Veteran punter Hunter Smith to get workout

Again, our kicker Gano was punting. Did you see the game?

Exactly. That call still doesn't make sense to me.

This FO or coaching staff has a bad habit of making uneccessary changes.

Bidwell is hurt, in case you didn't hear. That's why Gano was punting.


Thanks. My Sun. was rather busy with a b-day party right during the game, then we went down 14 points at the beginning and probably just like the team zoned out who was playing what, when, and where. Between getting pissed off at the play selection, players miscue's, and the Rams playing better, the Refs kept pissing me off.

I know no team should leave the game up to the Refs and we shouldn't have to blame the Refs but .... OMG, between our bad plays and the Refs handing the Rams the game I was just pissed.

I'll say it again.... Remember the Lions week 1 catching the TD pass in the endzone, which almost every normal human being called a TD, but the Refs applying some rule said "no TD" because the ball moved after the WR made a perfect catch with both feet in bounds, a football move by turning and facing the back of the endzone the whole while controling the ball up until he hit the ground with it and it rolled out of his hand. The rule shouldn't have mattered.... he caught the ball, in the endzone and controlled it for atleast 3 steps, TD. but no.

Then yesterday during the Rams game pass thrown to the WR at the 1 yrd line who got hit and while falling the ball hit the ground and bounced up and hit him in the face mask, but he grabbed it back up. The Refs gave them the spot at the 1 yrd line. If the rule is to be applied equally across the board then that was no catch because the ball moved when it hit the ground. The player did not control the ball.

That was just one play. I saw holding by the Rams OL all day. Rogers got a penalty that I guess was a good penalty, although I felt he had a right to go for the ball also, but the Refs over look the holding call on the Center keeping us from getting a sack. WTF?

I really didn't think the refs had much to do with our overall crappy, sloppy, and uninspired play.

They lost their best player in Jackson, and still managed to control the game with a rookie QB no less.

This FO or coaching staff has a bad habit of making uneccessary changes.

The question is when have our bad feeling ever not come back to bite us. Here's a short list.

- Drafting Jason Campbell in the first round of the 2005 draft
- Promoting Vinny to EXVPOFO
- Not hiring Gregg Williams
- Hiring Zorn
- Drafting 3 pass catchers in the 2nd round
- Not fixing the O-Line
- Signing Haynesworth to a $100 million contract
- Bringing Zorn back
- Hiring Haslet
- Switching to the 3-4
- Not resigning Red Snapper and Hunter the Punter

I've started to learn to trust the bad first impression. In fact the only bad first impression that I can think of that turned out to be completely wrong was drafting Trent Williams. Can anyone else think of an example of bad first impression that turned out to be overblown (ie when we rejected the null)?

I thought most were in favor of Williams when he got drafted.

Again, our kicker Gano was punting. Did you see the game?

Yes and No. I kept getting the feeling I was missing plays here and there and I was not even drunk. lol. I had to keep going back and think about each play cause it just felt like out of the blue we were going 1st down, 2nd down, then I'm seeing us punting.

I didn't hear any of the comontary by the announcers so I had no idea the punter was injured but also didn't think the punts were to bad other then the blocked punt.

- Drafting Jason Campbell in the first round of the 2005 draft
- Promoting Vinny to EXVPOFO
- Not hiring Gregg Williams
- Hiring Zorn
- Drafting 3 pass catchers in the 2nd round
- Not fixing the O-Line
- Signing Haynesworth to a $100 million contract
- Bringing Zorn back
- Hiring Haslet
- Switching to the 3-4
- Not resigning Red Snapper and Hunter the Punter

Just to point out a given..... Cerrato was responsible for about 80 to 90 % of all that crap.

-Drafting JC? I don't know but I really wonder if he would have been drafted.
-Promoting VC. lol "Hey Danny I can get more accomplished and the team will respect me if I'm the VPOFO."
Not hiring GW. Vinny couldn't get along with him.
Hiring Zorn. No one would work with Vinny. Other then Zorn. lol.
Drafting 3 pass catcher 2nd round. Vinny wanting flash instead of firing the position coach for not doing his job.
Not fixing the OL. Thats not a flashy enough move for VC. Besides with crossed eyes the OL looks good.
Signing AH. VC had to get him at whatever the cost. Can't let anyone out bid for him. Flash and Splash.
Bringing Zorn back. They didn't bring him back, he never left. To fire him would be VC admitting he was wrong. Plus no one else would take the job working with him. Zorn last resort.
Hiring Haslett. I questioned this idea and said it was a bad idea and people informed me that I was an idiot. Word was Haslett won some semi pro football championship and was a HC twice.
Switching to the 3-4. I think we all knew this would be a problem especially when some of you Madden coach's out there said we didn't have the right personel to run the 3-4. It's going to take a couple of yrs to get the right personel....which is why I felt the term "Rebuild" should have been used. Lower our expectations and if the team did well we would have been excited vs. let down with the whole "we are making a run at this" statement.
Not resigning the Red Snapper. I like old Red but has the new guy really been bad? He flubbed one FG snap, but otherwise I thought he has played well?

I really didn't think the refs had much to do with our overall crappy, sloppy, and uninspired play.

They lost their best player in Jackson, and still managed to control the game with a rookie QB no less.

Excellent description. Especially the "uninspired" part. The Rams showed up to play; we just went through the motions.

With Philly coming up this was a trap game, no doubt. And boy did we get trapped.