Rams tweets etc. … 10/3 – 10/4

Aaron Donald still doing work… From the interior!!! https://t.co/wQ4YhirenZ

— Black Youngblood 💙💛 (@Carl_noWinslow) October 3, 2023

Sosa Kremenjas@QBsMVP
Matthew Stafford is playing some of the best ball of his career right now. He’s been surgical so far. A head-scratching decision or two but that’s not unusual. Some of these throws are so high-level.

Cameron DaSilva@camdasilva
like, some of the best throws I’ve seen by anyone in the league this year. It’s unfortunate his numbers don’t reflect how well he’s playing right now.

Of the QBs that have caught my eye when focusing on the trenches over these first four games, Stafford has been the most impressive 'thrower' of the football that I've seen. He's on FIRE. https://t.co/BiiclDaS2O

— Brandon Thorn (@BrandonThornNFL) October 3, 2023

Here’s this week’s power rankings. 49ers are still on top. pic.twitter.com/aZ4ZzWzimX

— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) October 3, 2023

Zooey wrote:

zn wrote:

Derion Kendrick was targeted twice and did not allow a single completion against the Colts

Yet he has famous haters in the chat room. {insouciant whistling}

I have to admit he has surprised me. I didn’t like him much last year.

Fwiw PFF has him graded fairly high for the Colts game (78.2), while last year he was their second-worst ranked cornerback in the entire league. Plus of course other than the bonehead TD he gave up in Seattle, we can see he’s doing well.

PLUS Witherspoon is a great signing on top of it–PFF has him ranked 5th among all CBs.

The Rams secondary is one of the good surprises this year.

from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2023/10/04/rams-matthew-stafford-stats-evaluation-play-2023/

[Stafford’s] passing grade at Pro Football Focus is the fourth-best of any quarterback in the league, coming in at 79.6. That’s the fourth-best passing grade of his career, to put it into perspective.

He also has 12 big-time throws, according to PFF, which are passes “with excellent ball location and timing, generally thrown further down the field and/or into a tighter window.” That’s the most in the NFL, three more than any other player, and his BTT rate (6.9%) is also the highest in the NFL.

wv wrote:

This is where Stafford is truly elite, in my view: CBTT. Clutch Big Time Throws. Not just BTT — but Clutch BTT. There is a difference. Its a damned important measure of a QB, I’d say. w v

“Is he clutch” has always been one of my most important “boxes to check” when assessing a qb.

And of course we remember the 2021 post-season, where Stafford came from behind for wins in 2 playoff games and the super bowl.

But in addition to that, you combine his arm and his accuracy and you get all of  these lasers to the middle of the field we’ve been seeing. I’ve never seen a Rams qb own the medium range pass to the middle of the field the way he does.