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Overreaction Monday: Week 4 @ San Francisco

  We did it!  Four in a row!  Break out the champagne, everybody!  Do you realize how hard it is to accomplish what we have over the last three seasons?  Do you understand how special this run really is?!  We've made it!  We're the most laughable team in the NFL!

  I've paid my duuuuuuuuuuuuuuues, time after tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime.... (RIP, Freddie Mercury)

  Overreacting continues after the fold.

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  I'm still depressed.  Notes:

 - The fact that Spagnuolo still has these guys competing is impressive (Alex Barron excluded).  It would have been very easy to mail it in, but the effort is there.  Will that effort translate to the win/loss column?  Overreaction in 3...2...1... NEVER!

 - Our passing game strikes fear into the hearts of men.  What defense could possibly want to face this aerial assault, this passing prowess, this labor of the lofty launch?  140 yards per game?  How many Pro Bowlers could our passing attack produce this year?  I smell an overreaction in the air... At least 8.

 - Steven Jackson sucks.  He can't navigate through 8 men in the box (weighing roughly a ton, BTW), break 3-6 tackles, and punch a cheerleader in the chest on his way to the end zone?  Failure.  I think the Rams need to We thank you for flying Overreaction Air; we hope you fly with us again... Cut him now.

 - What happened to the Richie Incognito who made his presence known by clubbing someone well after the play?  I miss him.

 - Mistake-free football is overrated.  Teams who avoid wacky fumbles and botched double reverse handoffs are boring.  Getting out of the way on a punt?  Not our Rams.  Quincy Butler dropped his best Cesc Fabregas impression yesterday, and not only did it lead to a touchdown but (and this is not BS, this is real) he was trying to kick it:

"I thought about falling on it," Butler said. "But my first reaction was just to pick it up and try to kick it out of the end zone or something."

Go, overreaction, go... Promote Quincy Butler to kicker, make Josh Brown the starting left tackle, and sign Randall Cunningham.  He was fun to watch.

 

  One last note, and this one lacks the overreaction.  I'm sick of being sick of the Rams.  I get pumped up all week just to see them play, and without fail, they start their bumbling ways as soon as the game starts (Donnie Avery fumbled return, Amendola's return brought back) and keep it going all the way until the final whistle.  It's emotionally draining.  While I have dealt with my fandom of bad organizations in the past (early to mid 90s Rams, Univ. of North Texas football & basketball, Dallas Mavericks in the early to mid 90s), I have never had my expectations so completely shattered so quickly.  The season's not lost.  We could still steal a couple games, turn some things around, maybe win 2 out of 3 at the end of the season on a positive note and enjoy the development of Donnie Avery, Chris Long, James Laurinaitis and Jason Smith, but that's hard to envision right now.  We seem to be regressing, and it makes me angry.  And you wouldn't like me when I'm angry...

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   Holler.

Poll
Which Ram makes you angriest?
Marc Bulger - He is slow, low, and he makes me say, "NO!"
87 votes
Alex Barron - If we paid him more, he might care less about football. Might.
185 votes
Richie Incognito - He's just waiting for the opportune moment to strike.
26 votes
Chris Long - Ten years from now, we'll still be waiting for him to start racking up sacks.
73 votes

371 votes | Poll has closed

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We are the champions?

Long way from that…

Spagamania is in full bloom

by Eric Nagel on Oct 5, 2009 4:55 PM CDT reply actions  

What? Are you serious?!

It’s ours! We’ve won the trophy! The Horse’s Ass Trophy!

Your uncle molests collies.

by 3k on Oct 5, 2009 5:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

I hope there's some overreaction going on at the Rams' Camp right now.

Enough of this stuff like; “you’ll do better next time,” “everybody makes mistakes,” “just try harder next week,” yecch! I wish the ghost of Vince Lombardi could visit these 53 guys plus coaches and let them know how he’d feel about the way they repeatedly make a mockery of the game he loved so dearly… Meanwhile, Coach Spags, just keep clapping your hands late in the 4th quarter after the game’s hopelessly lost. Another great Rams’ coach named Scott Linehan used to do the same thing.

by edpjr on Oct 5, 2009 5:12 PM CDT reply actions  

somehow

we have managed to put ourselves in this spot. I really can’t take it anymore but since coaches don’t read our comments all i can do is watch every game hopeing for a win or some progress. I really don’t know how to explain this past sunday it was a football nightmare and even though the ravens lost my friends would not let up about the rams. I would do anything to change this franchise. But alas all i can do is watch sunday ticket on direct tv and get hammerd as my rams fall week by week. somebody wake me up when the season ends

by keeperskillz24 on Oct 5, 2009 5:24 PM CDT reply actions  

I wish

I hope the rams win each game I sit down to watch, but when they lose I think about that first round QB they can pick. I am probably the know the least of all the bloggers on this site, but since I am a rams fan I feel I have the right to comment. I know we need to change the O line. I dont think the rams need to draft for it though. I think they should buy some veterans in free agency. Bulger needs to go. He really needs to go. I just wish he wold show some emotion when he screws up. The only time he looks happy is when he is done with a 3 and out. The only reason I can think to keep him is if we do draft Tebow and use bulger in regards as of advice.

by jhardin on Oct 5, 2009 6:55 PM CDT reply actions  

Everyone has the right to comment

That’s the point of TST, bro! Unless they advocate drafting Tebow… just playing. It’s all love for the TST newbs. Make your voices heard!

Your uncle molests collies.

by 3k on Oct 5, 2009 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

Tebow?

Why would we draft Tebow over Bradford or McCoy? I think Bradford will be the best NFL Quaterback. Tebow is a great college QB but i’m not sure it transitions over into the NFL.

by ksmooth on Oct 5, 2009 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions  

he doesn't

QBs like tebow don’t translate to the nfl. those kinds of QBs work in the college system that they run, but they don’t carry over well to the nfl.

nfltouchdown.com

find me under the fan voices section for the st. louis rams

by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 5, 2009 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions  

What are you talking about.

Vince Young has done great in the NFL.

Spagamania is in full bloom

by Eric Nagel on Oct 5, 2009 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

ha! right. how could i forget....

nfltouchdown.com

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by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 6, 2009 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

totally irrelevant

But to add to the over reaction what are we going to do about jarad allan next week!!! How many sacks do you think the vikes will get ? And Howie Long has sacked Brett Favre before it’d be pretty cool to see Chris do it but what are the chances? lol

by keeperskillz24 on Oct 5, 2009 11:46 PM CDT reply actions  

WHY WE SUCK....

The ownership is cheap.
Not to mention F%#^ed up at this point in time.
But in all honesty they"ve always been cheap.
Even when they were in L.A.

by ZamRam on Oct 6, 2009 4:48 AM CDT reply actions  

What are you talking about?

The Rams have about $5M in cap space (a $122 million dollar payroll) as of Sept. 13 which ranked them just barely above the bottom 1/3 of NFL teams in terms of cap space.

Teams with lower payrolls? Green Bay, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, NY Jets, New England, Philadelphia, Minnesota, and Houston as well as about 10 more teams.

How about next time we decide to sound off we at least check our facts, deal?

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 6, 2009 7:24 AM CDT up reply actions  

I supported improving the O'line this year

And I still think that was the right decision, but I do think its time to draft our long term quarterback. Provided, they don’t try and start him from day 1, let him carry a clip board and learn the ropes for a season, then let him take the reins when he’s good and ready.

by GrnGyant on Oct 6, 2009 9:04 AM CDT reply actions  

Lions of St Louis

The lions are calling- they want to keep the 0-16 record that they just set. Don’t spoil their new glory by stealing the only thing they have in the record books.

by Farorefox on Oct 6, 2009 2:12 PM CDT reply actions  

TB where are 'ya?

more taking care of needs to be done.

nfltouchdown.com

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by stlcardinalsfang on Oct 6, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

Eh.

Hell, I’m fine with letting the Lions keep the 0-16 record.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Oct 6, 2009 8:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hide the kids form this post

I maintain the Raiders are both the worst team in the NFL, and the most laughable team in the NFL. I speak as someone who knows a little about the Raiders.

I think Alex Barron doesn’t give a shiit about playing the game of football and his ass needs to find the bench. Or the trading block. I can’t stand it, I can’t stand him, I gave him the benefit of the doubt to start the season (ok no I didn’t) and it’s time to let Justin man the LT spot. He is big and mean and all business and we need that attitude at every position on the field.

Jacob Bell is a big pussy, trade him too. I’ve had it. You look at how the Niners have developed a smash mouth attitude and it pisses me off that the Rams haven’t done that yet.

Here in NorCal, the 49ers advertising campaign ran constant ads of Singletary’s pre-season news conference. The sound byte: “Our formula is, we’re going to go out and hit somebody in the mouth”.

And all I can do is say why the F are we not playing with that kind of fire. Why are we not playing with violence and anger. Its a hypothetical question, don’t answer it.

Singletary’s discipline temporarily rubbed Vernon Davis the wrong way, but eventually he got it and now he’s a team leader (as he shoulda been all along). Coughlin brought discipline to NYG, and they hated him at first but it worked. Josh McDaniels brought discipline to Denver and made an enemy out of his 2 best players…until he traded one away and won the other one over, and they’re 4-0.

I want this team to get their heads out of their asses right now and play like MEN. We’ve got 3 new Head’s (HC, OC, DC) and they are still feeling their way aorund the job, yes I get that, but dammit break out the hammer and get these men angry NOW.

I will tell you this from more than 20 seasons of personal experience: if these coaches can’t get our most talented players to lead on the field, by example, they won’t ever succeed.

Rookie Glen Coffee, in his first ever start, gained over 100 yards of total offense, Chris Long doesn’t record a single stat, Laurinaitis has 1.5 tackles per quarter and gets burned in coverage. 100 year old Issac Bruce outperforming all our guys except Avery. Do not try to sell me the defense played well. Decent defenses are lead by their better players, leaders who lead, not no-name average, plug-in players who wouldn’t start for half the league.

OK, there. I’m done. I’m disgusted, but I’m done ranting. Get it together Spagnuolo.

Lived in LA during the Rams and Raiders days. Now based in NorCal, I am still a die hard Rams fan and Raiders season ticket holder.

by CoachConnors on Oct 6, 2009 4:08 PM CDT reply actions  

OK Now I'm done

Jacob Bell is eating up millions and he’s a big, soft pussy and everybody knows it.

Bart Scott showed you how a man plays football, didn’t he Jacob?

I saw the look on your face when Scott nailed you, I saw how you held up a finger to the sideline to ask if you could please come out of the game, and I saw the very next play how you FAKED falling down so you could get their attention and come out…..out for what turned out to be weeks. I hope anyone who has a recording of that game will watch the first 2 plays so they can see for themselves that’s exactly the way it happened. You musta graduated from the Vlade Divac school of Floppery.

Why don’t you just go on home and let someone in who knows how to bring the wood like a man? I’m sure there’s someone hungry enough on this roster to deliver the hit instead of making sad eyes at the coach because you have damn boo-boo and want to abandon your team mates and sit it out, safe on the sideline.

Here’s a name for you to look up, ya freakin mashmellow: Jack Youngblood.

Lived in LA during the Rams and Raiders days. Now based in NorCal, I am still a die hard Rams fan and Raiders season ticket holder.

by CoachConnors on Oct 6, 2009 5:11 PM CDT reply actions  

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