Well the Rams of 2007 are nothing if they aren't consistent. Last week I wrote about the predictable pattern that this team displays every time they lose a game. This week was not an exception.
To recap: The Rams offense found it's groove and played well in the first half, trailing only by 3 points at halftime. In that first half the offense and defense played well. Fast forward to the second half: The Rams defense spent too much time on the field due to the offense's inability to sustain drives. The special teams contributed with a missed field goal, some poor punts and a fumbled kick return. And that's a wrap folks.
The formula seems to easy for this team to win:
1) Don't turn the ball over
2) Don't have a special teams breakdown
3) Score TD's instead of FG's in the red zone
4) Play with the same intensity in both halves of the game
Until this team can play well for 60mins the future looks bleak.
Ram On!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
Rams vs Bengals
Like most of you this season it getting almost unbearable to watch. Not that the team isn't putting forth an effort. With the crazy amount of injuries I'm not that familiar with some of the players.
This game was almost like every game this season. The defense keeps the Rams in the game, offense play calling is vanilla, few mental errors on offense and special teams doom drives and the Rams coulda shoulda......
So team president John Shaw is interviewed by the St Louis Dispatch and concludes that Scott Linehan more than likely will return. Let's look at this. The great debate is very simplistic:
A) Linehan is a good head coach that simply had too many injuries to key players thus the reasoning for the poor record.
Or
B) Linehan has taken a once explosive offense and handcuffed them with safe play calling, and not signing the right free agents to compliment a once potent offense. Defensively he's lucky to have signed Jim Halsett.
I hate to be like John Shaw but I see the injury defense, but the inability to make plays even in the opener when most guys were healthy scares me.
I will let this season play out and be watching that this team still competes, and plays hard. If that changes I believe Linehan must go, because if you can't motivate guys who should never be in a starting role who can you motivate?
Ram On!
This game was almost like every game this season. The defense keeps the Rams in the game, offense play calling is vanilla, few mental errors on offense and special teams doom drives and the Rams coulda shoulda......
So team president John Shaw is interviewed by the St Louis Dispatch and concludes that Scott Linehan more than likely will return. Let's look at this. The great debate is very simplistic:
A) Linehan is a good head coach that simply had too many injuries to key players thus the reasoning for the poor record.
Or
B) Linehan has taken a once explosive offense and handcuffed them with safe play calling, and not signing the right free agents to compliment a once potent offense. Defensively he's lucky to have signed Jim Halsett.
I hate to be like John Shaw but I see the injury defense, but the inability to make plays even in the opener when most guys were healthy scares me.
I will let this season play out and be watching that this team still competes, and plays hard. If that changes I believe Linehan must go, because if you can't motivate guys who should never be in a starting role who can you motivate?
Ram On!
Monday, December 3, 2007
Rams vs Falcons
Quick thoughts:
The Rams defense still is in need of more play makers, but they do play hard for all 60 minutes.
The Rams really need to look in free agency for a replacement for Chavous. I understand he is a great guy in the locker room, but he misses too many tackles and rarely is a difference maker.
Kudos to the patchwork o-line. I thought they did pretty well especially in the first half.
Why does Linehan/Olson get so conservative in the second half?
If we are going to run Jackson up the middle so much why did they release Hedgecock?
I really hope John Shaw is being truthful when he said that the Rams would be very active in free agency to get more play makers on this team, especially on the offensive side.
I really like Jim Haslett's enthusiasm, wish it would cross over to the offense.
Ram On!
The Rams defense still is in need of more play makers, but they do play hard for all 60 minutes.
The Rams really need to look in free agency for a replacement for Chavous. I understand he is a great guy in the locker room, but he misses too many tackles and rarely is a difference maker.
Kudos to the patchwork o-line. I thought they did pretty well especially in the first half.
Why does Linehan/Olson get so conservative in the second half?
If we are going to run Jackson up the middle so much why did they release Hedgecock?
I really hope John Shaw is being truthful when he said that the Rams would be very active in free agency to get more play makers on this team, especially on the offensive side.
I really like Jim Haslett's enthusiasm, wish it would cross over to the offense.
Ram On!
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