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    No Whining!

    I haven't had the heart to read a whole lot about what others are saying about yesterday's game, but I'm tired of "the official's call." from what little I've heard. For ny to even SUGGEST Garnes didn't grab Canidate just dumbfounds me. How far did his jersey need to be stretched for them to feel the call was justified? Add to that, the possession on which they got their 3rd field goal - on which one of the ny DBs was hammering on Holt's arms WITHOUT LOOKING BACK FOR THE BALL. Where the he** was THAT call? There are FOUR more points on the board for us.

    I suggest ny should be THRILLED what the refs DIDN'T do to them. What about the repeated headlocks placed on Wistrom and Little that were NEVER called? The tackle where the guy grabbed Holt's helmet to pull him down - ummmmm, sorry folks, but you cannot use ANY part of a ball carrier's helmet in an attempt to tackle the runner - remember Fletcher getting that called against him (using the back of Deuce Staley's helmet to pull him down) in Philly?

    Props to the Giants and the scheme they put in place to throttle the Rams down. Don't cheapen by whining about it being taken away from you. You had as much given to you as you had taken away.

    As for us Rams fans, we all know we escaped by skin of our teeth. However, when you play a very GOOD team, play without your A game, and still win...well, that takes a GREAT team.
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    No whining needed. That was not the best game I have seen, but for our Defence to give up only 2 scores and ny to give up 3 that makes for a well fought battle. I loved it, there was many no calls and a couple of should not have called but thats football. There was serious hitting going on from both sides and emotions running strong. Neither gave up. Both defences should finish in the top 6 or 7. But The RAMS are still undefeated.

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    • #3
      No offense, but I'm tired of the excuse for bad calling by officials as "that's football". If the players can't get away with having their socks too high or their knees showing, why should officials get away with bad calls, or in our case, no calls? I am impressed with the fact that the Rams are able to pull a win out of the hat despite all the bias the officials show. How much better would that game have turned out if they hadn't been?

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      • #4
        No offense taken.

        Of course you are right. We might have been better with the replacements. Some of the zebras deserve praise and some deserve respect. But too many leave me scratching my head. Still was good to see our warriors overcome and get the job done. The way our Defence is coming together an our woo hits coming in bunches I can't wait for more.

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        • Fat Pang
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        • RamsFanSam
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          by RamsFanSam
          I have read plenty of posts from people saying fans shouldn't look at the bright side of last night's defeat, that instead we should all don sackcloth and ashes, and mourn the death of the 2008 season for our Rams.

          Convince me why I should!

          I watched only the first quarter, but I did listen to the entire game. Of course, the TV broadcast was done by the Titans Network, meaning that the commentary was biased in favor of the Titans. The other 3 quarters was a mix of NFL's gamecenter and KTVI audio, niether of which was very good.

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        • RamsInfiniti
          The team has lost all respect from it's fans and the league ...
          by RamsInfiniti
          Yet another pathetic performance today. Say what you want, but this is just adding more fuel to the fire when it comes to us being recognized as one of the worst teams ever. I've never seen a defense get repeatedly gashed like this one does on the ground. Our secondary actually hang in there today despite getting absolutely no pass rush, yet again. Do we not even know what a blitz is? I don't remember a single blitz being dialed up today ....

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          And what the hell was with the no call on the DPI on the fake punt? Did I hear the official say there cannot be pass interference called on a fake punt? That has got to be BS because there is nothing that stops you from lining up in a punt formation on every play. There can be pass interference on ANY forward pass, please correct me if I am wrong. A punt formation is no different than any other formation. Then that idiot ref tries to explain the call and mumbles like he was having a seizure. You have got to be kidding. Never seen a worse blown call, as Massey was hit a full half second before the ball got there. If that call was somehow correct, the rule definitely needs to be changed. Yet another personal foul late in the game they fail to call on the Bears. Twice, we got holding called on us on special teams and the flag wasn't thrown until after the runner was down. How about the personal foul call on Briggs, who wasn't even on the field, then magically it goes against the Rams. Seriously, how do these idiots keep their jobs?

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          1. Worst performance I've ever seen by a Ram offensive line. Pathetic in all aspects

          2....
          -11-23-2008, 02:16 PM
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