I read the wrong page. On this stat: Team Red Zone Scoring Percentage (TD only) In 2017 the Rams were 17th. Not 22nd. Sorry, just went to the wrong page the first time I guess. ...by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram Regarding that last FG - the one that made it 26-13 with 3:15 to play - my impression watching the game was that the Rams were way more interested in running time off the clock than they were in scoring a TD. As it was the drive took 4:43 off the clock, forced Oakland to use their second timeout, and left the Rams with a 13 point lead with 3:15 left. In my mind it's like whenby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 Yes, Zuerlein was about to break the FGs record before he got hurt. But the Rams were 17th in red zone scoring overall last year (53.4%) and a hair behind he teams ranked 12th-16th. They weren't bad. And after week 4 (when they had major issues @DAL) they were much better. I share the opinion that part of it Monday Night was rust from the (lack of) preseason. They scored on 2 of 5 tby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteAlbaNY_Ram If Oakland wasn't the 2nd preseason game then the starters would have played some that game. And if Hav didn't get hurt the week before the Texans game most of the starters would have played that game. So it's not some new philosophy that the Rams starters don't play in the preseason. It was circumstances that might be unique to this season. I agree with that. But it's alsoby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotejemach too many on this board were ready to throw him overboard...comments like lack of vision...slow to hit the hole. Amazing what 1 season and 1 game with a real offensive coordinator does for a player. Fisher & Co would have made Marshall Faulk a draft bust. McGinnis said he was playing hurt. He had lost weight. He was not the same guy he was in 2015 or 2017. Stats show it anby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax But we've had a lot of 2nd rounders who were failures. They say the hit percentage on 2nd rounders is 43%. For the Rams it's Jenkins, Joyner, Havenstein hits Quick, Pead misses Everett too soon to say. So counting 2012-16, that's 60% (with no 2nd rounders in 2013 and 2016). Rams absolutely kill it in the 3rd round where they hit on nearly double the normal rate (whicby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quote21Dog I think Monday night it was a matter of the Rams pulling their heads out of their collective @$$es. Yeah they picked up their individual games in the 2nd half. But without the adjustments that would not have had the same effect. I say, never underestimate a Wade Phillips halftime adjustment. B) Same thing happened last year in Dallas. ...by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRams43 Rams’ success suggests preseason isn’t needed Posted by Mike Florio on September 11, 2018, 9:37 PM EDT As NFL teams attempt to strike the balance between exposing starters to injury in the preseason and preparing them for the regular season, some performances in Week One helped make the case that more caution needs to be thrown to the wind. One of the last performances of thby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotedzrams Quotemax Totally agree. I think what happened here is that Snead deferred to McVay in that first draft. Let McVay have his pet guy. I wonder what the scouts thought. The big thing for me was Everett was overdrafted. No need to reach for him in the 2nd round. He wasn’t good value as say JuJu. I don't think we should start doing the whole who do we blame thing between Sneadby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM but the way you describe it is how I remember it. For the sake of argument let's assume he didn't 'hit' Carr but grabbed him, low... as the rule reads that is an infraction? If so... how would that apply to a tackle in which the tackler slides downward ending up pulling the lower leg... or the famous 'shoe string tackle'? To be legal now do tacklers have to release a tackle shouby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteSpeed_Kills They say on Goff: "He'll get a solid test against the Cardinals." See that's a dead giveaway this article is talking about a DIFFERENT universe, not this one. ...by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotedodgerram Quotezn QuoteHazlet Hacksaw TE's are the missing piece in this in operation. Someone has to step up. Or no one does step up in which case a TE is not an important part of the Rams offense. Which is fine...the GSOT never had a TE either. . Conwell was a very solid and productice TE in those days. Go RAms!!!!!!!!! Conwell missed 99 and 2000. He has 10 targets total for botby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quote~lyser Yes, that is how every offense will likely try to attack our D early in the game, and if the game is tight or we are behind. It is really the only way to go with our all-world DL and secondary. Our LB core is unproven and the weakest link, though they are not horrible. That is why our best defense is our offense scoring early and often. You can't play smashmouth and dink/dunk ifby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM as I said earlier 'speed' was the one thing I felt good about from our LB's... hence my surprise that they 'appeared' to not be.... but like you said... I think that's experience. - JamesJm Yeah they are not tuned in yet, just as Goff and Woods are not in sync yet. Heck for example Easley has barely practiced at LB and that's in his career. But it answers the question, will wiby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteJamesJM it's possible, sure... but I would be surprised if McVay has written off our TE's the way we have... and completely shocked if he doesn't game plan them in when needed. Most likely the Raiders just didn't present the opportunity, in McVay's eyes. I am very skeptical the Raider game laid out the game plan for the season. Well last year the TEs got 15.8% of the targets. We'll sby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteHazlet Hacksaw TE's are the missing piece in this in operation. Someone has to step up. Or no one does step up in which case a TE is not an important part of the Rams offense. Which is fine...the GSOT never had a TE either. McVay used TEs in Washington because he had them. With the Rams so far, he doesn't. Which is fine IMO because they have abundant talent at WR and RB.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
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QuoteBC Ramsfan If you wanna milk the clock, you have to keep the ball. 3 runs ain't gonna do it when they are playing to stop the run. Totally approve. Goff has to be careful with the ball, and stuff happens, but IMO that's the way to go. The best strategy is to do what they are NOT playing to defend. Scary, scary team, keep your foot on the gas. BC After years of different coordinatorby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93 Attacking the Rams LBs with passes to the TEs and RBs while trying to pound the ball inside was smart in my opinion. It is- compared to their DL and secondary- their weakest and most inexperienced area. The Rams LBs didn't play badly and they made some plays. But for a while Oakland was winning that battle. As you point out somewhere else, the interior OL is an Oakland strength, andby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteRamBill Four Rams Offensive Linemen on PFF Team of the Week Oakland front 7 probably has no pass rush. It's good to see the Rams OL doing well and getting recognition. But, this don;t mean a Nobel prize yet. B)by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteLMU93they clearly- yet again- made solid halftime adjustments You know one of the most drawn-out debates I was ever in was about whether or not it's true that teams still make half-time adjustments. My view was that yes teams adjust all game but they do take a few crucial minutes at half-time to identify and implement key changes. I even quoted Wade Phillips talking about their process foby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax QuoteznI know what you meant. But your analysis depends on being let down by the defense (which ought to make the 2014 Dallas game a win for the GB defense since the Boyz had 6 minutes left in the 4th to score). My point is that those things even out and it would take a special stat for every qb in the playoffs to say whether or not the others just didn't happen to be let down by theby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax QuoteznThe problem with that approach is that it is only meaningful if you compare it to every single other playoff qb. And then you get to say, x percentage of the time, it's not their fall cause the defense caved. But see all normal "comeback percentage" stats already account for that because they even things out. It's like completion percentage. Yeah if you look at iby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteNewMexicoRam Well, I think we can see that even top tier NFL QB's have their rough days. But out of that bunch, there is one guy who you just know is either going to "get it done" or at least is going to scare the heebie jeebies out of the other teams defense. That QB is Rodgers. If Goff can get anywhere close to him in production, especially "fear" production, the Ramby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
I don't know why you count both of these as "comeback wins." (1) Game 3 - 2014 against DAL , Rodgers comeback win. 26-21 They were down by 1 point at the start of the 4th quarter. How does that meet the traditional and accepted definition of a comeback, which means down by a score into the 4th? That's just the lead changing hands in a close game. Plus since GB scored withby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemax I looked at every playoff game that Rodgers played in his career. He played in 16 playoff games from 2009 to 2016 seasons. Here's what I found. There were 10 games that had no relevance to comeback or game winning situations. That means the Packers either had the lead in the 4th quarter and won the game, OR, they were down by over 10 points (actually, 14 and 17 points down) in tby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
QuoteznOne thing I don't happen to have as a Rams fan is 9er hatred. I just skipped class that day. I don't love them but they don't automatically bring out animosity in me. I can show them grudging respect. The only team I ever hated really was the Staubach Cowboys. QuoteHazlet Hacksaw They do look the part of a well-coached team - Bruckner is a superior talent on defense for sure. No rby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotewaterfield Another aspect of this is the money. The Rams have drafted players before with high expectations-even QBs-who for whatever reasons didn't play as expected. Yet they didn't seem to generate the venom similar to Bradford. Take away the enormous contract he signed with the Rams just before the CBA changed things a his injuries and perceived failures wouldn't be so bothersome to many.by zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotewaterfield Why is it that year after year Brady seems to be able eat a snack while he waits for a receiver to be open? Coaching, drafting-what is it ? First, actually, they tend to get rid of the ball quickly. Brady like Warner is just a master at pre-snap reads. Second, they have a superb OL coach. One of the 2-3 best in the biz. He's legendary. And one of the secrets to their successby zn - RamsFootballFans.com
Quotemerlin They kicked off the season vs an NFC Super Bowl favorite, in their house, and in spite of 2 INTs earlier in the game to include a pick six were positioned to possibly tie the game when Garoppolo threw that third INT. Their defense played well, and their offense opened some big holes in the run game. 9ers are a challenge for us. No doubt about it to my eye. The Seahawks are probaby zn - RamsFootballFans.com