Interesting point of view from Sundays game

[MaxiMus]

Going to do this a little different this week and go series by series and add my thoughts.

1st QTR-Rams

We hold them to 3 pays and out. Sweet.

1st QTR-Panthers

Matt!!!! OMG what are you doing? Don't you want to be a starter in this league? Yes! Then stop with the horrible decisions.

1st QTR-Rams

They miss a field goal. Nice. No points off of INT.

1st QTR-Panthers

2 yards on 2 run plays. Uh oh, still stacking the box.

3 and out punt.

1st QTR-Rams

7 play drive and a punt, extended on a defensive holding call on 3rd and 3. Bradford begins to get comfortable dinking and dunking his way down field.

1st QTR-Panthers

4 plays and a punt. This was the infamous reverse call that left us 3rd and 20.

1st QTR-Rams

Rams driving to end 1st QTR.

2nd QTR-Rams

Defensive line and backers doing a great job of stuffing run, but no pressure on Bradford allows him to dink and dunk his way to a 13 play 7 minute drive ending in a field goal. Rams up 3-0. Still in it.

2nd QTR-Panthers

First play, Matt drills one down the middle only to bounce off the face of Steve Smith about 25 yards downfield. Really Steve? Man, what could have been? That pass and catch would have had us around the 50 yard line and kicked off a scoring drive, maybe. Tried to run on 2nd and lose 2 yards. Leaves us with a 3rd and 12 where we complete a 4 yard pass and have to punt.

2nd QTR-Rams

A 39 yard Baker punt puts them at their own 45. Defense is still playing great against the run and we still dont put any pressure on Bradford. Assisted by a def offside that puts them from 3rd and 12 to 3rd and 7. What happens? 8 yard completion for a 1st down. They work their way down to the 2 yard line and line up for a play and I notice Amendola on the right slot on the 2 yard line with nobody within 6 yards of him. I yell to my TV for somebody to cover him and they dont. He takes 2 steps and turns around for a TD. Grrrrrrrr! I was angry.

Rams up 10-0. 11 plays over 6 minutes. There is still hope!

2nd QTR-Panthers

Moore and company look sharp in 2 minute offense ending in a field goal. Rams up 10-3 at half. On the board with a little momentum at half. We recieve to start 3rd QTR

3rd QTR-Panthers

Nice drive here. 10 plays over 5 minutes. Stewart rushes for 17 yards. Matt throws for 21 but an 8 yard loss on a sack puts us in 3rd and 20. Incomplete pass and a punt.

3rd QTR-Rams

D held up. 7 plays and a punt.

3rd QTR-Panthers

Another good drive....for a minute! Start at our own 7. Fight our way to the 31 when JStew loses 3 yards on first down and the next play....oh, the next play. Matt Moore throws a sweet a*s*s back shoulder fade to Steve Smith down the left side and he makes a great catch....what? He dropped that??!!! No way. He had it.....No....he didn't. What if...........

Matt gets sacked on 3rd and 13. Punt. But a nine play drive is still reason for optomism.

3rd QTR-Rams

3 and out. Nice job Defense. On a side note, they FINALLY put Munnerlyn back on punt return and what does he do? 31 yard return. They did hear me scream that one to my TV.

4th QTR-Panthers

Good field postion. 2 rushes for 5 yards. 3rd and 5 Steve Smith recieves a short pass, well short of first down, makes a couple of moves to fight for first down (which I loved) and fumbled. Turnover #2.

Which.......

4th QTR-Rams

leads to a TD. Rams up 17-3. Losing hope. Wondering how and why we continue to shoot ourselves in the foot. Still not out of it.....yet!

4th QTR-Panthers

Matts arm gets hit as he throws and gets picked off for turnover #3. Rams ball at the 28. I do love Matts downfield approach. He is very aggressive and is not afraid to make plays downfield. And has made some REALLY nice throws in the game to this point. It was obvious that he was going deep on that play. What if..........

4th QTR-Rams

Hold them to a field goal again. D looks pretty good today. Get this, 7 plays 0 yards. Rams 20-3.

4th QTR-Panthers

No huddle offense. Matt bounces back after fumbling on the second play. Drives the team 77 yards in 12 plays in only 2:58 ending in a TD pass to LaFell. The first of his career. New hope comes with it. Rams 20-10.

4th QTR-Rams 3:37 left

3 and out again. Nice. They must want us to pull this one out.

4th QTR-Panthers 2:28 left

The Nail in the Coffin. Matt, trying to make something happen, looks for Smith deep and gets picked for his 3rd on the day and the teams 4th.

It was exciting for a second there. I was holding out hope for a miracle, but I am an erternal optomist. I do wonder when and if we are going to be able to run the ball. We will be in every game every week because of a solid defense. So again, we will have to hold out hope that we will find some offense again. I'd love to pull out a few wins before the season is over. Matt Moore clearly moves the ball and only made 1 bad decision yesterday. I thought he played pretty well under the circumstances. Anybody who knows football will agree. I am sure I am not done with this, so I will talk to you all soon..........

[Catdaddy]

At 2:28 in the game the Rams touched the ball dead off a punt at the 2 yard yard line. Matt threw the last Interception at 1:32, watch the games and don't read box scores.

[Brooklyn Bully]

Sounds like a Pro-Matt, Anti-Steve another thread. :yawn:

[Catdaddy]

Box scores and highlights paint the wrong picture every time. Watch the games! Record the games. If you record them then when you come on the forum to argue a point, you might can make an actual point once you watched them again.

[pantherclaw]

No pressure?

Is that why bradford made mostly short drops, with quick short throws?

Gawd, I wish people would pretend they don't talk out of their ass.

[Big Beast]

I think your post is very interesting. After reading this is makes me wonder what a better coach would do with this team. We could beat the Rams, I though it was a lot like the Bengals game. We got out-coached in both those games.

[weyco2000]

Interesting...really for who? We all saw the game, no need for a play by play thread.

[TbTeRRoR]

wow guys he said his thoughts? if you don't agree just disagree but you don't have to bash or belittle.

The play by play wasn't his focus. It was his commentaries about the plays...

this is why I only read on about every forum I've ever been a member of, to0many people can't stomach others opinions.

[CatMan72]

I'll sum up the game for you: once again, we beat ourselves with turnovers.

[MaxiMus]

At 2:28 in the game the Rams touched the ball dead off a punt at the 2 yard yard line. Matt threw the last Interception at 1:32, watch the games and don't read box scores.

You're right. I'll watch the game next time. Thanks for the advice.

[TheRealDeal]

Interesting...really for who? We all saw the game, no need for a play by play thread.

You'd be surprised how many people on here don't watch games.

[Mr. Scot]

You'd be surprised how many people on here don't watch games.

Yet still come on here to make strong statements about what happened

The process in the first post is similar to what I do when I write my "game note" posts. I scribble individual notes after many of the plays, then coalesce it all into an analytical writeup when it's over.

[pantherclaw]

Can't say I've seen any belittling.

Opinions are opions. Everyone has one.

Grow thicker skin, or don't express you opinions, specially if they lack common sense.

[TheRealDeal]

No pressure?

Is that why bradford made mostly short drops, with quick short throws?

Gawd, I wish people would pretend they don't talk out of their ass.

Actually it's the other way around. There was no pressure because Bradford made quick, short throws not that he made quick short throws because there was pressure.

"Gawd, I wish people would pretend they don't talk out of their ass."

Take your own advice.:skep: