Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

The Rams are terrible

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 1
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous template Next
  • #1

    The Rams are terrible

    I don't post very often, but I feel compelled to voice my frustration about what I see happening this year. Today, the Rams were BAD, BAD, BAD. At this point, they are as bad as any time last year. Maybe some players are putting forward a decent effort from start to finish, but the stupid penalties say it all about this team's focus, motivation, and attention to detail.

    Frankly, our offense is very offensive. Sure Boller made some bonehead decisions, but he was under constant pressure and the playcalling was such that he had no opporntunity to establish a rhythm (if that would have even been possible). In addition, what the heck is Jackson doing hauling the rock in a lost cause? Jackson is the only player at our skill positions that is worth a darn, and we are wearing him down for a terrible team. We are wasting and even worse, abusing his tremendous talent. On a team with a decent o-line and a passing game, Jackson is a superstar.

    On the other hand, the defense shows alot of potential. Too bad they are only the field the whole game. If you think about it, with only one or two high profile players, the defense does pretty damn well. Even with the injuries, they come to play.

    The only thing we have to look forward to at this point is the draft, four games into the season. Of course, the only thing the Rams excel at is drafting mediocre players in the first round.

    Thats how I see it; watching the game today just plain hurt.
    Tags: None
  • #2
    Re: The Rams are terrible

    yo why you picking on the Rams ? just kidding, it was hard to watch wasn't it .

    Comment

    • #3
      Re: The Rams are terrible

      One more thing: The penalties are unacceptable. You would think that a team under new and competent leadership would cut down on mental mistakes, but the Rams make tons of mental mistakes. What gives? If spags can't improve the teams attention to detail and focus, what the heck is he doing?

      Comment

      • #4
        Re: The Rams are terrible

        Don't hold your breath, the Vikings are next.

        Comment

        • #5
          Re: The Rams are terrible

          Well if I said what I really want to say, it would violate the terms of service and break every rule of common decency.... Therefore I won't comment on the lousy officials, the wasted effort of the players who played well, or the 300-pound cream puffs who can't run, throw, block, catch or kick. See you in 2010.

          Comment

          • #6
            Re: The Rams are terrible

            The rams will most likely be 0-7 when they go to Detroit before the bye week. If they lose to Detroit and come off the bye week without making some serious changes in both coaching staff and player personnel they will join the ranks of the 2008 lions (0-16), 1976 bucs (0-14), 1990 pats (1-15), 1991 colts (1-15) and the 2001 panthers (1-15) as one of the worst teams ever in the NFL. A lost to the lions mean that the only possible win I can see on the schedule is the last game of the season against the Niners. The only reason this win will be possible if the Niners have wrapped up the NFC west title, secured a home playoff game, and resting most of their starters. Even if this happen the Niners second and third strings players have a shot at beating this current rams team.
            Last edited by mtah6245; -10-04-2009, 08:02 PM.

            Comment

            • #7
              Re: The Rams are terrible

              RAMS = Terrible

              Comment

              Previous template Next

              Related Topics

              Collapse
              • RockinRam
                This Is Ridiculous
                by RockinRam
                I am very dissapointed in how the Rams played today. I don't really want to say much. The performance of this team has speaked for itself.

                *Run defense sometimes looks good, but other times gives up major critical runs.

                *Pass rush is basically non-existent. I don't know why we do not blitz more, our front four can't get ANY pressure whatsoever. Even with blitzing, none of our guys can even touch the quarterback.

                *Secondary is getting burned.

                *Our O-Line is basically a bunch of big, slow, fat, lazy players that cannot block Bulger.

                *Pittman shows no burst. (May be because of the lack of open lanes the o-line makes.)

                *We always come into a game making good plays, getting a touchdown or a couple. But then, we slow down and we give up plays.

                *We need to start thinking about next years draft. We need to completely rebuild this team. No more excuses.

                I am disgusted.
                -11-02-2008, 01:11 PM
              • general counsel
                Rams bombed in Seattle-Fall to 0-3. The Good, the Bad and the (mostly) Ugly
                by general counsel
                Greeting die hard Rams fans. I say die hard, because only the most hard core Rams fans can still have anything more than a passing interest in this team. I am quite sure that the overwhelming majority of the "fair weather fans" will have jumped ship after this debacle, to the extent that they have not done so already. There will be more cries of "I am Done" and of course, the discussion of draft picks will shortly begin, especially if we lose to buffalo next week and head into the bye 0-4 with washington (road), dallas and new england ahead. Those of us that truly love and worship the Horns will be severely challenged this year and the death watch for Linehan and Ziggy is certainly well under way.

                Playing against an 0-2 Seattle team missing its first 5 wide receivers, the Rams were never in this game, falling behind early and never really challenging. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, we were awful in the same areas that have plagued us in the first two weeks, however, this week, we don't have the excuse of saying that we were playing an elite team.

                The odds of linehan making it through the season are very low, but even if he does, the odds of him returning next year are slim and none and slim has left the building. There will be a complete overhaul of this roster in the offseason. The only really question will be whether we go into complete rebuilding mode (ala kansas city) and trade away whatever vets we have with any value at all (ie Holt, Little), or whether we try and find a way to put a competitive offensive line on the field which will give us some shot of utilizing our skill position players.

                Here it is folks, read it and weep.

                The Good

                Chris Long had 7 tackles and was around the ball all day. A future all pro
                Donnie Jones had 4 punts for a 54.5 average.
                The McMichael leap was a really nice play.
                Jackson showed a real pulse in the second half. Great double spin on the 50 yard pass play.
                Given how few and far between the td's have been this year, lets call attention to the 21 yard td to looker.
                Spoon had 7 tackles and a sack
                We recovered a fumble off a booming punt by Jones.

                The Bad

                There is basically no pulse on our defense. How are you going to win in the nfl when you get 2 sacks TOTAL in three games (1 today), rarely pressure the qb, cant tackle at all, and cant cover. We allowed 245 yards rushing today and huge chunks of those yards (including that first td run) came after contact by the first defensive player and an inability to wrap up. Early in the game we did absolutely nothing to disrupt seattle's rhythm as they were throwing the ball all over the field. No collapsing of the pocket, no forcing hasselbeck to rush his throws. True, we are missing Little, our only real pass rush threat, but i dont see why we dont blitz more. The fact is clear...
                -09-21-2008, 05:00 PM
              • rNemesis
                HOW CLOSE IS THIS TEAM TO COMPETING?(VERY LONG)Please provide feedback
                by rNemesis
                First of all let me just say that these last few years have been VERY frustrating and embarassing for me as a RAM FAN and I'm sure you guys are just as disappointed. I have watched my team go from the greatest show on turf to, as a washington post columnist said after the redskins loss, " the most miserable mass on grass". MY main question here is , " How far are the rams from being a decent competitive rock solid team? Its a long way to go; it doesnt happen overnight but it shouldnt take FOREVER either.


                But I am not gonna sit here and talk about that all night. We know what has happened. We know what we've become. 13 straight losses dating back to last season. 3-13 in 2007 and 2-14 in 2008. 5 wins in the last 30 or so games? ( not sure exactly the stats) That is horrible.

                Let's go back year by year as to how we finished record wise.
                In the 1990's we were bad. But so were other teams which are now good today. But if you look at our 90's record to others, you will see that we were bad most of those years. Other teams had bad years too during the 90's but it was only really the lions, bengals, cardinals and saints. That should show you how bad of a team the Rams are. We never finished over 7 wins from 1990 up until 1999, which was our superbowl year. Which now tells me that the Rams have been bad, are now bad, and I hope we dont continue to be bad. But lately one has to believe that that is the penalty for our actions.

                2000- 10-6 DECENT
                2001- 14-2 ( excellent; we beat the pats that season but lost in the SB to the same :|)
                2002- 7-9 Not bad
                2003- 12-4 excellent
                2004- 8-8 not bad; competitive
                2005- I think we were 7-9 or 6-10 cant remember
                2006- 8-8
                2007- 3-13 horrible
                2008- 2-14 lousy

                I am not surprised at how we have fallen so badly. What I cant seem to understand is how fast we have fallen as such. How come we havent been able to stop the bleeding and bounce back like other teams have seemed to?

                So tell me guys. How far off is this team from competing? Well, I look at the league and I have noticed that most of the other teams have playmakers in a lot of key positions. Why is that? Because they do a great job of DRAFTING PLAYERS THAT FIT INTO THEIR SCHEME WELL. We on the other hand have not done that lately. We have drafted players that have done well IN THEIR SCHEME and so it didnt matter to the previous regime ( Jay ZYgmunt ) if they fit or not the point was they wanted them so much that they drafted them regardless of their college scheme and success. In the era since Martz left, we have drafted the likes of busts ( or so they appear to be) like Tye Hill, Adam Carriker, Claude Wroten, Fakhir Brown, etc. The list goes on and on.

                THIS HAS REALLY HURT THIS ORGANIZATION SO MUCH THAT IT IS REARING ITS UGLY HEAD NOW. Bad drafting has put us in such a talentless hole that...
                -09-29-2009, 06:43 PM
              • rNemesis
                I dont see how a team could be so bad....
                by rNemesis
                YEt be better than our Rams.

                I mean I just dont get what it takes to win in this league man. I am just tired of hearing the SAME OLD RAMS talk from all these so called analysts and experts and whoever else. Whenever we are playing a great or good team, we never get the pick , and probably rightfully so. But whenever we play a bad team, no matter what their record is now, was then, or what they predict it to be this year, its like they always pick us to lose. I dont see how a team could lose 12 games a year yet be "better than us"

                I dont see how a team could be 2-14 yet be " better than us"

                I MEAN COME ON GUYS!!! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!!! BULLISH!!!! You cannot sit here and tell me that EVERY team in the league is "LEAPS AND BOUNDS" ahead of us and that " they only need a couple of pieces" yet " we have so many gaping holes'

                Let me tell you what I have been doing the past 3 painful years. I have been watching closely ( and understanding) what it takes to win in this league. I have watch us play every team in the NFL over that period, I think. And at some point you have to wonder " OK, when is this losing going to stop"? We have played everyone from the Colts and Saints straight down to the Lions and Chiefs. SO you sit and wonder after every loss if you are ever going to win because you see all the mistakes you make and all of the lack of impact players. Now all that is pretty much addressed, aside from a couple more positions, we have some good players on this team and we have STILL NOT won a game? BULLISH!!!

                NOW think about THAT my friends!! Think about why some other teams "suck" yet they can find a way to win some games. Why cant we?

                Biggest question I have ever tried to find the answer to, and probably also the most annoying. Dont tell me its because we have too many holes.
                -09-17-2010, 01:56 PM
              • AvengerRam_old
                Lack of Offensive Talent is No Excuse for Poor Playcalling
                by AvengerRam_old
                "Its the playcalling!"

                "No, its the lack of skill players!"

                "No, its the playcalling!"

                "No, its the lack of offensive talent."

                Wait a minute... maybe both are right.

                Nobody would argue that the Rams have an abundance of talent at the skill postions. Steven Jackson is an "A" list player. Sam Bradford may very well be one in a year or two, but he's not there yet. Mark Clayton is a solid "B." Beyond that, let's be honest... its a bunch of B-/C+ players, at best.

                So that excuses the vanilla playcalling, right?

                Absolutely not!

                Let's take a look at the most creative example of playcalling in recent years... the Wildcat. It was put into place by the Miami Dolphins during a time when they too had very little offensive talent. And, guess what... it worked!

                I'm not saying the Rams should use the Wildcat (which defenses have caught up with two years later, making it little more than a gimmick). But what the Dolphins demonstrated is that creativity is EXACTLY WHAT IS NEEDED when a team does not have great offensive talent.

                Heck, if the Rams had Andre Johnson, Larry Fitzgerald and Dallas Clark (along with SJ), it wouldn't matter what offense they ran. They could have a 10 play playbook and still move the ball.

                When you don't have the ability to continually win one-on-one matchups, a bit of trickery... some misdirection... some unpredictablity.... that's what keeps the defense off balance.

                Fritz Shurmer needs to reach into his bag of tricks (if he has one) and find a way to surprise opposing defenses. If he doesn't, he probably won't be around long enough to see the Rams get an influx of offensive talent.
                -09-19-2010, 04:52 PM
              Working...
              X