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This game was the expression of a long-standing core corporate losing mentality that has permeated us since the Rams 1999-2001 seasons. Because we have failed miserably with so many drafts and have whiffed on great talent right in front of us so many times to go after reaches and projects even with a huge cache of draft picks that other coaches in NFL history have turned into superbowl victories, we are paying the price for that failure and neglect. The FO is completely flipped. They are clueless on how to utilize their draft picks to get the best talent available at any given round or selection to effectively continue to keep a team competitive and winning. The coaches seem lost on how to continue winning momentum and the team seems fragmented and without a leader or leaders.
Today, this team appeared to regress three years to the years before when Fisher took over and we were routinely having win-loss records of 2-14, 1-15, 3-13, 4-12 under former inept coaches such as Linehan and Spigot (Spagnuola). Fisher failed to prepare this team mentally and the mistakes were aplenty. We were penalized 13 times for a whopping 121 yards compared to the Vikings who were flagged 7 times for 60 yards and we simply looked lost overall.
This team does not have any mental toughness or discipline and they routinely shot themselves in the foot after making a good play with ridiculous rookie-type mistakes mostly by guys that have been here awhile. St. Louis is rapidly becoming the place where players go to have their careers destroyed with a terrible stadium, a mediocre coach, and a completely dysfunctional front office (again). I feel bad for guys like C. Long and J. Laurinaitus who are facing another losing season from an owner who apparently doesn't give a damn.
On Offense-The Positives. Not much to report here. It took us three quarters to score and it was a FG. For the record, Hill finished the day 8 of 13 for a whopping 81 yards and 1 pick and Davis with just two quarters of work went 16-23 for 192 yards and a pick compared to Cassel who went 17-25 for 170 yards and 2TDs. The number of dropped passes was way down today which is a good sign-I think.
On offense-The negatives. Too many to list here. No TDs scored is a good place to start. An offensive line that could not block anyone and were often seen standing with their hands on their hips totally gassed was the norm. People shooting themselves in the foot like Quick and Givens after big plays. Our #2 overall pick did not play until late when Saffold, Mr. Injury went down. Stacy finished the day going 11 carries for 43 yards and Quick was the high man with 7 catches for 99 yards. The offensive play-calling looked like a second-grader put it together. Shottenehimer's offense is listless, predictable, and easily rattled.
On Defense-The Positives. Our CBs and defensive backfield played pretty darn well today including the rook E.J. Gaines who started for Tru Johnson. Janoris Jenkins look really good as did T.J. McDonald. Langford quietly had a good game. Quinn had a QB hurry and Dunbar and Ogletree were credited with a half sack.
On Defense-The Negatives. We gave up 34 points many of them came in the second through the fourth quarter when the D was on the field way too long. We had no sacks by the front four. C. Long left the game with an injury. We could not defend against Patterson and Jennings, the Vikings WRs that killed us all day long. We held Peterson to a relatively low amount of yards but then gave huge yardage to the aforementioned WRs. Our tackling was poor for stretches at a time. Our vaulted talented defense looked no better than some high school defenses most of the afternoon.
Special Teams-The Positives. Johnny Hekker! Enough stated.
Speical Teams-The Negatives-STs continue to screw-up and Zuerlien missed the first field goal before finishing the day 2 of 3.
There are a lot of problems on this team and it goes from top to bottom. We may be facing a win-loss record similar to the aforementioned years. This may get more ugly before it gets better but we shall see next week in Tampa!
Today, this team appeared to regress three years to the years before when Fisher took over and we were routinely having win-loss records of 2-14, 1-15, 3-13, 4-12 under former inept coaches such as Linehan and Spigot (Spagnuola). Fisher failed to prepare this team mentally and the mistakes were aplenty. We were penalized 13 times for a whopping 121 yards compared to the Vikings who were flagged 7 times for 60 yards and we simply looked lost overall.
This team does not have any mental toughness or discipline and they routinely shot themselves in the foot after making a good play with ridiculous rookie-type mistakes mostly by guys that have been here awhile. St. Louis is rapidly becoming the place where players go to have their careers destroyed with a terrible stadium, a mediocre coach, and a completely dysfunctional front office (again). I feel bad for guys like C. Long and J. Laurinaitus who are facing another losing season from an owner who apparently doesn't give a damn.
On Offense-The Positives. Not much to report here. It took us three quarters to score and it was a FG. For the record, Hill finished the day 8 of 13 for a whopping 81 yards and 1 pick and Davis with just two quarters of work went 16-23 for 192 yards and a pick compared to Cassel who went 17-25 for 170 yards and 2TDs. The number of dropped passes was way down today which is a good sign-I think.
On offense-The negatives. Too many to list here. No TDs scored is a good place to start. An offensive line that could not block anyone and were often seen standing with their hands on their hips totally gassed was the norm. People shooting themselves in the foot like Quick and Givens after big plays. Our #2 overall pick did not play until late when Saffold, Mr. Injury went down. Stacy finished the day going 11 carries for 43 yards and Quick was the high man with 7 catches for 99 yards. The offensive play-calling looked like a second-grader put it together. Shottenehimer's offense is listless, predictable, and easily rattled.
On Defense-The Positives. Our CBs and defensive backfield played pretty darn well today including the rook E.J. Gaines who started for Tru Johnson. Janoris Jenkins look really good as did T.J. McDonald. Langford quietly had a good game. Quinn had a QB hurry and Dunbar and Ogletree were credited with a half sack.
On Defense-The Negatives. We gave up 34 points many of them came in the second through the fourth quarter when the D was on the field way too long. We had no sacks by the front four. C. Long left the game with an injury. We could not defend against Patterson and Jennings, the Vikings WRs that killed us all day long. We held Peterson to a relatively low amount of yards but then gave huge yardage to the aforementioned WRs. Our tackling was poor for stretches at a time. Our vaulted talented defense looked no better than some high school defenses most of the afternoon.
Special Teams-The Positives. Johnny Hekker! Enough stated.
Speical Teams-The Negatives-STs continue to screw-up and Zuerlien missed the first field goal before finishing the day 2 of 3.
There are a lot of problems on this team and it goes from top to bottom. We may be facing a win-loss record similar to the aforementioned years. This may get more ugly before it gets better but we shall see next week in Tampa!
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It was ugly, period and in one word STUNK. retro was right in almost every area. I will say though, I thought the run defense was pretty good with the exception of the Patterson run.
AP was contained but the rest of it stunk. The O-line was horrible, QB play horrible, flags horrible, stupid mistakes horrible, coaching, play calling.............HORRIBLE!
