{"id":8669,"date":"2015-09-21T09:55:16","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T13:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=8669"},"modified":"2025-06-01T22:13:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T02:13:24","slug":"the-loser-papers-2015-edition-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2015\/09\/21\/the-loser-papers-2015-edition-i\/","title":{"rendered":"The Loser Papers – 2015 Edition I"},"content":{"rendered":"

TLP has gone LEGIT! You will now find your favorite thread in THN’s Blog section. For the uninitiated, TLP republishes articles from the Redskins vanquished foes’ hometown newspapers. It is here where you will hear the other side of the story; how the other team beat themselves, or were cheated by the refs, and many other excuses for losing to the Redskins.<\/p>\n

So let’s get right to the fun. Our first edition of the season comes to you from the pages of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:<\/span>
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Rams are, well, the Rams again<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\"Nick<\/p>\n

Rams quarterback Nick Foles is helped up by offensive tackle Rob Havenstein after he was decked by the Redskins late in Sunday’s game.<\/em> (AP Photo)<\/p>\n

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By Benjamin Hochman<\/span><\/p>\n

LANDOVER, MD.<\/strong> \u2022 They call him Pot Roast, and he was hungry.<\/p>\n

Terrance Knighton, he who scares scales, was ravenous for Rams, this after St. Louis beat his Broncos last year \u2026 and shut out Washington last season, Knighton\u2019s new team in \u201915.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw some things on film that we could take advantage of \u2014 we knew if we stop the run, it would be tough,\u201d the nose tackle told me Sunday, after he and the D-line devoured the Rams, winning 24-10. \u201c\u2026 We know what type of team they think they are; they\u2019re going to come in, be physical, be frontrunners, and it\u2019s a famous quote: \u2018Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.\u2019 That\u2019s the attitude we took. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cCoach (Jay) Gruden got up in front of the team Wednesday and showed St. Louis tape, showed how physical they are, showing how they beat Seattle and laid it on our guys last year, running reverses when they\u2019re up 21 points. So we took it personal.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Washington\u2019s defense played with an appetite; the Rams\u2019 offense played full. Satisfied.<\/p>\n

Last week, I watched Nick Foles and the offense shower the Seattle secondary. It looked to me like the Rams\u2019 offense was on to something. Nope. Here at FedEx Field, the Rams were the Rams again.<\/p>\n

The offense took more steps back than Foles under pressure.<\/p>\n

They weren\u2019t who they thought they were.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes with the way things are going, you kind of get ahead of yourself,\u201d offensive lineman Rodger Saffold said, when asked about the Rams being too high after beating Seattle. \u201cBut the preparation was there and the work was there \u2014 we didn\u2019t play the way we practiced.\u201d<\/p>\n

So who are these guys? I suppose they\u2019re somewhere between the team that defeated the defending conference champs, and the team here in DC that looked defeated.<\/p>\n

The Rams were so deflated, the league might have to call Ted Wells to investigate.<\/p>\n

Now look, I don\u2019t think the Rams are this<\/em> bad. They still can win eight total games. But Sunday, the offense fed into the belly of the beast(s): Pot Roast Knighton, Stephen Paea, Ryan Kerrigan gobbling up the Rams\u2019 rushers, who finished with 67 yards. In the whole game!<\/p>\n

The Rams\u2019 best running back performance might have been the pregame drills by Todd Gurley, who didn\u2019t play but is \u201cweek to week, and we thought he had a great week (in practice),\u201d coach Jeff Fisher said.<\/p>\n

At least Tre Mason returned, so he could take some of the heat otherwise thrown toward the inept Isaiah Pead.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what frustrated me most about Foles: He looked as if he was playing not to lose, even when the Rams were losing. A few times, he settled on throwing shorter passes, and even some of those were dropped. I know: If you don\u2019t have a run game going, the offense isn\u2019t itself. Then throw in the fact that the Rams couldn\u2019t throw effective screen passes. But man, they converted just two of 12 third downs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew in order for us to win the game, we would have to run it,\u201d Fisher said. \u201cWe missed a lot of opportunities. But I can\u2019t say it\u2019s Nick or it was the receivers, or a breakdown in protection. We\u2019ll have to look at it. But I think everybody in that locker room when you talk to \u2019em wishes they would have played better, and that would include Nick.\u201d<\/p>\n

The easy narrative that we\u2019ll all hear Monday is that the Rams were just too confident after the win against Seattle. They thought they\u2019d matured, they thought they\u2019d taken a step, but then \u2014 d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu (or, I suppose, d\u00e9j\u00e0 boooooo).<\/p>\n

But I\u2019ve got to bring up at least one wacky stat, per Bill Barnwell of Grantland.com. In 2014, the final 10 teams that played Seattle in the regular season and had a game the following week, lost the following week. They call it the \u201cSeattle Hangover\u201d: A team becomes so battered by the bruising boom of Seattle\u2019s legion, that the next week they\u2019re not recovered. The Rams had it last season \u2014 remember the loss at Kansas City? \u2014 and supposedly they had it again Sunday.<\/p>\n

Asked about this, a passionate Fisher said: \u201cIt\u2019s fair to assume that, but we guarded against that and had a great week of practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last weekend, perhaps prematurely, Foles praised his offensive line following its showing against the Seahawks. It was cool to hear: the Rams quarterback speaking as a leader, showing his young linemen that he\u2019s behind them, and not just when he\u2019s under center.<\/p>\n

Well, now Foles has a new test as a leader: restoring confidence in his precocious offensive line while also restoring confidence in himself. Let\u2019s not forget, the Rams\u2019 offense only had one play for more than 20 yards Sunday.<\/p>\n

Pot Roast and the defense didn\u2019t just feast on the Rams.<\/p>\n

They poured gravy on them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/sports\/columns\/benjamin-hochman\/hochman-rams-are-well-the-rams-again\/article_ac3f0aa2-e4b3-5781-be1d-55bbbd06c9fa.html<\/p>\n

And…<\/p>\n

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Rams dominated by Redskins<\/h1>\n

\"Nick<\/p>\n

St. Louis Rams quarterback Nick Foles (5) is sacked by Washington Redskins free safety Dashon Goldson (38) during the second half of an NFL football game in Landover, Md., Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. The Redskins defeated the Rams 24-10.<\/em> (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/p>\n

By Jim Thomas<\/span><\/p>\n

LANDOVER, MD.<\/strong> \u2022 The Rams have had a few trademark wins under coach Jeff Fisher, only to come back the next week or later in the same season and lose to a very beatable opponent.<\/p>\n

Last season, they squashed Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos, only to get routed by a 6-10 New York Giants squad.<\/p>\n

In 2013, there were marquee victories over Indianapolis and New Orleans but also losses to Atlanta and Tennessee, teams that went a combined 11-21 that season.<\/p>\n

In 2012, Fisher\u2019s inaugural year with the Rams, there was as an overtime victory and a tie against Super Bowl-bound San Francisco. But also losses to perpetually mediocre Miami and a 6-10 New York Jets squad.<\/p>\n

It happened again Sunday at FedEx Field. Fresh off an attention-grabbing overtime victory against Seattle on opening day, the Rams came out flat against Washington \u2014 about as flat as can be in falling behind 17-0 at the half.<\/p>\n

The team\u2019s hopes of starting 2-0 for the first time since 2001 never got off the launching pad in a 24-10 loss to Washington.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to go 2-0 bad,\u201d Rams safety T.J. McDonald said. \u201cI\u2019d be lying if I said we didn\u2019t. We didn\u2019t play good enough to get it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not even close to good enough in the opening two quarters. The Rams have played a lot of bad football over the past decade, and Sunday\u2019s first half was right up there with the worst in terms of ugly play.<\/p>\n

Besides trailing by 17 points, the Rams were outgained 239 yards to 72 in the half. In the parity-driven NFL, it\u2019s not supposed to happen that way. It marked the first time since Oct. 2, 2011 that Washington (1-1) has held an opponent scoreless in the first half.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe came out a little sluggish,\u201d Rams tight end Lance Kendricks said in understatement. \u201cEspecially on the road, you\u2019ve got to really come out with some urgency.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Rams were anything but urgent Sunday. They got gashed for one big play after another in the opening half by a Washington offense that managed only 10 points in a season-opening loss to Miami.<\/p>\n

Running backs Alfred Morris and Matt Jones had runs of 35 and 39 yards, respectively, through gaping holes in the Rams\u2019 defense on Washington\u2019s first touchdown drive. Jones\u2019 39-yard run accounted for the TD.<\/p>\n

A 35-yard reception by wide receiver Ryan Grant on a play in which he got behind cornerback Janoris Jenkins set up a field goal on Washington\u2019s next possession for a 10-0 lead with 53 seconds still to play in the opening quarter.<\/p>\n

Washington\u2019s next TD drive included a 25-yard run by Jones, the rookie from Florida. On a third-and-goal play from the Rams\u2019 4, Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins threw a TD pass to Pierre Garcon, who beat Jenkins on the play. Jenkins complained of a push-off, but it really wasn\u2019t flagrant enough to merit a call by referee Ed Hochuli\u2019s crew.<\/p>\n

And that was pretty much the ballgame. A Washington team that was beaten 24-0 by St. Louis here last season and managed only 206 yards in the process had 17 points and the aforementioned 239 yards by intermission this time.<\/p>\n

The Rams finally showed a pulse in the third quarter, putting up 10 points to make it a one-score contest. But overall, this was all too easy for Washington \u2014 way too easy, actually \u2014 against the highly touted Rams defense.<\/p>\n

It was pretty basic football. Washington controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball and controlled the clock, blocking and tackling better than the Rams. Sometimes it\u2019s not all that complicated.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew that in order for us to win the game we were going to have to run it, stop the run, and get off the field on third down,\u201d Fisher said. \u201cAnd we didn\u2019t do any one of those with any consistency. That was the difference in the ballgame.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones finished with 123 yards rushing and two touchdowns, on 19 carries, averaging 6.5 yards per attempt. He outshone Morris, a three-time 1,000-yard rusher who finished with 59 yards on 18 carries (for a modest 3.3 average).<\/p>\n

\u201cHe surprised a few guys who didn\u2019t realize how big and fast he was all at once,\u201d Rams defensive end Robert Quinn said of Jones, who stands 6 feet 2 and weighs 231 pounds. \u201cBut at the same time, I don\u2019t think an NFL player can catch another guy off guard. They\u2019re here for a reason. He found some holes in our defense and he ran through \u2019em.\u201d<\/p>\n

All told, Washington rushed for 182 yards, getting all but 50 of that total by halftime. Washington was eight for 16 on third-down conversions, compared to the Rams\u2019 feeble two for 12. The home team dominated time of possession, with 37 minutes 44 seconds of ball control compared to the Rams\u2019 22:16.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey out-executed us on third down, and that\u2019s a big play during the game, just keeping those drives alive,\u201d Rams quarterback Nick Foles said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t do a good job of that today.\u201d<\/p>\n

A week earlier, after the big win over Seattle, the Rams were talking about the need for week-to-week consistency in execution and performance. They were doing so almost immediately after that triumph.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you know, our biggest problem has always been being consistent,\u201d guard Rodger Saffold said after that 34-31 win. \u201cWe win one, lose one. Lose two, come back win two. Lose the third. You know what I mean?\u201d<\/p>\n

We know exactly what you mean. But recognizing the problem and solving it remain two distinct things for the Rams. They have managed back-to-back victories only five times during Fisher\u2019s tenure. And they have won as many as three in a row only once \u2014 defeating Arizona, San Francisco and Buffalo in succession in 2012.<\/p>\n

A 52-yard field goal by Greg Zuerlein, followed by a 40-yard TD pass from Foles to Britt, cut Washington\u2019s lead to 17-10 midway through the third quarter. Quinn forced a Jones fumble that was recovered by McDonald, setting up the Foles-to-Britt score.<\/p>\n

But just as quickly, the Rams\u2019 offense shifted back into neutral and stayed there. Washington finally put the game away with an excruciating 12-play, 77-yard TD drive that chewed up nearly 7 minutes of the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

Washington faced third-and-13, third-and-5, and third-and-8 situations on the drive, converting each time. Jones\u2019 3-yard sweep around left end gave Washington a victory-clinching 24-10 lead with 2:38 to play in the fourth.<\/p>\n

And left the Rams groping for answers\u2014 again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/sports\/football\/professional\/rams-dominated-by-redskins\/article_d54f4e3b-01cb-5868-afc3-c92c4572f62a.html<\/p>\n

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