Playoffs, 2021-22 Season

[Budsman]

would you mortgage the future for a SB? I'm sure the rams are happy with that but I think they're gonna have buyer's remorse real soon when their guys get old and they have no draft pix...oh but wait they can sign a buncha UDFAs.

Ummmm yeah. We can rebuild after. I’ll take a Super Bowl and 5 years of mediocrity than 6 years of good but not good enough.

[Guest]

actually that play he didnt hold the ball too long as he did on others. but there were definitely plays where instead of throwing the ball away he took sacks. on that 1st play after the half he didnt throw a good ball and got luck Ramsey fell and the WR made a good adjustment with a questionable non call for OPI. But MAN I hate it that stafford won the SB along with his little bitch ohell bitcham

On the final CIN offensive play, it was 4th down and 1. On that play, Burrow knows he has no TEs or RBs blocking for him and should know that the ball has to come out quickly. The play was blown when Burrow pulled the ball back down right before the rush got home.

I agree that his performance on that play was not as weak as it was on some of the other plays where it pretty much looked like Burrow did not know that rules the allow him to throw the ball away and not take a sack with a big time loss of yards. "Only" about 4 or 5 of those 7 sacks today were completely avoidable and totally unnecessary.

Beckham played well, but only for one quarter or so and Stafford had a very mixed game. To me, Kupp was shining star for the Rams.

[Bolt-O]

Watched my recording of the game, unspoiled at 2x speed. Burrow got buried by the pass rush, but they got away with the OPI vs. Ramsey (who had a bad game). OBJ getting hurt really hurt the Rams, but they also had no run game, though their last drive was masterful, and Aaron Donald sealed the deal on D.

I really didn't care who won the game, it is what it is. Its time for the Chargers to Bolt Up and win one of their own.

[Guest]

Given the age of their core guys, it paid off. So yeah, I l’m happy to admit I was wrong. Happy for guys like Stafford and Whitworth. But fuck Weddle and the rest of their team.

From a strategic point, you were not wrong. Sometimes teams and players do exactly the wrong thing and it works out for them anyway. If Jaquiski Tartt catches the late Stafford pop fly INT ball in the NFCCG, how does their strategy look then? I would say generally screwed going forward with nothing to show for it. I would never want our team to adopt the approach of the Rams as it makes staying on top difficult to maintain.

[Boltjolt]

The Bengals OL caved. All the Rams sacks but 1 came in the second half.

[ChargingBolts]

I went to the Santa Monica Promenade this Friday & Saturday and have to give the Chargers props for that event. They gave away 6 Superbowl tickets to Chargers fans. It was a sea of Chargers fans and a handful of Rams fans even in the Rams section. L.T., Michael Davis, Rashawn Slater, Asante Samual, Josh Palmer, Nwosu, Tranquil, Mckitty, Osgood, Casin, Nabors, Aloha & Pete Shaw took pictures and did autographs.

Tonight in L.A. has been dead quiet as if nothing happened, would of been louder had Cindy won.

[ChargingBolts]

I asked one "lifelong Rams fan" in their late 30's early 40's if they were also a Anaheim Ducks & Anaheim Angels fan, and they said no why? I said well the Rams haven't played in L.A. since 1979 and were most recently in Anaheim before that. They could not wrap their head around it.

On the decimal level the celebration level was a 1 or 2.

[Leslie Grossman]

So having a good O Line and good receivers are both damn important.
Did not think much of Mcvay's 2nd half play calling. Kupp beat double team all year, should have threw him more screens and quick hitters.
Unless I am missing some magic they worked on the last drive to suddenly get him open?
As much as I would have liked the Bengals to win I am glad the Rams pulled it out. Would be a shame for anyone to lose on a blown call that way with the missed offensive PI.
That is why every play should be reviewed.

[jamrock]

The Bengals OL caved. All the Rams sacks but 1 came in the second half.

The Rams switched up their attack in the second half. They started sending Von on inside stunts with forced the center to stop doubling Donald. The main thing is Donald and Miller seemed to get stronger as the game went on. Kudos to those guys

[Guest]

The Bengals OL caved. All the Rams sacks but 1 came in the second half.

And someone should send a memo to Burrow that tells him that he is allowed to throw the ball away instead of just taking totally unnecessary sacks time after time after time.

[jamrock]

Los Angeles has NOT embraced the Rams.
What is the brand exactly ?
Stafford jerseys ?
At least his kids bought some.
It is not Showtime.
Nor pure Dodger Blue.
Will they sustain this success ?
The battle for LA continues.
I really think this was an outlier season.

It was definitely a season without a dominant team which just makes me more disappointed that we didn’t get in. Buffalo may have been the best team

[jamrock]

Burrow had plenty of time to get them in fg range and fg range for their guyvis probably the Rams 40. He didn’t get that done.