Matthew Stafford – 4,886 Kurt Warner – 4,830 Jared Goff – 4,688 Jared Goff – 4,638 Kurt Warner – 4,353 Jim Everett – 4,310 Marc Bulger – 4,301 Jim Everett – 3,989 Matthew Stafford – 3,965 Marc Bulger – 3,964 Jim Everett – 3,964
Where the team truly showed up huge is the way the offense suddenly found the means to grind it out with a second-half lead. Unlike the recent past, when the team was unable to grind it out to win games, this offense found the strength of will to move the chains despite the defense knowing that a running play was coming
To prove that point, just check out the list of how effective all 32 NFL teams were at running with the football in 2023 with a second half lead:
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worst offenses running the ball with a 2nd half lead (EPA/run)
-0.63 – CAR -0.38 – LAC -0.27 – CLE -0.26 – NYG -0.22 – LV -0.21 – HOU -0.20 – TB -0.20 – DEN -0.20 – MIN -0.19 – CIN -0.18 – NE -0.18 – KC -0.17 – PIT -0.16 – NYJ -0.16 – GB -0.14 – DAL -0.13 – WAS -0.12 – NO -0.11…
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The highest-paid player on the Rams defense currently is Darious Williams at $4.6M Rams would have to trade into the top-10 for their first round pick to have a higher cap-hit than Williams.
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The Rams currently have $66M in defensive spending which ranks 32nd. However, $24.9M of that is Aaron Donald. Taking away AD, that leaves them with $41.1M in defensive spending. Next closest is the Chiefs at $76.6M. Gap b/w KC at 31 and LAR at 32 is same as KC and WAS at 9.
Who is this year’s Kyren Williams? Williams’s development path certainly seems rare – a Day 3 pick who was anonymous as a rookie before a 1,114-rushing yard season in year two. Is it unprecedented?
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Looking at backs who were: – picked between Round 5 and Round 7 since 1990 – had fewer than 150 rush yards and 100 receiving yards as a rookie Williams was the only one to run for 1,000 yards in Year 2. The one who came close mostly fall into Remember Some Guys territory.