The Great, Good, Bad and the Ugly

**RamWraith** · #1 (**permalink**) -25-09-2006

Great:
Bulger has not thrown a pick in 3 games. And that is 68 attempts.
Wilkins is money again
Holt is a man among boys at times

Good:
Bulger had solid performance with 309 yards
Hats off to Victor and Green this week.
Spoon is an animal. It is finally nice to have a play-maker in the middle.
Pisa better get on the All-Madden team this year. WE ARE NOT WORTHY
Did you know Carter had 5 tackles?
Cards fans. It was nice to see some support after so many years.

Bad:
Can Fisher tackle?
Pace was getting killed early on but settled down
Not sold on Jackson yet. 1 yard, -4 yards, -1 yard and then 18 doesn't cut it for me.
Atogwa had a rough game
Turk had the his worst game of the season
For the most part we again had little pressure. Most of it came from the secondary coverage
Hasletts lack of blitzing early on.

Ugly
THE REFS!!!

*RamsFan16* · #2 (**permalink**) -25-09-2006

Yea, those refs were ugly. I think for the refs sake we had Home Field advantage sometimes.

But yea, Carter tackled alot better this game than he did last season. Also Tye Hill's tackling is just inbelieveable he nearly blew up Anquan Boldin but ended up with only a good tackle. Hill is going to be special!

And also, Jackson was hit in the backfield on about half of his carries but yet managed to get back to the line alot. He is running much stronger this year! He's a beast! 121 Total Yards!

*general counsel* · #3 (**permalink**) -25-09-2006

Jackson had no chance on many of those runs. The issue is the interior line blocking, not jackson. Timmerman looks older every week.

ramming speed to all

general counsel

*jjigga3000* · #4 (**permalink**) -25-09-2006

From what I recall Fisher only missed one Tackle, but I think at this point Hill is close to replacing Fisher. Can we get a Amen for the D, another 3 int's, and Fahkir Brown is also incredible. By the way that was a touch down, Holt was pushed out the backend of the TD zone. Had he not been touched it would have been a touchdown, and they should have challenged that play.

I'm glad to see that the Offense has finally started their engine. We will only get better.

*UtterBlitz* · #5 (**permalink**) -25-09-2006

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Originally Posted by jjigga3000

From what I recall Fisher only missed one Tackle, but I think at this point Hill is close to replacing Fisher. Can we get a Amen for the D, another 3 int's, and Fahkir Brown is also incredible. By the way that was a touch down, Holt was pushed out the backend of the TD zone. Had he not been touched it would have been a touchdown, and they should have challenged that play.

I'm glad to see that the Offense has finally started their engine. We will only get better.

The Offense is coming together, but they are still struggling in the red zone. They are improving, which is good to see, and it is expected from this potent offense.

Amen for the D, amen. They looked good again in this game. Perhaps the niner game was a fluke.

Holt's catch in the back of the end zone should have been a TD since he got pushed out, but we did get there on a bad pass interference call so I was ok with letting that one go without a challenge.

*ImJohnWayne* · #6 (**permalink**) -25-09-2006

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Originally Posted by UtterBlitz

The Offense is coming together, but they are still struggling in the red zone. They are improving, which is good to see, and it is expected from this potent offense.

Amen for the D, amen. They looked good again in this game. Perhaps the niner game was a fluke.

Holt's catch in the back of the end zone should have been a TD since he got pushed out, but we did get there on a bad pass interference call so I was ok with letting that one go without a challenge.

The D played very well today, if we find a way to bring the intensity we had in the opener against the Broncos on the road with us the D will be the best in the NFC West.

If they dont take away that TD from Holt I dont know if anyone mentions our redzone struggles.

I thought the PI call was warranted after watching the replay. Holt and the DB were not "holding hands" like the announcer was trying to make everyone believe. The DB just had Holt by the wrist. I'm gonna take another look in a minute... (I love TiVo

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*UtterBlitz* · #7 (**permalink**) -25-09-2006

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Originally Posted by ImJohnWayne

If they dont take away that TD from Holt I dont know if anyone mentions our redzone struggles.

I thought the PI call was warranted after watching the replay. Holt and the DB were not "holding hands" like the announcer was trying to make everyone believe. The DB just had Holt by the wrist. I'm gonna take another look in a minute... (I love TiVo

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Good point about the red zone struggles....Holt had that one...Jackson could have had one if he had not stepped out of bounds, and I thought Bulger could have run one in himself instead of throwing it to Holt. Some of those might have been on the same drive, so they can't all count, but we had plenty of opportunities in this game.

Let us know what you think of the replay.

*RamFan_Til_I_Die* · #8 (**permalink**) -25-09-2006

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Originally Posted by RamWraith

Not sold on Jackson yet. 1 yard, -4 yards, -1 yard and then 18 doesn't cut it for me.

Show me one back that gets positive yardage everytime, and I'll show you a figment of your imagination.

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Originally Posted by general counsel

Jackson had no chance on many of those runs. The issue is the interior line blocking, not jackson. Timmerman looks older every week.

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Originally Posted by RamsFan16

And also, Jackson was hit in the backfield on about half of his carries but yet managed to get back to the line alot. He is running much stronger this year! He's a beast! 121 Total Yards!

EXACTLY.

*letsgoramz* · #9 (**permalink**) -25-09-2006

the offense is looking better cause Martz had his hand in it this week a lot of the Greatest Show On turf Plays were used against the cards today Hence the 300 yd passing game and i think that will continue as long as it keeps our offense going......

*Varg6* · #10 (**permalink**) -25-09-2006

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Originally Posted by letsgoramz

the offense is looking better cause Martz had his hand in it this week a lot of the Greatest Show On turf Plays were used against the cards today Hence the 300 yd passing game and i think that will continue as long as it keeps our offense going......

Well...yeah, I mean you gotta adopt some plays that you KNOW worked previously, and that the rest of the offense KNOWS that it'll work...so hey, my hats off to Linehan, no one has talked about his plays being called today, and I think he worked brilliantly against the Cards.

**HUbison** · #11 (**permalink**) -25-09-2006

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Bulger has not thrown a pick in 3 games. And that is 68 attempts.

Last week was 68. It's 99 now.

**HUbison** · #12 (**permalink**) -25-09-2006

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Can Fisher tackle?

About as well as he can cover. For three years now, I've been wondering why the Rams still pay this guy. He's not a playmaker, and IMO, not even a solid performer. Go watch the game again.....when the Cards have a big play, Fisher will be a part of it.

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Not sold on Jackson yet. 1 yard, -4 yards, -1 yard and then 18 doesn't cut it for me.

I disagree. I think Jackson has been doing a fine job. Yesterday, there were two huge factors working against him: 1) the interior OL's inability to block Dockett, and 2) the predictability of Linehan's running calls. I sniffed out nearly every running call yesterday, and if a CPA in the middle of the Ozarks can, then I guarantee an NFL DC, and any DL or LB is on top of it.

*CRAZYHORNS* · #13 (**permalink**) -25-09-2006

Regarding Jackson:

Everyone wants to be quick at giving this guy a free pass. I think he is a talent but lacks the 1st step burst that the Rams use to get from Faulk for positive yards. He needs to watch the film and notice how the EDGE was caught many times in the backfield but somehow got positive yards. The EDGE uses a quick burst down low(key point he gets low). Jackson likes to stand up and everyone knows the key to tackling is leverage. Jackson needs to get low and small make it difficult for these guys to get ahold of him. Stop trying to wait for big holes and out power these guys hit the seams down low and go.....

On the Holt TD:

I agree it should have been a touch down. However, the pushing out of bounds is a judgment call. I do not believe judgement calls can be reviewed.

Go Rams

*RAMFANRAIDERHATER* · #14 (**permalink**) -25-09-2006

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Well...yeah, I mean you gotta adopt some plays that you KNOW worked previously, and that the rest of the offense KNOWS that it'll work...so hey, my hats off to Linehan, no one has talked about his plays being called today, and I think he worked brilliantly against the Cards.

I made this same statement weeks ago. Someone retorted that you create more problems when you combine the two. I disagreed then and I believe that my theory proved out this weekend in the improved passing game. If you have certain patterns and blocking schemes that you're comfortable with, then continue to use them. Somewhere, somehow though, Linehan needs to get the TE's involved.

*thoey* · #15 (**permalink**) -25-09-2006

According to one of the articles I read here, they didn't bring back any old plays. Those plays were already in Linehan's play book. They just switched to calling it the way Martz used to. So, instead of speaking French and thinking English, they talked in English...