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dzrams
Last time they played Seattle, the D performed admirably.
It was the offense that struggled.
And given the struggles of the offense against every good D this year, with the exception of Philly, I think it's the offense that we should be most concerned about.
First of all, Seattle's defense is hurting - Sherman, Chancellor, and Avril all out, Wagner w/the hammy, Wright in concussion protocol. Not saying that makes them a pushover, but it certainly matters.
Rams scored 26 and went for over 400 yards against the Saints (#11 in points against) - wouldn't call that a struggle.
Against Seattle (#8 in points against) the first time Rams went for almost 400 yds in offense EVEN though they turned the ball over 5 times, including 3 fumbles (one by Gurley at the goalline). I'm not saying Seattle's D had nothing to do with that, but I don't expect that to happen again, do you?
I certainly agree that the O struggled against the Jags and Vikings.
Those are really the only good-great defenses they've played - Seattle, Jags, Vikes, Saints, Eagles - and I'd say they struggled against two, moved the ball when they weren't self-destructing against one, and did well against two.
The defense did fine against Wilson the first time, but Wilson - like Wentz and Keenum, who hurt the Rams more than any other QBs to date - can certainly escape their pass rush and expose their secondary. And we just lost Webster.
I think the O will be fine. It's the D that needs to stand up. And I think they will.
