Houston averages over 130 ypg rushing and is I think 4th in the league in team rushing. Some of that is Watson, so the stats must be taken with a grain of salt, just like when looking at the rushing stats for the Seahawks. So in reality Houston's rushing game is a bit above median, but not that much.
With Savage at QB.....a guy who is a) not accurate and b) not mobile, and c) simply not very good......the Texans' passing game is really hurting. The Texans MUST run the ball a lot to have any chance. The Rams need to play run first, double Hopkins and/or put TruJ on him, and that ought to shut down the Houston offense. Much like Seattle, the Houston offense depended on Watson running and scrambling and passing and making the biggest plays off schedule. No such threat exists with Savage. So, pretty much there goes the offense.
Houston's offense emotionally lifted the defense when Watson was playing; a defense that lost its best two players to injury. Otherwise they are a so-so defense but they are hardly defenseless.
So the next key is simply not turning the ball over to this so-so depleted defense and giving a much lesser team some gimmies and some hope.
Really, this game ought to look at lot more like the Cards game and less like the Niners game. Would be very surprised to see the Rams lay an egg in this game. I think they know they owe their hometown their best game of the year.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/08/2017 05:53AM by RockRam.
