things people keep forgetting
| January 05, 2021 09:06AM |
Since 2018 the Rams have had issues with certain fronts that attack the OL, limit outside zone, exploit weak links in the OL (in 2018 it was Sullivan and Blythe at guard), pressure the qb...among other things. Run game is part of this too. BOTH McVay and Goff (along with the OL) respond poorly against those defensive attacks and then what we're left with is fans putting it all entirely on the qb--and to come up with all these theories about why he has regressed, how he's thinking not reacting, and so on.
This qb and this OL and this coach have problems when they face certain defensive attacks and that has not changed since Chicago in 2018.
Good example of that? Last Seattle game. Before that, the last Jets game.
Football outsiders on the last Seattle game:
That's a change up by Seattle v. how they defended the Rams the 1st game. In the first game their defense was still a mess and they tried blitzing the Rams, thinking that's what worked for Miami. Wrong. Rams are tough against the blitz and Goff has a high qb rating against the blitz (--101.0 to be exact). In the first game Seattle blitzed 21 times (PFR numbers) which is the 2nd most all year.
Last game they blitzed 11 times and instead used the LBs on the DL to do the traditional "attack the Rams OL" thing the Jets did too (and SF both games).
IMO it has nothing to do with girlfriends, over-coaching, regression, or any of that.
Rams still have an achilles heel against certain kind of defensive attacks and that is not just a qb problem, it's a game-planning/play-calling problem plus an OL problem.
I will leave out 2019 because the OL was a mess that year, and it is difficult to judge what the real issues are if your OL is that out of sync.
But we're talking about the Chicago game in 2018, the superbowl, both SF games this year, and the Jets and 2nd Seattle game.
In terms of their EFFECTS those games all pretty much look the same.
There's your problem, fix that.
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/05/2021 09:12AM by zn.
This qb and this OL and this coach have problems when they face certain defensive attacks and that has not changed since Chicago in 2018.
Good example of that? Last Seattle game. Before that, the last Jets game.
Football outsiders on the last Seattle game:
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: "Seattle's secret weapon in this game against the Rams was linebacker K.J. Wright, whom they threw on the line of scrimmage as a walked-up SAM.... Against the Rams, specifically, getting Wright on the line of scrimmage helped Seattle align in odd fronts while still playing from their base 4-3 or nickel 4-2-5 personnel. The Rams' wide zone offense notoriously struggles with odd-front defenses that load up players along the line of scrimmage."
That's a change up by Seattle v. how they defended the Rams the 1st game. In the first game their defense was still a mess and they tried blitzing the Rams, thinking that's what worked for Miami. Wrong. Rams are tough against the blitz and Goff has a high qb rating against the blitz (--101.0 to be exact). In the first game Seattle blitzed 21 times (PFR numbers) which is the 2nd most all year.
Last game they blitzed 11 times and instead used the LBs on the DL to do the traditional "attack the Rams OL" thing the Jets did too (and SF both games).
IMO it has nothing to do with girlfriends, over-coaching, regression, or any of that.
Rams still have an achilles heel against certain kind of defensive attacks and that is not just a qb problem, it's a game-planning/play-calling problem plus an OL problem.
I will leave out 2019 because the OL was a mess that year, and it is difficult to judge what the real issues are if your OL is that out of sync.
But we're talking about the Chicago game in 2018, the superbowl, both SF games this year, and the Jets and 2nd Seattle game.
In terms of their EFFECTS those games all pretty much look the same.
There's your problem, fix that.
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/05/2021 09:12AM by zn.
