NorthernRam has a very insightful post…

Here’s NorthernRam…



Yes, our Oline has been decimated by injuries, but McVay has seen Bobby Evans for years now in games and in practices and McVay certainly should have seen that Bobby Evans is not even close to being a serviceable NFL offensive lineman.

So why has he been in there for multiple games now?

A big reason for the lack of success o our running game has been the Rams having overrated Akers and his ability to be our primary back, this in spite of the Rams having seen him up close for several seasons now. We've got to assess players better.

Also, I've watched NFL football almost from birth and, while most observers make it seem that scoring inside of 2 minutes is somehow magical, the truth is that with prevent defences, clock stoppages for spiking the ball, for going out of bounds and for incomplete passes, a good quarterback can move the ball down the field to score quite easily.

So, with Brady's comeback history, McVay should have made it a top priority to go for the first down on the Rams' last drive (and essentially ended the game), even if he had to throw on 2 of the downs.

By running the ball on all 3 downs - apart from it being a cowardly act - McVay sent a terrible leadership message to his offense, to his qb, to his defence and really to the entire team - that he lacks belief in his offense, that he doesn't think that they can get one measly first down and that he lacks the balls to go for the win in crunch time.

As for the defence's performance at the end of the game, it was entirely predictable that all of Brady's passes at the end of the game targeted Kendrick and Rapp, which was a given because every team has been abusing these players in the air in every Rams game.

Why they were on the field with the game on the line, when everyone knows that the other team has to pass the ball and why they are starting for this team is genuinely puzzling.

Every team has some mediocre starters, but these guys have no ability to defend the pass at all.

Kendrick is young and so he may be a player in future, but when teams gameplan to go after you, you shouldn't be starting now.

It's time to try some different alternatives.

Also, let's not overlook the fact that the pass rush is non-existent.

Changes should have been made and internal options should have been considered and tried long ago.

Why we continue to run Hollins and Lewis out there over and over in spite of their lack of impact, is ridiculous. Floyd has been a joke also. Upgrades on both edges are required, we're getting no production there.

The vast majority of our opponents' plays are directed to the right side of our defence and they attack there relentlessly and successfully, game after game.

Yet we never change the edges.

A number of posters have suggested that McVay give up offensive play calling duties.

Given the monotonous, uninspiring play calling, the lack of adjustments and the fact that opponents have locked onto what we're doing, McVay should definitely give up his play calling duties.

It's just not getting done.

Our 11 personnel schemes no longer fool anybody, the league has caught on, many use similar schemes and it appears that we've yet to make the necessary in-game or game to game adjustments to attack how defences are adjusting to us.

It's difficult to see what McVay's Offensive Coordinators actually do, but they seem to have no role in in-game play calling.

We seem to be running very simplistic concepts and their lack of success is entirely predictable.

As for our defensive schemes, too much is being made about us having a top ten defence. That's very misleading.

The truth is that our defence has been whacked by every good offense that we've played this year

Our off coverage is appalling, that combined with some questionable pass defenders and our lack of a pass rush is why the Bills, the 49ers (twice) and the Falcons moved the ball very easily against our D.

Even the Bucs significantly outgained us in spite of their multiple drops.

Ask yourself why the 49ers have difficulty moving the ball against other teams, but they always hammer us.

McVay, it's time to stop talking about accepting blame and the talk about doing better. It's time to start doing it.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/08/2022 12:23PM by Rams43.