Official LA RAMS Thread

lakersken80 · Retired Number Joined: 12 Aug 2009 Posts: 38874

Wow big gain....Stafford to Puka connection.

Lakersfan1211 · Star Player Joined: 28 Mar 2021 Posts: 6042

Puka is killing it!!

DaMuleRules · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 7:45 pm Post subject:

Lions have folded.
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numero-ocho · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 7:47 pm Post subject:

Oh man! That was ugly. Hope Higbee's okay.

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kikanga · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 7:47 pm Post subject:

Ouch. Hate to see that.
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lakersken80 · Retired Number Joined: 12 Aug 2009 Posts: 38874

Well time for the defense to shine...

lakersken80 · Retired Number Joined: 12 Aug 2009 Posts: 38874

Missed tackles a killer.

DaMuleRules · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 7:55 pm Post subject:

kikanga · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 7:56 pm Post subject:

ChickenStu · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 8:00 pm Post subject:

I just cannot believe they punted. That was the only decision you can't make. And with just 1 timeout. Gutless. I'm beside myself.

DaMuleRules · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 8:02 pm Post subject:

Valliant effort by the Rams to make it game after being so down.

Congrats ton Detroit for their PO victory.
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kikanga · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 8:03 pm Post subject:

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numero-ocho · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 8:05 pm Post subject:

Congrats to the Lions!

It was a heckuva ride this season.
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lakersken80 · Retired Number Joined: 12 Aug 2009 Posts: 38874

And just like that the Rams season is over. Rams overachieved but feels like they could've done more if the play calling was better.

LakerLanny · Retired Number Joined: 24 Oct 2001 Posts: 47604

What a game, Rams just couldn't score TD's in the red zone.

Valiant effort in the 2nd half though, the D really made some nice adjustments.

I knew that game was going to be close, unfortunately the Lions are probably still a year away as their defense needs work but Campbell has done an amazing job as no organization was more entrenched with losing.
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ChickenStu · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 8:15 pm Post subject:

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SGV-Laker fan · Star Player Joined: 23 May 2013 Posts: 8950

Rams need a tall receiver for those end zone jump ball plays. Kupp and Nacua are both slot receivers.

PLATNUM · Star Player Joined: 17 Dec 2002 Posts: 7267 Location: L.A.

Lmao.
Got banned from my Rams board for speaking truth and saying how Mcvay is a chump for his coaching decisions
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PLATNUM · Star Player Joined: 17 Dec 2002 Posts: 7267 Location: L.A.

McVay has been dog (bleep) in red zone since day 1
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ChickenStu · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 8:59 pm Post subject:

And there has been very little talk on social media about McVay's decision to punt. I don't care where you are on the field, you can't willingly give up the ball with just over 4 minutes left and only one time out left. Not when you're only down by one and even a touchdown by the other team allows you a chance to still come back. In fact, you would almost be better off going for that inside your own 20 so that they can't ice the game completely. Point being, when you're on their side of the field, you certainly can't give up the ball in that situation.

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jodeke · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 9:46 pm Post subject:

I can vision all the let's get Belichick or Harbaugh. I just feel them coming. Who's gonna start it? LINK
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ChickenStu · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 9:58 pm Post subject:

McVay isn't going anywhere. Probably for the best. Despite the obvious time management/wasting timeouts issue, his overall offensive scheme clearly works, and players buy in to what he's selling. It's just very frustrating because this has been years of the time management/timeouts issue, and you would hope that one would get better with that. And he just hasn't.

Clearly, they believe in the philosophy of waiting as long as you can on the play clock to see if the defense will give something away. And when you do that, sometimes at the end of the play clock, if you don't like the look, or if one of your players isn't quite set right because the Rams run a lot of pre-snap motion, then you run the risk of the play clock running out on you. And in the second half, it would be great if the Rams would just take the delay of game penalty instead of calling the timeouts, which are crucial late in a game if you're losing. This is much more annoying to me than any potential playcalling issues, which are also valid. However, at least there's a chance that a play might work. Whereas with the time management issue, it's just simply an issue of poor process. Completely avoidable, basically.

As for any decision to punt in opposition territory with 4:10 to go and losing by 1 and with just 1 timeout left? Gutless and stupid, both.