Rewatching the Rams Philly playoff game we beat ourselves

[malibu]

Kyren Williams fumbled twice. The first one was a combo fault of him and Stafford on a bad handoff netting only a FG.

2 tipped up in the air plays in the first half (Rozeboom & Witherspoon) Rams couldn't make the int.

The second one Kyren fumbled by a punch out by Jalen Carter then Philly recovered and ran it back a bunch of yards netting a FG should have been a TD but Lane Johnson false started which killed the drive. Huge mistake.

Philly had a 3rd and 14 on their own 5 and they got huge play keeping the drive alive. Rams would have gotten the ball back.

Rams had a 3rd and 4 and Puka dropped a perfect pass to the sidelines really easy catch. Another massive mistake.

Stafford fumbling in the 4th quarter Philly recovered.

4th and 4 - Philly completed the pass netting a FG.

Robinson dropping a deep over easy catch. But he had a really good game.

Xavier Smith not fielding the punt netting an extra 12 yards loss. Huge mistake this was before the Rams last drive with 2minutes to go.

Dotson false start at the end. Worsed time ever to have that penalty.

Then Limmer being left alone on an island against Jalen Carter with no help causing a huge sack on Stafford and the game. Honestly this is on McVay bc he needed Kyren to stay in and help in the most crucial situational play absolutely stupid call on McVays part. The game and ouncers even stated in the 3rd quarter when Rams don't double Carter they have issues.

Bad tackling in the first half before the snow netting a TD by Hurts and various other plays netting lots of extra yards. 2 long TDs by Barkley bad scheme and bad tackling.

Tough loss if we limited these mistakes we would have won the game most likely.

My takeaway the defensive Line was amazing and Fiske was out after part way through the 2nd quarter. Safety, tons of sacks huge sack on Philly's last drive giving the Rams a chance to win the game.

ILBs were terrible poor tackling out of position and couldn't get to the sidelines to stop plays.

Stafford held the ball too long in a lot of plays.

Evans & Karty were great.

The biggest takeaway was the OL they were really sub par especially when Kyren flared out to the right why - he wasn't the target why wasn't he in on this play to block? McVay needed to keep Kyren in more and TE needs to chip on Havensteins man. This issue is going to happen potentially again this season. If we want to go to a SB we need to be more conservative on long developing pass downs or crucial plays or we need to win the 1st seed to stay in warm weather situation with great footing.

As you can see we had a ton of stupid mistakes. If we eliminated just half of them it may of netted us the game and we almost won anyway.

[Jacksnow]

Very nice assessment of game!

[malibu]

Very nice assessment of game!

Thanks I wasn't planning on writing this post until I realized how badly we beat ourselves and it was far from 3 long TD runs 1 by Hurts 2 by Barkley it is easy to point to those 3 plays netting 21 pts. It really fell on the Rams super poor play and it wasn't the snow another easy thing to point at if you didn't remember the game. Bad OL play, drops. bad tackling, miscues galore on a bunch of players and McVay. The most important play of the game and we do not protect Stafford that is priority #1 period and we flare Kyren out into the flat why. Philly was pressuring us all game why wouldn't McVay think they would on that play plus it was 3rd and 12 a flare out would never achieve the 12 yards needed. So why not keep Kyren into block. Plus the player wasn't designed for him in the first place. I know I am picking on one play it was a ton more plays but this one imo was egregious.