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merlin
Who has whose number and all that nonsense. The truth is the matchup in the trenches favors the 9ers. And for the Rams what exacerbates that is their shallow threats at WR (they only have two guys to worry about) and a QB who has been struggling.
The Rams lack matchup problems in the pass game. Have any of you watched the coverages on 22? Guys were snuffed out all over the field. There were some plays where Goff missed open options, also the missed throws and poor decisions and those are on him. But all told that was only a small part of the overall problem the Rams have against that 9er defense. The greater problem is guys don't get open when you only have two threats vs a good secondary.
And going forward that's not going to change. We'll look better vs lesser defenses and fans will get all hyped up. But the personnel problems are not gonna go away. We lack talent at wideout in the passing game and our run game needs better execution across the board.
Re: the run game the pieces are there for the most part. This is why I keep saying it's gonna be the storyline that saves us this season or dooms us.
I count coaching heavily. Fact is Shanahan could score late in the game against one of the best 2nd half defenses in a long time, and he did it with a back-up qb. IMO that was all playcalling. I believe that was one of the big factors.
I believe the mismatches you elaborate matter a lot, and I like the way you put it. I agree that it doesn't help that the running game couldn't work against them either, not at least until they were running Akers on the inside. I also agree that focusing exclusively on Goff as the one key issue misses too many other factors.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/04/2020 09:49AM by zn.
