Random Ramsdom, Sunday 8-22: Sweet Victory at Last

missed the game but cant believe we have won it. have read bradford wasnt too hot but come reg season he will be top banana

Avery might not even be on the team next year, he never shows up

Even the second preseason game. The players need to experience the feel and know that it is possible.

I didn’t see Feeley get hurt. There was a feed problem on NFL.com for that game. If I had to guess: A brown came up the A gap unmolested and Feeley hit his helmet on the follow through. Of what I did see, the O-line looked better but still was not good. They were good enough to see that our RBs couldn’t hit the Grand Canyon if you put up road signs.

I’ve watched the first two games and both of them gave me reason to remember RamChop’s evaluation of the Rams talent. Even to think he has been overly generous in his praise of the Ram juggernaught. There seems to be a hugh drop off from 1st to 2nd string. Then when we get to the scrubs we look evenly matched. With the Rams strategy of filling in the roster with quality depth guys I can only wonder why this is. Maybe it just hasn’t been done thoroughly enough yet.

Players will make/miss plays. Young players may even miss more than they make. Coaches should be able to perform at their highest level before they even get the job. I can see a coach needing some time to make adjustments according to the team’s scheme and talent. Something needs to be done with the OL between the C and G positions. On the Rams these two positions are manned by experienced players that have worked together. Why is we have this big hole there all of a sudden. Is it the “DT can’t line up over C” thing? There are other things that need to be addressed. The defense was leaving the middle of the field undefended. I can see how this might have been done to help the secondary. Especially after the Viking game. If that is the case they need to mask it a little. Then there is the whole lose 5 yards on 1st down then run the ball thing. After that doesn’t work 5 or 6 times try something different. Hell, punt on 1st down because trying for a first leads to too many turnovers. Anything! I hope that was bad play calling because if our OL can’t block and our QB can’t dump the ball off to a RB or TE then its going to be a very long seasong and 1 win might be beyond our grasp.

There were some positive things to look at. We won the turnover battle. Our special teams are looking special. The Browns didn’t get a 1st down until the second quarter.
Marquess(Sp) Johnson, Curry , and Cudjo look like they want to play. Especially Johnson because after last week he showed a lot of improvement. That kid can hit. That is one of the best things I’m seeing from these young Rams. They can clobber people. There was one particular punt play where the Brown’s returner just got pasted. The next time: Fair Catch! Then came the most important positive, WE WON !