@Alan Aoun Sure was. I thought the Rams would be Super Bowl contenders for the next few years after 1989. Unfortunately, they wouldn't sniff contention again until 1999.
@@alanaoun7415 YUP... It's a damn shame we lost Rosenbloom ...After moving to Anaheim the Rams fell to second from last on the NFL payroll... Dad took me to my first Ram game in 1969 I was 6! It was all Ram talk in Los Angeles back then. Merlin Olsen lived across the street from my Jr high school in Downey. And was blessed to take my Son to Canton Ohio in 2001 Youngblood/ Slater...it was a great induction ceremony 7 total that day...Swann, Marv Levy, Nick Baniconti , Ron Yary and Mike Munchic! Marv Levy's personal Cab driver gave his induction speech! What a great time...now my Son's Ram helmet has Youngblood's signature on the left horn and Fred Dryer on the right horn!! And we got it signed by chance... being in the right place at the right time! ✌️ Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High school CA ✌️❤️🇺🇸
Anytime thd Eagles lost from 1980 onwards always made me happy. I never rooted for the Eagles again until 2002 and afterwards and that was only because they played teams that I disliked even more than them.
What? Bad offensive line, no consistent running game, one dimensional play calling? Funny he won a playoff game under Kotite & almost got The Vikings to The Super Bowl.
@@cbod14 exactly that Eagles team in the late 80s early 90s weren't even close to a superbowl. Especially with the division with Joe Gibbs ,Bill Parcells and Jimmy Johnson. All three of them always had what the Eagles never had , a great offensive line with terrific running backs. Also with great coaching
Cunningham was the most physically gifted qb of all time. He was not the most mentally gifted qb of all time. You have to have the mental to be a super bowl caliber player. It also didn’t help that Buddy Ryan was a complete jackass. Ryan famously celebrated the departure of Chris Carter to the Vikings. That tells you everything you need know about his discernment and overall competency.
in this game randall cunningham acts like this ram eagle defense is something brand new he has never seen. they have switched to this defense all year, including a successful game against joe Montana .you have to seriously wonder if he was even watching very much film that week. if he was watching the film he would have seen the whole idea of two lineman 5 linebackers is to confuse the blocking assignments for him. lack of game prep or at least proper game prep is something he actually got confronted on by his own teammates. he had the bad luck of this happening when a sports illustrated reporter was there. the sports illustrated story about him suddenly became about that and sports illustrated put it out. everybody resented that he was doing the GQ photo shoots, nike photo shoots , national commercials including Nike , when that time should have been in the film room . people like rice and montana waited till offseason for all that.
the rams gamble the whole game that cunningham cannot sustain a drive passing. he did not prove them wrong. especially showed that those crossing routes are a problem for him.
We were supposed to be crushed by the feared Buddy Ryan Defense…. Too bad we fell to the Niners in the Championship game, but we got our run back on them in 2022….
In this game randall cunningham acts like this ram eagle defense is something brand new he has never seen. they have switched to this defense all year, including a successful game against joe Montana .you have to seriously wonder if he was even watching very much film that week. if he was watching the film he would have seen the whole idea of two lineman 5 linebackers is to confuse the blocking assignments for him. lack of game prep or at least proper game prep is something he actually got confronted on by his own teammates. he had the bad luck of this happening when a sports illustrated reporter was there. the sports illustrated story about him suddenly became about that and sports illustrated put it out. everybody resented that he was doing the GQ photo shoots, nike photo shoots , national commercials including Nike , when that time should have been in the film room . people like rice and montana waited till offseason for all that. Reply
Hey, does anyone know if the TE Pete Holohan played this game, or any other rams games from 1988-1990. He also played for the chargers from 1981-1987. Please send link to video if you find gameplay of him. Thanks.
Insane run by The Rams. Had to come east three straight weeks in cold weather. First New England, then Philadelphia & last stop New York. They ran out of gas in San Francisco.
San Francisco was also just plain better than the Rams. The 89’ 49ers were one of greatest teams ever assembled. I put them only behind the ‘91 Redskins as the best ever.
@@cbod14 Nuff said my ass. The Redskins post season and regular season point differential was mammoth. Between the 85 bears, 89 49ers, 78 Steelers and 72 Dolphins the 17-2 Redskins had the greatest point differential, outscoring opponents by an average margin of victory of 16.3 points, slightly higher than that of the second place 1985 Bears (16.1). Try again, Sport. “The 1991 Washington Redskins, dominated the league from start to finish. The 1985 Chicago Bears had the most stifling defense, while the 1989 San Francisco 49ers possessed an unstoppable offense. The 1978 Pittsburgh Steelers were balanced on both sides of the ball as were the 1972 undefeated Miami Dolphins, but the Redskins faced a tougher schedule than all of them.” -Bleacher Report “One amazing number is sack differential. Redskins passers were sacked only nine times all season, while their defense recorded 50 sacks. This is really nothing more than a "freak stat," but the '91 Redskins were one of only three teams since 1950 to record at least 40 more sacks in a season than their opponents. For what it's worth, the nine teams who were plus-35 in sacks or higher had an aggregate record of 91-42-1. (When a sack differential is that high, it's not just about being ahead and forcing the other team to throw a lot.) -Eddie Epstein (ESPN football historian).
@@MaximusWolfe The 49ers were better sorry. They took out the No.1, 3 and 5 ranked defenses in the league. Again They have the highest postseason point differential in NFL History. Try again.
@@cbod14 You can say sorry till you are blue in the face. There is no way that the 49ers from 89 beat the Redskins from 91 four times out of seven. You, like so many others, merely assume the 91 Redskins had to have been a worse team because they are not typically as glorified. But according to almost every major statistical category the Redskins were the superior. The Redskins had a much more difficult schedule, a better defense and an offense approximating to the 89 49ers with arguably the greatest offensive line in the history of the NFL insofar as it only gave up nine sacks for the entire season. I saw both those teams firsthand. The 89 49ers were incredible and would be my second place team. However, I have never seen a team more dominant than the 1991 Redskins. If you actually knew what you were talking about then you would know that the Redskins completely obliterated the Buffalo Bills and that at the point differential was only a result of garbage time points being scored by the bills. The game was over midway through the third-quarter if not by the end of the second quarter. They absolutely annihilated the Lions and The Falcons score was also not indicative of how one-sided that game was either. This is because it was played in down pouring rain from snap to zero. The 49ers played a completely exhausted and bedraggled LA Rams team and a very depleted (heavily injured) vikings team. Also, the 1991 bills were a far better team than the 89 broncos (see every statistical category imaginable).
The thing is that with all that defense, the Eagles just fell apart on offense when it came playoff time. The year before Keith Jackson dropped an easy touchdown and missed field goals and turnovers cost the Eagles a victory against the Bears which the Eagles should have won. In this one, the Eagles had no running game and forced Randall to pass. All that flash and flair doesn't mean a damn thing without any points.
The eagles never had a running game, period. Buddy Ryan was a shitty head coach. He knew how to get players to like him but not how to get them primed for big games.
@@MaximusWolfe because it’s obvious u r a miserable with no friends or pussy.,your ranting n obvious ignorance about the subject n u actually hear any information u just want to rant about being right.. n the anger over it u have is strange
All those useless laterals smh..... like an immature team desperately looking for something fancy... But the Rams outsmarted the Eagles, from the onset, killed them with their (how convenient) "Eagle" defense. Everett, Bell, OL, rest is history. Still don't know how this didn't work in the Conference final though, will have to rewatch this disaster some other time....
Watch the first ram 49er game of the 1989 season played at Candlestick. The Rams win the game primarily because this eagle defense is one where the 49ers could not adjust on the fly to it. The Rams are able to get someone to Montana instantly, most of the time it was Kevin green. What the defense is doing with that formation is completely confusing everybody's blocking assignments. And they are beating the best 49er team I think that there ever was the 1989 team. for the NFC championship game the 49ers had plenty of time to be prepared and knew what to do. That eagle defense is not just great strategy of the Rams it was an admission that they really did not have many quality defensive lineman.
I remember this Cinderella Ram team in 1989 they shocked the Philadelphia eagles then went on to Surprised the New York Giants the next week before getting spanked by their rival the Niners NFC Championship.
Weren’t really a Cinderella team. Started out 5-0 & fell off. They had a tough run to the playoffs. Came east in frigid weather & had to win at New England. Then went to Philadelphia & won & won the next week in New York. They ran out of gas in San Francisco.
Buddy Ryan’s downfall began *LOOOOOONNNNNNGGGGGG* before this game. It started as soon as he told Randall Cunningham to “make three or four plays, and the defense will do the rest.” Buddy didn’t have *A CLUE* about how to run an offense. 🤷🏻♂️🙄🤦🏻♂️
@ Jamie Johnson I couple request games that you should post or upload 1989 week 2 Indianapolis colts at Los angels rams 1989 week9 los angels rams at Minnesota Vikings 1988 week 13 San Francisco 49ers at San Diego chargers 1989 week 16 Indianapolis colts at new Orleans saints 1988 week9 Chicago bears at new England Patriots 1989 week6 new England Patriots at Atlanta Falcons 1988 week 11 Indianapolis colts at green bay packers am trying to look for these games that I would love to see and watch in my collection my friend and one thing am really going to miss your video that you post and your video
Eagles were so overrated. A terrible offensive line with no running game that's a recipe for disaster, and Buddy Ryan was a terrible game day coach. They weren't even close to a Super Bowl caliber team
@@Murf1802on a historic note the Eagles always go after running qbs which dont win superbowls. Theres a reason this team has 1 sb win in 90 years🤷♂️ Front office ego has a lot to do with it too.
I think that Rams team was quite good. On a good day they matched up well against the giants. They consistently beat the giants during those years so saying the giants were better as a matter of fact seems wishful.
Yea ok pat Gerald Riggs ran for 230 yards against them in week 2 !!!in Washington!where this game should have been!the redskins we're a better team than the eagles always!!
What a remarkable run by the Rams that year.. They went into NE, Philadelphia and the Giants and won all of them on the east coast. Insane!!
@Alan Aoun Sure was. I thought the Rams would be Super Bowl contenders for the next few years after 1989. Unfortunately, they wouldn't sniff contention again until 1999.
Same here! Their cheap owner and upper management didn't want to pay their players, and it haunted the team for almost the whole decade up until 1999.
@@alanaoun7415 YUP...
It's a damn shame we lost Rosenbloom ...After moving to Anaheim the Rams fell to second from last on the NFL payroll...
Dad took me to my first Ram game in 1969 I was 6! It was all Ram talk in Los Angeles back then. Merlin Olsen lived across the street from my Jr high school in Downey. And was blessed to take my Son to Canton Ohio in 2001 Youngblood/ Slater...it was a great induction ceremony 7 total that day...Swann, Marv Levy, Nick Baniconti , Ron Yary and Mike Munchic! Marv Levy's personal Cab driver gave his induction speech! What a great time...now my Son's Ram helmet has Youngblood's signature on the left horn and Fred Dryer on the right horn!! And we got it signed by chance... being in the right place at the right time! ✌️
Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High school CA ✌️❤️🇺🇸
Thank you Summerall, mentionning Duval Love and Pankey, unsung heroes on this once outstanding OL.
No doubt! Two huge anchors there! They filled that uniform well! 👍
I really think they are Hall of Fame material...and Dennis Harrah
Anytime thd Eagles lost from 1980 onwards always made me happy. I never rooted for the Eagles again until 2002 and afterwards and that was only because they played teams that I disliked even more than them.
This game showcased every flaw that Cunningham had
What? Bad offensive line, no consistent running game, one dimensional play calling? Funny he won a playoff game under Kotite & almost got The Vikings to The Super Bowl.
@@cbod14 exactly that Eagles team in the late 80s early 90s weren't even close to a superbowl. Especially with the division with Joe Gibbs ,Bill Parcells and Jimmy Johnson. All three of them always had what the Eagles never had , a great offensive line with terrific running backs. Also with great coaching
Cunningham was the most physically gifted qb of all time. He was not the most mentally gifted qb of all time. You have to have the mental to be a super bowl caliber player. It also didn’t help that Buddy Ryan was a complete jackass. Ryan famously celebrated the departure of Chris Carter to the Vikings. That tells you everything you need know about his discernment and overall competency.
in this game randall cunningham acts like this ram eagle defense is something brand new he has never seen. they have switched to this defense all year, including a successful game against joe Montana .you have to seriously wonder if he was even watching very much film that week. if he was watching the film he would have seen the whole idea of two lineman 5 linebackers is to confuse the blocking assignments for him. lack of game prep or at least proper game prep is something he actually got confronted on by his own teammates. he had the bad luck of this happening when a sports illustrated reporter was there. the sports illustrated story about him suddenly became about that and sports illustrated put it out. everybody resented that he was doing the GQ photo shoots, nike photo shoots , national commercials including Nike , when that time should have been in the film room . people like rice and montana waited till offseason for all that.
the rams gamble the whole game that cunningham cannot sustain a drive passing. he did not prove them wrong. especially showed that those crossing routes are a problem for him.
We were supposed to be crushed by the feared Buddy Ryan Defense…. Too bad we fell to the Niners in the Championship game, but we got our run back on them in 2022….
Does anybody know what the black stripe on the Eagles helmet was for
Their QB Coach died during the season and that strip was a memorial for him
Doug Scovill died on December 9th, 1989.
Go RAMS for life
Did anyone else think Rams HC John Robinson resembles the skipper from Gilligan’s Island?
Don't insult Alan Hale like that.
Buddy Ryan rode the Bears success only a short distance. He wasn't really a head coach.
Very true
The rams came out punching in this game
Yep, took right to the Eagles on the first two drives. Got the crowd out of the game.
51:18 looks like the play that killed the Giants in OT in the following round.
1:48:58 The only Eagles touchdown in three playoff games under Buddy Ryan
That says it all. Ryan was a doofus to ever try and coach anything but defense.
@@MaximusWolfewhat? Eagles were a playoff team. Under buddy . Few years B4 him they couldn’t come close
@@TheSands83
That’s because they were rebuilding before he showed. He inherited a richly talented team.
@@MaximusWolfe ok🤣 sure if it was so talented why couldn’t they do shit?
@@TheSands83
Too young. Which is why buddy didn’t win his first two years either, you twit.
In this game randall cunningham acts like this ram eagle defense is something brand new he has never seen. they have switched to this defense all year, including a successful game against joe Montana .you have to seriously wonder if he was even watching very much film that week. if he was watching the film he would have seen the whole idea of two lineman 5 linebackers is to confuse the blocking assignments for him. lack of game prep or at least proper game prep is something he actually got confronted on by his own teammates. he had the bad luck of this happening when a sports illustrated reporter was there. the sports illustrated story about him suddenly became about that and sports illustrated put it out. everybody resented that he was doing the GQ photo shoots, nike photo shoots , national commercials including Nike , when that time should have been in the film room . people like rice and montana waited till offseason for all that.
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Hey, does anyone know if the TE Pete Holohan played this game, or any other rams games from 1988-1990. He also played for the chargers from 1981-1987. Please send link to video if you find gameplay of him. Thanks.
@demonkat8233 There are plenty of Rams and Chargers games on UA-cam.
Shut Buddy Ryan's BIG MOUTH. LOVED IT!
Insane run by The Rams. Had to come east three straight weeks in cold weather. First New England, then Philadelphia & last stop New York. They ran out of gas in San Francisco.
San Francisco was also just plain better than the Rams. The 89’ 49ers were one of greatest teams ever assembled. I put them only behind the ‘91 Redskins as the best ever.
@@MaximusWolfe Uh The 89 49ers we’re better than The 91 Skins. Look at their postseason point differential. 126-20. Nuff said
@@cbod14
Nuff said my ass. The Redskins post season and regular season point differential was mammoth. Between the 85 bears, 89 49ers, 78 Steelers and 72 Dolphins the 17-2 Redskins had the greatest point differential, outscoring opponents by an average margin of victory of 16.3 points, slightly higher than that of the second place 1985 Bears (16.1). Try again, Sport.
“The 1991 Washington Redskins, dominated the league from start to finish. The 1985 Chicago Bears had the most stifling defense, while the 1989 San Francisco 49ers possessed an unstoppable offense. The 1978 Pittsburgh Steelers were balanced on both sides of the ball as were the 1972 undefeated Miami Dolphins, but the Redskins faced a tougher schedule than all of them.”
-Bleacher Report
“One amazing number is sack differential. Redskins passers were sacked only nine times all season, while their defense recorded 50 sacks. This is really nothing more than a "freak stat," but the '91 Redskins were one of only three teams since 1950 to record at least 40 more sacks in a season than their opponents. For what it's worth, the nine teams who were plus-35 in sacks or higher had an aggregate record of 91-42-1. (When a sack differential is that high, it's not just about being ahead and forcing the other team to throw a lot.)
-Eddie Epstein (ESPN football historian).
@@MaximusWolfe The 49ers were better sorry. They took out the No.1, 3 and 5 ranked defenses in the league. Again They have the highest postseason point differential in NFL History. Try again.
@@cbod14
You can say sorry till you are blue in the face. There is no way that the 49ers from 89 beat the Redskins from 91 four times out of seven. You, like so many others, merely assume the 91 Redskins had to have been a worse team because they are not typically as glorified. But according to almost every major statistical category the Redskins were the superior. The Redskins had a much more difficult schedule, a better defense and an offense approximating to the 89 49ers with arguably the greatest offensive line in the history of the NFL insofar as it only gave up nine sacks for the entire season. I saw both those teams firsthand. The 89 49ers were incredible and would be my second place team. However, I have never seen a team more dominant than the 1991 Redskins. If you actually knew what you were talking about then you would know that the Redskins completely obliterated the Buffalo Bills and that at the point differential was only a result of garbage time points being scored by the bills. The game was over midway through the third-quarter if not by the end of the second quarter. They absolutely annihilated the Lions and The Falcons score was also not indicative of how one-sided that game was either. This is because it was played in down pouring rain from snap to zero. The 49ers played a completely exhausted and bedraggled LA Rams team and a very depleted (heavily injured) vikings team. Also, the 1991 bills were a far better team than the 89 broncos (see every statistical category imaginable).
The thing is that with all that defense, the Eagles just fell apart on offense when it came playoff time. The year before Keith Jackson dropped an easy touchdown and missed field goals and turnovers cost the Eagles a victory against the Bears which the Eagles should have won. In this one, the Eagles had no running game and forced Randall to pass. All that flash and flair doesn't mean a damn thing without any points.
The eagles never had a running game, period. Buddy Ryan was a shitty head coach. He knew how to get players to like him but not how to get them primed for big games.
@@MaximusWolfeu need help
@@TheSands83
Your life is a void in space. Stop groping your father.
@@TheSands83
In what sense, gimp?
@@MaximusWolfe because it’s obvious u r a miserable with no friends or pussy.,your ranting n obvious ignorance about the subject n u actually hear any information u just want to rant about being right.. n the anger over it u have is strange
Toast!
Ram horns vs. Eagle wings.
Rick Tuten his horn
12:34 very nice
Somebody got our banner at 2:17:13. Ha!
All those useless laterals smh..... like an immature team desperately looking for something fancy... But the Rams outsmarted the Eagles, from the onset, killed them with their (how convenient) "Eagle" defense. Everett, Bell, OL, rest is history.
Still don't know how this didn't work in the Conference final though, will have to rewatch this disaster some other time....
Watch the first ram 49er game of the 1989 season played at Candlestick. The Rams win the game primarily because this eagle defense is one where the 49ers could not adjust on the fly to it. The Rams are able to get someone to Montana instantly, most of the time it was Kevin green. What the defense is doing with that formation is completely confusing everybody's blocking assignments. And they are beating the best 49er team I think that there ever was the 1989 team. for the NFC championship game the 49ers had plenty of time to be prepared and knew what to do. That eagle defense is not just great strategy of the Rams it was an admission that they really did not have many quality defensive lineman.
I remember this Cinderella Ram team in 1989 they shocked the Philadelphia eagles then went on to Surprised the New York Giants the next week before getting spanked by their rival the Niners NFC Championship.
Weren’t really a Cinderella team. Started out 5-0 & fell off. They had a tough run to the playoffs. Came east in frigid weather & had to win at New England. Then went to Philadelphia & won & won the next week in New York. They ran out of gas in San Francisco.
No one was beating SF that year. A nearly perfect team.
The Niners defense ruined Everett in that Championship game...he was scared the rest of his career.🙋🤷
This one really hurt . This started the downfall of Buddy Ryan.
Buddy Ryan was a terrible head coach
@@whataboutrob442
I agree. Should have stayed in his lane as a DC. That was obviously his metier.
@@MaximusWolfe For sure!
Give the rams some credit though. They were very underrated in 89 and played with a chip on their shoulder.
Buddy Ryan’s downfall began *LOOOOOONNNNNNGGGGGG* before this game. It started as soon as he told Randall Cunningham to “make three or four plays, and the defense will do the rest.” Buddy didn’t have *A CLUE* about how to run an offense. 🤷🏻♂️🙄🤦🏻♂️
@ Jamie Johnson I couple request games that you should post or upload 1989 week 2 Indianapolis colts at Los angels rams 1989 week9 los angels rams at Minnesota Vikings 1988 week 13 San Francisco 49ers at San Diego chargers 1989 week 16 Indianapolis colts at new Orleans saints 1988 week9 Chicago bears at new England Patriots 1989 week6 new England Patriots at Atlanta Falcons 1988 week 11 Indianapolis colts at green bay packers am trying to look for these games that I would love to see and watch in my collection my friend and one thing am really going to miss your video that you post and your video
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Eagles were so overrated. A terrible offensive line with no running game that's a recipe for disaster, and Buddy Ryan was a terrible game day coach. They weren't even close to a Super Bowl caliber team
Yup. Buddy Ryan was only fit to coach defense. Even his demeanor betrayed a lack of confidence in that role.
Calling people who actually have talent overrated is hilarious considering the fact you have no talent
bUT We OwNeD tHe GiAnTs
@@ejacoby
It is interesting that they seemed to always give the giants fits.
@@Murf1802on a historic note the Eagles always go after running qbs which dont win superbowls. Theres a reason this team has 1 sb win in 90 years🤷♂️ Front office ego has a lot to do with it too.
Then they beat us the next week. That one still hurts. We were both better then this Ram team
Being a ram fan, I agree.....but NFC east gotta win at home and that says a lot! Rams won 1988-89 3 x against Giants.....they had their chances
Giants better than the Rams in 89 ? I don't think so. The Rams win against the Giants was the second time that year.
I think that Rams team was quite good. On a good day they matched up well against the giants. They consistently beat the giants during those years so saying the giants were better as a matter of fact seems wishful.
Boo Hoo baby.
Pretorious700 drop the tough guy act
Buddy Ryan the most overrated sports figured ever, and he’s a legend in Philly.
Yea ok pat Gerald Riggs ran for 230 yards against them in week 2 !!!in Washington!where this game should have been!the redskins we're a better team than the eagles always!!
A P.I. non call against Ron Johnson in the 4th aided the Rams
Excuses are like rectums.
Theosis70 fake fans like you are a cancer to sports
This was a depressing game
No it was a great game.!!
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