Fun to watch again

[bigklein]

All I wanted today, win or lose, was to see the Rams get into a good flow, something they really hadn’t done all season. Today far exceeded that. What a treat to actually enjoy four quarters of Rams football. Was it smarter coaching? Healthier players? Hungry young players?
—Akers seems healthy, finally, physically and mentally
—Mayfield and McVay mesh well
—Who is this Murchison guy?
—Durant is legit
—Ramsey looked like old Ramsey
—Wagner is still for real
—Higbee does not suck, and Hopkins deserves more targets
—The D was not soft most of the time; I cursed Morris maybe once
—Matt Gay needs a solid contract

Anyway, it was so nice to enjoy four quarters.

[UplandRam]

All I wanted today, win or lose, was to see the Rams get into a good flow, something they really hadn’t done all season. Today far exceeded that. What a treat to actually enjoy four quarters of Rams football. Was it smarter coaching? Healthier players? Hungry young players?
—Akers seems healthy, finally, physically and mentally
—Mayfield and McVay mesh well
—Who is this Murchison guy?
—Durant is legit
—Ramsey looked like old Ramsey
—Wagner is still for real
—Higbee does not suck, and Hopkins deserves more targets
—The D was not soft most of the time; I cursed Morris maybe once
—Matt Gay needs a solid contract

Anyway, it was so nice to enjoy four quarters.

^ this… +10000!

[bigklein]

And McVay’s calls made sense today. Such a pleasure to watch. Or was that just an effect of players playing better? Denver has issues, but why were the Rams so freaking good today?

[Ramsfan08ny]

They were controlling the game. Often 2nd and 4, 2nd and 5 situations. Certainly opens up the play book. Utilized the TEs and stayed away from the dreaded 3rd and 13 and then throw a WR screen for 3 yards. They were clicking and we all knew that they were not going to be stopped.

[TXRamFan]

Wasn't the Denver defense ranked in the top 5 defenses? If so, then it was impressive to see our offense score 50 points.

[UplandRam]

They were controlling the game. Often 2nd and 4, 2nd and 5 situations. Certainly opens up the play book. Utilized the TEs and stayed away from the dreaded 3rd and 13 and then throw a WR screen for 3 yards. They were clicking and we all knew that they were not going to be stopped.

What was really impressive is how this rag tag offensive line was able to open up running lanes. Hard to determine if it was the Broncos just laying down or the Rams actually playing well. I guess we will see over the last two weeks of the season.

[Commish]

And McVay’s calls made sense today. Such a pleasure to watch. Or was that just an effect of players playing better? Denver has issues, but why were the Rams so freaking good today?

We'll see how they play against contending opponents over the next two weeks, however right now I'm suspicious that our team's success may simply have been due to "blind squirrel syndrome."

Still, whatever the cause, this victory was a sweet 'present' on Christmas Day...

RAM POWER!!

--The Commish

[Yorkshire Ram]

It's so hard to gauge that performance as Denver are a dysfunctional mess on the verge of implosion. It seemed like the defense almost downed tools after bailing out that awful offense all year.

It was good to see our O line gel though, and what a difference does it make to have a viable running game coupled with time for your QB to make coherent decisions. It's been a while.

It will be interesting to see what happens with Mayfield. The Rams system clearly seems to suit him. Will he consider a back up role in a system that suits, or will he bolt for any starting job regardless of the circumstances? I imagine it will be the latter, and who could blame him? But he might be better served to think long term.

[Truth]

Mayfield was 24/28. Akers got over 100 yards. It was very efficient football albeit against another team that has nothing to play for.

Very eager to see how the Rams play vs the Chargers and Seahawks, both of which still have everything on the line.

[Ramsfan08ny]

It's so hard to gauge that performance as Denver are a dysfunctional mess on the verge of implosion. It seemed like the defense almost downed tools after bailing out that awful offense all year.

It was good to see our O line gel though, and what a difference does it make to have a viable running game coupled with time for your QB to make coherent decisions. It's been a while.

It will be interesting to see what happens with Mayfield. The Rams system clearly seems to suit him. Will he consider a back up role in a system that suits, or will he bolt for any starting job regardless of the circumstances? I imagine it will be the latter, and who could blame him? But he might be better served to think long term.

I think the "long term" factor may be why he leaves. Making 5 mil per for the next 2 years, or 18 mil per for the next 4 years makes a BIG difference on his long term plan.

[DelMar]

Yesterday reminded me a bit of the GSOT days....

Damn, it made for a nice Christmas.

[DelMar]

[malibu]

No doubt fun to watch. 3 turnovers was one of the reasons starting with short fields. We caught Denver at the right time 20 of their players are on IR. Not taking anything away from the Rams but based on all our previous games this feels like an outlier.

[Hacksaw]

[UtahRam]

There were RAMS fans earlier this season, not on this site, that were saying how bad Akers was and Henderson was the man, blah, blah, blah...which was opposite of a couple of years ago when people were saying Henderson sucks and Akers was the man...lol Well, it turns out that Akers is pretty decent when there is an O-Line doing their job and blocking for hims. The O-Line played good against the Broncos. I was pleasantly surprised.

[wildram01]

There were RAMS fans earlier this season, not on this site, that were saying how bad Akers was and Henderson was the man, blah, blah, blah...which was opposite of a couple of years ago when people were saying Henderson sucks and Akers was the man...lol Well, it turns out that Akers is pretty decent when there is an O-Line doing their job and blocking for hims. The O-Line played good against the Broncos. I was pleasantly surprised.

There were times this year when Henderson was running better than Akers, behind the same o-line. Neither was good, but Henderson was the more effective player for a while. Whatever the reason, Akers seems to be back on track. Still would like to see them get a true workhorse and use Akers/Williams as rotational guys, since neither has a great record of staying healthy and Akers will be in the last year of his contract.

[UplandRam]

There were RAMS fans earlier this season, not on this site, that were saying how bad Akers was and Henderson was the man, blah, blah, blah...which was opposite of a couple of years ago when people were saying Henderson sucks and Akers was the man...lol Well, it turns out that Akers is pretty decent when there is an O-Line doing their job and blocking for hims. The O-Line played good against the Broncos. I was pleasantly surprised.

There were times this year when Henderson was running better than Akers, behind the same o-line. Neither was good, but Henderson was the more effective player for a while. Whatever the reason, Akers seems to be back on track. Still would like to see them get a true workhorse and use Akers/Williams as rotational guys, since neither has a great record of staying healthy and Akers will be in the last year of his contract.

Since he is in the last year of his contract (2023), the Rams will draft another RB this year. My hope it is Zack from UCLA… we need a big back.