I watched the condensed version of the game on the InterNetz.
There were so many great athletic plays in that game its hard to know where to start.
I’d like to point out one that stayed in my mind — The Barron INT. Did you see how
he just snatched that ball as if he were Charlie Joiner going over the middle ?
Ogletree has good hands. He can also snag bullets out of the air. Tru Johnson has good hands.
With a savage, raging Front Four pressuring QBs, it is wise of the Rams to have a back-seven
with good hands. They will get their opportunities almost every game.
I remember a time when balls just clanked off of Rams defenders.
Now, if only the defense could teach the offense how to catch the ball.
Also — the Rams seemed faster to me, than last year. Maybe they are playing faster cause they know the schemes better, and maybe some of the players they jettisoned were a step slower than the ones they have now. I dunno.
Run D — I was certainly not impressed with the way the Cards were consistently gashing the Rams with the run. A lot of Cards fans commented on the fact that maybe Arians should have run it more. The D wasn’t ‘terrible’ like it has been at times in the last few years, but it wasn’t good, either. Then again, maybe its just a conscious choice of GW to give up yards in order to prevent Carson from hitting big pass-plays. I dunno. The D still looks good in the Redzone which is critical.
Keenum — I liked the zip he had on the ball over the middle to Britt. I think it was Britt. Keenum just fired it and placed the ball perfectly. The 65 yarder to Quick was well-placed too. (That of course was not, a ‘deep pass’ — just an intermediate one that the Cards misplayed). I dunno what Keenum’s ceiling is, but its fun watching the ugly-duckling-QB, win ugly games, in “Glamor Land”. It makes me smile, for some reason.
Its like Joe Kapp has come to Hollywood.
Gurley and the Oline — I got nuthin. I dunno why they get stuffed almost all the time.
Its the big question so far this year, I guess. Why cant the Rams run?
Injuries — Four games and no major injuries? What, pray-tell, do the football-Godz have in mind? An earthquake maybe?
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