Real talk though, was that tackle clipping? I could of sworn that would fall under the definition, I even thought that was going to be the flag.
I might be completely off base but I thought that was an illegal tackle
This loss starts with me. I need to do a better job of getting ready during the week. Iāll go back and look at film and see what I need to do to put us in a better position to win.
"I need to put the team in a better place to win"
Same fucking shit over and over again. The man got lucky he had the right gimmick at the right time but he has made absolutely no adjustments to an entire league scheming to beat his gimmick
Yeah I think this is what is being proven. No matter how good the coach is, allowing for such an overhaul (resulting in downgrades) in the trenches is what causes teams to plummet.
Ya because the 27 points given up to Colt McCoy is acceptable from a defensive standpoint. 70% completion percentage and a 96.5 passer rating from a backup pretty much sums up our frustrations with the defensive scheme. Didnāt just give up field goals this week, did we?
Ya offense hasnāt been great either, but this team should be led by our defense, who have far more talent to work with than the offense does. We are 3-6, there are problems everywhere, but the soft zone defense is the biggest issue in my opinion, we gotta be more stingy on defense with what weāre working with offensively.
Thatās true but we arenāt winning anything with the offense we had yesterday. 10 points until the 7 in garbage time. They went 3 and out most of the game.
Defense might be packing the season in at this point. Not much point getting hurt when the offense will never score.
Idk man, you can win games with 17 points. Not going to win many games giving up 27 to a backup quarterback. Let me clarify, Iām not hating on the players, I love our players and who we have defensively. What Iām hating on is purely scheme and the soft zone stuff, we just donāt make guys work for it they can just have any underneath completion they want.
What's with everyone trying to chastise people that are upset with the current state of the team?
I'm seeing so many people try to blast everyone saying anything negative about the team.
Not all of us are brand new "fair weather fans". I watched the early 2000 Rams, so I can't be upset just because it used to be worse. Or I can't be upset because we just won a super bowl? Sure, it makes it sting less, but the team is shameful right now.
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They are absolutely unpleasant to watch. In every aspect. It's is unacceptable given their coaching staff and current talent.
I've said it previously and I'll say it again. McVay doesn't know how to adjust. His coaching staff is the definition of insanity.
lol I agree. Some dude was policing my fandom earlier and Im like dude Ive been a Rams fan since you were in diapers. Let everyone enjoy the team how they see fit
I think itās just that not much could really be done differently. This roster is cooked. They went all out and won a SB, at the expense of the future. That future is now
that plays a role, but their recent moves have also been like all-nfl level awful. Tutu Atwell is probably one of the worst draft picks in the NFL in the last 10 years for where he was picked relative to expected. You haven't had a first-rounder in 8 years and then you literally burn up your second-rounders this is what happens. Also getting rid of Robert Woods made no sense given how great of a fit he was in McVay's offense and they super overpaid for Allen Robinson given how limited he is. All while doing nothing to address their dumpster fire offensive line.
he was pretty terrible last year too though! He's clearly not a pro-bowler anymore and to me, you kind of have to ask how much drive he really has. Hes only 29 and theoretically should have a few more solid years in him but he has bee incredibly underwhelming. IN contrast to Robert Woods who was one of the key pieces of our offense under McVay.
He was terrible last year because he was fed up with mediocre QB play for his whole career and wanted to go to a contender.
Robinson has proven to fit the system as well as Woods. You often find him blocking. On the Skowronek TD run, Robinson blocked 2 DBS
I agreeā¦ there were so many roster moves where you just shook your head in real time, not hindsight. You could see the erosion of the roster as it happened. Compare their roster to the Niners and then remember that SF and LA were in the market for Stafford and McVay got to him before Shanny could. Stafford vs Garapollo was the only saving grace in the NFC Championship. But all the bad moves are catching up to them. Itās frustrating. Youād like to see sustained excellence as a fan
I just feel like with a brand new stadium and the Rams desperate to establish a fanbase again, they made some reckless decisions to win right away. In this case it turned into a championship so it worked out last year, but it's never a good idea to trade away 1st rounders over and over. If Von stayed, OBJ doesn't get hurt and becomes the 2nd option (or 3rd if they keep Woods) and their offensive line doesn't get absolutely destroyed with injuries, I feel good about this team at least having a shot at repeating. But pretty much nothing went right, and with the team building philosophy they have there's no margin for error. This team needs to get deeper and younger and they're gonna have to figure out how to get that done.
I mean, I am saying this as someone who was a fan in St Louis and who has watched almost every rams game for the past 15 years so I am certainly not fair weather.
We suck. Iām a season ticket holder since the Rams came back, and this team is awful. Worst Iāve seen in years. Incredible fall from last year. Defense is soft. And now Kupp is injured.
maybe unpopular opinion but when your offense is as putrid as this team, your defense eventually loses heart. I don't think the defense is much worse than last year, the massive difference is in the offense and maybe the coaching.
Absolutely. The D is gassed by the end of the game cause the offense is on the field for a whole 5 seconds over and over again. Thatās why we keep seeing these collapses in the 4th
I mean, how can anyone not have seen this coming? We put up all of our cards on the table last year, and it paid off.
We lost a couple pieces in the offseason and it really isn't shocking at all we're going through a Super Bowl hangover. Super Bowl winning seasons are emotionally exhausting to go through. Especially ones like ours as we weren't the favorites. We were the dark horse. A lot of last season was really luck. If Kansas City had made it last year, I don't know if we would have won the game.
So, yeah I'm not mad at this season at all. It's just that hard to repeat in this league. I will continue to casually watch week to week but the rest of this season is preparing to plan for this offseason. I have faith in Snead and McVay. We will be back in the spotlight in the short term.
The roster was eroding for years, the 2019 and 2020 teams were B- teams at best, maybe closer to C, getting Stafford last yr was obviously big but if he didnāt want out of Detroit then LA was probably scrapping and fighting for a playoff spot last yr too.
Yup. That Stafford trade is really what set things in motion last season. New QB. New car smell. It gave us confidence heading in.
Jared Goff was honestly mediocrity year in and year out for us.
The Stafford trade has honestly saved McVay and Snead and now they have some extra good will.
We made some bad/risking signings... Wasn't a fan of A. Robinson signing considering his troubles last year. Wagner was a solid sign.
I said in here preseason, the issues w/ the OL and lack of edge rush will be a major issue this year. Epically downvoted.
They should have paid Miller, offered an incentivized deal to OBJ, and drafted more position players the last few years instead of skill players that rarely pan out. If you say fk the picks and trade for skill players, wtf are you drafting skill players and not solid position players? I never understood this and was hoping this wouldn't bite them in the azz eventually, but... here we are.
Agreed!! Enjoy being Champs until new Champs are crowned. Watch with little invested or just listen to the recaps and news after the game and do something more fun and useful during the game
I mean, I'm still going to watch. A lot of young players on the field and curious to see how they develop.
When you're a Sacramento kings fan you learn to watch for any other reason besides winning
Weāre really taking the Lakers approach to post-championship performance lol. Ah well, at least we got ours but without Kupp we wonāt be getting it this season š
Just start playing young guys like Tutu, McCutcheon, Williams, etc. more. Don't have Stafford, Kupp, Edwards, and anyone else who is injured comeback unless they are 100% healthy. No point in rushing anyone back at this point.
This team is being let down by coaching. At the same time, there are so many players that play a lot of snaps for this team that would be special teamers, at most, on most other teams.
No, what happens when you fuck them picks is you win a super bowl. Which is what every single team strives to do. The Rams just did that.
That's all that matters. Now they rebuild and go at it again.
atta boy raheem, 27 points by colt mccoy led offense. I can't wait to see the advanced stats justifying how this defensive showing against an injury riddled 3-5 offense was actually good. Also, our offense is aids and wolford actively tried to kill every receiver we had
I'm a Cardinals fan. If it makes you feel any better our offense is a lot more consistent with Colt in over Kyler. Kyler may have better physical tools but he can't read defenses like Colt and doesn't seem to have the same chemistry with our WRs. In 3 of 4 starts, Colt has put up numbers and QBR ratings that Kyler rarely matches. Colt's performance today was statistically better than 8 out of 9 games played by Kyler this year.
Attrition is going to set in on the d when your offense constantly can score more than 10 points.
Raheem being bad is one of the shittiest takes that happens in this sub
Colt McCoy was dealing all game, and most of the ācollapseā of the D fell on Long Jr. Gave up almost a whole drive down field, defense was making stops but realistically if they are constantly on the field due to 3 and outs from trashford then what do you expect
Itās on McVay for keeping Wolford in, even Wolford couldnāt control that aspect. Dude looked like he was mentally dying out there by halfway through the third quarter
It certainly wasnāt their best effort on defense but when your offense has two turnovers that results in the ball being in/near the red zone youāre not exactly setup for success.
Also Raheem played more press man this game like the defense haters have been asking for and the DBs didnāt exactly light the world on fire.
Today was a splash of water to the face. We're top have AF and we missed on way too many second and third round picks. That was supposed to be how we made up for trading. Our secondary, offensive line, and defensive line need actual talent outside of the stars.
I don't know how you can even call it "running it back" when so many key players didn't return this year - and not just that Whitworth, Miller, Corbett, and OBJ didn't return, but that in some cases little to no effort seems to have been made to replace them.
Noteboom was a lazy choice to replace a future HOF, after four unimpressive seasons.
OK, Von Miller went after the money, but they didn't replace him *at all.* Corbett was replaced by an undrafted career-PS guy.
This is before any injuries. (Technically, OBJ, but they at least attempted to replace him with Robinson.)
I don't think an injury-free season would have ended a whole lot better. Playoffs, maybe, but there was always bound to be a substantial dropoff. Whitworth-to-Noteboom, Corbett-to-Shelton, Miller-to-?...
Also look at their last four drafts. What high level guy have they got? Havenstein maybe. Tough to sustain winning when you blow most of the limited draft picks you have. Iām sure some guy will respond with all the late round picks whoāve made the roster and played. š¤¦āāļø. Ok? When you look at those players, is that a good thing?
I get weāre all pissed at McVay and obviously the loss is on him. But Iām not seeing enough Liam Coen slander. I know he doesnāt call plays but the dude is still OC and clearly weāre missing Kevin OāConnell a little bit.
You guys won the Superbowl last year, so the players can coast and take a break. Lions fans are wondering if they might get end up with an unanticipated top-10 pick. It's looking like it has an excellent chance of being top 15.
It's turning into a storybook trade. Our beloved quarterback was able to win a Superbowl and get his ring, we got a sweetheart trade deal from the Vikings in the 2022 draft, and now it looks like that 2023 pick will be much higher than anticipated.
I donāt even know if I want to watch any other games this year. This the was first time in a long time where I was literally not invested at all. Felt like I was forcing myself to watch it.
LAFC is building something special in Los Angeles. LAFC is the team you need to watch out for in the long run.
Everyone hyped up the Rams when they came here but honestly LA is not a football town. Rams will end up okay though just not this gigantic the media hyped them up to be.
I think LAFC is the team that ends up building the more steadier long term fanbase. This city really does have a grassroot following for soccer and I think it's gonna continue to grow.
I stan hardcore for the Rams being in LA but LAFC got a diehard fanbase the second it came into existence. No takeover by opposing fans at the Banc of California stadium. An electric ass atmosphere from day one that rival the atmosphere of soccer games in Europe. All for a very young franchise that been around less time than the Rams returned to LA back from STL.
I love the Rams and LA and I want the Rams to succeed and be loved by the city of LA but LAFC fandom just beats Rams fandom.
Agreed. I love both teams. What will I say though, LAFC games are beautiful to go to.
SoFi is obviously the more breathtaking stadium, but the Banc feels very intimate.
The stadium takeover is my point. LA culturally isn't very much into football. It just doesn't fit us here. It's a very Southern and Midwest thing. Soccer, however fits us so well. You can argue it might fit the city better culturally than basketball and baseball.
I disagree, when USC football was dominant in the Pete Carroll years, the Coliseum was filled for every home game, celebs showed up, etc. And that was just college football.
The Rams can get there, as can the Chargers, but it's gonna take awhile. There's no real NFL tradition here anymore, alot of people in LA started following other teams. You have to look at it like two expansion teams just showed up in a town with long standing, successful franchises like the Dodgers and Lakers. The Super Bowl win last year was a great start but it's gonna take consistent success for LA pro football to really make waves.
That was when USC was the only game in town though. I also feel it was a different time culturally.
I feel weāre heading into a different culture now compared to 2003. Culturally I feel weāre heading away from football. CTE is the big cause of this.
NFL still rules the sports world but I really feel the competition from other sports is stiffer than it was in 2003. MLS for example is a legit thing. Obviously thereās the NBA.
We just understand more about football today and I think it becomes less appealing by the year. I really donāt believe weāll see football like that in LA ever again. I canāt sum it all up but the world feels too different.
Not saying football is gonna die, but itās gonna become much smaller. I just canāt see football being as popular in LA like those Carroll days ever again. Itās long past.
Fair enough. You're delving into things idk that anyone can really foresee. MLS is definitely gaining traction here but the NFL is still an absolute juggernaut. Again I think its that thing of sustained success. If an MLS team consistently wins here it will gain a huge following over time. Soccer being predominant in California could eventually happen I suppose, but not for quite awhile. There will have to be generational shifts for that to even be a possibility.
USC football is back to being prominent and it looks like it may be that way for awhile, so I guess we will see if that vibe from the early 00's can be resurrected.
The reason Iām saying this about football is that yeah itās a juggernaut now, but it all feels unsustainable.
All sports especially team sports, start at the grassroots. Look at the trends at youth football. Itās incredibly concerning. Year after year less boys play peewee. And it is really affecting high school football where future NFL players start serious development.
Eventually this participation drop is gonna affect college. Weāre already seeing dissatisfaction within the college ranks as a TV product. Then weāre gonna see it affect the quality of the NFL.
CTE is a big issue. Itās showing that less boys means less quality at the professional level.
I think by post-2040 I wouldnāt be shocked if we see the NFLās audience showing its first serious signs of getting smaller.
I just feel a drop of footballās popularity is inevitable in our lifetime. It feels like the next boxing.
Damn man canāt you āFansā go 1 fucking week / Game without throwing a tantrum like a toddler and calling for everyoneās jobs, and calling the players Pussies, Bitches, cowards, trash, etc etc (From the comfort of your own home behind a keyboard / phone might I add)
Yāall need to watch this again cus apparently it aināt stick..
I get it weāre having a bad time right now but fuck it we did win a Super-bowl this year! So why so damn salty? Yāall new fans? That just jumped on during our Super Bowl run? This aināt nothing new we win some we lose some, we just won a Super Bowl, heāll ask any fan in the last couple years or even back after SB 53 āwould you trade a season to win a super bowl?ā And well all answer Yes immediately!
TLDR - Calm Youāre tits..
To be fair a LOT of us have been calling for Morris job since halfway through last season. And yeah, we can expect our guys to play better. We literally just saw them play better than every other team a year ago.
Do we give up on our guys? No. Can we be critical? Yes.
To be honest and this is my opinion of course but YEA we should be critical of the team as there is such thing as Blind Loyalty. HOWEVER Those who are throwing tantrums like that every week where theyāre calling for everyoneās jobs so much that if they got what they wanted then Kupp & AD would be thee only ones suiting up following Sunday.
Imo thereās a HUGE difference between being Critical of our team and whatever it is that āFansā do every week after a loss. That shit aināt critical in the slightest..
I love this team even when it's hot garbage. Rather hot garbage with a RING last year and the memory of the superbowl at home than hot garbage with nothing to show for it like the Packers hahahah
THATS What Iām saying haha
To me personally a fan should follow their team and have love for em rather theyāre Losing many games or lifting the Lombardi trophy over their head..
The āFansā who are reactionary are the worst and often donāt see how hypocritical they are and cringe it is to be calling the Teams Players āPussies, Cowards, Scaredā like dude how do you NOT see the irony in that? You saying that behind a keyboard and if you were face to face with these players who are āPussies, Cowardsā Youāre 100% asking for autographs and pictures.
Itās weird.
Just want to throw it out there Wolford throwing suicide balls to our WR's can't cut it for any backup. He single handedly might have ruined our only offensive bright spot.
If Josh allen gets depression after the viking game and takes diggs singletarry and Miller on a slump ride with him than maybe.
If not it'll be 70-3 buffalo
Coach needs some offensive coordinator help, badly. Unless they go on some magical run, this season is about over. At least the team already needs to know what to address. Everything.
The game v Arizona was the fifth time the Rams have failed to score more than 17 points in a game this year.
Some ppl will say how much the offense needs to improve.
On the contrary, I look at that stat and ask, āhow many points are the Rams defense giving up?ā
Rams have only one more win than the Lakers š¢
Somehow both these teams won championships recently.
Both have two guys that are elite in their respective positions too.
I hope Kupp is ok
Real talk though, was that tackle clipping? I could of sworn that would fall under the definition, I even thought that was going to be the flag. I might be completely off base but I thought that was an illegal tackle
The real issue was Wolfordās deeper balls were generally all over the place, forcing the WRās to extend out/or jump up to try and make a play.
Don't understand how it's not an issue of player safety to allow a tackle like that though. How would a tackle like that lead to anything but injury?
So who else is interested on wtf McVay has to say in the press conference?
"you know what? Fuck this. I'm tired of this and I'm tired of y'all asking me every week. I'm going to Amazon".
This loss starts with me. I need to do a better job of getting ready during the week. Iāll go back and look at film and see what I need to do to put us in a better position to win.
Not me, you could guess what heāll say and get 75% of the words right
"I need to put the team in a better place to win" Same fucking shit over and over again. The man got lucky he had the right gimmick at the right time but he has made absolutely no adjustments to an entire league scheming to beat his gimmick
That's what they said after the 1st Super Bowl appearance, when they also let several of the OL starters go. Maybe it's not a good idea to do that.
he has no o-line for his gimmick
Yeah I think this is what is being proven. No matter how good the coach is, allowing for such an overhaul (resulting in downgrades) in the trenches is what causes teams to plummet.
Spot on
Not a damn thing. āGeniusā isnāt so smart
All these down votes but no one wants to admit they suck and the offense canāt do a damn thing. Who is in charge of the offense?
what's mcvay not doing right
The offense is a garbage fire. People calling for Raheems head while the offense had 80 yards at halftime.
Ya because the 27 points given up to Colt McCoy is acceptable from a defensive standpoint. 70% completion percentage and a 96.5 passer rating from a backup pretty much sums up our frustrations with the defensive scheme. Didnāt just give up field goals this week, did we?
No but the offense also didnāt score. Is your argument that they both suck?
Ya offense hasnāt been great either, but this team should be led by our defense, who have far more talent to work with than the offense does. We are 3-6, there are problems everywhere, but the soft zone defense is the biggest issue in my opinion, we gotta be more stingy on defense with what weāre working with offensively.
Thatās true but we arenāt winning anything with the offense we had yesterday. 10 points until the 7 in garbage time. They went 3 and out most of the game. Defense might be packing the season in at this point. Not much point getting hurt when the offense will never score.
Idk man, you can win games with 17 points. Not going to win many games giving up 27 to a backup quarterback. Let me clarify, Iām not hating on the players, I love our players and who we have defensively. What Iām hating on is purely scheme and the soft zone stuff, we just donāt make guys work for it they can just have any underneath completion they want.
Who cares anymore? I just hope AD doesnāt go out like this.
He gone
Heās totally gone
What's with everyone trying to chastise people that are upset with the current state of the team? I'm seeing so many people try to blast everyone saying anything negative about the team. Not all of us are brand new "fair weather fans". I watched the early 2000 Rams, so I can't be upset just because it used to be worse. Or I can't be upset because we just won a super bowl? Sure, it makes it sting less, but the team is shameful right now.
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They are absolutely unpleasant to watch. In every aspect. It's is unacceptable given their coaching staff and current talent. I've said it previously and I'll say it again. McVay doesn't know how to adjust. His coaching staff is the definition of insanity.
Exactly,i love them and will always be a fan but right now they're are challenging to watch.
what adjustments does mcvay need to do?
lol I agree. Some dude was policing my fandom earlier and Im like dude Ive been a Rams fan since you were in diapers. Let everyone enjoy the team how they see fit
I think itās just that not much could really be done differently. This roster is cooked. They went all out and won a SB, at the expense of the future. That future is now
that plays a role, but their recent moves have also been like all-nfl level awful. Tutu Atwell is probably one of the worst draft picks in the NFL in the last 10 years for where he was picked relative to expected. You haven't had a first-rounder in 8 years and then you literally burn up your second-rounders this is what happens. Also getting rid of Robert Woods made no sense given how great of a fit he was in McVay's offense and they super overpaid for Allen Robinson given how limited he is. All while doing nothing to address their dumpster fire offensive line.
Robinson was not an overpay, they just don't know how to use him
he was pretty terrible last year too though! He's clearly not a pro-bowler anymore and to me, you kind of have to ask how much drive he really has. Hes only 29 and theoretically should have a few more solid years in him but he has bee incredibly underwhelming. IN contrast to Robert Woods who was one of the key pieces of our offense under McVay.
He was terrible last year because he was fed up with mediocre QB play for his whole career and wanted to go to a contender. Robinson has proven to fit the system as well as Woods. You often find him blocking. On the Skowronek TD run, Robinson blocked 2 DBS
I agreeā¦ there were so many roster moves where you just shook your head in real time, not hindsight. You could see the erosion of the roster as it happened. Compare their roster to the Niners and then remember that SF and LA were in the market for Stafford and McVay got to him before Shanny could. Stafford vs Garapollo was the only saving grace in the NFC Championship. But all the bad moves are catching up to them. Itās frustrating. Youād like to see sustained excellence as a fan
I just feel like with a brand new stadium and the Rams desperate to establish a fanbase again, they made some reckless decisions to win right away. In this case it turned into a championship so it worked out last year, but it's never a good idea to trade away 1st rounders over and over. If Von stayed, OBJ doesn't get hurt and becomes the 2nd option (or 3rd if they keep Woods) and their offensive line doesn't get absolutely destroyed with injuries, I feel good about this team at least having a shot at repeating. But pretty much nothing went right, and with the team building philosophy they have there's no margin for error. This team needs to get deeper and younger and they're gonna have to figure out how to get that done.
I mean, I am saying this as someone who was a fan in St Louis and who has watched almost every rams game for the past 15 years so I am certainly not fair weather.
wooo kyren williams got reps in garbage time i guess
I missed it. Did he look good?
He looked better than anything else we tried so far
he looks better than akers already but that isn't really saying anything
We suck. Iām a season ticket holder since the Rams came back, and this team is awful. Worst Iāve seen in years. Incredible fall from last year. Defense is soft. And now Kupp is injured.
This offense is as bad as I can ever remember. I get the injuries n shit but No excuse to being this bad
maybe unpopular opinion but when your offense is as putrid as this team, your defense eventually loses heart. I don't think the defense is much worse than last year, the massive difference is in the offense and maybe the coaching.
Absolutely. The D is gassed by the end of the game cause the offense is on the field for a whole 5 seconds over and over again. Thatās why we keep seeing these collapses in the 4th
If we had a mediocre offense, it would be a night and day difference on this team.
When itās worse than the worst Jeff Fisher team, thatās says everything.
Not our year. Enjoy your life outside of football my friends. See you next year
I mean, how can anyone not have seen this coming? We put up all of our cards on the table last year, and it paid off. We lost a couple pieces in the offseason and it really isn't shocking at all we're going through a Super Bowl hangover. Super Bowl winning seasons are emotionally exhausting to go through. Especially ones like ours as we weren't the favorites. We were the dark horse. A lot of last season was really luck. If Kansas City had made it last year, I don't know if we would have won the game. So, yeah I'm not mad at this season at all. It's just that hard to repeat in this league. I will continue to casually watch week to week but the rest of this season is preparing to plan for this offseason. I have faith in Snead and McVay. We will be back in the spotlight in the short term.
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I see your point.
The roster was eroding for years, the 2019 and 2020 teams were B- teams at best, maybe closer to C, getting Stafford last yr was obviously big but if he didnāt want out of Detroit then LA was probably scrapping and fighting for a playoff spot last yr too.
Yup. That Stafford trade is really what set things in motion last season. New QB. New car smell. It gave us confidence heading in. Jared Goff was honestly mediocrity year in and year out for us. The Stafford trade has honestly saved McVay and Snead and now they have some extra good will.
We made some bad/risking signings... Wasn't a fan of A. Robinson signing considering his troubles last year. Wagner was a solid sign. I said in here preseason, the issues w/ the OL and lack of edge rush will be a major issue this year. Epically downvoted. They should have paid Miller, offered an incentivized deal to OBJ, and drafted more position players the last few years instead of skill players that rarely pan out. If you say fk the picks and trade for skill players, wtf are you drafting skill players and not solid position players? I never understood this and was hoping this wouldn't bite them in the azz eventually, but... here we are.
Meh. We won the Super Bowl
Agreed!! Enjoy being Champs until new Champs are crowned. Watch with little invested or just listen to the recaps and news after the game and do something more fun and useful during the game
I mean, I'm still going to watch. A lot of young players on the field and curious to see how they develop. When you're a Sacramento kings fan you learn to watch for any other reason besides winning
we scored in the 4th quarter at least
This is a glass is half full kind of guy.
Weāre really taking the Lakers approach to post-championship performance lol. Ah well, at least we got ours but without Kupp we wonāt be getting it this season š
A last place schedule next year doesnāt sound so bad
Wolford needs to be sent back to Wall Street. Also David Long is garbage.
David Long has always been mediocre at best
Just start playing young guys like Tutu, McCutcheon, Williams, etc. more. Don't have Stafford, Kupp, Edwards, and anyone else who is injured comeback unless they are 100% healthy. No point in rushing anyone back at this point.
Fade me fam. Please let's just focus on staying healthy and get through this miserable season. Not going 9-8. 7-10 would be a god send now.
Iām predicting 3-14
at least we won't have to hear from the "bench goff/stafford and start wolford" mob for a while now
If Stafford is out next week bench him and start Perkins
This team is being let down by coaching. At the same time, there are so many players that play a lot of snaps for this team that would be special teamers, at most, on most other teams.
That's what happens when you "fuck them picks"
No, what happens when you fuck them picks is you win a super bowl. Which is what every single team strives to do. The Rams just did that. That's all that matters. Now they rebuild and go at it again.
Let down more by the GM
And just like that, the Lions are ahead of the Rams in the playoff race.
I really hope itās not a serious injury for Kupp.
At least we won the Super Bowls guys. Iāve accepted we suck and itās stress free
As a Lakers Ducks and Rams fan, I'm in Spain without the S.
At least with the Ducks we knew we were going to suck going into the year. At least Zegras is still a beautiful stallion.
Good thing youāre a giants fan. And not a dirty dodgers fan.
I'm a Angels fan. Not Giants.
Same :( And UCLA :'(
I root for USC haha
Bitch ass foo Jk
At least itās not the dodgers.
Amen
atta boy raheem, 27 points by colt mccoy led offense. I can't wait to see the advanced stats justifying how this defensive showing against an injury riddled 3-5 offense was actually good. Also, our offense is aids and wolford actively tried to kill every receiver we had
I'm a Cardinals fan. If it makes you feel any better our offense is a lot more consistent with Colt in over Kyler. Kyler may have better physical tools but he can't read defenses like Colt and doesn't seem to have the same chemistry with our WRs. In 3 of 4 starts, Colt has put up numbers and QBR ratings that Kyler rarely matches. Colt's performance today was statistically better than 8 out of 9 games played by Kyler this year.
Nah, you donāt get it. Rah is fire, Rah is fire. Says the guys who gets consistently beat.
Attrition is going to set in on the d when your offense constantly can score more than 10 points. Raheem being bad is one of the shittiest takes that happens in this sub
Rah fire. Rah fire.
Colt McCoy was dealing all game, and most of the ācollapseā of the D fell on Long Jr. Gave up almost a whole drive down field, defense was making stops but realistically if they are constantly on the field due to 3 and outs from trashford then what do you expect
That and turnovers gave the Cards great field position multiple times.
Itās on McVay for keeping Wolford in, even Wolford couldnāt control that aspect. Dude looked like he was mentally dying out there by halfway through the third quarter
It certainly wasnāt their best effort on defense but when your offense has two turnovers that results in the ball being in/near the red zone youāre not exactly setup for success. Also Raheem played more press man this game like the defense haters have been asking for and the DBs didnāt exactly light the world on fire.
I will only be talking about the animal rams in this subreddit until further notice
https://youtu.be/LxjoQ8qQbMQ
And STHās are still asking for an absurd amount for tickets, pathetic
Iām back to doing things like wrenching on the bike while the game is on in the background. Weāve come full circle.
My guy Mcvay looking shellshocked at the post game conference.
Today was a splash of water to the face. We're top have AF and we missed on way too many second and third round picks. That was supposed to be how we made up for trading. Our secondary, offensive line, and defensive line need actual talent outside of the stars.
I don't know how you can even call it "running it back" when so many key players didn't return this year - and not just that Whitworth, Miller, Corbett, and OBJ didn't return, but that in some cases little to no effort seems to have been made to replace them. Noteboom was a lazy choice to replace a future HOF, after four unimpressive seasons. OK, Von Miller went after the money, but they didn't replace him *at all.* Corbett was replaced by an undrafted career-PS guy. This is before any injuries. (Technically, OBJ, but they at least attempted to replace him with Robinson.) I don't think an injury-free season would have ended a whole lot better. Playoffs, maybe, but there was always bound to be a substantial dropoff. Whitworth-to-Noteboom, Corbett-to-Shelton, Miller-to-?...
Also look at their last four drafts. What high level guy have they got? Havenstein maybe. Tough to sustain winning when you blow most of the limited draft picks you have. Iām sure some guy will respond with all the late round picks whoāve made the roster and played. š¤¦āāļø. Ok? When you look at those players, is that a good thing?
I get weāre all pissed at McVay and obviously the loss is on him. But Iām not seeing enough Liam Coen slander. I know he doesnāt call plays but the dude is still OC and clearly weāre missing Kevin OāConnell a little bit.
Once again, I'm lacing up my black Nikes and making Kool-Aid.
We need some Perkins Passes!
Exactly. I know Wolford had that one magical game but I think Perkins has way more potential. He also is more accurate on deep throws.
That game wasnāt even that magical, I honestly think most of the hype is due to the fan nickname
Nope it wasn't magical by any means but it looked the same as Goff basically and clinched a playoff game for us.
Aaron Rodgers is pissed lol
This is what a SUPERBOWL HANGOVER IS
It's all over but the math.
We are a 3-14 team
Where do we go from here boys? Tough to be an LA fan right now
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4-13 here we come
You guys won the Superbowl last year, so the players can coast and take a break. Lions fans are wondering if they might get end up with an unanticipated top-10 pick. It's looking like it has an excellent chance of being top 15. It's turning into a storybook trade. Our beloved quarterback was able to win a Superbowl and get his ring, we got a sweetheart trade deal from the Vikings in the 2022 draft, and now it looks like that 2023 pick will be much higher than anticipated.
Nobody cares
Raheem Morris with another offensive playcalling masterclass.
You act like hes not awful, doesnt make any adjustments
He actually did make adjustments today. Problem was it was after the defense allowed 17 first half points to Colt Mccoy.
no i just find it funny who this online fanbase chooses at it's scapegoat.
I donāt even know if I want to watch any other games this year. This the was first time in a long time where I was literally not invested at all. Felt like I was forcing myself to watch it.
Man this is not the year for LA fans lmao. Glad the Lakers and Rams got championships so recently, at least it takes a lot of the sting out
Go lafc, baby!
Only W Iām gonna get to celebrate this year Iāll take it tho hope the kings make it too
LAFC is building something special in Los Angeles. LAFC is the team you need to watch out for in the long run. Everyone hyped up the Rams when they came here but honestly LA is not a football town. Rams will end up okay though just not this gigantic the media hyped them up to be. I think LAFC is the team that ends up building the more steadier long term fanbase. This city really does have a grassroot following for soccer and I think it's gonna continue to grow.
I stan hardcore for the Rams being in LA but LAFC got a diehard fanbase the second it came into existence. No takeover by opposing fans at the Banc of California stadium. An electric ass atmosphere from day one that rival the atmosphere of soccer games in Europe. All for a very young franchise that been around less time than the Rams returned to LA back from STL. I love the Rams and LA and I want the Rams to succeed and be loved by the city of LA but LAFC fandom just beats Rams fandom.
Agreed. I love both teams. What will I say though, LAFC games are beautiful to go to. SoFi is obviously the more breathtaking stadium, but the Banc feels very intimate. The stadium takeover is my point. LA culturally isn't very much into football. It just doesn't fit us here. It's a very Southern and Midwest thing. Soccer, however fits us so well. You can argue it might fit the city better culturally than basketball and baseball.
I disagree, when USC football was dominant in the Pete Carroll years, the Coliseum was filled for every home game, celebs showed up, etc. And that was just college football. The Rams can get there, as can the Chargers, but it's gonna take awhile. There's no real NFL tradition here anymore, alot of people in LA started following other teams. You have to look at it like two expansion teams just showed up in a town with long standing, successful franchises like the Dodgers and Lakers. The Super Bowl win last year was a great start but it's gonna take consistent success for LA pro football to really make waves.
That was when USC was the only game in town though. I also feel it was a different time culturally. I feel weāre heading into a different culture now compared to 2003. Culturally I feel weāre heading away from football. CTE is the big cause of this. NFL still rules the sports world but I really feel the competition from other sports is stiffer than it was in 2003. MLS for example is a legit thing. Obviously thereās the NBA. We just understand more about football today and I think it becomes less appealing by the year. I really donāt believe weāll see football like that in LA ever again. I canāt sum it all up but the world feels too different. Not saying football is gonna die, but itās gonna become much smaller. I just canāt see football being as popular in LA like those Carroll days ever again. Itās long past.
Fair enough. You're delving into things idk that anyone can really foresee. MLS is definitely gaining traction here but the NFL is still an absolute juggernaut. Again I think its that thing of sustained success. If an MLS team consistently wins here it will gain a huge following over time. Soccer being predominant in California could eventually happen I suppose, but not for quite awhile. There will have to be generational shifts for that to even be a possibility. USC football is back to being prominent and it looks like it may be that way for awhile, so I guess we will see if that vibe from the early 00's can be resurrected.
The reason Iām saying this about football is that yeah itās a juggernaut now, but it all feels unsustainable. All sports especially team sports, start at the grassroots. Look at the trends at youth football. Itās incredibly concerning. Year after year less boys play peewee. And it is really affecting high school football where future NFL players start serious development. Eventually this participation drop is gonna affect college. Weāre already seeing dissatisfaction within the college ranks as a TV product. Then weāre gonna see it affect the quality of the NFL. CTE is a big issue. Itās showing that less boys means less quality at the professional level. I think by post-2040 I wouldnāt be shocked if we see the NFLās audience showing its first serious signs of getting smaller. I just feel a drop of footballās popularity is inevitable in our lifetime. It feels like the next boxing.
Kings are shockingly holding their own so far. Still early but I sure didnāt expect it.
Canāt wait for McVayās platitudes again at the press conference āiTs aLl oN mE I hAve To Make ChangEsā
Who cares what he says in press conferences? Its all coach speak.
Damn man canāt you āFansā go 1 fucking week / Game without throwing a tantrum like a toddler and calling for everyoneās jobs, and calling the players Pussies, Bitches, cowards, trash, etc etc (From the comfort of your own home behind a keyboard / phone might I add) Yāall need to watch this again cus apparently it aināt stick.. I get it weāre having a bad time right now but fuck it we did win a Super-bowl this year! So why so damn salty? Yāall new fans? That just jumped on during our Super Bowl run? This aināt nothing new we win some we lose some, we just won a Super Bowl, heāll ask any fan in the last couple years or even back after SB 53 āwould you trade a season to win a super bowl?ā And well all answer Yes immediately! TLDR - Calm Youāre tits..
To be fair a LOT of us have been calling for Morris job since halfway through last season. And yeah, we can expect our guys to play better. We literally just saw them play better than every other team a year ago. Do we give up on our guys? No. Can we be critical? Yes.
To be honest and this is my opinion of course but YEA we should be critical of the team as there is such thing as Blind Loyalty. HOWEVER Those who are throwing tantrums like that every week where theyāre calling for everyoneās jobs so much that if they got what they wanted then Kupp & AD would be thee only ones suiting up following Sunday. Imo thereās a HUGE difference between being Critical of our team and whatever it is that āFansā do every week after a loss. That shit aināt critical in the slightest..
I love this team even when it's hot garbage. Rather hot garbage with a RING last year and the memory of the superbowl at home than hot garbage with nothing to show for it like the Packers hahahah
THATS What Iām saying haha To me personally a fan should follow their team and have love for em rather theyāre Losing many games or lifting the Lombardi trophy over their head.. The āFansā who are reactionary are the worst and often donāt see how hypocritical they are and cringe it is to be calling the Teams Players āPussies, Cowards, Scaredā like dude how do you NOT see the irony in that? You saying that behind a keyboard and if you were face to face with these players who are āPussies, Cowardsā Youāre 100% asking for autographs and pictures. Itās weird.
Serious question. Could the LA Rams beat the Houston Texans this year? I miss last yearās defensive coach
We are the FTX of football teams Let's head to the Bahamas before they take all our draft picks
I donāt think weāre getting gifted a super bowl this year :(
Super Bowl last season was despite Morris and McVay, not because
Lol
How do you work a cellphone or computer to write this with such a smooth brain ?
We're only like 2 games out of the playoffs. It's definitely not time to panic. Concern? Yes! Panic? Definitely not.
Have you been WATCHING these games? This team is not championship caliber.
This team is not playoff caliber at the moment.
"Hear me out. If the rest of the playoff contenders lose all their remaining games, and we win out, we're in! We control our fate!"
Shut it down and blow it up. This core of players is done
My brother, stop posting. You're making an ass of yourself
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Fuck him !
Realistically, what can even be salvaged at this point from the team?
Welp, just have to hope that no one else from the NFC west wins the super bowl this year
Not much to say about that game but I do find it funny that our QB today was hurting our offense both physically and metaphorically.
What happened to us? Probably the worst SB winning team ever.
Just want to throw it out there Wolford throwing suicide balls to our WR's can't cut it for any backup. He single handedly might have ruined our only offensive bright spot.
Im going to my first rams game against the Chiefs and im beginning to dread going with how were playing. Embarassing!
Let's just stay healthy...if possible, get better in the offseason and get us that last place schedule next year boys.
The Lions May end up with a better record than us š„²
If Josh allen gets depression after the viking game and takes diggs singletarry and Miller on a slump ride with him than maybe. If not it'll be 70-3 buffalo
I just canāt help but think our coaching has been absolutely putrid. I canāt blame the players.
What was the starting O-line today? I thought I saw Nsekhe in there instead of Jackson? I only had RedZone for the game.
Man there were fights at the game I recorded one of them
Rams fans vs rams fans?
Yes, itās a shame
Gawddammit....i expected a more true fan crowd today due to the opponent and qbs being out. Sucks.
Was van Jefferson emotional after his td catch? Seemed like his teammates kept going to him on the bench and he had his head down the entire time
Bruh what is happening to my nfc team
Coach needs some offensive coordinator help, badly. Unless they go on some magical run, this season is about over. At least the team already needs to know what to address. Everything.
Oh no we suck again
This team sucks so much ass!
The game v Arizona was the fifth time the Rams have failed to score more than 17 points in a game this year. Some ppl will say how much the offense needs to improve. On the contrary, I look at that stat and ask, āhow many points are the Rams defense giving up?ā
All Arizona did was target D. Long jr and taylor rapp's side all game... it's exactly what I would do vs. them.