2021 NFL Playoffs Thread

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Good if you like defense. The Rams defense is legit.

The worlds greatest defence couldn’t save this turd.

[GirlySports]

i think there was a second left, by looking at the replay. Rams rescued.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by DropIt

Smith out vs the Saints takes their chances from slim, to none

I'd feel better if it was Hicks..especially given how much he hates his former team. I see the potential for a Vikings type overloading of the Saints garbage OG's with good results for Chicago.

How's the vibe at the house for this one? Civil War over there this weekend?

[Senator Clay Davis]

If the Rams had decent QB play they'd be a threat. Outside of an elite QB they have the next best thing to win in the playoffs, the ability to generate pass rush with just the front four.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Good if you like defense. The Rams defense is legit.

Best DL in the game. I know the Bears front 7 is legit, but I wanted no part of that Rams front in the Wild Card.

[Senator Clay Davis]

We need Hekker leading the Rams on a GWD.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

We need Hekker leading the Rams on a GWD.

If it was Bortles I might even be ok with it just for the pure absurdity. But Hekker? Nah. I don't want to see my team go out like that. Or like they currently are, for that matter.

They really need to score here, though. No Donald... gotta take advantage of that.

EDIT: Oh, a 1 yard drive? Yeah, that's about right. Sigh.

[Patek23]

Is the Wilson hype train over? Man he’s been a huge disappointment this second half of the season.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

How can you tell? He has zero protection. He's wasted as long as he has an offensive line this bad. They're completely awful. And it's been this way for a few seasons, so it's not a surprise.

It also doesn't help when you have Schottenheimer basically playing CFL football. 1st and 25? Run up the middle. 3rd and 25? Run up the middle. The guy has two downs to work with basically every series, if that.

And just like that another penalty on the O line to back them up behind the chains.

[transplant99]

That was ugly

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

#### it. I'm shutting this off rather than punishing myself anymore. ####ing country club football team. Get rid of Schottenheimer, let Carson walk and figure out your O line and maybe I'll bother paying attention next year. Enough of this "just good enough to make the playoffs and maybe beat an NFC East team" garbage.

[Sainters7]

Welp, that's that

[SuperMatt18]

Great play call by The Rams there, game over.

[devo22]

3rd and 5 with less than 4 minutes left and you're down by 17 ... better call an inside run lol.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

#### it. I'm shutting this off rather than punishing myself anymore. ####ing country club football team. Get rid of Schottenheimer, let Carson walk and figure out your O line and maybe I'll bother paying attention next year. Enough of this "just good enough to make the playoffs and maybe beat an NFC East team" garbage.

That has to be the end of schottenheimer. Hes brutal.

[blender]

Originally Posted by Flaming Homer

Is the Wilson hype train over? Man he’s been a huge disappointment this second half of the season.

Definitely.
Hopefully the Seahawks add by subtracting and trade him to Denver in the off-season.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Weitz

That has to be the end of schottenheimer. Hes brutal.

The problem is that their normal MO is just to offer excuses and platitudes and talk about how great the other team was. "Well, give them credit they have a really good defensive front." "We just couldn't get a rhythm in the first 3 quarters." "Their corners played really well in coverage and we just couldn't get free enough." "We lost the turnover battle, that's how you lose in the playoffs; it had nothing to do with coaching decisions during the game." All of that same #### they do every time to justify their continued existence.

####, I mean I'd be fine with firing the whole coaching staff at this point rather than continuing to live in this interminable football purgatory.

[dirk diggler]

Originally Posted by Flaming Homer

Is the Wilson hype train over? Man he’s been a huge disappointment this second half of the season.

no it isnt, Seahawk fans think he is Aaron Rodgers and its everyone elses fault when they lose.

[browna]

The player that eats up $35M of a salary cap can't be making indecisive throws, ill-advised throws (Seattle never got closer then after his entirely predictable throw to Metcalf that went for 6 the other way), needs to complete more then 7 of 20 passes and more than 110 yards. Sure the Rams have a decent defense but they aren't invincible.

Wilson has pressured the coaches to take more control of the offense for years and he got his wish this season. That got them to the hot start because it was a different look then before. But, for the talent and the student of the game he is (though he needs to run a lot more) he needs the coaches to assist him in adapting, both within the game and week to week.

When Seattle lost 2 in 3 weeks it was the end of Wilson's control of the offense. This is because other teams figured out his calls and tendencies after 6 or 7 weeks of game tape and he didn't adapt or change the looks. Coaches got him back on track and while not as flashy and ended his MVP run, it was effective.

Today, indecision, bad throws, predictable throws and focusing on single targets, and general demeanor looked very much like those ugly losses in the middle of the year.

I'm indifferent on Schottenhemier but I don't think he's holding Wilson back at all. Wilson things he's smarter then the coaches and in some ways he may be. But he locks into favourite players, doesn't run, is indecisive more often then he should be when the team is behind, and that's not on the coaches. Today's losslooked very similar to the other losses this year's when he looked totally ineffective thinking he was going to pull it out on his own.

Rams defense is very good, but if Wilson is as good as he thinks he is now 9 years in the league and rumbles about not getting MVP votes, he has to execute a hell of a lot better when it matters against any defense, not 6/19 for 110 and a crippling INT.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

no it isnt, Seahawk fans think he is Aaron Rodgers and its everyone elses fault when they lose.

He's not Aaron Rodgers. But Aaron Rodgers does have the benefit of a very good offensive line. I'm not sure Rodgers really needs it, but at this point, Wilson does. Early in his career, he was correctly considered elusive. Now, he makes poor decisions holding onto the ball too long (although in this context, too long is usually not very long) and takes a lot of unnecessary sacks.

You have to understand the strengths and weaknesses of your players and call the game that will lead to success, and install the personnel that will lead to success. Wilson doesn't need great receivers - he's never had them. He's turned a bunch of nobodies and late round picks into successful playmakers for years. He also doesn't need Dalvin Cook taking handoffs from him. What he needs is, first, enough protection to at least give him a second to breathe, and some semblance of a running game - nothing world-beating, just "above average". Finally, he needs someone with some offensive creativity in terms of designing routes, not this cowardly loser of an OC who literally gives up on 3rd and long and can't wait to run the ball between the tackles over and over. Give him those things, and he'll give you generally elite play. And hey, what do you know, two of those three things are the result of a good offensive line.