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dzrams
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But a collapsed OL mostly COMPOUNDS the situation.

That's actually an assumption too. It's not a bad theory, there's just nothing to back it up.

It's based on a lot though. You want the argument again? The qb can't trust the OL and it shows, the qb starts pressing to make plays and it shows, the playcalling changes with an injury decimated OL, there's more penalties and more 2nd and long and 3rd and long plays, and usually a team like that will be behind so on top of everything else the defense can tee off.

That's just from watching game after game where what I described happened. Rams after all have a long, long history of injury decimated OLs. My bet is that if I pulled up some video and showed you a couple of series with a bad OL and then a couple of series with an at least decent one, and asked you to tell the difference, you would be able to, automatically and without a hint of hesitation.

Against that? There is absolutely no statistical proof whatsoever that a broken or very poor OL DOES NOT compound the situation.

And no one seems to be able to compare a qb under pressure behind a relatively decent, relatively healthy OL v. a very poor and/or injury damaged one. In fact, IMO, no one even seems to be making an effort to do that. That's the problem with numbers in the abstract without context.

Let's put it this way. Say I had a wicked sorcerer on my side and he could force you to make a bet. In this bet you bet everything---car, house, the whole 9 yards. And you would have a choice. You take the Rams and either (1) they are playing a good offense with a relatively healthy and solid OL, or (2) they are playing a team with 3 OL injury replacements and its known to have an effect. Which bet do you take?

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/31/2019 07:07AM by zn.