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Rams vs. Seahawks: Celebration Thread

I feel like a total newbie asking this... But how the hell can I post/share pics from the game? I tried uploading them to Flickr and embedding them but they did not come out.

Just click the "Upload a File" button when replying or posting, bottom right by the "Post Reply" button.

Otherwise, to link an image and have it post, click on the "Image" icon at the top of the reply window and paste the link.

Same results.

A few random thoughts after the Seahawk game...

How anyone is surprised by Kendricks being productive is beyond me. He is a very good all around TE and has been for years. This is nothing new in his performance..

Thank you. His lack of pass catching productivity the last few yr was, IMO, largely due to the failed Cook experiment. He just rarely got targeted. LK was already a decent pass catcher before Cook got here. Granted, he never had the height or speed, but he's always been a nice edition of the traditional TE that may not stretch the field, but is plenty solid in the 8-15yd range.

Audio: Jeff Fisher Show 9/19/16

One WOW point!
**Joyner boke his toe Monday night and played the entire game with a busted toe!!
Fisher said "Sherman Know he got away with that hold on Britt in the end zone"!!!
Fisher has a New Idea he may Try this week! He may have a "Sleep-Over" one day this week for the "O" Players, Have them bring their gear and Sleep in the end-zone, and see IF they get the idea, "How does this feel!?!
At least that is how I read his comments!

Joyner

I loved Joyners bounce back game. The kid is not a man cover CB but is a real good roaming zone DB near the line of scrimmage.

His burst and ability to read a play and close the space is really good. He's also a fearless tackler that brings some pop.

With the emergence of HIll and return of Gaines soon, I think Joyners role in this defense will change to what it needs to be. Joyner and Barron are like two nomads roaming around wherever they want and constantly applying pressure in the backfield and filling up passing zones. Williams has really got a good system in place that makes it difficult for an offensive Coordinator to know where to attack.

We really have an unorthodox defensive approach that is hard to predict. Pressure coming not only up the middle from super talented Donald and Tree but also Barron, Joyner, Alexander and others are constantly shooting gaps and occupying unknown zones.

It's mad confusion coming from quick hard hitting intense players.

The Tree experiment at MLB might end up being genius?

But but but Ogletree made that game saving hit 9 yards down field!

Apples and oranges I know, just crazy how people can change their opinions on players around here at the flip of a coin. Heck there were plenty of people calling the move a bust just a week ago after the SF game. (So much knee jerking).

I saw a defensive line absolutely blowing things up yesterday. Credit still goes to the rest of the team, but the line was definitely facilitating rather than receiving. Tackles are a weird stat, and cool and all but don't really do a good job of telling the story of what happened in a game. For example there were 7 TFLs sunday for the Rams (according to ESPN, there are different stats everywhere) and Tree was responsible for only one of those. The secondary (hello blitzing) combined for 2 and the line accounted for the other 4.

There are going to be growing pains, and I still think Ogletree is better suited to the outside. Not saying he isn't good in the middle, but its not like the man is going to fix all the problems from last season just because he slid over a spot on the D.

I do not know of any member thinking that Ogletree was an instant fix to our issues @ run defense last season. In the majority if not all other NFL defenses yes Ogletree would be a better OLB'er so I would share your thought there but in this defense....where the DC play's only O N E legit LB'er on the field of play for every defensive down the Rams play....Hell of a job Tree!:bow:

Yes the DB's are going to share in those tackles. pressures & sacks because we have normally SIX (6) of them on the starting defense...more than half if I could count right :huh:. There is a reason that Fisher & Snead are paying big (over 30 mil in 2016 alone for our top 5 Dl'ers) to have five #1 picks in the front DL to do the heavy lifting so the flyweights can do the clean up action.

So you have to have defenders behind our DL that can get & fill those holes fast. JL, Ayers, Lynch, Dunbar were not quick or fast enough for Gregg Williams so he went with strong safeties types like Barron, Mc Donald, Alexander & even Joyner to fulfill that need along with Ogletree (who was a safety in college for a few early years)

Peter King: MMQB - 9/19/16 - Sam Bradford Edition

.any of us here felt that Bradford would be a good fit with Turner, and hoped that Fisher would be able to lure Norv to the Rams.

damn....good guy Sam replaces good guy Teddy...and, from the way it looks....Teddy won't be able to beat out Sam.....Sam just throws the ball too damn well...the NFL

Sam has a stronger and more accurate deep ball than Teddy and it isn't close. It will be interesting to see how that unfolds. Tuesday's injury may be a godsend if Sam can keep it up.

I think a year with Chip Kelly really did Sam some good.

There's a QB Slide... and then there's BS

The QB slide is a legit and needed play in the NFL. Most running QBs have it down to a science and are able to protect themselves as a result. That's what it's for and I wholeheartedly think that it's a protection the QBs need and deserve.

But...

That freaking Oompa Loompa we saw yesterday uses the slide in a totally unsportsmanlike manner.

A QB is supposed to give himself up with the slide so that the defenders have time to let up and not deliver a shot to the QB.

Wilson does not do this... he has perfected the art of trying to bait the refs into having to call unnecessary roughness on the hits he takes when he does the QB slide. It's BS though, and I believe he should be called out for this by the league and not offered the protection the slide affords when he tries his little freaking gimmick. Watch him... he'll wait until the defender has to commit to hitting him... and THEN... he goes into his slide. He clearly does this on purpose and I'm sick of seeing it. We watched it yesterday.

He's gonna get more than a high ankle sprain from this puss ass crap. Somebody's gonna take his head off,,, and as far as I'm concerned,,, he'll deserve every bit of it.

Stop the madness GODhell... this crap is bush league.
I too believe it was a BS Call, and I agree with what you say Wilson is pulling! But he's using the rules and How do you fix that!!?! IDK!!

If Rams offense is off, is it time for Jared Goff?

You're misunderstanding my point (and maybe that's my fault, because I have many points swirling around in my head). WE (the members of ROD) can hear [see] it. The endless blasting of Keenum (and Fisher). Not only is it intolerable for *most* Rams fans, but it achieves nothing. We can't do anything about it, and the Rams can't hear you. So who are y'all lobbying to? Just venting, I guess? I mean, who wants to be around that all of the time? Most people just walk away from that kind of stuff because an echo chamber of negativity can be super annoying.

All I'm saying is that it would be cool if people would just chill out about it sometimes. Everyone who's a fan of this team is aware of what's going on. We know Keenum isn't the answer, and we know Fisher's offense can be irritating. But in the end, we're called to be fan(atics). Hoping for the best, even if it means expecting the worst. Sure you can have visceral reactions in real time. That's only natural. But to string it along for days, weeks, and even months is exactly what I said it was. Annoying. This is a community of fans, first and foremost, and the vision was to just get together and have fun without having to endure thread after thread after thread of that stuff. It's boring and unoriginal. Not to mention senselessly repetitive.

It would be like me coming into your house and you showing me a video tape of your kid's rehearsal. Maybe he plays the piano or whatever. You think it's good, but you know it's not great. You're just proud that he's out there doing his thing and enjoying himself. He's your kid, and you're proud of whatever he does. Meanwhile, I spend the next 30 minutes telling you how he's not as good as the kid down the block, how he seems to be tone deaf, how his pedal work is weak, how he should give up piano and pick up a tambourine, and how he'll never amount to anything. If that sorta thing doesn't bother you, then tell me what time to come over. I'll bring my dead horse.

I wish I could like this ten thousand times!!!!

Great team win yesterday, but...

So much is still concerning:
  • Offense is ranked 32, with the running game at 30th. Ave. a little over 1 pt per quarter!!
  • Gurley and OL not clicking yet.
  • Penalties. The crew yesterday was indeed flag happy, but it seems every game we have more than 6, with one being a block in the back. That never seems to "get fixed"
  • FO whiffed on Sensabaugh. Boy, he's burnt on EVERY play.
  • Speaking of FO whiffs, would this offense be much more dynamic with Fuller and Prescott? Thats the path I was thinking the Rams would have taken last year, but they shocked everyone on the trade.
  • Quick still a non-factor. Cooper and Spruce cant come back fast enough
  • Need more unpredictable Cunningham plays. Hes only in on 3rd and long
  • Keenum played hard, but gave up some bonehead sacks. Got real lucky on the face mask call
What was awesome:
  • Crowd. So awesome to see the Rams fans passionate about a game after years of watching red open seats in the Lou (no disrespect to those die hard St. Louis fan).
  • Tree, Joyner, Brockers, Hayes, Johnson, Donald all played like team leaders
  • Quinn. Great to see him back to his disruptive self
  • Britt. Wonder how good he would be with Brady, Rogers, etc
  • Goff on sidelines. From a PR standpoint, that was a must.
  • Gregg the Leg...Rams fans have seem less than consistent in recent years
  • Hecker-all punts inside the 20 with 0 returns.
  • Boras was better at play calling. Actually did some of the things I expected last week (PA, Roll outs, Sweeps).
  • Win-momentum is HUGE in the NFL. Hopeful this Fisher team can build on it against an opponent they manhandled last year next week.

Heavy formation for EVERY run...

When the Seahawks knew the Rams were running with Gurley, they would show blitz and crowd the line.
What gets me is that why didn't Boras go with six offensive linemen on the play by adding Jamon Brown as an extra guard for extra push up front?

There were some runs by Gurley where he was dragging three Seahawks behind him once he slipped through the line of scrimmage.

Had Boras put in an extra Guard on run plays, Gurley could have easily bust a few runs for a TD.

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