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Recap: Good, not great, enough to beat Cardinals
Week 13: Cardinals (3-8) at Rams (5-6)
Dec 5, 2010 3:15 CST 19 6NFL.com: Recap | Play by Play | Video
In their first matchup this season, the Rams defense mostly held the Cardinals offense in check. However, for one five-play drive (all runs) that ended in six points, we simply forgot how to tackle. Tim Hightower and Larod Stevens-Howling ran roughshod, covering 75 yards in four...
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December 05, 2010
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The X-Factor in Rams vs Cards: Adrian Wilson
Adrian Wilson took it as his personal mission to “welcome” Sam Bradford to the NFL in week one. He had a superhuman game against the Rams, flying all over the field with abandon and ferocity, adding to his reputation as a Ram Killer. He accounted for Sam Bradford’s first career interception, and grabbed a second INT to ice the game in the final minutes. He blocked...
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December 03, 2010
The Rams and Power Rankings — Learning from the past
ESPN’s Week 13 Power Rankings are out, and the Rams have climbed to dizzying heights — 18th overall, as high as they’ve ranked since the fall from their Martzian peak. Interestingly enough, if we compare this year’s climb to the muddle of the 2006 team that finished a disappointing 8-8, they have reached a similar peak at the exact same point in the season...
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November 30, 2010
Rams break through! Three thoughts on a big road win.
Firstly, some site business: this may be one of my last posts on the current Ramsherd.com site design, as we are close to rolling out a new format and design, as part of the Bloguin network. The web address will remain the same, and you’ll still get the same quality of posts, but in a shiny new wrapper. Readers can always hit me up on Twitter (@RamsHerd) during this transition...
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November 28, 2010
Five quick factors that will determine the Rams’ chance at victory
I have a brief window of time in my Thanksgiving weekend driving schedule — two days down to Florida, three days with family, two days back — to write a quick game preview for this Sunday’s tilt in Denver. Perhaps my sacrifice of nearly 3,000 tire miles to the gods of travel will earn a few points in the Rams’ favor this weekend….
The road curse isn...
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November 28, 2010
Matt Ryan, Falcons keep Rams at arm’s length
Week 11:Falcons (7-2) at Rams (4-5)
Nov 21, 2010 3:00 CST
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The Atlanta Falcons played like older brothers to the young and growing Rams on Sunday — they showed the Rams how to play, then beat them at their game. For all the talk of the Falcons being a model franchise for the Rams to pattern themselves and their game after,...
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November 22, 2010
Rams vs Falcons :: Clark Kent vs Superman
The Rams face off against their superpowered alter-ego this week, the NFL team whose roster and philosophy most closely resemble what Billy Devaney and Steve Spagnuolo are trying to build in St Louis — the AFC South leading Atlanta Falcons. The question is, after years of beating themselves, can these new and improved Rams beat their ideal image?
Sam Bradford vs Matt Ryan...
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November 21, 2010
Infographic: 49ers’ reliance on big plays
Obviously, big plays killed the Rams in Week 10. But are you aware of just how much? Check out this graphic representation of the 49ers’ drive charts from last week’s matchup:
Of 421 total yards for the 49ers offense, 321 resulted from a total of eleven big plays.
(”Big plays,” highlighted in green, are plays that travel 15 yards or more.) An additional...
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November 18, 2010
Michael Vick, Kurt Warner, and “Sportsmanship”
Like most of the football world, I stand in awe of what Michael Vick did last night to the Washington Redskins, mercilessly torching their secondary and slashing through the line, putting up Tecmo Bowl numbers: 6 touchdowns on more than 400 yards combined rushing and passing, with no interceptions, no fumbles, and only 8 of 28 passes falling to the ground. And as a guy with Vick...
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November 16, 2010
The Rams make talk of the playoffs premature
Week 4: Rams (4-4) at 49ers (2-6)
Nov 14, 2010 3:00 CST
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You could characterize this frustrating, mistake-filled loss so many different ways. Either a sign of progress, or a reminder of how far the Rams still have to go. A single heartbreaking loss or a staggering portrait of a season that has been tantalizingly close to great....
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November 15, 2010
Late night video: Dissecting the 49ers defense.
I feel a flashback to freshman year in college coming on… Honestly, I had plans to work hard all week on this assignment, really I did. First matchup of the second half, first of four crucial divisional games that will decide the Rams’ playoff fates, it’s a big deal, you don’t have to tell me that. But you know how it goes, dude, sometimes life just gets...
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November 14, 2010
Rams get something for nothing
Twice already this season, a team in the NFC West has gone into the bye in second place, and come out of the bye in first. Seattle was the first team to pull off that trick, helped out by the Rams’ gut-wrenching last-minute loss in Tampa.
But lady karma, they say, she is a fickle and ill-tempered mistress.
The Seahawks, their roster decimated by injuries, had their vaunted...
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November 08, 2010
Ladies and gentlemen, your NFL offensive rookie of the year is… not Sam Bradford?
We’re only at midseason awards time, so let’s not get too excited…. But both the venerable Peter King and NFL.com’s Jason La Canfora are weighing in with their midseason awards (King | La Canfora), and both see fit to snub the Rams’ Bradford in favor of a man drafted 17 places behind him: Pittsburgh’s new center, Maurkice Pouncey. (Both Clark Judge...
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November 06, 2010
Two reasons why Randy Moss didn’t fit with the Rams
Let’s be clear. The decision to pass on Randy Moss wasn’t about Billy Devaney and company sticking to a plan. If there was no room in the plan for established wideout talent, they would not have pursued Mark Clayton, Vincent Jackson, and Randy Moss in such depth. They wouldn’t have studied “every snap Randy Moss played for New England and Minnesota this season...
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November 03, 2010
An unintended outcome from Election Day: St Louis loses the Rams?
It’s well known that 2015 is a big do-or-die year for the City of St Louis and the Rams. That’s the year that Stan Kroenke can flex the opt-out clause in the Rams’ stadium lease, if the stadium itself isn’t up to league standards. As Forbes reports, the Ed Jones Dome is a long way from qualifying. Who will pay the bill? If Stan Kroenke’s past land development...
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November 03, 2010
Five reasons why Randy Moss is a fit for the Rams
This is the first chance I’ve had to write at any length about the Rams and Randy Moss since news broke of his bewildering release from the Vikings. However, the topic has nearly taken over my Twitter stream over the past 36 hours. As I sit here and try to sort through the blizzard of thoughts, rumors, and speculations, a few key themes keep bubbling up, similar to those when...
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November 03, 2010
Transcript: Mike Martz’s tribute to Isaac Bruce
The numbers are staggering. The records, the Pro Bowls… but winning has always been more important to Isaac Bruce than anything else.
As a young player, as a rookie, I can remember him saying that the only thing that mattered to him was to be the best there is, and to be part of the best. He took a level of commitment, a standard that he set for himself, and worked towards...
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November 01, 2010
Rams salute Bruce with a win
Week 8: Panthers (1-6) at Rams (3-4)
Oct 31, 2010 12:00 CST
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The darkened Dome was half-filled with emotion half an hour before kickoff, and half-filled with empty seats, a sign that marked the continuing transition of this franchise as it saluted one of its all-time greats. For Isaac Bruce, today’s retirement of his iconic #80...
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November 01, 2010
What does 39 + Ocho Cinco add up to?
So, OchoCinco has a TV show. That seems unusual for an active NFL player, but hardly surprising from one of the league’s most irrepressible and media-savvy personalities. What might be surprising, though, is that Steven Jackson, who launched his own site but has been strictly down the middle in media interviews, is opening the gates a little bit in tonight’s sit-down...
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October 26, 2010
A message for the Rams from Aeneas Williams
“Have you seen this problem before? It’s because you did not pass the last test. God will allow us to take the same test over & over until we pass.” – Aeneas Williams
Okay, so I don’t know for sure that this tweet by Aeneas was intended for the Rams, but it appeared Monday morning in the aftermath of another stumbling-block loss, another lesson that appeared...
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October 26, 2010
Rams vs Bucs: Two halves leave a hole.
Week 7: Rams (3-3) at Bucs (3-2)
Oct 24, 2010 12:00 CST
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Up until 2:30 in the afternoon, local time, fortune appeared to be smiling on the Rams in their bid for an upset road win.
Saturday night before game day, Mizzou alum Danario Alexander won a hell of a bet against proud Sooner Sam Bradford. His 11th-ranked Tigers rode the collective...
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October 26, 2010
Secret Ingredients of Rams’ Success: Running it up the gut
There’s no secret to the way Spagnuolo wants to attack you on offense, particularly when the Rams have the lead. He wants to stuff the ball down your throat. With the game on the line, Spagnuolo approached his running back on the sideline and essentially said, “Win the game for us.” And with five consecutive clock-draining runs, that’s exactly what he did...
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October 23, 2010
Rams-Bucs Q&A
The Rams travel east, sitting pretty with a .500 record and looking to push ahead in the wins column for the first time since October 29, 2006. Like their last road trip to Detroit, they face a young team who is desperately trying to show improvements from last year’s miserable season. A mirror image of how Rams opponents have felt, traveling into the Dome. And we’ve...
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October 22, 2010
The aftermath: no suspension, fine, for Chargers’ hit on Bradford
After an exhausting 36 hours of tweets and counter-tweets, blowing up everyone’s timeline with concussion stats (leather-helmeted rugby is more brain-dangerous than football, it turns out), NFL rules debates (was Bradford “defenseless,” and does it matter?), testimonials from players, fans, and a few intelligent folks just trying to stand in the middle of this thing...
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October 20, 2010
Video: Chargers go head-hunting, Refs stand idly by
It’s perfectly understandable, really. Umpire Bruce Stritesky had more important things on his mind than the Rams’ 1st and goal, already up 10-0. He still hasn’t seen “Inception” yet, and all his friends have seen it twice, at least. Is it really that good?
Head linesman Tom Stabile was still fuming about those liberal apologists on that morning’...
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October 18, 2010
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