Let's talk about the Rams.
 

I'm just a casual fan; I'm sure a big-timer like Rams Fan will get in here and correct me where ever he thinks I'm wrong.

The Rams, like seemingly everybody else, are battered by injuries, but they've actually recovered from them fairly well. They just got off winning a dreamer against the Seahawks, thanks in part to a couple ridiculous plays they won't be able to replicate (that crazy punt return, the 4th down fake punt).

They're not a team to scoff at, however.

Austin Davis is a sneaky good QB out of Southern Miss. He's been putting up really good numbers, completing 66% of his passes and has only put up one INT the last two weeks against the Seahawks and the 49ers. That's saying something.

Of course, he benefits from what is now a pretty damn good run game. They are stacked at RB. I've been high on Tre Mason ever since I saw him last year at Auburn, and he looks like a very tough runner who can hit a hole hard. They also have Benny Cunningham who looks even better, and of course Zac Stacy. Wow -- there's not a lot of teams that I think can run better than the Chiefs, but this team is just as good.

Thanks in part to the power of the OL. Roger Saffold sucked at tackle, but he's done very well at guard. Jake Long is also a #1 overall LT, and Joe Barksdale is a favorite of mine from LSU at RT. Davin Joseph I believe was a hell of a guard at Tampa, right? He's RG.

The Rams' offensive weapons is a veritable Who's Who of guys that aren't particularly dominant, but are all capable of a really good game and the occasional brilliant play: Austin Davis, Kenny Britt, Jared Cook, Lance Kendricks, Brian Quick, Austin Pettis, Stedman Bailey... There is not a weak talent in the bunch there, and it's a deep squad that will challenge your NCB and dime backs. Not a great matchup considering how thin we're getting in the secondary...

Of course, the strength of their team is DL. Chris Long is out, but they have one of the best passrushers in the league in Robert Quinn. Aaron Donald will absolutely embarrass whatever guard he's up against, and Michael Brockers and Eugene Sims are very capable too. The Rams have not been getting to the QB this season, but do not take that to mean that they can't -- they got like 3 or 4 sacks today against Russell ****ing Wilson.

They have some brilliant talent at LB -- Alec Ogletree and James Laurinitis are not surprise talents to anybody. I don't know who mans that other OLB spot, I think it's some guy named Dunbar, but yeah. Laurinitis is one of those "always around the ball" types and Ogletree is a crazy athlete.

Corner is the potential weak spot on their defense -- if, of course, we had any WR talent to exploit it. But they're starting rookie EJ Gaines on one side, many of the Missouri folks here are familiar with him, and Janoris Jenkins looks like he's a goner this week, and maybe for the season. I have no idea who they'll start there, but I'm underwhelmed by their options.

I like how this McLeod kid is playing at safety, but I don't like any of their other talents. I'm not too familiar, however, and I'll let someone like Rams Fan set us straight.

They have Legatron kicking kicks, so as long as they can get to midfield, they can nickel and dime FGs all day on us.

I had this game marked down as a sure win at the start of the year. But now it's clear that this is going to be a surprisingly tough game.

Fire Dorsey

69-0

I think the Rams replaced their starting LG with Greg Robinson, that was a big reason why they abused Seattle on the ground today. Robinson was destroying people up front.

Aaron Donald has been an absolute beast. He only has 2 sacks but he has a bunch of TFL to go along with them. He had multiple TFL against the Seahawks today.

Oh yeah! That's why Rodger Saffold looked so great today. LMAO

I remember Rams Fan saying that.

Watched last Mondays game with a Cards/Rams buddy of mine. He said that they play good first half ball, then make zero adjustments at almost every game. Sure enough, they led 21-0 IIRC at half then proceeded to get stomped in the 2nd half. Didn't see today's game but saw they had a good first half lead and then almost blew it again. I think if it's close or we're leading at half time, we win easily.

This is a trap game. That team can literally play with anyone, Dallas, SF, Seattle.

Alex will need to complete 70 percent of his checkdowns to win.

the ultimate in a meaningless game LOL

I agree it's a trap game.

The Chiefs hardly ever stumble on trap games, however, under Reid. I learned that last year.

This team almost always brings it.

Smith will have to be careful with any outs/curls to Jenkins' side, that guy loves to jump routes. I hope that Reid dials up a double move on him. Unfortunately, I doubt that the OL will be able to hold up long enough for Smith to make the throw, Donald is going to chew both of our guards to pieces.

We can hurt them with Kelce though and I hope that Reid dials up more plays for him.

The Rams, until today, haven't been able to get to the QB but they have some great players individually. We all saw how Liuget dominated Mcgylnn (sp?) all day today. You're talking about having similar unfavorable 1-on-1s just like that at about three different spots on the line.

A couple positives: Fish seems to well against smaller speed guys so he may do well against Quinn, who hasn't even looked good, while Chris Long is out so hopefully our RT doesn't get abused.

In my opinion, this is the game where we pound the shit out of the rock. Jamaal, Knile, and DAT on turf in the dome should combine for 200+.

On the defensive side, they will run the ball on us, but who doesn't? We just let one of the worst rushing teams in the league average 5 YPC. They put in Greg Robinson at LG today and mauled the shit out of the Seahawks.

Austin Davis will also likely throw all over us, although none of their receivers scare me. I'm thinking he'll go for 275-ish with a couple TDs and no INTs because our secondary is allergic to picks. Jared Cook will be an issue..

Anyway, I'm back on the bandwagon and we own these ****ers. It'll be like a home game so I'm thinking we get an easy-ish W in St Louis.

I'm 90% sure Jenkins will be out. Jenkins was carried off the field today. Looked like a super nasty leg injury.

Game is at Arrowhead.

1. The game's in KC.

2. Is Robert Quinn a small speed guy?

Wait, is this game in KC or STL?

Oh, balls. I was just thinking if this were another road game that'd make three in a row..

Oh well. Probably better for us to have guys like Austin and Bailey on grass instead of turf.

Let's talk about the Rams.
 

He's small-ish. More like a Von Miller (who Fish owns) than a JJ Watt. Know what I mean?

Fish tends to get bullied by stronger guys and I don't think we have to worry about that too much aha isn't a guy like Quinn.

I'm more worried about Kendricks and Cook. Those guys are matchup nightmares.

Should be able to pick on their pass defense then.

In all honesty, it should be an easy win. The Rams aren't better than any of the defenses that we've already faced even with Donald and Quinn. Their offense isn't better than any that we've already faced. If Reid keeps going like he did today we shouldn't have a problem beating them.

I think their defense is better than anyone we've faced. The 49ers come close but they had no passrushers.

We're going to have trouble with Quinn off the edge and Donald up the gut. I think we'll be able to handle the rest of their defense fine, but Donald and Quinn give me pause.

If you're referring to the one in the first half where a couple dudes landed on him and bent his leg awkwardly, he's fine. He returned to the game in the second half. Unless the injury happened after the Rams scored their final TD, he will play and be fine. I missed the very end of the game, but from what I saw, Janoris Jenkins went back in and didn't seem to miss a beat.

Ah. Gotcha.

Yeah, I saw him get mangled and cry as they carried him off the field. Good to hear he's okay.

It looked like it hurt like 8 bitches on a bitch boat, and he was out for the remainder of the second quarter and the halftime break, but he was definitely back in there defending passes and mixing it up.

Probably had to go outside to find some dirt to rub on it.

Donald I agree but Quinn has been inexplicably absent this year.

Fisher did alright against Ware, I expect him to do the same against Quinn.

Fisher had tons of help against Ware.

ROFL ROFL ROFL

I can't remember the stat but during the MNF game against the 9ers they had a huge stretch with no sacks and I remember Chucky making note of Quinn being on the sideline for an obvious passing down.

They may not rush the passer as well as we are giving them credit for. They'll invariably make smith run for his life some, but they're pass rush isn't what it should be on paper. At least through the 9er game.

Is this game in Kansas City or Los Angeles?

Quinn had 19 sacks last year, and got his first today, but only because they tried to block him solo with just the TE with no help from the tackle. It was a gimme sack if there ever was one.

He seems to be the second coming of Eric Hicks in the sack department. One great season and once people figure him out, he's invisible.

Tre Mason looks like he may be a good player. Benny Cunnigham is ok. Stacy is being exposed as kind of a really poor man's Brandon Jacobs.

Not even close to JC and Knile Davis. Has Austin Davis played a road game against a decent defense? 27-13 Chiefs.

Not sure what Davis has done this season but against the Seahawks he was basically Alex Smith. He was like 13/14 for 77 yards and a td at one point, and then on the drive where they scored their final TD, they finally opened it up and he hit guys for 14, 18, and 38 yards through the air.

They keep the reigns on him apparently due to some poor decisions that led to their lead against the niners getting blown, and against the Seahawks today he was serviceable and did enough to win the game when it was needed, but for 3 and 1/2 quarters, it was all checkdowns.

The Chiefs have not lost to the Rams since 1994. They haven't played each other in Arrowhead since 2002. Over the last four meetings, the Chiefs have outscored the Rams 161-74. We'll need to score 40 points to maintain that pace.

FYP

Davis hasn't played an away game at a stadium like Arrowhead. His game against the Hawks was at home.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-h...ams-highlights

Highlights from the last Chiefs-Rams game. Enjoy all the Cassely goodness.

One of our best road wins of the Pioli era.

Fanbase got all lovey on post-appendix Matty.

I agree with Clay for once, this is a big trap game... this team is not to be overlooked.

Fisher always has a physical, tough team.

I think they can run on us.

I don't think they can pass on us, and I really don't know how they stop our offense.

We should be able to run and pass all over them.

Reid needs to go full Marty with this one.

Last week in the first half, Wilson kept dropping back and was under constant pressure. In the second half, they started pounding it on the ground and got back in the game as they wore down the Rams' d-line. Rams' LBers didn't look very good so if you could get past the d-line, it was chunks of yards.

The Rams are close to being a dominant football team. They have freakish talent at every position group besides QB and safety. In recent weeks they've had 14+ point leads against 3 of the best teams in the NFL: Dallas, SF, & Seattle. That says something.

Their problem is they're still very young, play in a VERY aggressive defensive scheme (Greg Williams is their d-coordinator) and make a number of huge mental errors every game, usually overpursuing plays, biting on underneath routes leaving guys wide open down the field etc. That's generally not a good thing going against an Andy Reid offense with a Jamal Charles and mobile QB that doesn't turn the ball over. They also have a terrible unimaginative offensive playcaller in Brian Schottenheimer.

This game is tailor made for Alex Suck to do his thing completing checkdowns, scrambling for a few yards off bootlegs, and generally just playing a boring game taking care of the football. If he does that you'll should be ok.

I wouldnt be so sure they cant pass on us, they didnt ask him to throw a lot vs Seattle but he was hyper effecient when he did... 18/21 2 td.

And of course our secondary is a far cry from Seattles.

Hopefully Austin Davis gets a taste of some high decibel level frustration and we can pressure and sack his ass...

It could be a long day if not or if we look past this game....

My guess

Chiefs 21
Rams 14

That's a great point.

Seattle didn't generate an ounce of pressure, though... I'd have to believe we can do better.

That noisy road atmosphere is our best hope, if it worked against Brady it should work on this kid.

I just hope we play as aggressively as we did that game, keep him on his heels.

Had the Rams lost to Seattle, I'd be worried, but I like our chances with them coming to our house.

I predict at least one sack by a Rams DB.

I hope that Sutton utilizes some twists, because the Rams OL had some deficiencies with that against SF.

Thats true, hopefully Davis isnt ready for the Arrowhead Experience.

So wait, is this game in KC, London or Ferguson Mo. ?

It's in Independence, MO.

Our pass defense is actually better than Seattle's and is #1 in the league in yards allowed.
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Ours is actually #10 in the league in yards allowed per game.

http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorysta...1&d-447263-n=1

Points per game allowed, we're 6th.

We're also 2nd in the NFL in passing yards allowed.

18th in rushing yards allowed.

who wouldve thunk it....losing b flo and urc getting banged up....and losing captain DJ

its pretty neat what these guys have pulled together and accomplished...I hope we can keep it up

Seattle only has 7 sacks on the season.

We're 12th in the league with 17.

According to NFL.com, we're actually the 3rd best on 3rd down conversions on offense.

Here's a very welcome development: our offense is dead last in penalties, at only 29.

We're 6.5 point favorites in Vegas, FWIW.

I think the Chiefs win this one. I think the Chiefs are better all the way around, and they HAVE to win it to stay in the playoff hunt.

Really? I feel like we get a lot of stupid false starts in critical situations

True story. I'm staring at it on NFL.com right now.

The Patriots lead the league with 61. LMAO

Take it to the bank.

Chiefs win, Clayton cries. Just like last Sunday.

suck bowl 2014


who sucks less ?

The rams defensive line is scary. Aaron Donald as a rookie is better than anything they've got and it's stacked. He's a god damn force and it pains me that we didn't get a chance to pick him

Seattle is really banged up at corner right now. They were playing a fourth stringer across from Sherman and a guy off the street at nickle. They were also missing their MLB. On top of that, they haven't been able to get pressure on the QB this year.

Chiefs corners aren't great but hopefully the noise and pressure up front compensate for that. I suspect both teams are going to try to run a lot. It might be a pretty short game.

Aren't the Rams on pace to tie the 2008 Chiefs sack record?

This was a Win pick from the start of the season for me-and I have not changed my mind.

I think the Chiefs dominate this game on both sides-with Hali and Houston having big games. Rookie QB's not named Luck have terrible records here. Hopefully Sutton brings the heat and stomps these pussies back to Arrowhead east.

38-6 Chiefs win a blow out.

PASS defense

http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/team/_/stat/passing/position/defense
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Justin Houston might have more sacks than that whole DLine.
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He played later on in the game. LMAO

Davis isn't a rookie. And no team aside from the Vikings and maybe the 49ers has blown out the Rams.

Definitely not your MOM !

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Well played.

I don't get it ?

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I agree that it is a trap game but Reid always has this team ready.

winning teams have trap games.

this is not a trap game for these teams.

this is a gee whiz I hope we win game for these teams LOL

Agreed .500 teams don't have trap games.

Nice point.

Pretty much.

Both of these teams should be better than what they are. The Rams at least have an excuse with 2 QB's going down...