Game Thread: Week 6, The Arizona Cardinals @ The Los Angeles Rams, SoFi Stadium, Sunday, 10/15/23, 1:25Pm PDT

[Retroram52]

I'll give ya a flavor. Before today's game ESPN rated the Rams 20th in power rating. ESPN rated the Patriots dead last. Capeech?!

 

[Rambunctious]

It was a good game nice halftime adjustment. This O-Line likes to run the ball and Williams had a breakout game today.

 

[Retroram52]

Yeah it does Rambunctious and there is an undercurrent amongst them that they would prefer to run the ball every game to get the Offense going and to soften and confuse the opponent's defense. It is only the McShitferBrains HC that doesn't get it and wants to pass, pass, pass from the getgo!! Dumbass just doesn't get the NFL!!

 

[ANGELAKERAMS]

Shocking that McVay actually made a halftime adjustment.

When is the last time that has happened?

 

[Retroram52]

Precisely, ALR. I hear that the O-lineman cornered LaFleur and told him that they wanted to run the ball down Arizona's throat at the beginning of the Third. LaFleur got McShitferBrains' attention and voila, they ran four consecutive run plays outta of the chute and the momentum carried over to the D who tightened everything up and kept the Cardinals out of the endzone the entire Second Half!! And of course, Williams had a great Second Half as well!!

 

[Retroram52]

Pretty much covers it. Williams a great day. But Nacua is developing a bad habit of dropping passes. He dropped another one today that would have been a TD. Dude needs to stop this shit. This is what happened to McCutcheon that got him cut. Another thing is McShitferBrains is beginning to not throw so much to Nacua. If you are going to get the kid's confidence going, ya can't forget him and McShitferBrains does this shit when one of his Boyz comes back playing!!

Winners & Losers: Kyren Williams jump starts Rams offense in second half

Raheem Morris’ defense kept Arizona out of the end zone

www.turfshowtimes.com

 

[Jermaine133]

Now for the defense. RaheemShitferBrains is as blind and dumb as McShitferBrains! The man doesn't get it that Michael Hoecht is not a DAMN LB and Kendrick is Flippin useless!! Put Hoecht back on the D-line at his natural DT position and stop starting Kendrick over either Kelly and or Tomlinson!! Also, if you have young players unwilling to tackle correctly, spend at least ONE DAMN PRACTICE a week doing nothing but tackling drills until the dumb bastards get it through their rookie heads!!

my question is if rookies are that shitty at tackling then why were they drafted? Hell what are they teaching at the collegic level then?

 

[Jermaine133]

Pretty much covers it. Williams a great day. But Nacua is developing a bad habit of dropping passes. He dropped another one today that would have been a TD. Dude needs to stop this shit. This is what happened to McCutcheon that got him cut. Another thing is McShitferBrains is beginning to not throw so much to Nacua. If you are going to get the kid's confidence going, ya can't forget him and McShitferBrains does this shit when one his Boyz comes back playing!!

Winners & Losers: Kyren Williams jump starts Rams offense in second half

Raheem Morris’ defense kept Arizona out of the end zone

www.turfshowtimes.com

he does stupid shit like that, and then wonders why players want to get traded out... Kupp is back but yes Puka still needs to see targets, otherwise he's going to end up like Jefferson. Running the fucking ball will help that.

 

[LongtimeRamsFan42]

So we beat what is perhaps the worst team in the league... The damn Jets beat the Eagles, so no, I'm not impressed with our win.

 

[shopson67]

It is more than that DJ and you would know that more anybody I know. Bill Belicheat and Bill Parcels have both said, you are what your record is and you are perceived by what the Scoreboard says at the end of the game.

You also are what your roster is built from. This team has the most rookies in the league and is 2nd youngest in the league by a hair. Mistakes will happen regularly and are to be expected. Any success this season with the dearth of free agent additions while dumping multiple valuable veterans should be a surprise. Stafford/Kupp/Donald can only carry so much burden.

 

[shopson67]

So we beat what is perhaps the worst team in the league... The damn Jets beat the Eagles, so no, I'm not impressed with our win.

The Cards play hard despite their perceived talent level. They did beat the Cowboys, so I wouldn't put them at worst.

 

[shopson67]

Yep, and what is the prevailing league-wide opinion of those two teams BattleLyon? Maybe a PFF Rating?

Patriots are perhaps the worst team in the league, or at least trending that way. Bill's seat is getting mighty warm, despite his legendary status.

 

[shopson67]

Yeah it does Rambunctious and there is an undercurrent amongst them that they would prefer to run the ball every game to get the Offense going and to soften and confuse the opponent's defense. It is only the McShitferBrains HC that doesn't get it and wants to pass, pass, pass from the getgo!! Dumbass just doesn't get the NFL!!

All linemen prefer to run the ball. Much easier to push forward and run block than to retreat and pass block.

 

[Retroram52]

You also are what your roster is built from. This team has the most rookies in the league and is 2nd youngest in the league by a hair. Mistakes will happen regularly and are to be expected. Any success this season with the dearth of free agent additions while dumping multiple valuable veterans should be a surprise. Stafford/Kupp/Donald can only carry so much burden.

Really shopson. Perhaps the process by the ShitferBrains twins should have been better thought out so that they didn't paint themselves into a corner that resulted in the reality of so many rookies filling roster spots that has led to so many mistakes and other present problems. And how many really good vets did they ignore that could have improved this team like Garrett Bowles or Linval Joseph to rely instead on cheaper said rooks?

 

[shopson67]

Really shopson. Perhaps the process by the ShitferBrains twins should have been better thought out so that they didn't paint themselves into a corner that resulted in the reality of so many rookies filling roster spots that has led to so many mistakes and other present problems. And how many really good vets did they ignore that could have improved this team like Garrett Bowles or Linval Joseph to rely instead on cheaper said rooks?

It's a roster reset season that was inevitable given the asset spending they did to get that Super Bowl win. The Rams ripped off the bandage.

Bolles would require a trade, and I haven't seen that he's on the block yet. Should be forthcoming though as Denver continues to spiral.

Nobody else in the league has pursued Joseph either at 35 years old. Maybe he's just done. At that age, he's certainly not an answer to build around regardless.

 

[Retroram52]

The operative word I used with Joseph was "like" used in the context of "similar to". Perhaps it would have been better to just state a better example like Pennel or Lionnides who are way younger and could provide much needed depth or back then, actual candidates for starter replacements for those who left. The point is, the twins didn't do a better job of getting a better mix of vets and rooks to alleviate the present state of affairs that are a direct result of the decision they made to go the route of too many inexperienced rooks.

 

[shopson67]

The operative word I used with Joseph was "like" used in the context of "similar to". Perhaps it would have been better to just state a better example like Pennel or Lionnides who are way younger and could provide much needed depth or back then, actual candidates for starter replacements for those who left. The point is, the twins didn't do a better job of getting a better mix of vets and rooks to alleviate the present state of affairs that are a direct result of the decision they made to go the route of too many inexperienced rooks.

Sure, but guys like the ones you mentioned are available should they feel they need more support for these rookies as the season progresses. Even with all the rookies (drafted and undrafted) on the roster, they still have less than $6M in cap space available. Maybe they have targets in mind or are holding space for bigger players that could become available, who knows. They certainly aren't without blame, but I don't think they had big aspirations for this team in a cap cleansing season.

 

[Retroram52]

The Rams would have more cap space if they moved dead weight players like Brian Allen but they have already waited too long. It would probably be a moot exercise because nobody else wants players like Allen for the cost of their contracts either.

 

[shopson67]

The Rams would have more cap space if they moved dead weight players like Brian Allen but they have already waited too long. It would probably be a moot exercise because nobody else wants players like Allen for the cost of their contracts either.

He's the 20th paid center in the league and only about $1M higher than the 32nd (and some rookie contracts have guys below him that will definitely earn more on their next contracts). Not extravagantly paid. Shelton is 35th.

 

[Retroram52]

Shelton deserves a raise for sure.