Rams tweets … 11/29 – 12/3

The Packers designed a game plan to protect Aaron Rodgers today…

🔸 96% of dropbacks inside tackle box (2nd-highest since 2016)
🔸 4.4 scramble yards/dropback (2nd-lowest)
🔸 79% shotgun rate (2nd-highest under LaFleur)#LARvsGB | #GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/BbXUBquCEV

— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) November 29, 2021

The Rams have too much talent to lose three straight. With six games to go, can they solve their issues and turn it around? https://t.co/36thx1pVTE

— Lindsey Thiry (@LindseyThiry) November 29, 2021

SeattleRams@seattlerams_nfl
Yes, the defense needs to be better. They have struggled to get off the field on 3rd (and 4th) down, allowing teams to roll time of possession on them. We all knew there would be a regression (perhaps not as much as they have.) However, the offense was supposed to make up for it.

Rams Brothers@RamsBrothers
Sean McVay just mentioned on the Coach McVay show with @DMarcoFarr1 and @JB_Long that the intent was for OBJ to return punts late in the game, but his hip pointer forced McVay to move away from that decision.

The back-up plan was J.J. Koski.

.@RamsNFL have lots of problems trying to carve out a W right now. But this “position blocking” up front is a major issue. Until they begin knocking opponents off the LOS; the offense will continue to struggle. Go watch (SF. Cincy. Wash. NE etc) own tge LOS #BaldysBreakdowns pic.twitter.com/MBxwXRn4JD

— Brian Baldinger (@BaldyNFL) November 30, 2021

from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2021/11/30/rams-sean-mcvay-offense-tendencies-play-action/

When asked why the Los Angeles Rams haven’t been calling play-action plays or deploying certain personnel, McVay discussed why the team has operated differently on offense so far.

“I think when you look at a lot of those things, it’s not an excuse, but we’ve gotten really thinned out with some of the depth of our roster at different positions as well, not exclusive to receivers, but losing a Johnny Mundt was a really big loss,” he said Monday. “Now, you’ve got confidence in Kendall Blanton and Brycen Hopkins if need be, but those are all very merited points and definitely things that we’ve talked about as a coaching staff. I think it’s really figuring out our identity that we came into this year with, is not going to be able to be that same identity just based on some of the changes that we’ve had. What does that look like in terms of balancing and still being able to do some of the things that Matthew and our offensive players have done at a really high level while not leaving us susceptible to some of the bad things that have resulted over the last couple of weeks, whether it be timing, some of the turnovers. There’s a lot of different things, all of which you’ve kind of alluded to. And so, the challenge for us – and a good challenge – is figuring out a way to maximize our players’ skillsets and be able to try to establish an identity of what exactly we want to look like. I don’t think it has to be one thing, or this or that, or only that, but maybe a little bit of a mixture is something that we’re talking about.”

2 wks to prepare for the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last year, and the rams started the game with 2 drives that included stafford falling twice during handoffs, with him completing 1 of 3 for 4 yds, and with him getting strip-sacked – how is this possible? pic.twitter.com/J241UmgIX2

— roberto clemente (@rclemente2121) December 3, 2021