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My thoughts on the Rams game after the jump (having NFL Sunday Ticket and gamemix is awesome). JUMP!

Offense - Bradford played relatively well given the circumstances he was facing (aka Mr. Suh and company). It also helped that Matthew Stafford gift wrapped turnovers as well. Snead and Fisher's failure to secure more OL depth has reared its ugly head again like I predicted it would. For this glaring failure, I fully expect that Bradford revert into Captain Checkdown once again. The good news is, well there are quality QBs in the draft next year. I feel bad for Steven Jackson at this point, stuck behind a poor injury riddled OL and playing for a coach who loves to run RBs into the ground. But hey, it's not my money that Snead is spending wildly on defense and hoping for a rare miracle on offense.

Defense - They played very well, beyond my expectations. There are some solid pieces in place for this defense to have a moderately successful season. Janoris Jenkins may end up being the steal of the draft at the pace he's going. Cortland Finnegan restored the F to his last name after not getting the F beat out of him by Megatron. Although if Stafford hadn't gone all Weeden on us, the game wouldn't have been close.

Overall - The Rams played a very solid gameplan of baiting Stafford into several turnovers, which allowed them to stay in the game. Fisher, for all his misgivings, is a massive upgrade at coach. The lack of depth everywhere showed up eventually as the Lions came back to win after pulling their heads of their behinds. It will be a long season if the OL isn't fixed. I like the pieces the Rams have on defense.