Rams should sign Beast Mode.

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January 7, 2015 at 9:04 pm #15801

bnw
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Fisher likes the run and Lynch wants out of Seattle. Weaken them strengthen us by signing him. Fisher is dreaming about it.

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January 8, 2015 at 4:15 pm #15879

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Marshawn Lynch would certainly improve the Rams. But my guess is that dreaming about it is about all the Rams will do. In free agency I would guess that their first priority will be a quarterback and the second priority will be to build up the offensive line. Plus there are some players on the Rams roster that they will want to resign or extend.

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January 9, 2015 at 3:43 am #15919

Mackeyser
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Without an OL? I dunno…

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January 9, 2015 at 5:58 am #15922

bnw
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He’s been running behind a lousy O line.

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January 9, 2015 at 9:41 am #15927

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bnw wrote:

He’s been running behind a lousy O line.

According to PFF Oline rankings the Rams Oline ranked 31st, near the bottom. The Seahawks Oline ranked 18th, near the middle.

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January 9, 2015 at 10:08 am #15930

zn
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TackleDummy wrote:

bnw wrote:
He’s been running behind a lousy O line.

According to PFF Oline rankings the Rams Oline ranked 31st, near the bottom. The Seahawks Oline ranked 18th, near the middle.

In other words, PFF screwed up again.

The Rams OL was INJURED. It was playing injured with a rookie LOT.

So that’s not “the Rams OL.” That’s the Rams OL…*injured.*

I agree that the Seattle OL is mediocre. They do run a good game with Lynch and Wilson posing duel running threats. But Seattle is both 32nd in passing attempts AND 27th in sack percentage.

THAT is a bad combo. Last in attempts but very bad in sack percentage? That’s really not very good.

January 9, 2015 at 10:33 am #15934

wv
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zn wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>TackleDummy wrote:</div>

bnw wrote:
He’s been running behind a lousy O line.

According to PFF Oline rankings the Rams Oline ranked 31st, near the bottom. The Seahawks Oline ranked 18th, near the middle.

In other words, PFF screwed up again.

The Rams OL was INJURED. It was playing injured with a rookie LOT.

So that’s not “the Rams OL.” That’s the Rams OL…*injured.*

I agree that the Seattle OL is mediocre. They do run a good game with Lynch and Wilson posing duel running threats. But Seattle is both 32nd in passing attempts AND 27th in sack percentage.

THAT is a bad combo. Last in attempts but very bad in sack percentage? That’s really not very good.

You are crazy 🙂
I do not believe you can win a Super Bowl with a ‘mediocre’ OLine.
Therefore, i dont think Seattle’s OLine is ‘mediocre’.
Its gotta be better than ‘that’. Damn the stats.

Also, sure the Rams INJURED-Oline
was ranked 31st. Injuries cause
Olines to be “bad”. PFF still has
to rank them.

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January 9, 2015 at 10:47 am #15940

zn
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wv wrote:

You are crazy
I do not believe you can win a Super Bowl with a ‘mediocre’ OLine.

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v

Sure you can. Seattle did.

You cannot be last in passing attempts and near the bottom in sack percentage and be anything BUT a mediocre line.

BUT you can compensate for that in 2 ways.

1. have a qb who can bail and make big plays, AND forces you to defend him along with the premier RB as a dual running threat.

2. Have the top-rate D. Having the top-rated D takes pressure off the offense. It isn’t constantly playing from behind. It has confidence that it will always have more chances etc.

Besides, even PFF is assessing this as mediocre. 18th? That’s in the bottom half of the league.

Look, the Rams took it to Seattle in 2013 with CLEMENS as the qb and BEAT THEM in 2014 with DAVIS as the qb. Why? The Rams defense is set up so it can do 3 things against Seattle–contain Lynch, contain Wilson as a runner (which Tree failed to do one time so it’s not a given), and beat the crap out of and expose their mediocre OL.

We know all about Seattle’s OL because the Rams are built to expose it.

January 9, 2015 at 10:47 am #15941

bnw
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If it was not for Wilson’s ability to evade the pass rush the Seattle O line could possibly be ranked in the 30s. Mediocre is being generous.

The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.

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January 9, 2015 at 10:50 am #15942

wv
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bnw wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>zn wrote:</div>
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If it was not for Wilson’s ability to evade the pass rush the Seattle O line could possibly be ranked in the 30s. Mediocre is being generous.

Well, count me as a skeptic of the
“Seattle has a Mediocre OLine Theory”

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January 9, 2015 at 10:56 am #15944

zn
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wv wrote:

Well, count me as a skeptic of the
“Seattle has a Mediocre OLine Theory”

w
v

Except you don’t have a good reason other than “but they won a superbowl.”

They won it in spite of that OL, WV.

Really. God’s honest truth. You simply can’t be 32nd in passing attempts AND 27th in sack percentage and have a good line. Just think about it. The Rams with Hill were higher in attempts AND lower in sack percentage, and that was with an INJURED line. Think then how bad the Seattle OL has to be in comparison.

PFF was being generous and they still ranked them 18th.

bnw wrote:

If it was not for Wilson’s ability to evade the pass rush the Seattle O line could possibly be ranked in the 30s. Mediocre is being generous.

Agreed, and even then, Wilson’s sack percentage was still 27th out of 35 ranked qbs.

Heck as I just said, Hill did better behind a beat-up line, and that’s with throwing more attempts per game.
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