tweets & highlights: Dallas game

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Van Jefferson. Wow.

The rookie WR just hauled in a 31-yard completion from Jared Goff to set up the Rams at the Cowboys 21.

Rich Hammond@Rich_Hammond
Well, that was gorgeous. Welcome, Van Jefferson.

Ryan Clark@Realrclark25
Van Jefferson can really play man. This was an amazing throw by Goff as well. Threw Jefferson away from Diggs, but kept it in play. Redline*

GUESS WHO?!@AaronDonald97 just moved up to second all-time on the franchise sack list. pic.twitter.com/jvjbEYEFb3

— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) September 14, 2020

Seems illegal! https://t.co/oBMDSlFQUX

— Cameron DaSilva (@camdasilva) September 14, 2020

Dak Prescott finished the game 1-of-7 for 11 yards and a sack taken on 3rd down Sunday night.

That 14.3% completion rate on 3rd down is the worst in any game of Prescott's career (min. 5 att). pic.twitter.com/aj7V97TnRK

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) September 14, 2020

#Rams Running Back Breakdown (vs DAL)

Malcolm Brown (43 snaps)
➤ 79 rush yards (+6 RYOE), 50% Over Expected

Cam Akers (24 snaps)
➤ 39 rush yards (-23 RYOE), 7% Over Expected#DALvsLAR | #RamsHouse pic.twitter.com/i32zz73V8K

— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) September 14, 2020

Context Matters@dwainmcfarland
The Rams utilized 12 personnel on 20 snaps tonight.

Kupp was on the field for 12 of those – much better than last year.

Played 61 of 72 snaps overall. He should be just fine, that was a concern before tonight.

Cameron DaSilva@camdasilva
You want balance? You got balance.

31 pass attempts by Goff, 35 rush attempts by RBs.

Vincent Bonsignore@VinnyBonsignore
The @Rams averaged 25 rush attempts per game last year, trying to work around Todd Gurley situation. They ran it 40 times tonight – 36 if you take out Goff’s scambles. I’d imagine 28 will be the target this year

Todd Archer@toddarcher
Aldon Smith with his first sack since Noiv. 15, 2015 when he was with the Oakland Raiders. An incredible comeback. He doesn’t look like a guy who has missed so much time because of an indefinite suspension.

TurfShowTimes@TurfShowTimes
In his Rams debut, Brandon Staley’s defense allowed fewer yards than in any game by LA last season. 244 against an offense projected to be among the league’s elite

Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Sean McVay, relatable with no context: “I think I’ll remember the silence, too.”

Sean McVay indicates that Taylor Rapp is healthy and Jordan Fuller played his way into his role – while emphasizing that Rapp continues to be a huge part of what they want to do on defense.

Joe Curley@vcsjoecurley
Jalen Ramsey on rookie safety Jordan Fuller, who had an impactful performance in his first NFL game. “Jordan has been balling all camp.”

McVay called Fuller’s fourth-down stop on Ceedee Lamb an “unbelievable play… That was the play of the game arguably.”

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Aaron Donald on Jordan Fuller’s late 4th and 3 stop: “That was huge. He’s a young guy that stepped up and made a play. … He’s out there for a reason.”

Joe Curley@vcsjoecurley
Rams head coach Sean McVay on his team’s season-opening 20-17 win over Dallas on Sunday night, “I thought our offense slowed up in the second half, but the defense picked up in the slack. That’s what team football is all about.”

Also mentioned he liked how PK Sam Sloman responded to missing his first NFL field goal attempt and P Johnny Hekker flipped the field with some timely punts

Los Angeles Rams UK@LARams_UK
Brian Hill, the Rams scout that was banging the table for Jordan Fuller to be drafted, deserves a pat on the back after his extremely encouraging debut.

He gave Fuller a grade that he had only given to handful of players previously. Good to have these people in the building.

DOWNTOWN RAMS [DTR]@DowntownRams
Just think. The #Rams set the bar for their season. If…

– 17 points from the Dallas Cowboys offense
– Racking up 422 yards of offense
– Holding Zeke to under 100 yards rushing
– Getting 3 sacks and 7 hits on the QB
– Balancing the offense
– and winning

Is the bar? I’m happy

Rams Brothers@RamsBrothers
Big takeaway: (amongst other things) 3 rookies contributed. Fuller, Jefferson & Akers all made an impact in this game.

Encouraging to see something from the 2020 draft class. Much more to come!

RIPKobeBeanBryant@Rams24_7
I gave the D a hard time after the first half but they bounced back with some big plays in the 2nd half:
-3rd & 4 sack by Brock
-3rd & 9 PD from Kiser
-4th & 3 tackle by Fuller
-3rd & 5 hit stick from Ramsey
-Sack from Floyd

Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Love this from Malcom Brown, on getting the first ever touchdown scored in SoFi Stadium: “I feel like I might live forever.”

Lindsey Thiry@LindseyThiry
Aaron Donald says tonight’s game was ” like a more intense scrimmage,” because there were no fans. “It just felt more like a little league game back when I was 6, 7 years old playing. The only thing that wasn’t there was my mom and dad screaming “AARON.”

Cameron DaSilva@camdasilva
The RB rotation is real, balance is back on offense and the O-line was helped by McVay’s great scripting

Brett Kollmann@BrettKollmann
I don’t hate the decision, and I don’t even hate the play call either to be honest. Dak read man, they had a rub to CeeDee against 1hi…it made sense.

But the Rams had a Cone call on Lamb since he was in a cut split in the stack. PERFECT adjustment. Dallas just got outplayed.

Clarence Hill Jr@clarencehilljr
Talked to the referee Tony Corrente after the game. He said it was clear, obvious offensive pass interference that was flagged by 2 officials. Mike McCarthy said that flag is normally not thrown at that time. But Corrente said penalty was obvious. It would be called at any point

😩 @AaronDonald97 pic.twitter.com/zolPfzj99o

— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) September 14, 2020

BTHRams@BTH_Rams
Jared Goff finished 5th-lowest Completed Air Yards in Week 1 averaging 3.6 yards per completion. That offense was CONDENSED.

That’s not at all a bad thing, though. The lowest Completed Air Yards in Week 1? Kansas City Chiefs QB Pat Mahomes at 3.2.

Cooper Kupp ranked 3rd in the entire NFL for Week 1 and Robert Woods 5th for the amount of separation they had from the nearest defender at the time of reception or incompletion.

Kupp had 5.3 yards of separation on average; Woods 4.7.

3 keys to win:

1.) McVay’s rebirth
2.) 2nd half defense
3.) 3rd down success on offense

Kept the Cowboys to less than 20 points. That’s going to look much, much more impressive as the season rolls on.

Andrew Siciliano@AndrewSiciliano
Week 1 Monday is always the biggest overreaction day on the @NFL calendar. Today’s overreaction is 1,000,000 times worse. It’s glorious. It feels GREAT to overreact.

Aaron Schatz@FO_ASchatz
I think too many people are analyzing last nights game as “what’s wrong with Dallas” and not enough are asking “did we underrate the Rams?”

PFF Fantasy Football@PFF_Fantasy
Robert Woods averaged 14.8 yards after catch per reception in Week 1

Most among all WRs

Gregg Rosenthal@greggrosenthal
Oh my. the NFC West has a real chance to be the best overall division in years.

JB Ram@JB_Peeples
All the people that are shocked how AD balled out last night haven’t been paying attention. The dude never stops grinding and strives to get better every day. He is hands down the best player in the league.

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Lol https://t.co/SJyzjfPjPM

— Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) September 14, 2020

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AlbaNY_
Goff was 20 for 31, 275 yards, 0 TD, 1 Int … which is a qb rating of 79.4.

BUT, had that roughing call been called: 20 for 30, 275 yards, 0 TD, 0 Int … which is 95.8.

That one play cost Goff over 16 points in passer rating.

wv wrote:

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AlbaNY_
Goff was 20 for 31, 275 yards, 0 TD, 1 Int … which is a qb rating of 79.4.
BUT, had that roughing call been called: 20 for 30, 275 yards, 0 TD, 0 Int … which is 95.8.

That one play cost Goff over 16 points in passer rating.
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If only that one [fill in the blank] hadn’t happened.

So much of life comes down to that one thing that happened or didnt happen.

I think about this, often. I mean, what if Dolphins had evolved thumbs. What if that one thing had happened. They might have beaten the Pats. Ya know.

There’s a lot of ‘one-things’ that happen. And dont happen.

Alrighty then.

Carry on,
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I think the main thing here is just getting a handle on how Goff played, which people are naturally interested in cause of last year’s regression.

And in this particular game, it’s shaping up as “he played better than his numbers indicate.”

I think that’s true–watching the game, he was much more even-keeled and consistent than last year, and made plays.

Yeah stuff happens but overall how did he look? He looks very solid. Yet you could also tell that the offense needs some playing time to reach its stride (due to the off-season flu panic.)

J.B. Long@JB_Long
Standout PFF grades from @RamsNFL Week One win:

Whitworth – 95.2 (his highest since 2010!)
Donald – 91.7
Blythe – 81.9
Corbett – 80.3

The top 8 offenses in pressure rate allowed in Week 1 all lost (combined 0-8 record):

Jets – 44.7%
Cowboys – 40.5%
Eagles – 34.0%
Bengals – 33.3%
Vikings – 33.3%
Dolphins – 32.3%
Falcons – 32.1%
Buccaneers – 29.7%

— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) September 14, 2020