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Rams plan on resting players week 17

Saca312

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toldozer Grand Master

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2 minutes ago, The Lone Panther said:

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.

Sunday I would have said no way we lose to the bucs. They could beat the saints. Be pretty stupid of us to rest starters until saints are up big. 

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2 minutes ago, toldozer said:

Sunday I would have said no way we lose to the bucs. They could beat the saints. Be pretty stupid of us to rest starters until saints are up big. 

It really sucks that both games are being played at the same time.  However, the Bucs are done, IMO.  They had a little bit of fight left in them for our game, but our defensive line broke them.  They should be focusing on a draft spot at this point. 

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2 hours ago, The Huddler said:

Id rather go play the rams than the saints. 

hell yea man. We beat the Vikings this year and the Vikes managed to be one of the few teams to totally shut down the Rams offense . That's probably a good sign for us , rather than go against a team thats had our number 2x in a row.

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16 minutes ago, KendrickPanther said:

I don't understand why everyone assumes Nick Foles is going to single handedly ruin the Eagles chances. They are still a formidable opponent with a more experience QB now.

and if you watch the last game they are still just oozing talent from everywhere  . They can win playoff games if Foles isnt turning the ball over

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3 hours ago, Saca312 said:

 

He isnt wrong, I wonder if the Panthers play their starters if we werent in such a dead heat with the Saints.

Playing 3 games, or 4 straight on the road is no easy task, it will be totally worth it to the Panthers if we somehow managed to win the Division or even got the Bye somehow. So I know why we are playing our starters, but Part of me really wishes we would just rest our starters this week, because I Just done see the Saints losing to the bucs

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Wait, so the Rams want to avoid playing a team they just smoked on the road in Seattle or a Saints team they already handled at home, just to position themselves to play the Panthers?  I don't think they care who they play, they trust their defense and a home game to get by anyone.  If you're scheming for your playoff opponents and path, that's weak sauce.  You're not going to be able to avoid good teams and sneak all the way to the SB, so just bring on anyone.  Fug it.

That said, if we happen to fall into a spot to play the Rams in the first round, I would prefer that over a trip to the Superdome.  That's just me though.

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2 hours ago, KendrickPanther said:

I don't understand why everyone assumes Nick Foles is going to single handedly ruin the Eagles chances. They are still a formidable opponent with a more experience QB now.

We lose Cam Newton do we still go? Atl loses Matt Ryan do they still go? Saints lose Drew Brees do they still go? 

You lose a MVP type QB like that you arnt as good. Especially against good defenses like they'll see through the playoffs. It's crazy to think there won't be a big drop off vs good teams

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1 hour ago, CarolinaSamurai said:

We lose Cam Newton do we still go? Atl loses Matt Ryan do they still go? Saints lose Drew Brees do they still go? 

You lose a MVP type QB like that you arnt as good. Especially against good defenses like they'll see through the playoffs. It's crazy to think there won't be a big drop off vs good teams

Well, the drop off from wentz to Foles isn’t nearly as bad as Cam to DA or brees to his backup. Why I never considered wentz an mvp. Cam means much more to this team than wentz did to the eagles, but still a big loss for them obviously 

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3 hours ago, CarolinaSamurai said:

We lose Cam Newton do we still go? Atl loses Matt Ryan do they still go? Saints lose Drew Brees do they still go? 

You lose a MVP type QB like that you arnt as good. Especially against good defenses like they'll see through the playoffs. It's crazy to think there won't be a big drop off vs good teams

Nick Foles is better than Derek Anderson and Chase Daniel. He was 16-4 in his last 20 starts for the Eagles. There might be a drop off. They still should probably be favored in every home game they play.

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