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Suns of Anarchy said:
Missed today’s game. How did Goff look?
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Played a solid game. Game was over really half way through the second quarter. Mainly due to SF QB interceptions. Had one fumble that was recovered by Everett , but ball security was good and accuracy was good for the most part. Was rested in the last.
 
Rams to play at the Saints for the NFC Championship.

To think of where we were this time two years ago to where we are now is a fantastic turn around by the entire organisation.

Will be a huge game. Hopefully we can reverse the result we had at the same venue earlier in the regular season.
 
Going to be a very tough game. Confident we can score enough points. This game will come down to our defence. Can they stop both the pass and the run? If we can maintain possession, keep the ball off the Saints minimizing the amount of drives they have, we have a chance. Turnovers will be a key as well. Bree's is simply carving defenses up with his pinpoint accuracy this year, deserves the MVP more than Mahomes.
 

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imadodgyumpire said:
Its great to see all the delight and excitement express on here by Rams fans.
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lols .... I gave most of my excitement to my Rams forum of choice.... very pleased with the result - waiting to see who we're playing.
 
imadodgyumpire said:
While some of us rmember tgsot, it feels like lifetimes ago.

It's incredible to realise after being crap for so long, that the Rams are in the SB.
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This time two years ago - we had just sacked Fisher, came off a 4-12 season, had not had a winning season since 2003 and hired the youngest head coach in NFL history at 30 -- it has been a fantastic turn around.

:)
 
jo172 said:
Just want it on the record I jumped on this bandwagon after attending the Wild Card loss at the Colosseum earlier in the year.

Have followed NFL without ever really following a team before. I am enjoying this so far.

McVay's move to rest the starters for the pre-season looking bloody wise considering what's happened to Talib, Peters, Cooks, Kupp, Zurlein etc.
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Well that worked out well.
 
Opinion: Rams did more so much more than benefit from no-call to reach Super Bowl


Dan Wolken, USA TODAY


Published 10:56 p.m. ET Jan. 20, 2019 | Updated 2:33 a.m. ET Jan. 21, 201


NEW ORLEANS — The man who unwittingly became the focus of the NFL’s latest officiating debacle stood in the middle of a crowded but jubilant locker room at the NFC Championship Game and owned up to everything.

Yes, Nickell Robey-Coleman admitted, the L.A. Rams were caught flat-footed on a play they didn’t see coming, and yes, he was surprised the flag never came after he rammed into receiver Tommylee Lewis to prevent the touchdown that would have probably sent the New Orleans Saints to the Super Bowl.

“You look at the football gods like, thank you, got away with one tonight,” Robey-Coleman said. “It is what it is.”

But if you think the Rams don’t deserve to be in the Super Bowl, if you watched what happened here Sunday and want to focus on an officiating error and an unlucky break, you’re missing the big picture.

Despite all the talk that will reverberate through the offseason about a controversial non-call in Los Angeles 26, New Orleans 23, the question remains: How did the Saints manage to lose this game?

Until Greg Zuerlein’s 57-yard field goal went through the uprights early in the overtime period, it never once felt like this was the Rams’ game to win. Not when the radio in quarterback Jared Goff’s helmet was malfunctioning, not when his team fell behind 13-0 and needed a fake punt just to generate a single a first down, and certainly not when Drew Brees had a fourth-quarter lead and three opportunities to land the knockout punch.

How many advantages did the Saints expect? How many would they have needed to beat a team that outgained them 378-290 and took a full quarter to get used to the crowd noise generated in the Superdome that was causing significant communication issues for the Rams offense.

“So look, we ain’t going to complain about no pass interference because bad calls get made every day in this game,” Rams cornerback Marcus Peters said. “Just me knowing football, if coach (Sean Payton) runs the ball on first and second down, we’re probably not even talking about this. You give Sean McVay the ball back with 1:43 or something, we’re going to score or kick a field goal. We got it done.”

The Saints may have a legit gripe about the call, but they would be hard-pressed to call themselves the better team Sunday. Given an early opportunity to land a knock-out punch, they instead settled for field goals. Then, over the final three quarters, they put together exactly one touchdown drive, taking the pressure off a young quarterback in Jared Goff who really only made one spectacular throw — a deep out to Brandin Cooks that set up a touchdown at the end of the first half to cut the deficit to 13-10.

“It was disorientingly loud, but we fought through it, Goff said. “When our defense is playing so well, I know I don’t have to make it all up at once. We had some time to get ourselves together.”

Meanwhile, the Rams adjusted. They won despite a no-show by star running back Todd Gurley, who muffed a pass on their second drive of the game that turned into an interception, dropped another one on a key third down and essentially got benched, rushing just four times for 10 yards. They won despite converting just 6-of-16 third downs on the road. They won despite a mountain of evidence pointing toward the Saints, right up until Zuerlein had to make a 48-yarder just to take the game to overtime.

“You felt us start to take control of the game (near halftime), but we never really wrested it away maybe the way you’d want,” Rams executive vice president of football operations Kevin Demoff said. “But it's been that way. This team had a ton of games this year that came down to the fourth quarter. Last year we had a ton of games where we blew people out and maybe weren’t battle tested.”

That’s the biggest difference between this Rams team, which is now on the verge of a championship, and the one that flamed out at home last year in the wild-card round against the Atlanta Falcons.

The Rams are always capable of lighting up the scoreboard at a moment’s notice. But clearly this one has found plenty of ways to win and needed just one lucky break to silence the Superdome.

“When you catch breaks in this league you have to take advantage,” Robey-Coleman said. “This league is too hard for you to catch a break and not take advantage of it. The door opens and closes just that quick. It feels so good to be on the right side of it.”

Follow Dan Wolken on Twitter @DanWolken.
 
GG.exe said:
larkis must be conflicted. long time st louis rams fan who jumped on the pats when the rams moved to los angeles
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Nah **** Kroenke

another dynasty started after a blown ref call. From the Tuck Rule to ref's being too blind to recognise pass interference.
 

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Ram-Man said:
This time two years ago - we had just sacked Fisher, came off a 4-12 season, had not had a winning season since 2003 and hired the youngest head coach in NFL history at 30 -- it has been a fantastic turn around.

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Not just that frustrating 4-12 season either where I thought Goff was a bust, but the torment of 2007-11 where we were 15-65. They were dark days for Rams' fans.
 
imadodgyumpire said:
Its great to see all the delight and excitement express on here by Rams fans.
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Season isn't over yet - still have unfinished business.

Still remember San Francisco Giants fans in 2002 trash talking us Angels fans at the ballpark in game 6, only to blow a 5-0 lead - premature celebration leads to plenty of egg on one's face.
 
Even though the team was in St Louis, this sb is a famous historical match up, one which you guys were at the receiving end of the notoriety. This game is an opportunity to inflict some pain on the franchise that caused all the hurt. So it's understandable that you'd want payback after all this time.

Keep things in check though. Geelong fans were licking their lips at the prospect of beating Hawthorn prior to the 08GF, and things didn't work out they way they like. They now have to live with the greater sting they suffered as a result of that game.

So be careful.
 
imadodgyumpire said:
Even though the team was in St Louis, this sb is a famous historical match up, one which you guys were at the receiving end of the notoriety. This game is an opportunity to inflict some pain on the franchise that caused all the hurt. So it's understandable that you'd want payback after all this time.

Keep things in check though. Geelong fans were licking their lips at the prospect of beating Hawthorn prior to the 08GF, and things didn't work out they way they like. They now have to live with the greater sting they suffered as a result of that game.

So be careful.
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Whilst larkis justifiably is angry that the Rams moved from St Louis to LA, the greed thing, etc. A little perspective required tho. The Rams were an LA team for like 40+ years before the move to St Louis in the first place. It's really their spiritual home (LA) as Oakland is to the Raiders, tho they've moved now just as much as the Rams have (cleveland, la, st louis, la).
 
To answer your point tho, imadodgyumpire I don't think anyone (fans or club employers) are going to be even undaunted by the prospect of facing the Patriots. They SHOULD feel daunted by it, as well as fired up. As we saw from the Eagles last year, a team has to pull out all the stops -- trick plays, 4th down attempts, etc -- to limp past the Patriots. Even a 24 pt head-start wasn't enough the year before.
 
imadodgyumpire said:
Yeah. But the Eagles had one of the all time greats as qb. Goff isn't of that calibre atm.
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He doesn't need to be. Does he? He just has to matriculate yards and first downs. There'll be times he HAS TO make killer clutch throws....he's capable of that, tho he's still inconsistent, or a confidence player. Rams offense will probably be a lot of those short throws, screens, big inside tackle runs by Anderson, passes to Gurley, the occasional vertical throw by Goff when in 3rd and long situations. If the Rams can move the ball well using that three-pronged plan of short throws/WR-screens/Gurley receptions/Anderson running, and limit the number of times Goff has to make ballsy 3rd and long vertical throws, they'll put yards and points up against our defense, which to be honest, has weaknesses.
 

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