you HAVE to go for the win. the obvious concern was bulger taking too much time to make a play. you just have to trust him to not run down the clock there, tell him he has four seconds to find an open receiver and if he doesn’t see one, throw it through the end zone. as one of the few vets on the team, you have to trust bulger to be able to do that.

I was watching the game with no sound and was completely confused. That’s why I asked in the game thread “what down is it?” since I knew I had to have had the down in my head wrong (thinking it was 3rd when it was actually 4th).

Should have gone for the TD. Nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Just my 2 cents, I they should’ve gone for it and played to win because it shows confidence in your offense and is highly motivational. At this point, they could use a healthy dose of confidence. Even if you don’t make it, you have the feeling the coach believes in you and makes you play that much harder. One more L on record really doesn’t matter at this point but a W sure does.

I was right in that 24-ish points would have won this game but wrong in thinking that the Raiders are a worse team than the Rams. The Raiders Defense really came to play today and a GREAT football game broke out in Oakland. The Oakland D seperates these 2 teams.

Without having seen the Rams game, I’d say they need to get pissed off and decide they’ve had enough — like the Raiders did today. It was really something to see.

And if they had decided before the game that they had no chance against the Eagles, they would’ve been right. See that’s the thing, whether you decide you can or you can’t, you’re right.

For those fans that may recall, our Rams finished off the regular season 12-4, had a 1st round bye and the 2nd seed. The Carolina Panthers came to town and were leading 23-20 with less than a minute to play in regulation, but we were deep in Panthers territory. Faulk made it down to like the 9 yard line and the Carolina defense was sucking wind and had bulging eyeballs from exhaustion. However, instead of trying a couple shots at the endzone to win it outright with star players like Faulk, Pace, Bruce, Holt, Curtis, and yes, even a young Marc Bulger, the wizardly Mike Martz sent out the FG unit to play for OT. We tied it alright; 23-23. The Carolina defense got a while to rest and recover. Each team moved the ball and missed long FG tries into the second OT. Then, as we had just moved into Carolina territory, Bulger was intercepted. On the next offensive play, Jake Delhomme hit Steve Smith on the run. Smith faked Jason Seehorn out of his socks and it was over 29-23. Goodbye SB chance.

Always play to win. Could you imagine the 1960s Packers or the Joe Montana led 49ers playing for a tie and the flip of a coin? We were 0-5 today. We had a timeout(s). With a little better clock management, what did we have to lose in going for a TD and the win???

        The defense is much more reliable. If we had gone for it,and failed …… Just my opinion but record doesn’t matter. The mere fact that we’re second guessing this decision means Spagnuolo would be corrrect in assuming his decisions will be scrutinized.

Either way, great game, great questions, thanks for the hospitality and hope you guys don’t join Detroit and Tampa

that extra point at 7-6; the game would be different in the end (21-17-then The Rams must went for a TD) I curse that play, but in retrospect that was the key for winning the game. I agree, a TD would be a better choice, but can blame Spangnoulo to went for the FG. It was a close game (thanks to the -2 turnover ratio; and the picksix) I think the rams will be soon can win games like these. Don’t give up Rams fans, your defense showed signs; you have a fantastic RB. All you need some weapons, and defensive playmakers in the near future, and this team wll be much better!

i was wondering why we didn’t call timeout versus spiking the ball… we gave up a timeout and could have ran another play

but, I was disappointed to head into overtime. The D had already been on the field way too much, and there’s no way to prevent the winning FG. Why even put the team in that situation?

I feel like the overtime rules would be better if a team had to win by 4 points.

I’m out of breath just reading that. It’s ok to use periods and commas, my man.

this team could get their first win if they would be allowed to play against UCLA,LOL