into the game. That opening drive was a work of art until the fumble and we lost lost BIG MO right then. (Momentum = BIG MO). I think Williams does the best with the natural talent that he has but he is fumbling at a higher rate than Dickerson ever did.

On the plus side, there was a fantastic pheasant hatch this year thanks to fairly wet spring through late summer and not a lot of 100+ degress heat. Best pheasant numbers in about 4 years.! Quail numbers good too.

[PARAM]

Great points! Everybody. But this ass kicking >>>>> accountablility for it is a good thing. The defense might end up being a bigger reason to dred playing the Rams in the future than McVay's offense. And I don't mean that offense last night. A typical McVay offense. But we won't have that until the OL gets solved. I can't help but wonder why the original OL plan was scuttled......Avila at C and those two guards. We'd still have T issues but maybe not as bad. Like the defense being helped by a good offense and vice versa, can't the OT's be helped by a strong interior presence >>>>> a good inside run game?

I don't know. Kinda thinking out loud. But I think we need to draft a primo LT. Roll with Havenstein or even Alaric at RT. Again what do I know?

[PARAM]

Shula is toast after this season.

I'd lay money he isn't gone but what do I know? I guess if you judge the entire season on the Eagles game, he should be fired tomorrow. But that's not how it works. With fans? Sure all the time. Do you want to fire McVay too? After all his offense has sucked worse than the defense.

Your complaint is the defense has only allowed less than 20 once, 15 vs the Raiders. And in that game the offense scored 13. So how did we win? Against Seattle, the offense scored 13 previous to OT. How did we win that game? 2 red zone picks by the defense, one returned 103 yards, without which, it wouldn't have gone to OT.

Truth of the matter is our offense has scored 20, 10, 27, 18, 13, 13, 28, 19, 15, 28 and 20. Take a look at those numbers, while your blaming Shula and the defense. 4 games where we scored more than 19 points.

How many teams without the 85 Bears defense or the Marvin Lewis Ravens defense win more than 3 games with that pitiful offensive production? We've scored more than 20 three times and won all three. Three cheers for the offense!!! We've scored less than 20 six times and won two of them, no thanks to the offense. But yeah, fire the DC!!!

[Elvis]

But we won't have that until the OL gets solved. I can't help but wonder why the original OL plan was scuttled......Avila at C and those two guards.

It's probably because of Jonah Jackson's injury, especially coupled with AJ's but we'll probably never know for sure.

Will be interesting to see what they do going forward, might go back to that plan, might not, we'll see...

[ramsman34]

They still haven’t found their “best 5” and where they play on the OL. That’s just weird.
Maybe they were just wrong and maybe Avila has regressed and J Jax just isn’t that good??? It’s certainly a conundrum. They don’t have any time left so they better figure it out quickly and build continuity. If it’s the same guys as last night + Havs so be it. But dudes had better figure out how to win one v one AND work well as a unit or this offense won’t progress at all.

[T3rry]

The defense lost one of the greatest defensive players of all time and we have 2 rookies headlining the dline. I think Shula is doing as good a job as he can.

The D did decent enough in the 1st Q. Held them to 2 FGs to start even after that momentum breaking fumble. Eagles had 11 minutes time of possession in the 2nd Q. I think the Rams offense went 3 and out, 3 times in the 2nd. I put some of the blame on Mcvay and his piss-poor playing calling and lack of balls during the game.

We saw ANOTHER white-flag give up play on 3rd and long. He also tucked his tail and just ran clock to end the half knowing full well the Eagles were getting the ball to start the 3rd.
His lack of aggression and ho-hum attitude about these games must drive some of these guys crazy. I cant wait for someone to blow up on the sidelines for once and show some passion out there. After every loss its always... " we'll look at tape and find clarity and be better cuz thats all we know how to do" Bullshit.

The team is ranked 31st (only ahead of Cleveland) on 3rd down conversion %. Not very great when your OC/playcaller is a supposed offensive guru. Thats just bad complimentary football. A more seasoned DC would be in McVays ear asking him to step it up and help him out. Except Shula is his old college roommate... he aint gonna bite the and that feeds him.
Mcvay is surrounded by Yes men and thats not a good thing.

[69RamFan]

It's not the coaching; it's the talent that we don't have,
especially against a top-notch team.

We don't have a top-notch NT, Brown isn't the answer,
cause he doesn't demand a double team

We don't have a top-notch MLB/ILB (Both Speights & Rozeboom are too small)
The both of them get knocked down against those big inside OLinemen.

Maybe if we add a stud NT, that could demand a double team,
then our ILB that we have could just hit the holes.

This is how I see it.