The Quick Five: Rams vs. 49ers Recap

by Eric Nagel on Jan 2, 2012 10:00 AM CST

It's just been one of those years. The Rams, who will be looking for another head coach in the offseason, came up short in fitting Rams fashion in the final blip of the 2011 season. After miraculously coming back to within one score, the Rams found themselves with the ball after an impressive three and out by the defense. Down to the final down of the year, the play signified everything that was the Rams in 2011. With Kellen Clemens, the third string QB out with an ankle injury, the Rams turned to the untested Tom Brandstater to save the game and possibly Steve Spagnuolo's job. The result? A dropped pass, and one less head coach to worry about.

With that, the Rams season ended.

Survey Says...	Object of Interest
	Lance Kendricks, TE What a horrible season he has had. I don't know if he's ever heard of stick'um, but he should probably look into getting some because he can't catch a pass to save his life. If I were his coach next year, I wouldn't let him leave practice until he caught a hundred balls, everyday. Little point in being a pass-catching tight end when you can't catch.
	Darian Stewart, DB For all the bad play and injuries the Rams have had in the secondary, they have had one bright spot: Darian Stewart. He's quickly become one of the Rams best defensive players and is easily the best 'steal' this front office has ever had. He was everywhere yesterday and is easily one of the defensive leaders on the team.
	Brandon Lloyd, WR If rumors are true, he has played into a nice mid-length contract with the Kansas City Chiefs. He has certainly done the most with nothing on this offense, and the Rams rental of him (should McDaniels leave, which appears to be only a matter of when) didn't cost them much. It'll be sad to see him go, if that is the case.
	Chris Chamberlain, OLB Chamberlain finished off the season in style, with 79 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT and 1 FF. Even though he isn't a unstoppable force, he has played well enough this year to secure his starting status, unless someone new joins the team. At the very least he's a great depth player with experience both on defense and special teams. I don't think he's going anywhere.
	St. Louis Rams This was supposed to be the year. After so many failed coaches (Mike Martz, Joe Vitt, Scott Linehan, Jim Haslett and now Steve Spagnuolo), the Rams were finally ready to take that leap into relevancy. Instead, we are left with more questions. Can all of the players even return after their injuries? Can the new coaches get anything out of this expensive offensive line? Can Sam Bradford snap out of his funk? What should have been a fun, exciting year of football turned into a four month nightmare. Good riddance and goodbye, 2011 Rams.

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AMEN, Brother

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by johnniewarthawg on Jan 2, 2012 10:05 AM CST reply actions

Apparently

I was watching a different game yesterday when on multiple occassions Stewart tried to lay big hits on guys and bounced off. WRAP UP!

by RWRAMS28 on Jan 2, 2012 10:08 AM CST reply actions

At least it was somewhat exciting

Sadly yesterday’s loss was probably the 2nd or 3rd most exciting game at the Ed all season. Thank god our lack of pass protection and poor run defense showed up and saved the day at the end ; ) I though we’re going to flush the 2nd overall pick down the toilet and honestly I was cheering for it LOL. As it turned out everything worked out fine and I left the Ed feeling good about seeing an entertaining game.

If we let Lloyd get away then we are in fact completely inept… McDaniels is on our staff at least until we resign Lloyd. End of story. Actually I’m even willing to give McDaniels the benefit of the doubt that a better head coach could keep him in check and he would be successful. I see no real fire to release him at the expense of losing LLoyd.

by Sggladden on Jan 2, 2012 10:19 AM CST reply actions

I hope your right, Lloyd is an absolute stud that we can't let go

by RenoRammin on Jan 2, 2012 10:23 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

i was talking up sweart when he was just a special teamer

With more proper coaching and injury free experience, combined with a return of a healthy bfb n bartell we should have a pretty solid secondary for years to come.

by markg1127 on Jan 2, 2012 10:50 AM CST via mobile reply actions

stewart*

by markg1127 on Jan 2, 2012 10:51 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

Letting Lloyd go would be a travesty. He must be retained

We already need people to replace Gibson, Pettis, Clayton, Alexander, Hoom, Bajema and very likely stonehands Kendricks.

by JHaier on Jan 2, 2012 11:53 AM CST reply actions

If you are right that Stewart and Chamberlain are NFL starter worthy, it helps us alot.

On defense we MUST concentrate of DT, OLB and probably CB. We really need two DT’s. If Chamberlain can successfully fill one OLB position, that helps alot. I still think Ron Bartell’s future is questionable. And we all need to remember that Jerome Murphy is a total unknown. He proved nothing on the field in his rookie season and was out all of 2011. Mikell is already in his 30’s and Fletcher just ain’t that great. Finally, both Chris Long and Robert Quinn have GOT to get better against the run.

by JHaier on Jan 2, 2012 11:59 AM CST reply actions