Offensive struggles and the OL

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  • November 12, 2024 at 11:24 am #153288
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    The 33rd Team@The33rdTeamFB
    The Rams averaged 1.7 Yards per Play in the 1st vs. the Dolphins

    That is dead last for any team in any game this season

    304th out of 304

    November 12, 2024 at 12:09 pm #153289
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    Sarah Barshop@sarahbarshop
    The Rams have the third-lowest red zone touchdown percentage in the NFL this season, according to ESPN Research.

    This is the fourth game this season in which Matthew Stafford didn’t throw a touchdown. That is tied for his most in a single season in his career.

    November 12, 2024 at 12:17 pm #153290
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    zn wrote:

    This is the fourth game this season in which Matthew Stafford didn’t throw a touchdown.

    zn wrote:

    The Rams averaged 1.7 Yards per Play in the 1st vs. the Dolphins

    The Rams and Stafford have problems when the OL is not executing, and that’s usually because of injuries.

    Earlier in the season they lost OL starters due to injury. It took a while but they then stabilized, which is a huge part of the 3-win streak.

    But it looks like they re-encountered the kind of OL struggles they had earlier in the season when they elected to play 3 OL replacements in one game. The fact that 2 were previous starters does not matter–they were coming back from considerable time off. Add Noteboom replacing the injured Hav and you have 3 out of sync replacements in one game.

    If nothing else, if it were me, I would have kept Limmer at center for just one more game. Though at the same time I think by now we have to conclude that Noteboom is just not a great Rams lineman.

    3 guys returning from injury at the same time, one replacing Hav, and it looked to me like they just didn’t have the kind of timing and confidence as a group that we see when the Rams OL is executing well.

    But at the same time blaming anything else other than the OL struggles (which includes injuries before the bye and then the “3 replacements in one game” factor in the Miami game)… is way off base. The issue in both cases was the OL.

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