This is not one of those "Fire Morris" posts. Sure Staley > Morris but we also lost
Aubrey Pleasant - CBs
Joe Barry - LBs
Coach E goes from Safeties to Passing Game Coordinator + CBs
Coach Henny from DLine to Run Game Coordinator
Coach Shula from OLB coach to LB coach
New coaches added:
Thad Bogardus - Assistant LB Coach (formerly Rams Special Teams)
Jonathan Cooley - Assistant Secondary coach
Marcus Dixon - Assistant DL coach
That's a heck of an internal number of changes, and while Coach E, Henny and Shula all return, they are the sole holdovers from the #1 2020 Rams Defense. Filling in the gaps of losing AP and JB may have had bigger hiccups in the real time moments than anticipated.
But I think the the Rams' defense has been improving. Against the Seachicks last Thursday, we finally improved our 2nd half D (98 yard drive with a backup QB notwithstanding).
Here are the Seachickens 2nd half drives:
8 plays punt
3 and out
3 and out
11 play TD
10 play FG
1 play Interception
3 plays End of game
That's not bad. Maybe the Rams D has turned a corner. I look forward to their improvements continuing against the Giants.
RFS69
