Bennett telling it like it is....

[ringless]

What is funny is Rams fans thinking the team has turned a corner and finally gotten it together (Just too little too late)

It should remind them of every season ever. Rams beat a couple of good teams, then lose the rest.

 

[stizz19]

When is the last time a team had 2nd and goal from beyond the 10 yard line (12 yard line in this case), ran it twice and scored a TD against the Seahawks?

But yea he's just average.

Even average players can get TDs.

 

[Scottemojo]

I think the bigger issue is how did Kenny Britt get behind Sherman so easily?

He might have been the most cast off of that 2009 WR draft after Crabtree, Nicks, Heyward Bey.....yet has come up big against big time opponents (Broncos last year).

And to answer the question posted above......it is strange that the Rams always play Seahawks super tough, Cards/49ers tough, and everybody else total crap shoot. You could theorize that you could easily build a team to beat any other team in the league, but be sacrificed towards the average opponent in general.

With the Seahawks, it's shutting down RW and the main RB. You focus all of your energy on that, and you'll lose to mediocre teams with diverse offenses.

BTW, it is interesting to me that a Carroll coached team did get beat up by the 49ers, but it was a Singletary coached team that did it. Now granted, most would say the 2010 team wasn't on the level of later year Carroll teams, but it did go to the playoffs, did spank the Saints....

The dirty secret probably is all mental. Harbaugh succumbed to Carroll's teams willingly it seemed, or at least allowed him to be in his head a little too much. You see a little bit of this with Belichick and facing these average Coughlin teams....the GOAT coach always struggles with Coughlin, always.

I'm not sure I'd want Rex Ryan to coach the 49ers, but I guarantee if he did, the Niners would not be scared whatsoever of the Seahawks or any team. We could be mediocre but would not be handing over 28-6 victories to the Hawks time after time.

I have a different theory.
The Rams staff has a lot of good athletes that they struggle to put in good positions because they aren't good coaches. However, give them 2 games a year vs the same team, and they can actually put together a decent gameplan. Familiarity in this case breeds competence.

 

[Seymour]

I have a different theory.
The Rams staff has a lot of good athletes that they struggle to put in good positions because they aren't good coaches. However, give them 2 games a year vs the same team, and they can actually put together a decent gameplan. Familiarity in this case breeds competence.

If that is true, it should work both ways. In our case that familiarity seems to breed arrogance.

 

[ivotuk]

Jeff Fisher only has passion for 2 games a year, and that's against the Seahawks. That whole team is built to beat us, and that's why they play us so well, but never make the playoffs. We are their Superbowl. As soon as they learn that beating the Seahawks is not the most important thing in the world, then they might go somewhere.

They've had such low draft position, and so many 1st round picks that they are able to select elite defensive linemen, yet they never make the playoffs.

Look at players they have though! We would be undefeated with that caliber of talent on our defensive line! Robert Quinn and Aaron Donald are 2 of the best in the NFL. Brockers and Long are also 1st rounders. Add Fairly to that....and their LBS and DBS.

It's like Bruce Arians said, "there's a reason one team wins double digits and the other one is always 8-8."

 

[Hasselbeck]

Jeff Fisher only has passion for 2 games a year, and that's against the Seahawks. That whole team is built to beat us, and that's why they play us so well, but never make the playoffs. We are their Superbowl. As soon as they learn that beating the Seahawks is not the most important thing in the world, then they might go somewhere.

Every team has a matchup nightmare. For Seattle that's the Rams. It's not about us being "their Super Bowl" .. it's about their front four being damn near unblockable against our makeshift OL and scheme. We saw what happened in Super Bowl 48 with a defensive line that was relentless.. it completely derails your entire offense.. that's what the Rams do.

Look at players they have though! We would be undefeated with that caliber of talent on our defensive line! Robert Quinn and Aaron Donald are 2 of the best in the NFL. Brockers and Long are also 1st rounders. Add Fairly to that....and their LBS and DBS.

Quinn is on IR so he didn't play Sunday (but yes he is an elite DE nonetheless), but the key to their DL is Donald. Remove him from their DL and it is much less effective. I don't buy the "we would be undefeated if we had their DL!" thing.. but having an Aaron Donald on this defense would be unfair. IMO he's the most important defensive player in football, even edging out JJ Watt. What he does to disrupt the passing game and how effective he is against the run.. dude is incredible.

The rest of their defense isn't all that impressive outside of a healthy Quinn. Their corners are below average. Their LB's are middle of the pack at best.. its Donald that makes the enormous difference.

 

[ApnaHawk]

Jeff Fisher only has passion for 2 games a year, and that's against the Seahawks. That whole team is built to beat us, and that's why they play us so well, but never make the playoffs. We are their Superbowl. As soon as they learn that beating the Seahawks is not the most important thing in the world, then they might go somewhere.

Every team has a matchup nightmare. For Seattle that's the Rams. It's not about us being "their Super Bowl" .. it's about their front four being damn near unblockable against our makeshift OL and scheme. We saw what happened in Super Bowl 48 with a defensive line that was relentless.. it completely derails your entire offense.. that's what the Rams do.

Look at players they have though! We would be undefeated with that caliber of talent on our defensive line! Robert Quinn and Aaron Donald are 2 of the best in the NFL. Brockers and Long are also 1st rounders. Add Fairly to that....and their LBS and DBS.

Quinn is on IR so he didn't play Sunday (but yes he is an elite DE nonetheless), but the key to their DL is Donald. Remove him from their DL and it is much less effective. I don't buy the "we would be undefeated if we had their DL!" thing.. but having an Aaron Donald on this defense would be unfair. IMO he's the most important defensive player in football, even edging out JJ Watt. What he does to disrupt the passing game and how effective he is against the run.. dude is incredible.

The rest of their defense isn't all that impressive outside of a healthy Quinn. Their corners are below average. Their LB's are middle of the pack at best.. its Donald that makes the enormous difference.

To deny the Rams only real talent is Donald is quite unfair. They are loaded with top picks. Their weak point is probably the Safety position, but outside of that they have good-great players on all levels.

Trumaine Johnson and Jenkins are still pretty young too, but i'll take those 2 over a lot tandems in the NFL.

This team is a real coach away from being a serious contender. It's kind of reminiscent of how Harbaugh came in with a talented Defense and added a key piece here and there even though Mike Nolan really had set a foundation of that defense.

 

[Ramfan128]

What is funny is Rams fans thinking the team has turned a corner and finally gotten it together (Just too little too late)

It should remind them of every season ever. Rams beat a couple of good teams, then lose the rest.

What in the world are you talking about?

We hadn't won in Seattle in 10/11 years - nobody is saying that we turned a corner, but it feels amazing to have a sad streak like that come to an end.

It's the same as every year....with solid QB play we'd probably be in the playoffs. But it is what it is....better try to fix that this offseason.

 

[Ramfan128]

When is the last time a team had 2nd and goal from beyond the 10 yard line (12 yard line in this case), ran it twice and scored a TD against the Seahawks?

But yea he's just average.

Even average players can get TDs.

That's true, but if you are really insinuating that Gurley is an average player, you're the biggest homer I've ever seen.

 

[Ramfan128]

Jeff Fisher only has passion for 2 games a year, and that's against the Seahawks. That whole team is built to beat us, and that's why they play us so well, but never make the playoffs. We are their Superbowl. As soon as they learn that beating the Seahawks is not the most important thing in the world, then they might go somewhere.

They've had such low draft position, and so many 1st round picks that they are able to select elite defensive linemen, yet they never make the playoffs.

Look at players they have though! We would be undefeated with that caliber of talent on our defensive line! Robert Quinn and Aaron Donald are 2 of the best in the NFL. Brockers and Long are also 1st rounders. Add Fairly to that....and their LBS and DBS.

It's like Bruce Arians said, "there's a reason one team wins double digits and the other one is always 8-8."

With that D line you guys probably would be undefeated...but your secondary and LBs are better than ours because we invested more into our D line and you invested more into your DBs/LBs...

It's like me saying we'd win the NFC West if we had Russell Wilson. Which is probably true.