Horrendous, one sided officiating, missed PI calls down the stretch, blatant bad ',down by contact " call and more more! I don't even want to watch anymore.

I was disappointed the Rams didn't look for a seasoned DC to help lead us to a good season. Early returns are pretty dismal about Shula's skill to bring intensity to that side of the ball.

Sunday September 22, 2024

San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams 4:25 p.m. - Fox

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Sunday September 22, 2024

SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Kansas City Chiefs at Atlanta Falcons, 8:20 p.m. on NBC and Peacock

RamsOnDemand Sportsbook:

Sunday September 22, 2024

*All times are listed as ET

THE LATE GAMES
Carolina Panthers at Las Vegas Raiders, 4:05 p.m. - CBS
Miami Dolphins at Seattle Seahawks, 4:05 p.m. - CBS
Detroit Lions at Arizona Cardinals, 4:25 p.m. - Fox
Baltimore Ravens at Dallas Cowboys 4:25 p.m. - Fox
San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams 4:25 p.m. - Fox

THE EARLY GAMES
New York Giants at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m. - Fox
Chicago Bears at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m. - CBS
Houston Texans at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m. - CBS
Philadelphia Eagles at New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m. - Fox
Los Angeles Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m. - CBS
Denver Broncos at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m. - Fox
Green Bay Packers at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m. - Fox

SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Kansas City Chiefs at Atlanta Falcons, 8:20 p.m. on NBC and Peacock

Monday September 23, 2024

MNF
Jacksonville Jaguars at Buffalo Bills, 7:30 p.m. - ESPN
Washington Commodes at Cincinnati Bengals, 8:15 p.m. - ABC

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ALREADY PLAYED

New England Patriots at N.Y. Jets

Sunday September 22, 2024

*All times are listed as ET

THE EARLY GAMES
New York Giants at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m. - Fox
Chicago Bears at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m. - CBS
Houston Texans at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m. - CBS
Philadelphia Eagles at New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m. - Fox
Los Angeles Chargers at Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m. - CBS
Denver Broncos at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1 p.m. - Fox
Green Bay Packers at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m. - Fox

THE LATE GAMES
Carolina Panthers at Las Vegas Raiders, 4:05 p.m. - CBS
Miami Dolphins at Seattle Seahawks, 4:05 p.m. - CBS
Detroit Lions at Arizona Cardinals, 4:25 p.m. - Fox
Baltimore Ravens at Dallas Cowboys 4:25 p.m. - Fox
San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams 4:25 p.m. - Fox

SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Kansas City Chiefs at Atlanta Falcons, 8:20 p.m. on NBC and Peacock

Monday September 23, 2024

MNF

Jacksonville Jaguars at Buffalo Bills, 7:30 p.m. - ESPN
Washington Commodes at Cincinnati Bengals, 8:15 p.m. - ABC

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ALREADY PLAYED

New England Patriots at N.Y. Jets

Baltimore is in great position despite doing everything possible not to be. But the Royals, Twins and Tigers (yeah the Tigers who tried to trade away all assets at the deadline) are within 1 game of each other. Plus Seattle is just 2 games away. There are 4 teams fighting for 2 spots.

In the NL the three teams in position are within 2.5 games and the only other team is the Braves, who like Baltimore are doing their best to eliminate themselves. The biggest question is what's the order going to be? #4 will get the Brewers but #5 and #6 have got to play the Dodgers and Phillies.

We all love multiple choice questions…

I am…

a) Going to proclaim I knew it would happen.

b) Drink myself to oblivion. Burn some grass.

c) Go streaking.

d) Pass out, possibly from b).

e) Wake up after sleep and wonder if it was a dream.

f) F my significant other.

g) Post endlessly in the celebration thread.

h) All of the above.

Tough matchup this week in the home opener.

What's the good luck mean!? Sure would be nice to secure a recipe that helps the Rams escape an 0-3 start.

Do Mcvay or Stafford have a favorite meal?

Is there a poison pill recipe for taking down the niners?

What did you make during the NFC Championship game a couple years ago?

Let me know what you got this week friends!

He’s only a Freshman but that needs to be our next QB! I’m sold already. ( And psssst, his Godfather is Mathew Stafford)

He’s playing on Fox right now. Take a peak.

Without dweebo, McCafé, and maybe kibble, the 9ers, in addition to a poor pass protecting OL, is there anybody who doesn’t think the 9ers are gonna try and run the ball down the Rams’ throats tomorrow? First and foremost, the Rams defense must stop this from happening to have any chance of a victory.

1) the IDL has to play a much better game than they did last week. Their best game so far is what’s needed. Without a solid performance up front the Rams don’t stand a chance. We all know the LB group is below average, so a stout front is gonna be required to keep those guys clean. I sure hope Davis is ready and this becomes Fiske’s “hello NFL” game.
2) score and score often, offense. Winning TOP will be a must, but if there was ever a game to get a couple big plays downfield with Atwell, this is it. The Rams have to back off and spread out the defense or make them pay.

If these things can be accomplished, the Rams can put purdy in obvious passing situations. That’s not gonna be a good thing for him because their OL is currently miserable in pass protection.

Stafford and McVay are gonna have to spread the ball around in both the passing and running game. Use both RBs and run some jet sweeps with our WRs. Get the TEs more involved in the passing game. Parkinson looked good in week 1. Go back to him.
And again, target Atwell deep, opening up some underneath stuff to the other WRs.

The Rams are gonna struggle and have to run on grit and heart for the next few weeks, but the 9ers are having their share of injuries too. The Rams have overachieved before, the 9ers have not. If anything, they’ve been quite the opposite (chokers!). They are a weakened bully. This win is doable.

Through 2 games, 2 things going well, 2 things not going well. Let's hear yours.

Going well:

• Our kicking game. Josh Karty has been perfect on his attempts. Granted 3 FG's and 3 PAT's is not a lot of action, but that's a good start for the rookie. Ethan Evans has a 100% touch back rate handling kickoffs.
• Tre'Davious White. I wasn't sure his availability to start the season, but he took 100% of the snaps against Detroit and 91% against AZ which was tops among CB's. Yeah he gave up some plays to Harrison, but he's healthy and a solid player.

Not going well (besides the obvious - injuries):

• Our running game. The oline injuries haven't helped, but Kyren's 2.5 yards per carry isn't going to cut it.
• Colby Parkinson's involvement. I was hoping he'd get more opportunities than 7 targets and 5 catches through 2 games.

I’ve been thinking about this season, and although it’s early in the year, unfortunately my gut is telling me we’re going to hit our stride too late.

My prediction?

If we lose to the whiners this week, we won’t be making the playoffs. If we win, there’s a bit of hope.

Unfortunately, I think we’re going to lose this week, putting us at 0-3.

We’ll start getting healthier mid way through the season, and start looking like a competitive team again in November and December.

So what’s the problem?

I think we’ll have lost too many games at that point to get into the playoffs. I think we’ll just miss our chance to sneak in.

I hope I’m dead wrong.

What do you guys think?

Thursday Night Football - September 19, 2024 - New England Patriots at N.Y. Jets

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• Signed G Justin Dedich to their active roster.
• Placed C Jonah Jackson and DB John Johnson on injured reserve.
• Signed WR Quintez Cephus and DB Quindell Johnson to the practice squad

Re-watched the first half, focused on a few players, here's some notes:

Jared Verse will be a stud. Excellent pressure, both speed and strength. Needs to wrap up better though-- I saw 3 whiffs. (Two on one play, when he twice had Murray dead to rights)

McClendon was even worse than you think. A complete turnstile. Offense was severely hampered by his play. He seemed to do OK at RT vs Det., but he was just outmatched vs. Cards. Didn't notice anything glaring about Hav, Dotson, Limmer, or Jackson. The problem was McClendon.

Kyler Murray played out of his freaking mind.

Kobie Turner is a stud.

Fiske with some decent pressures. DesJuan Johnson mostly got swallowed up.

Tre White played better than I remembered. Yes he got beat, but at least a couple times he was all over Harrison but he just got beat by a couple inches.

Stafford played well but definitely screwed up on the last play of the half (4th and goal). Parkinson was WIDE open in the EZ, even waving his hands, but Stafford didn't see him. Then a shitty overthrow-- had he just made the ball at least "catchable", we would have gotten the penalty and a chance for another shot from the one yard line.

Budda Baker was a heat seeking missile, blew up several plays.

Rams really need their WR's to be good run blockers, and DeMarcus Robinson is definitely not up to the level of either Kupp or Nacua. Robinson got abused by Baker on a couple plays.

Tutu with great speed and quickness. Tutu with a chance to make himself some $ over the next 5 weeks or so (with Kupp and NAcua out) playing for a FA contract.

Karty and Evans both were studs.

Kupp with a superhuman effort, tried (again) to put the team on his back. He will be sorely missed.

Overall keys to the half: Kyler Murray and Warren McClendon. As we learned in 2022, when the Rams get to 2nd string OL they can maybe get by; but 3rd stringers can wreck the whole game plan.

No bail for Puff Daddy. He’s got too many shady places to hide. Smart judge.

I don’t want injuries in preseason like everyone here, but are we in game shape come week 1?

Does that have anything to do with it?

Is it really freakish bad luck?

If resting starters in PS is supposed to help us be healthy for the season, is that working?

I don’t know? It’s a physical game, I get it… but the amount of injuries seems hard to cast off as bad luck.

*Quarterback whisperer* Dave Canales, hired specifically to get Bryce Young up and going is giving up on him two games into the season to replace him with Andy Dalton.

What if the Rams could get him for a second rounder?

Give McVay a project to keep him interested and the Rams a long-term quarterback (?)

I read he could be had for cheap bring him in and see if he can be that big wr for stafford

Coming in to this season, We were one of the top offenses in the League. True to that we Were Top 10 Last year. Now what got us there was our rushing which opened the field more. This year so far in 2 games we are avg 68 Rushing yards a game. Last year we were double that. Seems when we are less than 80yards for our starters, we are doomed from the start. Now it seems all of our Weapons reguarding Passing are taken out. Is the Rams being punished for not being a rushing team?

We are 4th in Passing
31st in Rushing

Our WRs are getting blasted non stop, because they block most plays, then run thier route and then fighting for passes then get blasted again. Do this all game for the same 2 guys with 100s of snaps, no wonder they cant heal. They are being overworked to the point even healthy they cant do it. Kupp has something like 7 plays in a row for him in game 1. What about having TE do some blocking, and Kyren being a work horse and grind out yards. If hes tired, bring in Corum. Get the TE involved on a quick pass play. Not 7-10 pass plays to Kupp, then 1 random rushing play that gets stopped, and mcvay goes back to pass. Keep the Offense on the field as long as possible so our crappy ass defense cant give up a TD.

Are all the injuries mounting to force Mcvay out of his 90% pass habit?

I know its not a great team to compare to but Saints are avg over 40 points first 2 games and they are dead last in passing. 1st in rushing.
Vikings similar vibe. Running the ball. Steelers same top 10 rushing, bottom 5 passing. If we get a combo of 100 + rushing/gm and that will open the flood gates for Stafford to throw. Yes Stafford has his dumb moments but most of them are seasons where he gets hit alot.

The questions are do we go find o-line help via trade and Go rush heavy? Do we get a Vet WR to run with the rooks for cheap who is riding the bench on another team? Deal with what we have?

My 2cents ( which dont matter) is We get Dline help via trade some how and sign, and or trade for a Vet WR to hold down til at least Puka can return. Maybe grind some wins.

Harvest is a dangerous time.

I mean seriously. ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Sorry, at some point the insanity has to stop right so we can start to heal? Figuratively and literally for our team.

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Can Shula figure out a way to take advantage.