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    Ouch! Rams Lead NFL In Penalty Yards, Second In Total Penalties

    This is a trend that can't continue if things are going to turn around. Surprising to me the numbers for a Spagnuolo coached team:

    85 penalty yards to lead the NFL, tied for second with 10 total penalties.

    On a positive note, the Rams are tied for fourth in the NFL with a +2 turnover margin.
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    Re: Ouch! Rams Lead NFL In Penalty Yards, Second In Total Penalties

    Only hurts ourselves. The penalties just kill a offense and im pretty sure we could of been in the Seattle game if we would of not had so many gamebreaking penalties. This is just something you know Spags and the coaching staff is trying hard to iron out and you hope it shows on the field in coming weeks. The team beats themselves with such penalties and its sad to have that happen.

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      Re: Ouch! Rams Lead NFL In Penalty Yards, Second In Total Penalties

      And those penalties are why we got down like we did, and took ourself right out of that game.

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        At least we can say we lead the league in something....:|

        Truthfully, I think that we're going to improve on these penalties. Maybe not this week, but I would say that within the next few weeks we'll settle down. And maybe they'll give Incognito a tranquilizer dart and he'll quit being a problem.

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          Re: Ouch! Rams Lead NFL In Penalty Yards, Second In Total Penalties

          Being rams fans I would think you would see it before I did. The majority of your penalties were holding penalties. How do lineman usually end up holding? It's because they are getting beat.

          It sucks because eliminating the holding probably only means the d-line gets to your qb faster.The rams aren't terrible but they do have a bad line. Get yourself a better line and maybe a TE or another wr and the rams have just as good of a shot as anyone. Bulger can still play, infact I'd take him over campbell and Jackson is a beast who I would take over CP.

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          • RamWraith
            Flags leave Rams with little to salute
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          • tomahawk247
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            I was surprised that Marquez's 31 yard catch and run was wiped out, it just doesn't seem to make sense to me. The catch was made and the yardage gained. Britt had the block in the back at the very end of Marquez's run, and Marquez gained no yardage as a result of the block.

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            The unnecessary roughness call on CJ Mosley was as a result of him hitting Marquez after Marquez was down by contact, which can only occur after the play. Garrett Reynolds then hit Mosley for this late hit, drawing another Unnecessary Roughness penalty.

            Now, the play was wiped out as all three penalties were apparently offsetting, requiring a replay of down.

            But to me, there was one penalty during the play, which was the block in the back. Nothing to offset that. You apply the ten yards from the spot of the foul and the Rams still gained 21 yards on Marquez's catch. The play started at the Baltimore 49 so the Rams would have had the ball with a first down on the Baltimore 28.

            The two unnecessary roughness penalties were after the play, and were on either team. Therefore they offset. Therefore the ball should have stayed at the 28.

            The way the refs called it, the Rams remained at the 49, missed on the long third down (of course) and punted.

            Have I missed something here as to why these penalties were offsetting? Surely the moment the play ends on Marquez being down by contact, it starts a separate chain of penalties? To me, it's no different than Marquez getting down then a fight starting between the two teams well after the play but before the next snap. You don't offset the penalties against the previous play in that situation do you just because the play before had a penalty right?
            -11-23-2015, 03:17 AM
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