QuoteClassicalwit That's a stout front seven that the Ravens have. They're nothing compared to the Steelers, 49ers, and Bears. They have to generate their pressure by blitzing 50% of the time and they ranked near the bottom in sack numbers. To me, it's the secondary that stands out.by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Someone needs to tell Billick that the Ravens are weak at run defense. Their strength is their pass defense with an awesome secondary. On run D, I believe Football Outsiders has them ranked 25th. And that's right in line with stats that show they are ranked 20th in yards per carry allowed. We need to run and run and run some more against them.by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemerlin Play good zone and have 11 guys running to the ball. You cannot stop a guy of his caliber with a spy alone. It's going to require team tackling and keeping them out of the endzone. And btw the biggest thing here is going to be stuffing their run game. Which is very potent and an unsung part of how they keep the chains moving. Ingram has a 57% success rate (3rd in the league) onby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSpeed_Kills I'm sorry but I just don't get itby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRamsFanSinceLA Three out of five starting offensive linemen were out. Two out of three starting wide receivers were out. We're starting (his very first start) the rookie Evans at right tackle, going against arguably one of the best defensive players in the league in Mack. We're starting Corbett, who did nothing at Cleveland, at left guard for his first start with the Rams. Edwards getsby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLos Angeles Lenny Peters, Suh, Talib. He has kept Goff out of the lime light while not having a great season, and you can feel the tension between he and Gurley, yet nothing not even a rumor. I feel one of his greatest strengths is his relationship with the players and that he can maximize the potential. Again I am talking "rents vet" at a cheap cost, I feel this would be like whatby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLos Angeles Lenny I disagree with you respectfully because I think McVay has that Jedi mind trick on the crazies, I think it would work What makes you think McVay has Jedi mind tricks over crazies? He's never been tested with a player like Brown. I figure, if Belichick couldn't handle him or deemed it not worth it after having a taste, what makes us think McVay should do it?by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLos Angeles Lenny rent a vet 1/2 year The first step for a leader to lose his team is to be a hypocrite. You can't ever entertain a guy who runs completely counter to the culture he's established and the values he's been preaching. So no, I would not sacrifice integrity and put short term gain above long term success. It will blow up and McVay would lose the team in the process orby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLos Angeles Lenny He is by far the craziest player out there but if any coach could handle him McVay could and he would be cheap. He doesn't fit the culture. He's talented but he isn't 'We Not Me.' It goes beyond off the field issues. His focus always seems to be on himself and his numbers.by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams_81 It is simple math: Let's say the other team scores on 50% of the possessions with a touchdown and there are 6 possessions so they have 21 points. if we get 1 first down on the 6 possessions and our defense and special teams don't score we have 0 points If they have 21 points and we have 0 points, they win the game. The strawman is assuming that anyone who is for a ruby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
I don't see where anyone is accepting 1 first down in 5 possessions. That's a strawman. Saying we need to have a run based attack doesn't automatically mean that will be the result. With Goff's struggles with aggressive defenses and with him being turnover prone against them, having a run dominated attack is probably the best way to win. It could also have the added bonus of keeping Jacksoby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRamUK With over $6m in dead money. He's effectively costing just over $1.6m to keep so he's worth that I'm sure. The $6M in dead money is only if they cut him. We save $5.4M if we trade him this offseason. If Evans is the real deal, there's a possibility there.by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax He was never a good pass blocker, but a very good run blocker especially when he had Gurley in top form. Rams ran a lot of play action passes which helped Havenstein due to pass rushers not teeing off on Goff. This year Havenstein is being asked to pass block out of the shotgun a lot more and he's not that guy. Are the Rams really playing out of shotgun a lot more this year? I thinby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotegeorge_allen Quotedzrams Under the 'Dead Money & Cap Savings' column on the right, select 'trade' instead of 'cut'. You should see that it shows a savings of $4.65M. i have to wonder if OTC is correct on this. the reason being is that the notes on gurley's contract at spotrac say his 2020 salary of $5.5M and his 2020 roster of $7.55M became guaranteed on 3/15/19. I thought theby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Under the 'Dead Money & Cap Savings' column on the right, select 'trade' instead of 'cut'. You should see that it shows a savings of $4.65M.by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLos Angeles Lenny Rapp, Edwards and Evans Too early to call on Evans but the first game was very encouraging. My bet is Henderson and Long also turn out pretty good. Long got some snaps yesterday and did a good job in coverage.by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotepromomasterj In fact - it's the exact opposite. So trading Havs is a good thought - but who would want him at that price? When we trade a player, we would be eating the pro-rated portions of his contract such as the signing bonus. In Hav's case that would be $2.4M. Thus, the new team is getting the player for much lower. At $5.4M, Hav would probably be a pretty decent contract for anoby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quoteferragamo79 start Edwards and Evans right side draft a big center! Allen back up Use $$ to sign vet LT....older is ok Let Noteboom heal and get some snaps as swing tackle- he can step in a LT Corbett and draft pick compete for other guard You know who else can be traded after this season for a savings of nearly $5M on the cap? Gurley! Also Higbee. If he were to be traded iby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams_81 5 possessions and 1 first down. 4 of the 5 were 3 and outs. And I covered that. McVay tried running inside, which CAN work but it wasn't. So then he decided to try another tactic which worked much better. But it's not accurate to say that passing is always the way to go and running is never the way to go. And it seems that's what you are saying.by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams_81 The Rams punted the entire second half trying to force the run against that 6-1 defense and commentators kept mentioned, you can't run against that. Finally, Goff gets his chance with a broken down offensive line that most had less than a year of experience and 2 of his 3 WRs out of the game with injury and led the team in a game closing drive that was needed by throwing the ball.by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 Quoteferragamo79 start Edwards and Evans right side draft a big center! Allen back up Use $$ to sign vet LT....older is ok Let Noteboom heal and get some snaps as swing tackle- he can step in a LT Corbett and draft pick compete for other guard As has been said in other threads, Hav’s contract makes him untradeable until ‘21, ferragamo. Repeating a Hav trade scenario wiby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotezn Quotedzrams When I say that Goff needs things to be perfect for him to do well I'm not saying that based on his 2019 performance. I say that based on his performance last year. He didn't have a collapsed OL last year. The OL struggled against physical fronts but they were healthy and still much better than what we've had this year. Yet Goff didn't do well against those defenses. The fby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax Man, he’s got nice feet. Now I see why 3rd round. Now you know why we don't make pronouncements after preseason of their rookie year. :spintounge Kudos to you though for admitting you were wrong. We all are at times. The announcer said they should keep the right side of the line as is. I agree. Hav should be moved to guard or the bench when he returns.by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteramBRO Yeeeaaaahhhhhh...Coach McVay/organization have some explaining to do. If they felt they had a shaky QB coming into this game (and they did) and believed they needed to ride Gurley tonight (which they did), where was this "backs up against the wall" sentiment in the Super Bowl, WHEN IT REALLY MATTERED? McVay has been very forthcoming about the SB. He got his ass handed tby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
When I say that Goff needs things to be perfect for him to do well I'm not saying that based on his 2019 performance. I say that based on his performance last year. He didn't have a collapsed OL last year. The OL struggled against physical fronts but they were healthy and still much better than what we've had this year. Yet Goff didn't do well against those defenses. The fact is, he has alwayby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax Quotedzrams Quotemax ...and Evans is a huge question mark. There is no evidence that Evans is a huge question mark given that they are on record as saying that their strategy was to draft Olinemen and let them develop for a year. The fact he hasn't played much means literally nothing. The plan wasn't even for Edwards to be pressed into immediate duty. That only happened due to inby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax ...and Evans is a huge question mark. There is no evidence that Evans is a huge question mark given that they are on record as saying that their strategy was to draft Olinemen and let them develop for a year. The fact he hasn't played much means literally nothing. The plan wasn't even for Edwards to be pressed into immediate duty. That only happened due to injury. Edwards, Noby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 First, nice post, Florida. About Goff and the Rams... I don’t see how in the world we can fairly judge ANY QB playing behind such a poor OL. It’s inherently unfair. Goff looks like a promising young QB that has played very well when surrounded with a good OL, good weapons, and an elite HC/OC. Good enough for a 13-3 record and SB season. When he loses those surrounding thingsby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
My sentiments exactly. Nothing to add.by dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 I just think because it was not flagged for unnecessary roughness does not mean it was legal. It should have been flagged for sure and it is one of those things where the rookie QB did not get the call a star QB would have. He was hit late, then driven to the ground deliberately, and then he laid on him. So Rudolph took exception as he should have and started pushing him off. Absolutelby dzrams - RamsFootballFans.com