Game Thread: Week 19, PLAYOFFS, Arizona Cardinals @ Los Angeles Rams, SoFi Stadium, Super Wild-Card Weekend, Monday Night Football, Monday, 01/17/22, 5:15 PM PST

[Retroram52]

After that disaster of shitting-the-bed game that we laid at SoFi Stadium last week, we win the NFC West and face the Arizona Cardinals in Round 1 of the Playoffs, Monday Night. It is difficult to hope for much from the Rams in this one as the Cardinals are 8-1 on the road this year and the Rams are, well the Rams. They could win this one or they could go fragile, shit-fer-brains mode on us and shit-the-bed again. I guess it will be a wait-and-see approach as I am not sure, even at home, this team wants or cares about moving through the playoffs. We shall see I suppose.

 

[Retroram52]

Don't know if this is going to have any ramifications for the Cards game on Monday. Time to break out Wolford.

Matthew Stafford suffered toe injury that limited mobility vs. 49ers

Matthew Stafford injured his toe against the 49ers, which limited his mobility down the stretch.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Retroram52]

I am not sure what to make of this OSFBs interview. Long and short of it is possibly, "We all have to get better"!??

Sean McVay not putting much stock into opening playoffs against division rival again

The Rams are playing the Cardinals in the wild-card round, the 2nd straight year they’ve faced an NFC West team to begin the playoffs

theramswire.usatoday.com

 

[Rambunctious]

This is the time of year that players become stars in the NFL. The Rams need some backup players to shine this Monday. LETS Do It Rams!

 

[Jermaine133]

Don't know if this is going to have any ramifications for the Cards game on Monday. Time to break out Wolford.

Matthew Stafford suffered toe injury that limited mobility vs. 49ers

Matthew Stafford injured his toe against the 49ers, which limited his mobility down the stretch.

www.yahoo.com

Maybe that is the excuse so when he plays like shit and McDufuss gets embarrassed again they can have the escape goat ready.

 

[Retroram52]

Another escape goat came out yesterday. Jermaine. I laughed. OSFBs is now blaming SF Fans crowd noise caught them "off-guard". LOL! WTH??!! This is rich!!

Sean McVay: Rams were 'caught off guard' by 49ers fans packing SoFi Stadium

Sean McVay says the Rams were caught off guard by the crowd noise at SoFi Stadium after 49ers fans packed the stands

theramswire.usatoday.com

 

[Retroram52]

Now he's blaming crowd noise. IS IT ANY WONDER THAT THIS DOUCHEBAG AND THE RAMS HAVE A REPUTATION OF BEING SOFT AROUND THE LEAGUE!!!

 

[Retroram52]

Here are two more guys who have been beaten badly just about all year especially with the good teams in the league. Williams they should let walk in FA and Rapp they should trade for draft collateral and a big new Center, Guard, or Tackle!

Rams injuries: Jordan Fuller out for season, Darious Williams and Taylor Rapp also banged up

Sean McVay shared injury updates after Sunday’s loss, and it’s bad news for the secondary.

theramswire.usatoday.com

In fact, we should go with Burgess and Rochele (when he gets back from IR). The former this week against the Cards. The latter next year.

 

[DJ]

Eric Weddle has unretired and is playing.

 

[Retroram52]

Here is a couple of players that won't be playing against the Rams Monday Night.

Cardinals' DeAndre Hopkins not available for wild card game against Rams; J.J. Watt's return up in air

Arizona will have to do without its star receiver, but could get a boost on defense

www.cbssports.com

 

[Rambunctious]

Anyone else a little worried about Monday Night? I hate night games.

 

[Rambunctious]

 

[UnrealTerm04]

I'm worried about this game... The Cardinals won 37-20 in Sofi already against the Rams. They seem to play the Rams better on the road. I have a feeling McEgo and Stafford are going to lose this game. We can't afford a single Stafford interception in this game, and he leads the league in interceptions this season, that is not good at all. To win this game, McEgo needs to establish the run game and stick with it and Stafford needs to read the field and make smart decisions. The Cardinals are going to stack the line and will make it hard to read if they are rushing or dropping into coverage. Stafford will need to be smart and make quick decisions are not force the ball. The Oline needs to protect.

Let's see what happens.

 

[Retroram52]

Well if history has any indicators, the Cardinals will trot out their version of the 46 defense like they did in the first win over the Rams earlier in the season. WE will then see if McVego has learned anything and counters it with the Jumbo which he is now using on a semi-regular basis. If he goes full retard and tries to pass, we will be done.

 

[ANGELAKERAMS]

Well if history has any indicators, the Cardinals will trot out their version of the 46 defense like they did in the first win over the Rams earlier in the season. WE will then see if McVego has learned anything and counters it with the Jumbo which he is now using on a semi-regular basis. If he goes full retard and tries to pass, we will be done.

That is for sure.

Also, the Rams secondary is a disaster right now, so I see the Cards moving up and down the field easily on Monday. The D-line hasn’t don’t a ton recently to really impact a game since the last time they played the Cards ( when Donald and Co had a field day ).

They will need a similar performance to have a chance.

 

[Rambunctious]

Keep the faith.

 

[Retroram52]

T. Rapp ain't playing on Monday. He failed to clear Concussion protocol. AD has not practiced on Thursday or Friday. Van Jefferson has a bad shoulder. EW will probably play more than expected. Floyd was held out of practice on Thursday and Friday as well.

 

[ANGELAKERAMS]

T. Rapp ain't playing on Monday. He failed to clear Concussion protocol. AD has not practiced on Thursday or Friday. Van Jefferson has a bad shoulder. EW will probably play more than expected. Floyd was held out of practice on Thursday and Friday as well.

Rams are pretty banged up.

That’s not good. It was already going to be a tough game. The injuries to key players makes it harder.

The loss of Fuller really hurts.

And how much we could really use Woods in the playoffs. OBJ is good, but he can’t do the things Woods does, especially in the run game.

 

[Retroram52]

Yea, the Rams are dropping like flies.

 

[ANGELAKERAMS]

Yea, the Rams are dropping like flies.

I guess it will be another built in excuse for why Stafford loses in the playoffs.