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Week 5- Rams vs. Seahawks


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6 minutes ago, Car_Ramrod said:

This defense is bull****. Having all our corners play 10-15 yards off is ****. Morris is coaching scared and I’m getting sick of it.

I get it to kill clock and not allow a TD but it’s definitely hard to watch. Especially when it’s not just at the end of the game. 

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5 minutes ago, MDY10 said:

I get it to kill clock and not allow a TD but it’s definitely hard to watch. Especially when it’s not just at the end of the game. 

That makes sense. But at the same time it’s Geno friggen smith. Guy hasn’t played meaningful football in 5 years or whatever. Pressure the guy 

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5 minutes ago, Car_Ramrod said:

That makes sense. But at the same time it’s Geno friggen smith. Guy hasn’t played meaningful football in 5 years or whatever. Pressure the guy 

I feel you. This defense has a lot to work on. I’m glad they have a long break before the Giants game. 
 

This wasn’t a great game. Stafford didn’t boost my confidence by any means. It was wide open throws being missed over and over. He needs to get it together if this team will have a chance. He played better towards the end of this game so hopefully Keeps it going. 
 

Felt like the refs tried hard to give this away.. Russ leaving the game is normally signs of an easy ending but it was the opposite lol defense needs help. A lot of help. 

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Its hard to win games in the NFL. Its even harder to win road games. Its probably the hardest to win a divisional road game against a really good divisional opponent where its one of if not the best homefield advantages in football. Im happy the Rams got the victory. The two road games ended the exact same way. A close game and the back up had to come in to try to lead the team to a win only for the defense to take the ball away and seal the victory. I wont apologize for that.

The Rams offense got things going in the second half. Not a shocker the guy who sparked it was DJax again. People complained about him being on the team but he sparked the offense against the Bucs and sparked the offense again against the Seahawks. The Rams dont need to use DJax all the time. He is a specialist. So DJax is asked to go deep a few times a game and make that one or two splash plays. So far he has done that in two games this season. I expect as the season goes along he will do it more but mainly save him for the playoffs.

I agree with the inconsistencies of Stafford right now but again Ill keep beating this dead horse and say this is his 5th game in a new system with new players. Even Brady struggled early with the Bucs to a certain degree bc he was learning a new system and new players. So I wont start to truly be concerned until after the BYE and Stafford is still having these same issues.

Overall again great road victory against what I think is our divisional rivals. Its always great to beat the Seahawks imo. I hope Russ will be ok bc the NFL isnt the same with him not playing. If he does miss any time the Seahawks are dead. The Rams technically stuck a fork in them if Russ has to miss weeks. I truly feel like now its a two team race in the NFCW. If Lance is starting multiple games for the Niners I think they will start to lose and that will take them out of the division race. So it will come down to the Cards and Rams imo. Im looking forward to see how the rest of this season shakes out now. 

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30 minutes ago, stl4life07 said:

I agree with the inconsistencies of Stafford right now but again Ill keep beating this dead horse and say this is his 5th game in a new system with new players. Even Brady struggled early with the Bucs to a certain degree bc he was learning a new system and new players.

Again, the new system excuse doesn't hold water on some instances. That pick he threw in the end zone was an absolute disaster and only the result of Stafford being a complete buffoon. We are lucky we were able to dig out of that mistake. 

Those type of plays are why people are concerned. It's not a a system issue, it's a talent issue. I'm assuming he was counting on Van to break back on that scramble drill but that was absolutely not the time for it. 

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1 minute ago, LeotheLion said:

Again, the new system excuse doesn't hold water on some instances. That pick he threw in the end zone was an absolute disaster and only the result of Stafford being a complete buffoon. We are lucky we were able to dig out of that mistake. 

Those type of plays are why people are concerned. It's not a a system issue, it's a talent issue. I'm assuming he was counting on Van to break back on that scramble drill but that was absolutely not the time for it. 

Im not blaming that pick on the reason why I said Stafford is learning a new system. In the same way when Brady threw that pick 6 Week 1 against the Saints last year trying to get it to Evans and it was a bad miscommunication. Brady also threw another pick that game too. Nobody blamed those interceptions of Brady still learning a new system. Those are just football plays that an experience QB should know not to make. So I get what you are saying. What Im saying is in general Stafford is learning a new system and learning a new supporting cast. It would be foolish of me to come into the season and expect everything to be smooth consistently from Game 1. 

Sure we have a level of expectations for Stafford already and when he isnt delivering like we know he is capable of then yes we question it. We also still have go back and say the guy is only 5 games into playing with new teammates and learning a new system that even he said when he first saw the playbook he was blown away. And if you know anything about McVay system which is similar to Kyle and Mike Shanahan then you know it typically takes a QB at least year 2 to really get things great. Matt Ryan, John Elway, Jimmy G, Jared Goff. All those QBs really played their best year 2+ into the scheme. Thats all Im saying. Not trying to let Stafford off the hook or make excuses for him I just trying to say I believe that as the season goes along we will see Stafford get better consistently than he is 5 games into the season. Im not frustrated yet. If Stafford is playing like this Week 12 still then Ill start to show some type of concern. Right now isnt the time at least for me. 

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9 minutes ago, stl4life07 said:

Im not blaming that pick on the reason why I said Stafford is learning a new system. In the same way when Brady threw that pick 6 Week 1 against the Saints last year trying to get it to Evans and it was a bad miscommunication. Brady also threw another pick that game too. Nobody blamed those interceptions of Brady still learning a new system. Those are just football plays that an experience QB should know not to make. So I get what you are saying. What Im saying is in general Stafford is learning a new system and learning a new supporting cast. It would be foolish of me to come into the season and expect everything to be smooth consistently from Game 1. 

Sure we have a level of expectations for Stafford already and when he isnt delivering like we know he is capable of then yes we question it. We also still have go back and say the guy is only 5 games into playing with new teammates and learning a new system that even he said when he first saw the playbook he was blown away. And if you know anything about McVay system which is similar to Kyle and Mike Shanahan then you know it typically takes a QB at least year 2 to really get things great. Matt Ryan, John Elway, Jimmy G, Jared Goff. All those QBs really played their best year 2+ into the scheme. Thats all Im saying. Not trying to let Stafford off the hook or make excuses for him I just trying to say I believe that as the season goes along we will see Stafford get better consistently than he is 5 games into the season. Im not frustrated yet. If Stafford is playing like this Week 12 still then Ill start to show some type of concern. Right now isnt the time at least for me. 

The issue isn't a new system. It is the same issue Goff had. He is trying to make a play when it isn't there. Stop comparing everything to Brady. If we've learned anything from Staffords career, it is that he isn't Brady. 

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Good to get the W. Winning on the road on TNF is very hard. Winning on the road in Seattle on TNF is damn near impossible. We need Stafford to be sharper. But he came through when it mattered. I hate Morris's scheme.

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7 hours ago, LeotheLion said:

The issue isn't a new system. It is the same issue Goff had. He is trying to make a play when it isn't there. Stop comparing everything to Brady. If we've learned anything from Staffords career, it is that he isn't Brady. 

First off I’m not comparing everything to Brady. He is just the most recent example of a big name experienced QB to leave his current situation that was bad and we know how bad the Pats situation was the last few seasons and still is. Brady felt like he wasn’t put in situations to succeed to his level of expectations anymore with the Pats with the weapons he had to work with. He left for a team that had the great supporting cast and the coach that would allow Brady to just be himself and thrive. 

I don’t get why you and others don’t like the comparison? I never said Stafford was Brady. The situation is similar but just in general every QB that changes teams and have to learn a new system with new teammates there will be bumps in the road. Idc what the results are. I don’t care what the expectations are either. 

I’ll also say too that Stafford came to LA to play in big games well it don’t get any bigger than Bucs then at Seattle in prime time. People continue to throw out there “Stafford can’t win the big game” well he is learning and exercising those demons. Started off shaky against the Bucs but then found himself and looked great in a win. The first half and a few throws to start the second half against the Seahawks he looked bad but again he found himself and looked great the rest of that game to lead the Rams to a win.

We are complaining how  bad Stafford looked and yes he did look bad but after those two missed throws to open the 3rd Q Stafford only missed 4 passes the rest of the game had over 230yds passing led 3 td drives, tacked on another FG drive and didn’t have a turnover. He did that with a bum finger in a hostile environment. So again not making excuses or letting Stafford off the hook. He has to be more consistent but I’m just not going to be overly concerned right now after 5 games. If Stafford is still playing like this Week 12 I’ll start to show some concern. 

 

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19 hours ago, NYRamsFan88 said:

Offense, Defense, ST, all three phases need to bounce back tonight. We can’t afford to lose another divisional game. 

Offense: more meh, but few glimpses. running game looked good. Not sure how much Woods stomped his feet to get that amount of targets, but I dont like it.

Defense: HUGE bounceback performance. Man is our secondary bad though besides Ramsey. Terrell Lewis and Floyd are the bookends we need. Loved what I saw from them.

ST: Meh. Hekker was good. Gay kicked two OB and missed an XP that luckily didn't cost us. The FG late was a big one.

4-1 and 3 easy games coming up. 

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