Lets get it going.

Obviously containing Murray is key. I think we actually got Miller for this exact reason. Our edges need to be disciplined in this one. Stafford is going to have a great game.

Would be great to win the first ever MNF Playoff game!!!

...it is this defense can not be trusted with a one score lead against a good offense. It is one thing for the defense to look good against mediocre teams or with two score leads. It is another to be on the field being ahead by one score late in the game against a good offense.

In hindsight on their last possession of regulation with the seven point lead the should have tried to get a first down.

Should have time to contribute to a 2022 Mock Draft this year. I was thinking 16 committed players with two teams each ?

Mike Zimmer has been fired. Like so many others he wasn't the greatest HC but there is no denying he's a good DC. He plays a very aggressive scheme. His base is actually a nickel. He uses a 4 man front 2 LBs and a SCB as his nickel. He prioritizes stopping the run.

The Rams have the players. What they lack is a DC who knows how to use them aggressively. IMO the Rams should cut Morris loose and hire Zimmer or Pleasant. If Morris continues to play his passive scheme the Rams won't get far in the playoffs.

C'mon Snead, if McVay lacks the balls to fire his friend you need to step up and do it.

At the beginning of the Niners game, Morris opened up with an absolutely smothering defense both run and pass. Then after that, he simply loosened up and never returned to that opening style. What a fucking whimp of a DC. People may not like Zimmer but his defenses have been good. With the personnel the Rams have Zimmer could return this defense to its elite level.

Rams' 2022 opponents finalized​

The Rams' 2022 regular season opponents have been finalized.

After having an extra road game last year, the Rams get an extra home game this year via the NFL's 17-game formula – hosting the AFC East champion Buffalo Bills. Los Angeles will also host the NFC East champion Dallas Cowboys, plus the Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons from the NFC South and the Las Vegas Raiders and Denver Broncos from the AFC West.

L.A. will head to Green Bay to take on the Packers for its NFC North matchup.

Below is the full list of Rams opponents, and where the matchups will take place. Preseason opponents will be announced during the offseason. The dates and times of the games will be announced later in the offseason at schedule release.

Be there in 2022 for all of the best matchups as the Rams seek to repeat as NFC West champions.

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Way to go Mr Kupp!!!


Cooper Kupp has hit the finish of a remarkable 2021 regular season and emerged as a triple crown winner.
The Los Angeles Rams wide receiver captured the receiving triple crown, becoming the first player since 2005 to lead the NFL in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns.
Kupp's final line of statistical splendor reads: 145 receptions, 1,947 receiving yards, 16 receiving touchdowns. His marks for catches and yards are each the second-most in NFL history.
Kupp is only the fourth player since 1970 to achieve the rare feat, joining Jerry Rice (San Francisco 49ers, 1990), Sterling Sharpe (Green Bay Packers, 1992) and the last player previous to Kupp to claim a triple crown, Steve Smith (Carolina Panthers, 2005).

Any word? We really need him, we had him on the last drive I think we win.....

What about SJD any chance he comes back?

As a Montanan who would spend over a thousand bucks to get to LA, stay for a couple days, and get tickets to watch a team I've rooted for since the 1970s, I couldn't believe all the red in the stands yesterday. I know I'm preaching to the choir as all of you were probably at the game but what real Ram fans sell their tickets to their arch rival? That was embarrassing yesterday to see all the Niners fans in the stands. How can a city of 13 million not find 80,000 diehard fans? Vegas has never had a team yet they packed the house last night.

Match-ups matter.

Clearly, the Rams don't match up well against the 49ers. In all likelihood, that's an issue that we won't have to deal with again until next year.

For now, we have the Arizona Cardinals coming to town, and I think this is a very favorable match-up.

On offense, Sean McVay clearly wants to get back to establishing the run. It worked very well at times during the team's five game winning streak before utterly failing yesterday. However, itts a strategy that can work very well against the Cardinals.

Arizona ranked 20th allowing 114.3 yards per game on the ground, and tied for 26th allowing 4.6 yards per attempt. Perhaps more importantly, the per carry average was not a "garbage time" stat (i.e. built up by 15 yard draw plays on 3rd and 20). Rather, they allowed the same 4.6 ypc on 1st and 10.

I expect a heavy dose of Sony Michel and Cam Akers, with the OL re-finding its run blocking success. This will make Matthew Stafford's life easier, and have a big impact on the overall confidence of the offense.

On defense, the Rams have had trouble at times with smash-mouth teams. That's not the Cardinals. Taking away Kyler Murray's rushing totals, Arizona RBs posted a pedestrian 83.0 yards/game and 4.2 yards per carry. With James Conner and Chase Edmonds both dealing with injuries (and, possibly, unavailable), the Cardinals run game could be even less of a threat.

I think the Rams will be able to control the ball and the clock and put heavy pressure on Kyler Murray to win the game on his own. I like our odds of advancing and doing so with regained confidence.

Look no one is more pissed about losing yesterday than me, it sucked no other way to put it. Ruined my evening as I'm sure it did the same for you all. However....

What if I told you that when the team was 7-4 and coming off a 3 game losing streak, they'd go on to win 5 of the last 6 games and win the NFC West, would you have signed up for that, I sure as heck would have.

We can hash out all the plays yesterday till we are blue in the face and it wont change the outcome, sadly. I did agree with running it 3 times there at the end, the same folks wanting to pass it were the same folks who criticized the pass play late in the 1st half....what's done is done.

And losing yesterday has no bearing on what happens in the playoffs, yeah if we had won we are #2 and play at home till the NFCC but there WILL be upsets in the playoffs so who knows where, and who, we will play.

I wont watch any of the talking heads this week b/c I know what the narrative will be. However that narrative can and WILL change very quickly after Monday night when we beat the Cardinals on the first ever MNF Playoff game (I'm not thrilled about it either but lets embrace it, the players probably will love it).

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and the game yesterday didn't kill our season. I believe it will make this team stronger....

Go Rams and lets beat AZ!!!

Last night was a horrible experience.

The meltdown happened so quickly and so totally that it soured everything.

And that was just the GDT,

Because the team melted down too.

But it obscures the fact that for 25 minutes we played some of our best football of the season and Stafford was on fire

I'm bummed in the same way as I was after the Packers loss, BUT we know this team is streakier than a truck full of bacon so it didn't come as a huge surprise.

Who knows if we can go on another run, but it is possible and people saying there's no way we can beat anybody other than the Cards are just noise to me.

We *can* beat anybody, including Green Bay, if things slot in place.

Whether we will or not, is another matter.

And finally, fuck the NFL for making this the Monday night game so it kicks off for us in the UK after 1 am.

I've read a lot of whining and bickering after the 49ers defeated the Rams in week 18 of the regular season.

The Rams 5 game winning streak and (McVay's halftime lead undefeated heroics) all came to an end Sunday.

We all know the Rams choked this game away. It stung pretty bad, but it didn't tell me anything new about who they are.

Game over and on to the single elimination tournament.

The Rams are still the best the team in the NFL imo.

They might lose next week, the following week or the week after that.

They might run the table and hoist the Lombardi.

I don't believe losing to the 49ers on Sunday has anything to do with how far they advance in the postseason.

NFL Playoff seedings are often overrated.

The regular season is over.

The 2021 Rams will be remembered by how well they perform in the 2022 playoffs.

I'm excited to watch the Rams slug it out in the best sports single elimination playoff format in America.

NFL playoff bracket: AFC, NFC and Super Bowl 2022 schedule, seeding, TV times, dates and locations​

The six matchups for the wild-card round of the 2021 NFL playoffs are set, and the Green Bay Packers (NFC) and Tennessee Titans (AFC) are the teams that get byes. Among the interesting matchups for the first round: Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers taking on the Philadelphia Eagles, the Dallas Cowboys reigning a classic rivalry with the San Francisco 49ers and the New England Patriots facing their AFC East rival Buffalo Bills for the third time this season.

Wild-card weekend will feature games on Saturday, Jan. 15; Sunday, Jan. 16; and -- for the first time -- Monday, Jan. 17. The game on Monday (Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Rams) will air on ESPN, ABC and ESPN+. The divisional round will take place over Jan. 22-23 and include four games that will determine who moves on to the conference championships on Jan. 30.

Here is what we know about the AFC and NFC brackets, including seeding, TV times and the schedule of games from wild-card weekend up through Super Bowl LVI, which will take place on Sunday, Feb. 13, from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

Wild-card weekend: Jan. 15, 16 and 17

NFC

(7) Philadelphia Eagles at (2) Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET on Fox

(6) San Francisco 49ers at (3) Dallas Cowboys
Sunday, 4:30 p.m. ET on CBS

(5) Arizona Cardinals at (4) Los Angeles Rams
Monday, 8:15 p.m. ET on ESPN/ABC/ESPN+

Bye: (1) Green Bay Packers

AFC

(7) Pittsburgh Steelers at (2) Kansas City Chiefs
Sunday, 8:15 p.m. ET on NBC

(6) New England Patriots at (3) Buffalo Bills
Saturday, 8:15 p.m. ET on CBS

(5) Las Vegas Raiders at (4) Cincinnati Bengals
Saturday, 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC

Bye: (1) Tennessee Titans

Am I the only Rams Fan majorly Disappointed that the Rams have a Monday Night Game vs the Cardinals? Just seems to me whichever team (Hopefully, The Rams!!) wins that game will be at a Disadvantage in their next Game due their short week?! Personally, I don’t think there should be any Monday Night Football Game this week BUT I guess I should just be Happy/Content that the Rams are in the Playoffs!

I know everyone sick about today's loss and I'm sure the players are sick about it. But no matter how much we hate it, we cannot undo it.

I believe the Rams will be able to take care of business next week. But I suspect the whiners or eagles might have enough to pull off and upset.

If there's any bright side to today, it's that Sean Peyton and the Saints are out because we lost (but yeah, I wanted this one badly)

If the whiners or eagles win, we don't play at Green Bay in the next round, assuming we win. And frankly, the whiners match up well with Green Bay.

I'd rather see the whiners lose and the Eagle beat Brady then we can only get Green Bay if it's the NFC championship.

One of the biggest disappointments in the Offensive line play tonight was it meant not getting a good look at Cam Akers. He and Sony were getting hit behind the LOS on almost every play. Would loved to have seen him be able to stretch his legs and get going.

Okay it is what it is.

Look at it this way. The Rams play the Cards at SoFi. They know what to expect from the Cards and how to beat them.

The Niners will play Dallas whom they can beat.

The Eagles will get roasted for lunch by the Bucs.

This is the bright spot. As the lowest remaining team, the Niners will go to GB and take out the Packers. Their run attack is exactly the way you beat the Packers in Lambo.

The Rams go to sunny Tampa and beat the Bucs whom they have already beaten twice.

The Championship game will be in Sofi in a revenge match with the damn Niners.

The Niners take out the Pack then the Rams get their revenge game. Taking them out in the Championship game will be much sweeter and hurt them more.

Anyway, that's how I see it. The Rams will face teams they know and have already beaten in the first two rounds. If the Pack beat the Niners well ho-hum LOL. The Rams match up well with the Pack and can beat them in Lambo as Stafford knows how to play there.

Yea, you think I mistyped the subject, but it’s true.

We own them. First they do our bidding as we send them to Dallas and GB to do our dirty work, while we get 2 home games.

We will bring the real offense and defense back against them next time (the ones that had a 17-0 lead until McVay implemented this plan) to destroy them 45-0 to get into the SB.

Next level thinking, coach!

1. How did we manage to lose that one?

2. Its easy to blame the defense on the final drive in regulation. No doubt that the coverage errors were monumental and inexcusable. I think the loss of Jordan Fuller hurt there, but there's just no justification for blowing so many coverages in that situation.

3. Still, the No. 1 culprit today... and its not even close... was the offensive line. No push in the running game, and absolutely no pass protection for Matthew Stafford. A real step back for that unit.

4. I think Stafford played well. He made some big throws and was rolling when he had protection.

5. The one criticism I have, and I think its a combination of a critique of Stafford and, to some extent, play calling, is that Stafford and the Rams' offense couldn't find any rhythm with quick-passes (something that really could have helped protect the lead when the running game was not working).

6. Some accolades are necessary... first and foremost... Cooper Kupp. The final TD drive was an MVP performance. What a great player he's become.

7. Tyler Higbee's best game of the year.

8. A'Shawn Robinson's best game of the year, by far.

9. Johnny Hekker had a nice game.

10. Great to see Cam Akers out there. I can't really evaluate his performance, given how poor the run blocking was. Hopefully, he'll be a factor in the playoffs.

11. I'm not a Californian, so I guess I don't really understand the sports fan demographics there. Someone needs to explain to me how the 49ers fans made it seem like a neutral site, at best.

12. Meanwhile, our good friends from Seattle handed us the NFC West.

13. That sets us up for Round 3 against the Cardinals. I like the match-up. Arizona is reeling, and we played very well against them just a few weeks ago.

14. The 43 game streak of winning games in which the Rams lead at halftime ends. Still shocked about how quickly we lost the lead from 17-0.

15. But, enough of that... time to look forward.

16. If we beat Arizona, don't be shocked if we end up going to Tampa, rather than Green Bay, in Round 2. Dallas is an inconsistent team. They could blow out the 49ers, or they could be a one-and-done, which would send SF to Green Bay and, if the Bucs beat Philly, set us up for a date with Tom Brady.

17. My feelings about the regular season are so mixed at this point, so I'll finish with three thoughts...

18. This team does a lot of things well and, on occasion, exceptionally well.

19. On the flip side, this team does not seem to do much of anything CONSISTENTLY well.

20. But, in the end, we're in the tournament, we start with a home game, and we have a puncher's chance. I'm guaranteeing nothing, but I do think its possible that we have another four game winning streak in us. Buckle up!

Well looks like we are playing the little brother for our first game. Thinking we’ll more than likely play Tampa Bay the second game.

What ya think?

Let’s hear it

Got a big one for our 1st game 17 season final.

12 pounds of King Crab shipped in from Pikes Seafood in Seattle.

Filet Migs seared.

Super thick bone-in chops grilled on the egg.

I forget what sides but I am pretty sure scalloped potatoes is in there.


My oldest son and his wife and in-laws are finally back home and we're doing one last holiday meal.

Once the playoffs start it's one and done. Frankly, watching Wolford this year made me realize how much he looked like a JAG backup. On the other hand, Perkins has shown legitimate growth and IMO I would feel better with him as the #2 QB. He's going to be that next year anyway. Perkins is showing something that most running QBs can't do. Perkins showed he can go through his progression as a pocket QB should. Murray can't do it, Baker can't do it, Trey Lance is struggling at it.

He's got a decent arm with good accuracy. More than that he's got excellent speed. This is why he's on the roster and will be next year as well. He's got the potential to be another Lamar Jackson, who can throw from the pocket and run when he needs to.

I'm not saying he's a finished product. He's at least another year from that. But you have to know that Snead is looking at him long and hard. If Stafford melts down in the playoffs it won't be a time to panic but it will only IMO solidify Bryce as their plan B. What Bryce needs to show McVay is that he can throw deep with accuracy. Brees showed that arm strength can be measurably improved. If the NFL is indeed moving towards the mobile QB, the Rams have their own to groom on the roster right now.

Just go back and watch his play against the Raiders this past pre-season. Finally, he was a UDFA last year, but if you look at his collegiate highlights and his Combine and Pro Day testing you have to wonder why. IMO was he was considered to have an arm too weak for the NFL. That's what they said about Drew Brees as well and many thought he was a reach in the second round.

I just feel this team needs an upgrade at backup QB and Perkins is a far better option than Wolford.