Laram on Tru vs Gaines

Interesting, but then, everyone in the secondary is playing better than last year. So we don;t know where Johnson stands–he could be a different player too. I think the nickel who replaces Joyner there is McGee.

laram wrote:

Let’s see if everyone in the secondary is playing better after they face some actual passing offenses.

I don’t think that can be determined at this point, and IMO Gaines did not play well against Minny.

He gave up several completions and a TD, so my evaluation is not on how he’s played, I’m strictly looking at his movements and instincts.

You can tell they’re playing better by watching them. They’re better, as individuals and as a unit (Gaines of course is a rookie so we can’t rightly say he is better than last year). Anyway. What we will find out after they go up against top passing offenses is, HOW MUCH better.

laram wrote:

Maybe you can, I can’t.

Against Matt Cassel and Josh McCown is not that great a test but even with that, they’re giving up about 71% comp %.

That AIN’T better.

They’re tackling better, that’s for sure.

Yeah LA they’re better. It’s pretty visible.

The question is how much. Because yes, they have not really been tested…so we can’t know how much yet.

laram wrote:

IF 71% comp % against the likes of McCown and Cassel is better…the Rams are in trouble.

They’re better LA. You can see it. And that’s with a rookie starting.

I don’t know who is better but it’s easy to tell when a cb is struggling.

Gaines seems to be doing very well.

I was really impressed with how Jenkins played last week. He gave up a few completions, but contested everything and tackled well. I thought that Johnson was more consistent than Jenkins last year, and I agree that the secondary has been much better through two games. Gaines has shown promise, and also shown that he is not afraid to tackle at least.

You can look to the completion percentage as evidence that they are not playing well, but through two games QBs are just getting the ball out as quickly as they can. No one is threatening the Rams deep, IMO, for fear of their pass rush. Which is also why they have not gotten more than 1 sack. Because teams are going mostly to three step drops, screens, and throwing boots to the tight end. Before Tampa fell behind in the last minute, we didn’t see McCown take a seven step drop all day or throw the ball deep. Neither did Kassel. Sunday may be different, but so far no one has challenged the Rams vertically.

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