Which 49ers QB will the Rams see this week?

by Ryan Van Bibber on Dec 21, 2010 1:57 PM CST in 2010 St. Louis Rams season

Just like last week, when Kansas City waited until game time to announce Matt Cassel as their starter, the Rams will begin preparing to face a team with a question mark looming at quarterback.

This time no vestigial organ is keeping Spagnuolo's Rams in the dark. This time it's none other than the most confusing man in football, San Francisco 49ers head coach Mike Singletary. The pantless one told the press today that he has decided on a starter between Alex Smith and Troy Smith, but he is so far refusing to announce which one will get the nod.

Why the obfuscation from Singletary?

Because it's something I don't want to announce right now.

Ok. Good enough. It could create somewhat of a hurdle for the Rams, as each 49ers QB brings a distinct style of play...and they're both named Smith, go figure. The Rams prepped for Cassel last week, and that didn't turn out so well. However, this is a San Francisco team without Frank Gore and pass rusher Travis LaBoy, second on the team with 5 sacks.

Besides, its the Rams offense that's been primarily responsible for the team's recent struggles, factoring out the opposing QB mystery.

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Let's hope it's Alex Smith

We’ve already made Troy look like Vick

by riotmute on Dec 21, 2010 2:07 PM CST reply actions

Will you guys

please just put us out of our misery?

by mr. instigator on Dec 21, 2010 3:26 PM CST reply actions

I'm more interested in

which Sam Bradford we see this week

"Tread lightly, lest the Big Goat Eats."

by Brawnwitch on Dec 21, 2010 3:26 PM CST reply actions

+1

by RamChop on Dec 21, 2010 8:12 PM CST up reply actions

Yep, he ain't all that like the bandwagoneers (who are jumping ship) said

He is a rookie, has plenty of potential, etc… but he is still a rook.

1 thing I would like to see him do plenty more of is,

“Pump fake the ball to keep linemen from batting ball down and to make db’s bite early, relieving the rest of any route to the wr to take a position in to better receive the ball from the qb.”

Pump fakes are very effective.

by jlcdb70 on Dec 21, 2010 8:19 PM CST up reply actions

Except he hasn't had time to pump fake these last couple of games.

Bye Jason Richardwilson.

Hello Vince Carcass.

by Smoooth Criminal on Dec 21, 2010 9:59 PM CST up reply actions

Exactly

The mystery of my Christmas is driving me nuts. It’ll either be a run for the post season (which I perfer) or a delayed gratification with a high draft position. either or can’t wait to open my gift and see what I get.

The only thing comparable to a Rams win is a 49er loss!

by DevsLaRams on Dec 21, 2010 8:23 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

yeah and which Pat Shurmur lol

by Rams67 on Dec 22, 2010 6:30 PM CST up reply actions

Will we see a sugar offense

Or the bitter offense from Quarters 2 and 3 last week?

by 81 Witness on Dec 21, 2010 5:18 PM CST reply actions

Either Smith can beat us if we play like we have for the last two weeks...

A golden chance to win an NFL division pissed away. Where? Pick any of these games; Opener against the Cards, at Oakland, at Detroit, at Tampa Bay, at home against the Whiners, at home against KC???. No team has had more opportunities to clinch a division title than us. If we’d just won 2-3 of these games we had salted away, we’d be in cruise mode right now. And don’t ever forget the Niners would be eliminated already except “we let ’em of the hook.”

But, at least we beat the Seattle Sh*thawks once and that was my minimum goal for the 2010 season.

by RamChop on Dec 21, 2010 8:19 PM CST reply actions

Totally agree RamChop

.. even though we’re in forst place in the division, sadly, the Niners are the undoubted favorite now to win the division. Put us away, then face the putrid Cardinals at home, and they win the division.

They are in better shape than we are right now. Win out, it’s over.

It’s hard to imagine it’s come to this. The fourty Niners coming back and most likely winning the division. A sad day for Rams fans all over the planet, only to be crushed even further at approximately 4:00 EST on Sunday.

The winner of Sunday’s game will undoubtedly win this division. I’m hoping some of our pee wee league receivers step up and make a game of it, and we get a pass rush… but the % meter is quite low down at this point.

Pooch punts should be illegal inside an opponents 38 yard line.

by VTramsFan on Dec 21, 2010 9:26 PM CST reply actions

Win out, it's over.

True for the Rams. True for the Ocean Avians. NOT true for the Prospectors (if Seattle wins out).
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My hatred for the Squared Sevens is greater than that of the Marine Fowl. Thus, I’ll be rooting for the Tide Raptors this weekend. That way, regardless of whether the Rams or Gold Diggers win, someone besides the Miners can still win the division.

…and nicknames are fun.

"I have something 95 percent of all those All-Stars only wish they had: a World Series ring. If I had to choose between that and being an All-Star, it would be no contest. I’d grab the gold ring and never look back." -Tim Salmon

by BruinHalo on Dec 22, 2010 1:23 AM CST up reply actions

Which reminds me

Tide Raptors sounds way cooler than Seahawks.

I don’t like that I’ve given them a nickname that’s an improvement to the original name.

How about Puddle Doves? Yeah… that’s better.

by BruinHalo on Dec 22, 2010 1:25 AM CST up reply actions

And by the way

Singletary is smart but not revealing who is starting… it’s not puzzling to me. This is what coaches do who want to win games, that is, try to keep the opposing team on their heels… something our coaching staff apparently doesn’t feel is very important.

But in reality, it doesn’t matter who takes the field Sunday for the 49ers. The smirk on Singletary’s face says it all. He knows they may well have backed their way into a division title only because we have seriously choked. Not a little, but a serious choke.

Hasn’t that been the case all year? As RamChop pointed out, we have choked in many games this season where we had leads heading into the second half and full command, only to let some no-name QB or RB look like a hall of famer while we make 3 and out’s look like part of our second half game plan.

Pooch punts should be illegal inside an opponents 38 yard line.

by VTramsFan on Dec 21, 2010 9:35 PM CST reply actions