SoulfishHawk":2qy3f9yc said:
No matter what happens, the Saints will be the ones knocking the Rams out in the playoffs :stirthepot:
This should be a hell of a game. Rams giving up a LOT of long plays, and Brees is as good as it gets in the long ball.
Rams have barely won 3 games, they are due to lose obviously. And they have zero home field advantage there.
I get the feeling they'll get lucky and pull one out, but I look forward to another playoff choke by the Lambs.
First of all, the Rams "barely" won two games. Only twice have we actually trailed in the fourth quarter. Once at Seattle after two of our starting WRs were knocked out of the game, and once at home against Green Bay - who under McCarthy and Rodgers have a great track record coming out of a bye. As for the fumble, the series prior to this we made the Packers go three and out - so while people can think that Rodgers was going right down the field, the Rams still had the best player on the field that day and he singlehandedly ended the previous drive.
Second of all, nobody is acting like the Rams are going 16-0. In fact, most of the media is picking the Saints to win this week (over on CBS Sports, every "expert" picked the Saints to win straight up while two of them picked Green Bay to beat New England - in New England).
But the Rams are undefeated, have the best point differential in the NFL, and have five impressive wins:
Chargers
Vikings
@Seahawks
@Broncos
Packers
All the more impressive because, as you pointed out, we don't have a home field advantage. Let's dive deeper into those wins:
Chargers - undefeated outside of the Chiefs and Rams - and the Rams handed them their worst loss
Vikings - probably the least impressive win on here, but they're a talented team sitting at 4-3-1
@Seahawks - only loss in Seattle so far, and beat Seattle when they're playing very well - and did so missing two WRs
@Broncos - they're 3-2 aside from playing the Chiefs and Rams - only losses at home are close losses to Chiefs and Rams - Rams held double digit lead for most of this game
Packers - Rodgers, coming off a bye week - not a hugely impressive win, but they're a good team
Oh and also, the Rams have had a double digit lead in every game except for the Seahawks game.
It's okay to think the Rams are the best team in the NFL right now without taking it so far as to say that they're going undefeated and can't be beat. Of course they can. Wouldn't be at all shocking to lose to the Saints or Chiefs coming up.
