I sleep better. Eat junk food better My measureables are better than his for an offensive linemanby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Maybe his duties would include video taping other team's practices.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Using the college game as this is the "closest" you can get with the NFL playoff rules. Premise is whether getting the ball second or choosing "defense first" results in more victories. The answer so far seems to be no. Scroll down to Table 2 and Table 3. Table 2: out of 240 or so college overtime games, 51% of the time the game went to the side that chose defensby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Nah, there is some logic to what Shanahan was thinking. Most people may disagree, but let's say things turned out different and played out exactly how Shanahan thought. Then, the narrative here would be different. People may think.. huh, maybe it is okay to take the ball first in OT. The simple premise was... both teams were matching points. Both defenses were good enough to keep each otheby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Interesting how Shanahan talked about Wilks not being a good fit from a scheme standpoint. Sort of like McVay asking Morris to run Staley's defense. Sounded like he was saying that Wilks didn't know how to best utilize Greenlaw and Warner. I don't know, but they looked like they were flying this year. Greenlaw healthy for a second season and Warner doing their thing. From a stats perspectiby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Yeah, it's a bit disingenuous. It's like saying.. yeah, you were put in a bad spot.. but we still canned you and chose Fisher instead. Then we Fisher sucked and we were looking for a head coach and we didn't even interview you. (I could be wrong here, but I don't remember Spags on the list in the HC search. I think Rams interviewed Marrone, Wilkes, Fassell maybe Lynn and maybe those Patby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
I guess this guy really wanted to forget these coaches: Dennis Erikson Nolan Singletary Chip Kelly And the sprinkle in Tomsula as interim king.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
If you know after each team gets a possession that the OT will still be tied, then you would want the ball first on the next possession. Because next score wins. This is akin to calling to receive in the old overtime rules where 1st team to score wins. So there is logic to take the ball first.... but only if you've got some crystal ball or you really really believe that the game will go intoby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
No sample size. People comparing this to college isn't right. Because in college, you go back and forth on possessions after it's tied up. In the NFL, both teams get possession of the ball once. Then after that, it's the first team that scores. Shanny mentioned this after the game that their analytics told them that there are high odds that the first possession would end in a tie. So toby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Last year. I believe they changed the rules after the end of 2022 season. Just that last season there were no playoff games that went into overtime. And this year as well until the super bowl.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
No, read up on overtime rules for postseason including Super Bowl. Each team is guaranteed a possession. If the first 15minutes run out, they go into the "2nd quarter" and the clock starts again. If after both teams get their possession and they tie... then next score wins. If the score remains tied even after the "2nd quarter of OT" they go into a short halftime and tby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Thanks for this write up. Sweat is someone I watched for awhile. Super big dude, but conditioning and motor is a concern for me. I don't think Rams will go in this direction, but for other teams, you are looking at run stopper that you may not have for goal line/4th down and 1 stances if he had a few snaps before. He gets pushed pretty badly on stretch plays as his strength mainly is projecby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
I will rephrase. Fans breaking down QB tapes is like negative 2x helpful Warner breaking down QB tapes is like 5x helpful Goff ADDING his thoughts on the play that Warner is breaking down is 10x helpful. Hope that is more clear. As a musician... if you get one sided feedback from a Master Guitarist without the Master hearing your side at all. Example, what your comfort zone is, howby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
First play that Warner illustrated.... it makes sense if the QB can diagnose the coverage at snap. Niners were giving a zone look even with the motion. The CB does run up to press, but Niners still have a tendency to run Zone. Maybe the quick feedback is that Goff should have checked the top side first. Just a quick glance.. vs keying in on the near side all the way through. Peace on that.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
I think some of it has to do with Baltimore's OC. Not really my kind of OC that I like. Felt like once he changes his play calling rhythm since KC was really stacking things, the play calling became very predictable and lacked setups to get the defense off balanced. Sort of the same when he was with the Bills and Niners.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Hindsight is 20/20. If Detroit converted and scored a TD... people will be saying that it was a great call. Talking about calls... what about kicking a FG at the 3 yards line to end the 1st half vs going for a TD? That to me set a tone for the Lions where it looked like they were passive in the 3rd quarter "protecting" a lead. If you are going to be aggressive, then stay aggressby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
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Yep... people set the bar so low this year and last year too high. First half of last season, the defense was good by league standards. But the bar was too high for some people. After Stafford went out and then Donald sat.. hard to judge the games after. At least this year, Rams had an offense to keep them in games. Whereas last year it was the defense that kept Rams in games.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Sadly, in today's world... you can't argue with data anymore. Some of us do want to learn and update our viewpoints. Thanks for pulling up these stats. Mostly matches what I thought was changing in the defense year over year. Explosive plays for 2021 surprised me a bit.. thought we were better. I think if there was a way to split up 2022 into first half of the season and then second halfby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Biggest problem when you look at the stats is the Blitz rate to Pressure rate ratio. Ideally you want the ratio to be low to equal. Example: Blitz 20% of the time, want the Pressure rate to be 20% or higher. Rams have this going the wrong way this year. Normal Blitz rate, low pressure rate. Teams with the worst defenses have the ratio flipped. Look at the top defensive.. they don't bby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
They call it the hawk roll. You remember Legion of Boom. They are far from that era. You can teach them all the technique you want, eventually it will come down to the player. Seahawks haven't been great in the "missed tackle" category. This year, they were the 3rd worst. They have been more consistently mid to bottom of the back in Missed Tackles.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Rams have generally been middle of the pack in the NFL in terms of Missed Tackle stats. Fans just over amplify things when they see a missed tackle. Sort of like blitz rate. Rams had one of the highest blitz rates in the NFL during their Super Bowl Run. Also last year as well. Rams are usually not below average in blitz rate under Morris. Biggest anomaly in the stats this year is the Aby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Flip it and say: I don't trust the offense to score a TD in the red zone???? Rams had chances to score and put pressure on Goff to come from behind. They didn't do that. Defense gave opportunities in the second half.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
For this game. Red Zone TD conversion was the #1 issue. Defense gave the ball over to the offense many times in the second half and only gave up 3 points. Offense was driving, couldn't convert. Need to put pressure on Goff. Rams score a TD on any of the Red Zone opportunities... forces Goff to play for a score on the final drive or even play from behind in the second half if rams scored muby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
If Tutu had rookie numbers like Tank Dell... people here would be lauding the Tutu pick. Heck if Tutu had Tank Dell's numbers this year, people would say he had a good season. Tank missed all of December with a broken leg so remember that when you look at his numbers. Not dismissing the fragility of these small guys though. Peace on that.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Exactly. Rams owned Pete. Sad to see him goby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Something you don't game plan for. First few times, when Rams motioned out the RB... I was thinking... well there you go, tipping your hat to the niners that it's a pass. Then when it was instead a designed run and Wentz got 5 yards or so.. I smiled. I appreciate the work done by the coaching staff to install specific plays this week.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Reading the game time forum posts... got fans "willing" the team to lose.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Relax.... Refs got the call right. When it comes to Steelers/Seahawks.. Seahawk fans aren't too fond of how the officiating calls goby h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com
Watch people's opinion change after the Ravens game. Mood swings here.by h2omelonhead - RamsFootballFans.com