QuoteRamsdude ***How come even after the season was lost we still ran the exact same Ultra Soft Shell? Was not giving up the "big play" more important than talent evaluation or using a little creativity and branching off the Soft shell a bit since the O was doing anything anyway?*** ***After Stafford went out, the defensive scheme looked awful similar to what they were running BEFOREby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRamsdude ***I get it but if you have 3 HOF'ers on your unit, is it not realistic to expect a Top 10-12 Defense regardless of the o? Also, I don't remember our D being anything "special" during the beginning of the year. In fact, against Buffalo, they looked horrible. I also can't agree it was all on the D that kept us in games for 3 qtrs. Sometimes it was also due to the other teby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
I would just look to the first half of the season when Rams had their stars playing. When you remove Stafford and Donald on both sides of the ball.. then I would say it is bit unfair to judge the offense/defense during that time. So in the first half or so... Rams Defensive rankings were in the top quartile I believe... definitely top half. If we look back to those games, the defense keptby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 Quoteh2omelonhead Why focus on the defense.. when really a deviation in against the Niners it the Offense not scoring? If the offense scores 30 a game vs the Niners and the Defense gives up more.. then peace, point taken. But how well a defense plays can be dependent on how well the offense plays. And unfortunately the Rams offense don't do well against the niners Defense. I wby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Exactly.... thanks for putting up numbers. Data is important to support opinions. Otherwise, we end up just ranting over unsubstantiated opinions. Some of these opinions are like saying the Earth is Flat, prove me wrong.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Why focus on the defense.. when really a deviation in against the Niners it the Offense not scoring? If the offense scores 30 a game vs the Niners and the Defense gives up more.. then peace, point taken. But how well a defense plays can be dependent on how well the offense plays. And unfortunately the Rams offense don't do well against the niners Defense. I would not give a pass for the Oby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
If I remember correctly, the Legion of Boom era was the last time where a top defense could win game with a mediocre offense. This then started a short trend to build teams with a defensive focus.. so in 2015 or so, you could have a few teams that were top in defense but at the bottom of scoring offense and still make it to the playoffs. I believe Bruce Arians' Cardinals at that time had onby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
I don't think people would dispute that you need a good O to do well in the NFL. The NFL rules are built for Offense, so if your Offense can't score, you aren't going to do well. Take SF for an example. Their scoring defense depends on their scoring offense. People might not feel that way because they may think that SF's defense is always good... but remember that SF is only good, when thby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
As a fan, I would take that SuperBowl win and go through this "rebuilding" period. However, one thing to think about is that we all here are fans. But don't represent the majority population of Los Angeles. While the Rams were in the top 5 of attendance.. we can't say that these tickets were sold to Rams fans. How many times did we have to go to silent count in our own stadium?by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Quote21Dog Quoteh2omelonhead We don't know where we are going, but we hope we don't end up at Gilligan's Island. .....unless somehow Ginger and Mary Ann are involved. True.. but you all stay on the boat, only I'm allowed to go on shore with them :thumbsupby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
When people use the word Journey to describe the next steps.. whether it's about a football season or even your place of work... then you know that it's going to be a rough road. Basically it's like saying... come share the pain with us as we try to get to our destination point. We don't know where we are going, but we hope we don't end up at Gilligan's Island.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Maybe also give credit to the Rams D. But, playing along... Vegas- Probably surprising a bit, but then again, it's Carr and McDaniels. So you never know what you are going to get. Last few games for the Raiders, the offense sputtered, which hastened them to move on from Carr and get Jimmy G instead Green Bay- Rodgers had no line and no WRs. Their offense was mediocre all year. Denby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRamsdude QuoteJYB QuoteRams43The Rams defense averaged 20.8 points a game in the last five contests.. that would be 13th over the course of the season. I think that's misleading. Teams didn't have to run up the score on this team because the offense was so inept. I think there's a lot of whistling past the graveyard going on. Knowing that offense was so bad, it changed the way teams playby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Because the offense was worse and McVay is an offensive minded coach. If you build up the defense and the offense continues to be last in the league, what does that say about McVay? This is nothing really about defensive performance.. this is all about helping the offense, because the Head Coach is an offensive minded coach.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteoldschoolramfan See......This is what I was telling you guys this week. McVay has a plan (On Colin Cowherd Show)....He said that McVay wanted to go OFFENSE because he has a chance to re-evaluate the team. Make the Rams the West Coast Chiefs and simply out score the other team!!!!! There ya go.....Let's SCORE POINTS and understand that the DEFENSE does not have to be "GREAT"by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Stafford should sit out against SF. Otw, he's going to be forced to sit out the entire year.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Will gut the defense and then draft/spend on Offense. Get the offense back in shape so people can blame the Defense. Last year was embarrassing for him. He failed on Offense so the narrative of him being an offensive genius took a hit. If he has another season where the Defense outperforms the Offense, his legacy would be tarnished even more. So, tear down the defense, invest in the offeby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
He's thinking ahead with that letter. Would not be surprised if he's got some nice business investments going. Good for him.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Figured you'd probably catch this as well. Haven't read through the thread. Maybe he saw Apple Cup games because if I remember correctly, the defensive scheme against Leach was to sit back a bit more. Force them to march down the field vs explosive plays. There were more 2 highs shown at snap against Leach I think. I don't know, didn't bother to read the rest as I'm not into fiction.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
WTF... I just read the first 2 paragraphs and almost spat out my food. Jimmy Lake didn't predominately run Tampa 2 in college.. wtf. Is the poster just thinking that because he was a coach in Tampa Bay that he just magically will always adopt the Tampa 2 as his base defense? When Lake was DC at UW, you would tend to see more of a single high safety... a really high single high where mostby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
NFL gave leeway on how teams could manipulate their rosters. Niners took a gamble and lost. So basically, the NFL is saying.. well.. we tried to make it your decision to control your roster... now because of your idiocy which in turn makes the NFL look bad because you didn't activate 3 QBs when you had the full power to do so... we will now step in and have more control over your roster becaby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Maybe not now.. but during the season... oh boy. Don't think we need to bump up some of those threads. Whether you want someone gone during the season or now.. better have the replacement in hand.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
It's more quiet on the "Fire Morris" front when there are slim pickings for DC candidates. It's much easier to say "fire a guy"... much harder to find a suitable replacement. Wanting to fire somebody with no realistic proposal for replacement isn't a workable solution. Just more fans adding to the problem. Personally, I'd like to see him do well, have the fan base hypeby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
If Bruss doesn't pan out, then it would be good to understand who is scouting the OLs and if we need a new pair of eyes.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
What he gets criticized for is a build up of what he's done all that time in Detroit. McVay's offense is different.. it actually creates separation for the receiver without needing the receiver to separate on their own. So from my eyes, since coming to the Rams, he's less gunslinging. Doesn't mean he isn't.. just that he is doing it less. And if I'm McVay.. I'm sure I would tell him.. trustby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
yep, maybe you can count Trufant and Marcus Peters as I think Lake had them for 1 year. Kevin King is another one in the secondary.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Huskies had good secondaries under Jimmy Lake. Some guy named Rapp thrived under Lake. Probably he and Gaines put in a good word. That defense was pretty good with Vita Vea and Gaines anchoring the line.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLeoram Quoteh2omelonhead Put Robinson with Burrow and he'll have career years. Burrow will throw the back shoulders and 50/50 balls. Huh? Stafford doesn't throw 50/50 and back shoulder? Not as much a gunslinger? Or maybe Burrow is smarter and more experienced? I'm curious what would happen if they had to play a big game against each other? WTF?? Since coming to the Rams, doesn't fby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Article must have only counted receivers taller than 5'10" as part of the WR group.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
I knew my eyes weren't deceiving me and especially from All 22 views. I remember people bringing up yards of separation as proof that he wasn't open. I'm glad this article cleared things up about yards of separation: "It’s fair to mention Robinson’s lack of separation. He ranked 118th out of 121 receivers in average yards of separation this season, averaging 2.1 yards. However, thatby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com