Turner was asked by J.B. Long where the Rams defense can improve as a unit in 2025 and he didn’t hesitate with his answer. He pointed to the long runs given up last season, which plagued Los Angeles early in the year and in its two games against the Eagles.
“Over the course of this last year, what killed us was a lot of the big plays – in particular, a lot of big runs,” Turner said. “If you really look at a lot of those games where we gave up a bunch of rushing yards, it wasn’t every single play they’re getting a bunch of yards. It was a couple of those plays where we fit it up wrong or a couple of those plays where maybe we got caught out. It’s about minimizing those big plays. I mean, that’s what the league is nowadays. Obviously, the points matter the most, the turnover margin matters the second-most but after that it’s the explosive plays.”
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