Packers @ Rams

EDIT: this will have to be updated a bit when I get a chance.

The GB offense is 23rd in sack percentage allowed and 29th in sacks, with 21 in 6 games. Other than that they are 4th in offensive yards, 15th in points, 4th in passing yards, 17th in rushing yards but (a Rams weakness) 7th in yards per attempt. On D they are 7th in yards, 15th in points allowed, 4th in passing yards, and 19th in rushing yards plus 22nd in yards per attempt allowed.

They are the Rams equal in defensive sacks, with a sack percentage of 8.9% (4th in the league). It’s a unit thing, not based on a star. 11 different Packers have sacks.

Looks to me like both teams can pass, both teams can run, both teams can get sacks, and both teams have weaknesses defending the run…though the Rams have improved on that since Seattle.

GB has beaten Chicago and tied Minn. They beat SF 33-30.

This is speculation obviously but I think a lot of the Rams gameplan against SF was setting up the GB game.

Is Green Bay the biggest game so far?

I’m thinking…probably not. They are about as capable of beating the Rams as the Vikings and Chargers were, and they are coming off a bye week. But I think the Vikes and Chargers – neither of whom have lost since the Rams beat them – are probably a notch better than Green Bay.

The Rams should win. But they should win every game. I mean…they will be favored in every game the rest of the season in the betting line.

A win sets up an 8-0 team going into New Orleans. That would be some kind of story.

I am in favor of that scenario, so put me down as voting Yes on that.

nittany ram wrote:

I don’t think Green Bay is very good. If they had a normal QB I think they would be in the bottom 1/3 of the league.

But they do have Rogers so they’ll be dangerous.

But I wouldn’t be surprised if the Rams won fairly easily.

Looks like the experts agree with you.

Rams favored by 8.5

The Packers don’t seem to be who they once were. They have played four of the their six games at home thus far, and have a tie and two last second wins. In their two road games, they have been beat fairly handily by the Lions and Redskins. Also, Aaron Rodgers is not quite the magician away from Green Bay, with a career road record of under 0.500.

That said, it should be a close game. Tickets here are going for up to six times face value, and I expect a lot of Go Pack Go chants (at least early, the “SKOL” chants died out after the first Q against the Vikings). However, keep in mind that the 49ers team we boat-raced yesterday was within an eyelash of beating the Packers in Green Bay six days earlier.

Go Rams!
Isiah58

Thanks Zack! Everything is great, in Ramsland and beyond.

Isiah58

I just hope the Rams dont blow a 23 point lead. I think they’ll be fine if Bert Jones can stay healthy.

The Packers are on TV here almost as often as the Vikings are. A lot of cheeseheads here in Minnesota.

Rodgers will find open receivers if given time, either in the pocket or on rollouts and scrambles. He can make things happen on the run. IMO one of the keys for the Rams is to pressure Rodgers up the middle and try to make him scramble to his left. He is playing on an injured left leg. Make him run and plant on that bad leg to throw.

Both Randall Cobb and Geronimo Allison missed the week 6 game vs. the 49ers and had the bye on week 7. other receivers stepped up and made some plays, but these two will still be kind of gimpy. Jimmy Graham is largely ignored by Rodgers especially int he red zone. The Packers running backs are a collection of JAGs; they haven’t had a true RB since Ahman Green. Davante Adams is the biggest threat by far. Double Adams, chase Rodgers out of the pocket to his left and I think we can beat the Packers by 15.

Aquib Talib has a nice jacket on, in this vid:

Aaron Rodgers is good enough to win games by himself even when the rest of the team is falling down. I hate that the Rams have to face him coming off of a bye week. Hopefully Donald et al can make him uncomfortable all game long.

zn wrote:

They can get sacks but you can run on them.

Some more numbers.

Rams are 3-0 at home. In contrast Green Bay has played 2 road games so far and lost both.

They are 23rd in points per game on the road. Rams are 3rd in points per game at home

Rams D is 5th in points per game allowed at home, though that’s with ARZ tilting the average (still, Vikes and Chargers are 4th and 6th in scoring on the road).

GB’s D is 28th in points per game allowed on the road (and that’s against teams that are normally 23rd and 21st in scoring at home).

Only a few games so far so hard to say but even given that it’s a definite contrast.