[RedAlice]

oh my fucking god what a game to be at.

When I first got to my seats I was all excited and attracted the attention of all the Giants fans behind me, we shit talked. I was also with 5 Giants fans, so I was safe.

When we first scored tho, I literally sat down put my hand over my mouth and thought: we are going to win this game.

I didn't move.

The Giants fans started razzing my friends going: if your Rams fan wants to talk now is the time. I couldn't move. I knew we were going to win and I was just in shock.

[aeneas1]

pictures!

[aeneas1]

googling the los angeles rams sure is fun these days!

[RedAlice]

just catching up, the Hawks lost?

omg what a good day for football.

[RedAlice]

Week 9 is in the books.

[Hacksaw_64]

[Hacksaw]

From Boiney;
Looks like he's finally throwing in the towel. sort of ,

True Confession, and You’ll Hate Me For It: I Really Enjoy Watching the LA Rams
By Bernie Miklasz
November 6, 2017 2:07 pm

An excerpt....

The Los Angeles Rams aren’t slowing down. They will not observe the speed limit.

The Rams are fun.

Charismatic.

They are a marketable product …

(Well, except in Los Angeles.)

The Rams have something going that can make fans smile.

(Well, except in St. Louis.)

Of the many preseason predictions I would have flunked before this 2017 campaign, I can assure you my forecast failures would be topped by these misjudgments:

— That the Rams would be 6-2, and leading the NFC West, and getting talked up as a dangerous playoff contender … a contender that no opponent really wants to take on should the Rams get into the tournament

— That head coach Sean McVay, age 31, would emerge as a short-list, hot-list candidate for NFL Coach of the Year in his rookie season.

— I did say I thought the Rams made an intriguing hire with McVay, and I liked that they were trying something different to stimulate an offense that’s been depressed if not dead for more than a decade. But no, I didn’t think that when the Rams fired antediluvian head coach Jeff Fisher to bring in someone new, they’d find the next Bill Walsh.

— I wouldn’t have predicted that McVay and the Rams could recruit legendary defensive coordinator Wade Phillips to move to Los Angeles to run their defense.

— No prediction that the Rams would be leading the NFL in all-around points per game, 32.9, after averaging half of that (the worst in the league, barely 16 points) over a 10-season stretch that dragged them through 2016.

— That the Rams would have won three games by 30+ points this season — after winning only two games by 30+ from 2007 through 2016.

— That these Rams would score 40+ points in three of their first eight games when the snoozer Rams of yore scored 40+ points only TWICE in 160 games from 2007 through 2016.

— That Rams GM Les Snead would be freed from Jeff Fisher Prison to sign a very good left offensive tackle (Andrew Whitworth), sign a very good center (John Sullivan), and do a wide receiver makeover that brought in Sammy Watkins, Robert Woods and rookie Cooper Kupp … and that Snead would get all of this done in one offseason.

— And that McVay could make something out of Tavon Austin, and rejuvenate the running back Todd Gurley. In this armory the Rams have more playmakers than they’ve had in a long time — maybe going back to 2006.

— That the Rams, with 263 points scored through only eight games, would already have more points on the board than the 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2016 Rams scored over a full season of 16 games. That’s crazy.

— That the Rams would be leading all NFL teams with the highest percentage (51.6%) of possessions that end with points being scored. Go back a season, and the 2016 Rams scored points on only 21.8 percent of possessions … 32nd (last) in the league.

— That the Rams would have 23 touchdowns from scrimmage on offense through eight games … the same number that last year’s team produced in 16 games.

— That Rams quarterback Jared Goff would be third in the NFL in average yards per passing attempt (8.32), or leading the league with an average of 13.8 yards per completion. Not after Goff, last year’s No. 1 overall draft choice, looked so overwhelmed, so awkward, so horrible. Goff was so bad last year that I felt guilty about making fun of him when watching his games. After 2016, I thought the only future this kid would have would be in Cleveland, the place where the Browns collect failed quarterbacks.

— And now, eight games into his second season, Goff is piercing defenses for an average of 13.8 yards per connection? My goodness Kurt Warner and Trent Green combined to average 13.59 yards per completion for the 1999-to-2001 St. Louis Rams. No, I would not have predicted that.

— I would not have predicted the 2017 Rams averaging 29.1 points on offense each game … just points on offense, excluding points scored by the defense or special teams on returns.

— I would not have predicted that the 2017 Rams, with that spiffy average of 29.1 offensive points per game, would be hanging out with the 1999-2001 Rams that averaged 29.7 offensive points per game over three seasons.

I wouldn’t have predicted any of this.

This is La La Land stuff … and I ain’t talking about the movie.

“La La Land” as in being completely detached from reality.

Thanks for reading…

–Bernie


Whole article w vid
https://www.101sports.com/2017/11/06/tr ... g-la-rams/

[Hacksaw]

Disagree with the last line. This is real.

[Elvis]

Game was on pretty much only in L.A., N.Y. and St. Louis, can't imagine the hate watching is working out very well this year...

[aeneas1]

i wouldn't have predicted that fat boy would have been so wrong, about so much, so often. scratch that. yeah i would have. then again most everyone else would have too.