October 26, 2020 05:51AM | Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 16,078
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Yeah, I looked it up afterwards. Seems weird that Minny was in the top 10. They didn't have an imposing front 7 that game when Goff went nuts. I've heard analysts say that total yards really isn't a good barometer in ranking defenses. I think points and forced turnovers are probably better, but this is getting off topic.
For me, top defenses are something tangible that we can see and feel when we watch them. Chicago has one, so did Denver, Pats, and Niners (when healthy), and Buffalo last year. The one common thing they have is putting a lot of pressure on QBs, very physical, and forcing turnovers.
Anyway, we are facing one tonight, for sure.
It seems to me you're trying too hard to fine tune the criteria. Maybe because you are reluctant to accept the results. I don;t get into that. I just look up the numbers and list the games.
So I just used top 10 in yards allowed without any fine tuning or added criteria or value judgments. And doing that, it works out pretty much the way I expect it would. With a solidly decent to good OL from 2017 through the 1st half of 2018, the Rams play 9 top 10 Ds with Goff at qb, and go 7-2. In 2019, with a problem OL, they go 2-4 against defenses that are statistically top 10. That just makes perfect sense to me.
If you want to discount the Vikes, that makes the 2017/2018 games against top tenners come out to 6-2.
This year they have yet to play a top 10 D but they will when they face Chicago, Tampa, and Miami. In those games, we will also of course find out if the Rams OL is as solid as it appears to be so far this year.
In terms of the 2018 Vikes, and how they did against top 10 offenses (measured by points), they did beat
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