Rams get a more balanced schedule for 2010
by Ryan Van Bibber on Apr 20, 2010 7:22 PM CDT
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PrintThe NFL announced the 2010 regular season schedule tonight, and the St. Louis Rams get a much easier start to the season than they did last year. Hopefully, things go a little better this time around. There are no prime time games, which comes as no surprise. Here's the schedule.
Week 1 - Arizona Cardinals
Week 2 - at Oakland
Week 3 - Washington
Week 4 - Seattle
Week 5 - at Detroit
Week 6 - San Diego
Week 7 - at Tampa Bay
Week 8 - Carolina
Week 9 - BYE
Week 10 - at San Francisco
Week 11 - Atlanta
Week 12 - at Denver
Week 13 - at Arizona
Week 14 - at New Orleans
Week 15 - Kansas City
Week 16 - San Francisco
Week 17 - at Seattle
Thoughts on the schedule below the jump
There's not really a long stretch of tough games, at least it looks that way at this point in time. Fortunes can change rather quickly. There's nothing like that brutal stretch last season when the Rams opened the first two weeks on different sides of the country with a week in Seattle followed by a week in Washington.
Last season the Rams played five playoff teams, including Arizona and both Super Bowl teams. This year the Rams have the Cardinals, San Diego and New Orleans as the only teams that made the playoffs last season.
Weeks 12-14 will be a tough stretch based on the travel alone, especially finishing up those three games against the Super Bowl champs who have to be considered the odds on favorites to repeat as NFC champs.
Don't be too hasty to judge this as an easier schedule. There are several .500 teams or worse from last season who figure to be much closer to competing this year. San Francisco is a prime example. A Detroit rematch at this point doesn't favor the Rams either.
The Rams will be seeing Adam Carriker again rather soon.
The key to the season will be starting strong. Games against the Seahawks, Redskins and Raiders should be a good match up for the Rams, and the Cardinals won't be the same without Warner. Steven Jackson had 100+ yard games against the Redskins and the Cardinals last season.
Other thoughts?
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I see 7-8 winnable games
Or at least competitive games. I really think if our O-line is as good as our coaches feel it is, then we could be largely improved on offense, depending on how this draft turns out. I don’t think we will win all 7-8 winnable games but there’s a chance. I could maybe even see 9 winnable games. Games I think are winnable are:OAK, TB, WASH, DET, CAR, DEN, KC. That is 7. Carolina, Denver, and Washington being the hardest of the 3. I could see us beating either the Cardinals and/or the Seahawks 1-2 times which gives us 9, so I could definitely see 4-6 wins. And you might be able to throw in one of the teams I didn’t list because they might have an off week since they see it as an easy win. 5 wins seems to be a pretty solid prediction. Especially is we maximize the use of our picks and get a good deal on both are 1st and 2nd round picks.
I've got 5 victories for us:
Seahawks (home), 40 Whiners (home), Chiefs, Bucs, and the Washington Native Americans.
"And on the first day of Spring, number one has fallen."
No Lions?
And I’d say Cards are more beatable than the Whiners. It all depends on what their QBs (Leinart and Smith/whoever else) can do though.
I'm not saying we couldn't beat the Lions, this is just what I think will happen.
I can just feel it happening, can’t explain it. In the NFL, I think every game is winnable (look at how the Rams almost beat the Super Bowl champs last year). If the good team has a bad day and the bad team has a good day, it’s all even ground.
"And on the first day of Spring, number one has fallen."
Everyone who resides in Norcal better be at the raiders game!
Per fas et nefas - Latin translation="By Any Means Necessary"
You obviously have never been to a Raider game as an opposing fan!
I will not be attending that game but rather enjoying it on my flat screen not worrying about beer-food being thrown at me by some drunken idiot who is pissed about his shitty team and Russell.
I'm not afraid to throw some 'bows!!!
But really is that bad because it doesn’t seem like it?
Per fas et nefas - Latin translation="By Any Means Necessary"
Week 10 will be a lot easier on Rams fans than Week 2
Niners fans are a lot more laid back, but Oakland probably isn’t any different than Phiily when it comes to wearing the opponent’s jersey
The blind stares of a million pairs of eyes, lookin hard but won't realize, that they'll never see the C. And when I'm rollin by, you can't see me!
by CoachConnors on Apr 21, 2010 12:20 AM CDT up reply actions
YOU WILL NOT WATCH THAT GAME!!
No way in hell does it sell out. NFL blackout. Who wants to pay bay area prices to watch the Rams and Raiders play?
YES I WILL!
I always go to those games.
Apprently you dont understand tickets arent any more expensive in the bay area. In fact my Raiders season tix are a good deal because there’s no PSL.
Fans with gainful employment actually attend games, brother.
The blind stares of a million pairs of eyes, lookin hard but won't realize, that they'll never see the C. And when I'm rollin by, you can't see me!
by CoachConnors on Apr 21, 2010 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm soooo there!!
Yes, I actually wore a watermelon on my head during the Rams SuperBowl victory in 2000.
by Midasknight on Apr 21, 2010 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions
Much, much better than last year's
I agree with Sando’s analysis: that 5-game stretch out of the bye week looks tough. Love those first 5 though. Time to get this draft out of the way and get these 2010 Rams together…
You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.
Predictions after the first 5 games...
my optimistic side is telling me that they will be 3-2
too early
gotta see how the draft works out and what injuries take what players out in preseason
You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.
by 3k on Apr 20, 2010 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm just saying that there is three teams that are beatable... even by the Rams...
Oakland, Seattle, and Detroit
agreed
You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.
Never know what you're going to get with the Raiders
Seeing them lose 30-something to zero to the Jets = not surprising.
Seeing them absolutley beat up McNabb and the Eagles, by about the same 30-something to zero = mildly shocking.
I think they’re underrated.
The blind stares of a million pairs of eyes, lookin hard but won't realize, that they'll never see the C. And when I'm rollin by, you can't see me!
by CoachConnors on Apr 21, 2010 12:26 AM CDT up reply actions
I actually think they are underrated as well
Don’t get me wrong – its fun to make jokes about Davis and the FO dysfunction. Thing is that where most stop and just assume that they suck. Their D isn’t (and hasn’t been) that bad and they have a decent run game. Their QB position (Jamarcus) is what sucks really really really bad though – drags the entire team down.
Baseball season is back - Go Halos!
True but
They benched him midseason and Gradkowski played good enough to get some W’s. Jamarcus showed up to camp weighing a lot less this year (personal QB development coach) so maybe…if he returns to his college atitude…they might even be improved.
The blind stares of a million pairs of eyes, lookin hard but won't realize, that they'll never see the C. And when I'm rollin by, you can't see me!
by CoachConnors on Apr 21, 2010 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions
Haha just noticed you and dbcouver have the same pic
i think we need an internet coin flip
Per fas et nefas - Latin translation="By Any Means Necessary"
Could you ask for an easier schedule?
If we get Sammy Bradford and a good OLB, DT & TE in the draft, we could finish 0.500 and maybe win the division. I keep thinking now just how important one big score in free agency would’ve been. sigh.
win prediction
at least 2 division wins
beat detroit
beat oakland
beat washington
beat KC
beat carolina
thats 7 winnable games and i think winning even 4 of them will be considered a good season
It never plays out the way
we think it will, though, does it? Maybe we’ll beat the Saints and San Diego and lose to Detroit. You know that every single fan of every team that has us on the schedule is counting us as a win right now, too….
I think there is a little too much optimism on some predictions
this team has won 6 games in 3 years! If they hit five wins (with a rookie QB stating at least half a season) then the season would have to be considered a monstrous success I think.
Baseball season is back - Go Halos!
any of you shmoes in LA?
for (hopefully non-depressing) viewing parties?
block! building kick! exploooooooosion!
by mooseknuckles41 on Apr 21, 2010 1:13 AM CDT reply actions
I see 2 good wins...
we should split the 49ers and the Cardinals since both have questioneable QB’s and we’ll have a stud at QB. Yep, Suh will play both sides… line up at DT, then switch and play QB for us! it’ll be great… (.. wonder how good his spiral is…)
Who cares about his spirals?
He’s gonna run a QB sneak each play or hand off to SJax; throwing the ball is for girls!
I was thinking we could also play him as right DT and right DE while on D as he is gonna get double teamed anyway. We could then play an additional CB to help in coverage in case Suh doesn’t always get to the QB.
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