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Hazlet Hacksaw
Rams have given up 476 yds the last two weeks and are 0-2. Nuff said.
Something is wrong. They are supposed to have a running game. Last year, they had Foles melt down for 4 straight losses, but managed to win with Keenum because the running game was there. That was with a young and then damaged OL on top of it.
This year, on offense, when they ARE in games, whether the defense is there or not (like it WASN'T in the Detroit game), what actually keeps them in the games is the pass. When that doesn't work, they have nothing. When it does work it's often not enough.
Whatever happened to the running game---and it's more than likely not just one thing---that is what is defining this season.
They have a relatively healthy OL. They have a qb who they can win with...IF they can run. If they can't run they CAN win some of these close games passing but as we've seen it's a struggle to do it.
The running game is the big cloud over their star. Yet they could run in previous years. Not always tops but okay, enough. Last year they were actually 7th.
So what happened? Who or what is to blame? Lots of things probably. I don;t think it;s just one. The line? The other blockers (WRs, TEs)? Defenses stacking? Gurley? The coaches, up to and including Fisher? Probably some if not all of those things.
BUT that is the one thing they really needed to be winners this year. And they basically failed to produce it. This may be the worst running game the Rams have had since probably 1998.
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Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 11/06/2016 03:52PM by zn.
