Concerning - Are 49ers gonna always be a step behind the Rams?? | Page 28

HearstFan · 2025-11-11T08:16:57-08:00

It seems like: SCHEME - McVay is innovating on offense quicker than KS. A la his heavy TE sets this year. His innovations seem bolder and more intentional. KS's offense scheme seems to be getting stale and defenses are catching up to it. KS innovation with Deebo was almost lucked into by necessity, remember it happened mid-season due to RB injuries, not a pre-season innovation plan. KS innovation seems to rely more on highly unique athletes -- Deebo, CMC, even Kittle. ROSTER - The Rams have rebuild quickly after the loss, and this year they have TWO 1st round picks if they want to find a future QB, OT, or premiere DE. OVERALL - It seems like 49ers have another year of reloading ahead at least -- improvements needed in so many areas, and aging plays in key roles - OT, IOL upgrades, DT still needed, WR (if BA doesn't return to form), TE (Kittle can't play elite forever), RB (CMC appears to already have lost a little burst). CB upgrade. So again, it seems like 9ers hold onto their older players longer while Rams are willing to (and been more successful) reloading quickly. THOUGHTS?

Oct 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM

#406

father49er
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Originally posted by DonnieDarko:

Originally posted by genus49:
Aaron out this week due to a back injury that popped up...I have to wonder if this is a legit injury or a "i didn't sign up for this crap" injury.

Who could have predicted a 35 year old who hasn't played in the NFL in two years wouldn't look good, not me certainly

He wasn't good the two years before his retirement. Brunskill was man handling him. It's odd the Rams didn't find a better alternative at DT.

Oct 2, 2026 at 6:43 PM

#407

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Originally posted by father49er:
He wasn't good the two years before his retirement. Brunskill was man handling him. It's odd the Rams didn't find a better alternative at DT.

They have alternatives. Turner and Fiske. They just haven't been as advertised so far.

Oct 2, 2026 at 6:48 PM

#408

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Originally posted by HearstFan:
(Revisiting my original post) If you just went with the offseason hype -- Rams acquired top flight CBs and DPY. Seemed like another year of "staying ahead" of the 9ers. It's only 3 games in, but seems some cracks are emerging in Rams -- Garret and Donald being elite impacts might have been overhyped, and Rams gave up a 1st round player (Verse) and 2027 1st round pick, 2028 2nd, and 2029 3rd. This could be similar to the 9ers Lance trade impact.

9ers drafts haven't worked out, but the 2026 draft seems to have added some good build pieces -- Stribling (wish he was playing and gaining experience), Black (finally a true rotational RB), Dugger (already playing and developing as a hybrid-LB), Halton (seems to be developing into a DT impact starter). I still have hope for Prysock, Willis, and Height to develop into good pieces. Cruz becoming a competent swing tackle would be a plus, a true LT a miracle.

2027 - 9ers get Pearsall back and effective and a good 2027 draft class and this club could be set up well to compete.

I said from the get go that the Rams were overhyped yet so many people on here and social media kept acting like they should be crowned champs, they look great on paper but you need to actually show up and do the work, not be crowned, so yeah I never once thought they were the greatest team ever, but that's me, they're as old as we are, Donald doesn't look like who he was, Garrett has played 1 game, who knows how he looks when he's back, Puka has missed what 2 games? Stafford is old, yeah I'm not goo goo gah gah over them like some on here are.

Oct 2, 2026 at 6:49 PM

#409

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Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by replikante:

Aaron Donald is $4.5 Million into his contract and he has 3 tackles on the entire season. He catfished the Rams with workout videos, skipped the preseason, didn't show up to the first game, and now he's not in shape to handle the Denver altitude. COMPLETE ROBBERY pic.twitter.com/VQsmXDAEkN
— EddieLinks (@Eddielinks_) September 28, 2026

Those Rams uniforms are UGLY!!

Nah, they're FUGLY, like WOW, who thought that bright of a yellow was a good idea?

Oct 2, 2026 at 6:50 PM

#410

AB81Rules
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Originally posted by 49ersRing:
Donald is an old man that hadn't played football in a few years, what did anyone expect?

Well if you ask the Rams fans, all 12 of them, they said he would be the same player that he was before he retired, they were and are so annoying, "we're still the best team" all that crap they talked this offseason and I'm gonna love when they don't win the SB.

Oct 2, 2026 at 6:51 PM

#411

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Originally posted by genus49:
Aaron out this week due to a back injury that popped up...I have to wonder if this is a legit injury or a "i didn't sign up for this crap" injury.

How are Rams fans, all 12 of them, talking online now? They loved talking crap all offseason like they were the greatest team ever, hahahaha.

Oct 3, 2026 at 11:47 AM

#412

Memphis9er
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Same old sorry ass rams...

Oct 3, 2026 at 3:31 PM

#413

DRCHOWDER
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https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/rams-dont-have-a-timeline-on-myles-garretts-return

could be longer than 6 weeks...

Oct 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM

#414

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Originally posted by AB81Rules:

Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by replikante:

Aaron Donald is $4.5 Million into his contract and he has 3 tackles on the entire season. He catfished the Rams with workout videos, skipped the preseason, didn't show up to the first game, and now he's not in shape to handle the Denver altitude. COMPLETE ROBBERY pic.twitter.com/VQsmXDAEkN
— EddieLinks (@Eddielinks_) September 28, 2026

Those Rams uniforms are UGLY!!

Nah, they're FUGLY, like WOW, who thought that bright of a yellow was a good idea?

I harte it when rteams that normally have a great classic uniform wear some ugly special uni. Stay with the classic look if it's good. The Rams traditional uniforms are great. Notice that the teams that have winning tradition don't screw around with constant changes. Some of the alternates are butt ugly.