A new era in Rams football began today, but the results looked about the same as our last couple of years. There were some positives today, specifically the play of Laurianitis (14 tackles, 10 solo), but on the whole, the Rams were undisciplined and made many crucial errors that cost them any chance of winning this game. Lousy offensive line play and no functioning pass rush were certainly at fault today, but the key today was 10 penalties for 85 yards, including an inexcusable 12 men on the field penalty that negated the blocked field goal for a td that would have tied the game at 7 just before half.
The Good
Laurianitis performed very well. In addition to the 14 tackles, he also recovered a fumble. We have our middle linebacker for the next several years.
Donnie Jones is just fantastic. What a weapon. 8 punts for a 50.8 average, two inside the 20, and one 60 yarder to the one yard line.
OJ had an INT and a fumble recovery
I thought wade played pretty well, especially given that we had no functional pass rush.
Vrboda had 8 tackles and looked fine.
Great blocked fg by ayu and runback by butler for the called back td
The Bad
Josh Brown missed an easy 37 yarder early in the game. No excuse.
No pass rush at all.
No functioning defense in the second half (see the 62 yard run and the 99 yard drive)
Lousy offensive line play. If you look at the stats for jackson (67 yards) and bulger (191 yards) and take out the yardage in garbage time at the end, you will see that there was very very limited production out of the offense. We cant get the ball down the field as bulger will get killed (although bulger threw a nice ball in the first half that robinson couldnt pull down when it hit him directly on the shoulder pads)
I have personally had it with incognito and his false starts and two personnel fouls. We arent even remotely good enough to give up yardage on stupid undisciplined penalties. I dont care anymore about his upset. This is a new era for the rams and i dont see cogs as a part of it.
Why didnt spags go for the 52 yard field goal early on? Josh Brown should make that kick in those conditions 4 out of 5 times. Too conservative.
The ugly
12 men on the field costing us a td? Ugly, ugly, ugly.
10 penalties (9 of which were in the first half when we had plenty of chances)
2-12 on 3rd down is very ugly and it wont cut it.
Allowing 8-15 on 3rd down to the other team is also ugly.
Whats a ram game without at least one run of over 50 yards allowed (62 for a td)
Less than 200 yards offense before garbage time at the very end
Fumble on the opening kickoff return of the season? I dont see avery back there when he didnt do it all preseason. Too risky injury wise.
Bring on the Redskins, the Rams have a long long way to go. Its liikely to be a very long year.
Ramming speed to all
general counsel
The Good
Laurianitis performed very well. In addition to the 14 tackles, he also recovered a fumble. We have our middle linebacker for the next several years.
Donnie Jones is just fantastic. What a weapon. 8 punts for a 50.8 average, two inside the 20, and one 60 yarder to the one yard line.
OJ had an INT and a fumble recovery
I thought wade played pretty well, especially given that we had no functional pass rush.
Vrboda had 8 tackles and looked fine.
Great blocked fg by ayu and runback by butler for the called back td
The Bad
Josh Brown missed an easy 37 yarder early in the game. No excuse.
No pass rush at all.
No functioning defense in the second half (see the 62 yard run and the 99 yard drive)
Lousy offensive line play. If you look at the stats for jackson (67 yards) and bulger (191 yards) and take out the yardage in garbage time at the end, you will see that there was very very limited production out of the offense. We cant get the ball down the field as bulger will get killed (although bulger threw a nice ball in the first half that robinson couldnt pull down when it hit him directly on the shoulder pads)
I have personally had it with incognito and his false starts and two personnel fouls. We arent even remotely good enough to give up yardage on stupid undisciplined penalties. I dont care anymore about his upset. This is a new era for the rams and i dont see cogs as a part of it.
Why didnt spags go for the 52 yard field goal early on? Josh Brown should make that kick in those conditions 4 out of 5 times. Too conservative.
The ugly
12 men on the field costing us a td? Ugly, ugly, ugly.
10 penalties (9 of which were in the first half when we had plenty of chances)
2-12 on 3rd down is very ugly and it wont cut it.
Allowing 8-15 on 3rd down to the other team is also ugly.
Whats a ram game without at least one run of over 50 yards allowed (62 for a td)
Less than 200 yards offense before garbage time at the very end
Fumble on the opening kickoff return of the season? I dont see avery back there when he didnt do it all preseason. Too risky injury wise.
Bring on the Redskins, the Rams have a long long way to go. Its liikely to be a very long year.
Ramming speed to all
general counsel
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