Poll: What to blame for this loss

[TwilightError]

Wish there were an option for "other injuries". Lack of Thomas Rawls, Germain Ifedi, and Nick Vannett were huge, and will be ongoing.

Ifedi, a bit iffy. Vannett?? You mean the third round pick who hasn't played a snap in the NFL?

 

[BlueTalon]

The 1pm start. Our players are used to playing the Rams at 10am. It's really unfair that they switched it up on us like that.

Made me laugh!

 

[scutterhawk]

The Officials were controlling the flow of the game at some pretty critical times (TWO OPI's ! for cripes sake??) Lockett was dumfounded by the OBVIOUS bias for the Rams Grand Homecoming on his big catch play that was called back...BLATANT BS., and the Refs. will always get away with it.
Aaron Donald drummed himself up an obvious 15 Yard penalty that was IGNORED when he went helmet to helmet with Wilson.
an OBVIOUS lining up in the Neutral Zone by a Rams defender --> UNCALLED.
A somewhat hobbled Wilson.
shitty O-Line play.
Trying to run up the gut on consecutive 2nd & 3rd downs :34853_doh:
The Rams getting their hands on Bevell's scripted plays that he had drawn up on napkins, that he carelessly left on the table at he bar the night before the game.
Over all, nobody was going to be allowed to beat the Rams in their Grand L.A. Homecoming game... :141847_bnono: .....NOBODY !!

 

[LeftHandSmoke]

The Officials were controlling the flow of the game at some pretty critical times (TWO OPI's ! for cripes sake??) Lockett was dumfounded by the OBVIOUS bias for the Rams Grand Homecoming on his big catch play that was called back...BLATANT BS., and the Refs. will always get away with it.
Aaron Donald drummed himself up an obvious 15 Yard penalty that was IGNORED when he went helmet to helmet with Wilson.
an OBVIOUS lining up in the Neutral Zone by a Rams defender --> UNCALLED.
A somewhat hobbled Wilson.
shitty O-Line play.
Trying to run up the gut on consecutive 2nd & 3rd downs :34853_doh:
The Rams getting their hands on Bevell's scripted plays that he had drawn up on napkins, that he carelessly left on the table at he bar the night before the game.
Over all, nobody was going to be allowed to beat the Rams in their Grand L.A. Homecoming game... :141847_bnono: .....NOBODY !!

It's hard to contemplate the possibility that officials stack game calls in critical situations but thefinancial reasons for leagues to wink at it are big enough that that you almost have to accept it, unless it gets so flagrant that the integrity of the game gets too out of hand.

You see refs make critical, game altering calls, in the final 20 seconds of many NBA close games to favor the seat-paying home audiences. In the NFL it takes more balls but it does definitely still happen.