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 by Joe Pendleton
3 months 1 week ago
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Virgin Islands (USA)   LA Coliseum
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here's an earlier observation from @Dare.. (i still can't quote rt lol)

"It was refreshing not to be worrying about the PK. Had McVay used him just that one 4th down the Rams win in regulation" .

 by Haden
3 months 1 week ago
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United States of America   Spokane, WA
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Wondered the same thing

 by actionjack
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United States of America   Sactown
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Joe Pendleton wrote:here's an earlier observation from @Dare.. (i still can't quote rt lol)

"It was refreshing not to be worrying about the PK. Had McVay used him just that one 4th down the Rams win in regulation" .


Because the constant knock against McVay is he is way to conservative, damned if you do damned if you dont. Rams need to score in he redzone.

 by Elvis
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United States of America   Los Angeles
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The Rams went for it on 4th down on Detroit's 29, made it and Kyren scored a TD on the drive. No one seems to be complaining about that 4th down decision.

So those 2 drives got us 7 points instead of 6 (if they'd kicked the FG both times) and that's why you go for it...

 by rams74
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Italy   Glendale, Arizona
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Elvis wrote:The Rams went for it on 4th down on Detroit's 29, made it and Kyren scored a TD on the drive. No one seems to be complaining about that 4th down decision.

So those 2 drives got us 7 points instead of 6 (if they'd kicked the FG both times) and that's why you go for it...

I agree with this.

However, at the time, it almost felt like McVay was shamed into going for that 4th down by the coach on the other sideline. I'm sure it wasn't, it just sorta seemed like it.

 by Elvis
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rams74 wrote:I agree with this.

However, at the time, it almost felt like McVay was shamed into going for that 4th down by the coach on the other sideline. I'm sure it wasn't, it just sorta seemed like it.


Maybe.

But we do have a new assistant helping McVay with these decisions so maybe this will be the new normal?

Also, though it was a low scoring game, you probably go into it thinking FGs aren't gonna get the job done so that might have factored too.

 by Gareth
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United States of America   LA Coliseum
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I thought the first field goal decision was pretty 50-50. The second one I thought was Obviously, a go for it situation. In general, I would rather err on the side of aggression.

Considering the circumstances, I think McVay coached an excellent game. The Rams seemed dead and buried and somehow had a really good chance to win. If it weren't for all the injuries, I would come out of that game very optimistic.

 by Rams1PlateSince1976
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The tough thing about losing a close game is that there are about a thousand "If's" that would have changed the outcome and you can have some sleepless nights thinking about them.

 by PARAM
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Rams1PlateSince1976 wrote:The tough thing about losing a close game is that there are about a thousand "If's" that would have changed the outcome and you can have some sleepless nights thinking about them.


Yup. Here's one.

IF we had our two OTs healthy/not suspended AND our LG and Puka didn't get injured or even our sub LT made it 60 minutes, it might have been completely different.

Like you say there are a thousand "ifs" and we can play that game OR take away some positives......like.....our D played pretty damn good AND Tyler Johnson certainly looks like a player AND IF we can get DWill back after 4 weeks AND Puka AND Avila, we might be able to string together some wins. We might still do that even if we don't get all those wishes answered.

 by safer
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At that time, we were down by 14 and looked like road kill. I think it was a decision he made to fire up our team.

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