Rams plan on resting players week 17

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I think we need more threads

[bigdog10]

Smart in my opinion. Being the four likely means you avoid Minnesota in the divisional round. 

Every team is licking their chops for a foles led eagles team in round two. 

[pantherphan96]

Gonna backfire when we wax them in the wild card round. Would much rather face the Falcons/Seahawks if I'm the Rams.

[Rags]

25 minutes ago, thomas96 said:

Playing a 11 or 12 win team versus playing a 9 or 10 win team... Hmm... Tough decision. 

If they beat us and the Saints win, they'd have to play the Eagles who just scraped by the last three weeks, one of those weeks was against them before Wentz.

However if they're the third seed and best the Falcons, they'd have to play the Vikings, who held them to their lowest point total this season.

It's fair to chase the better divisional round matchup.

[BIGH2001]

They would rather be 4 and hope to face philly considering how their game in Minnesota turned out earlier this year.

[BIGH2001]

I would rather face the rams just because brees has a ton of playoff experience.  Not sure that Goff is ready for the moment.

[MVPccaffrey]

It's more they want to play the Eagles in the divisional than anything to do with us IMO.  

 

Didn't we bottle up Gurley pretty good last time we played?  Of course that was when the worst offensive coach in the league was running that team.

[t96]

1 minute ago, Rags said:

If they beat us and the Saints win, they'd have to play the Eagles who just scraped by the last three weeks, one of those weeks was against them before Wentz.

However if they're the bird seed and best the Falcons, they'd have to play the Vikings, who held them to their lowest point total this season.

It's fair to chase the better divisional round matchup.

Overlooking the wild card round is the exact type of mistake a sh*t franchise like the Rams would make. And let's say they do get to the Eagles and beat them (no given as Foles already beat them once)... Then the 3 seed (Aints or us) beats the Vikings... Rams going on the road for the Championship game. It's completely retarded to rest your starters in a game that affects your playoff seeding. I understand the possible positives, but they are far outweighed by the negatives.

[Rags]

3 minutes ago, thomas96 said:

Overlooking the wild card round is the exact type of mistake a sh*t franchise like the Rams would make. And let's say they do get to the Eagles and beat them (no given as Foles already beat them once)... Then the 3 seed (Aints or us) beats the Vikings... Rams going on the road for the Championship game. It's completely retarded to rest your starters in a game that affects your playoff seeding. I understand the possible positives, but they are far outweighed by the negatives.

I don't think they're overlooking, so much as they want to avoid the Vikings as much as possible and they're just gonna take their chances with everyone else.

They win as the third seed it's a guaranteed matchup against the Vikings.  

I do think the Rams are probably cocky tho and probably won't make it past the wild card no matter who they play, even the Falcons.

[Saca312]

25 minutes ago, Rags said:

I do think the Rams are probably cocky tho and probably won't make it past the wild card no matter who they play, even the Falcons.

i do think eventually the ones who have the qb with experience will win out. goff imo is a product of a fantastic system, not the other way around. a qb who knows what he's doing will outlast one who doesn't, especially when the qb has to go against top tier defenses.

goff would likely not be able to handle luke kuechly or the vikings. doubt they'd last long.

[uncfan888]

Ron needs to use this as motivation.. They want to play us. He does pretty good using the no respect card so I'm all for it. I'd much rather play the rams and eagles than the saints and eagles

[Rags]

Just now, Saca312 said:

i do think eventually the ones who have the qb with experience will win out. goff imo is a product of a fantastic system, not the other way around. a qb who knows what he's doing will outlast one who doesn't, especially when the qb has to go against top tier defenses.

goff would likely not be able to handle luke kuechly or the vikings. doubt they'd last long.

Agree. I do think Goff is improving, but McVays system and Gurley have been why his turnaround has been so lightning quick.

He's been exposed a few times this season.

That said I am concerned against him going against our secondary.

[Shocker]

I think the Rams are superior to NO.  Id rather play the Saints.  

[The Lone Panther]

So, if the Rams are resting starters, that's almost a guarantee loss for them.  Saints and Vikings aren't losing, so what's the incentive for our starters to play?  Win or lose, we're the 5th seed regardless.  And personally, if I was the Rams, I would rather play the Panthers.  Secondary is getting more and more exposed every week, another receiver down, historically, east coast teams tend to struggle on the west coast, etc.  McVay knows what he's doing.