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Well it would be nice if someone on this team
besides Quinn,
drew a double-team.w
v“What are your favorite kinds of apples.”
“I like valencia oranges.”
Anyway, think about it though–how many teams in NFL history had 2 guys who drew double teams?
I think with virtually every great defense, if you replaced one guy from the DL, it wouldn’t be as good. (The “as” is important there.) Sapp? Greene? Page? Kirksey?
wv wrote:
Well it would be nice if someone on this team
besides Quinn,
drew a double-team.w
v“What are your favorite kinds of apples.”
“I like valencia oranges.”Anyway, think about it though–how many teams in NFL history had 2 guys who drew double teams?
I think with virtually every great defense, if you replaced one guy from the DL, it wouldn’t be as good. (The “as” is important there.) Sapp? Greene? Page? Kirksey?
Well, Quinn is the onliest player on this team who regularly draws a double-team
I think. Maybe Cook from time to time.But I’d like to see a WR on this team emerge to the point where
he draws a double-team.w
vzn wrote:
wv wrote:
Well it would be nice if someone on this team
besides Quinn,
drew a double-team.w
v“What are your favorite kinds of apples.”
“I like valencia oranges.”Anyway, think about it though–how many teams in NFL history had 2 guys who drew double teams?
I think with virtually every great defense, if you replaced one guy from the DL, it wouldn’t be as good. (The “as” is important there.) Sapp? Greene? Page? Kirksey?
Well, Quinn is the onliest player on this team who regularly draws a double-team
I think. Maybe Cook from time to time.But I’d like to see a WR on this team emerge to the point where
he draws a double-team.w
vAh I get it. I misread. I thought you just changed the subject to defense.
Yes it would be nice if they had a deadly receiver other teams were forced to double up. Last year they didn’t even have receivers who could take advantage when someone else was doubled up.
Their dynamic on offense is this–every defense they play has to think they need to defend the run.
The Rams don’t even need to gain running yards in those conditions, as long as the defense is adjusting to play run.
That’s why to me the GB game the other day when Bradford was in, and the Carolina game last year when Bradford was still in, look the same.
Defense focuses on the run and as a result there are cracks left open in the pass D. Bradford can take advantage.
They were doing that last year with receivers who aren’t as good as this year. (Including a lot of the same players…who it looks like have upped themselves a notch through growth and experience.)
So if they could do it last year, and the receivers as a group were not as good as this year? Ergo, ipso factum curly est, it means that they ought to be better at that same dynamic this year.
And, at the same time, having a double-team drawing WR would make it even better. Granted.
There are a lot of different ways it can work.
The GSOT had Bruce, Holt, Faulk, and then tacked on the speed of Hakim, with the chain moving ability of Proehl.
Pats: Moss (deep threat/alley-oop guy) and Welker (chain mover) worked great, long before Gronk and Hernandez appeared.
Colts: Harrison and Wayne, coupled with a great TE (Clark) and a pass catching back (James or Addai).
Pats again: Gronk, Hernadez, and the chain mover Welker.
Saints: Colston, Graham (Best receiving TE in football), Sproles (dump-offs/screens/the chain mover), Moore (another chain mover), and then Henderson and Meachem.
Packers: Everybody
Those are some of the recent, best passing attacks, imo.
But they all have two things in common: Great QBs, and coaches that will chunk it downfield from anywhere on the field.
The current Rams can’t match any of that, but I agree they can be very successful throwing the ball if they have a running game. Just the threat of running the ball effectively is enough. Sometimes the threat is greater than the execution.
The questions (for me anyway):
Can Britt and Quick consistently beat one on one coverage after a play action fake?
Can the O-line stay healthy and give Bradford time to look deep?I’m not concerned about Bailey. He’s suspended for 4 games and is useless for a month. When he comes back, I hope he contributes.
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