tweets (Rams) … 12/11 & 12/12

Mike Sando@SandoNFL
#Patriots’ offensive performance during 24-3 loss to #Rams was their worst in 374 games under coach Bill Belichick.

Offensive EPA was -27.5

Previous low: -24.4 vs #Ravens in WC game after ’10 season, then -22.8 vs #Bills in famous ’03 Lawyer Milloy game.

Cameron DaSilva@camdasilva
Sean McVay threw the Pats a curveball last night with a heavy dose of 12 personnel. Higbee and Everett both played more than all of the Rams’ WRs – the first time that’s ever happened, from what I can tell.

David (#1 Grogu fan) Bohorquez@DaveBohorquez
Aaron Donald needs 13 more sacks to topple Sapp’s career sacks and he’s *checks notes* 90 games AHEAD of him

PFF@PFF
Jalen Ramsey in coverage vs. Patriots:
30 snaps
1 REC allowed for 6 yards

Dan Orlovsky@danorlovsky7
The @packers better hope they don’t see the @RamsNFL in playoffs….not a good matchup for their defense

J.B. Long@JB_Long
Notable PFF grades from last night’s @RamsNFL win:

Aaron Donald 89.9′
Kenny Young 88.7^
Samson Ebukam 87.7+
Troy Hill 86.0
Troy Reeder 80.4*
Jared Goff 78.7
John Johnson 75.2
Cam Akers 73.2*

*Career-high
^Best as a Ram
+Season-high
‘Because you can’t grade him 90+ every week

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Sean McVay on what he saw from Aaron Donald on Kenny Young’s pick-six:

“That’s my favorite play of the game because you see two of the best players in the world (in Aaron Donald and Jalen Ramsey) out in front blocking for him.”

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Rams HC Sean McVay: “The advantage that (Vice President of Sports Medicine and Performance) Reggie Scott and our performance staff give us, I thought that showed up in a really big way.”

McVay said injury-wise, the team came out of last night’s game clean.

On signing LS Colin Holba to the practice squad, Rams HC Sean McVay said it was done as a COVID contingency plan in case anything were to happen to Jake McQuaide, given they didn’t have anyone backing up McQuaide. McQuaide was consulted with on the decision.

Lindsey Thiry@LindseyThiry
The Rams have a 35.6% chance of making the conference championship…. A 16.5% chance of appearing in the Super Bowl… And a 7.6% chance of winning the Super Bowl, according to ESPN’s FPI.

The chance of a LA title trifecta – Lakers, Dodgers, Rams – is improving.

Cameron DaSilva@camdasilva
This is a really interesting development for the Rams. Reeder has played well and emerged as what seems to be the better option at ILB

"We were out-coached, out-played, out-everything really." pic.twitter.com/zxk72dR5NI

— Ben Volin (@BenVolin) December 11, 2020

aeneas1

goff currently ranks 2nd in the league in 3rd down pass attempts completed for a first down (46.6%), second only to mahomes, ahead of rodgers at #3.

Deadpool

I liked the Akers pick. He had nothing at Free Shoes U. No OL, no Qb, no anything. It was him gameplanned against week in and week out, he didn’t quit, complain or half-ass it. He flat out worked and dominated. He would have been a 1st rounder for Alabama or OSU or Oklahoma. (That’s a fact if facts were things I couldn’t prove to be facts.)

Akers has bellcow size and elite wiggle with HR speed. Not many RBs can claim they have all 3…And he has vision and patience.

And he can thread the needle. He had to at FSU otherwise he was going nowhere. It’s impressive for a thicker back like Akers to get small.

InvaderRam wrote:

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Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Tonight’s victory clinched the Rams’ fourth-straight season with a winning record under Sean McVay.

goff too.

who’s the last head coach to do that for the rams?

who’s the last quarterback?

Rams had 4 winning seasons in a row from 83-86. Coach, Robinson; qbs, Ferragamo, Kemp, Brock, and Everett.

So it’s since 86 or 34 years ago.

…

Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
The Rams say they have placed OLB Jachai Polite on the reserve/COVID list. Polite was waived but then re-signed last week to the practice squad.

Vincent Bonsignore@VinnyBonsignore
Don’t look now but @RamsNFL @ABlythe63 is the sixth-ranked center in the @NFL per @PFF. Rams offensive line began getting turned around last year when he moved from guard to his natural position of center.

How to rebuild an offensive line: Austin Corbett, who the @Rams stole from the @Browns for a 5th round pick last October, is @PFF 12th ranked guard. David Edwards, who the Rams picked in the 5th round in 2019, is the 19th ranked guard.

You can’t always throw big money and high draft picks at problems. Drafting and developing and finding value where others can’t see it (Blythe, who the Colts cut and Corbett, who the Browns gave up on) is as important as the “big” moves.

.@RamsNFL offensive line coach Aaron Kromer was front and center in the identification/development of all three players. One of the best in the @NFL

from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2020/12/13/rams-12-personnel-sean-mcvay-offense/

In the last two weeks, the Rams have actually used 12 personnel more than any other package. According to Next Gen Stats, the Rams have had one running back, two tight ends and two receivers on the field 59% of the time, which ranks highest in the NFL.

“I think it’s added another layer to our offense that’s important,” McVay said last week. “That was something that we wanted to be intentional about this offseason. I think Coach (Aaron) Kromer, our coaches and then it all goes back to the players’ execution. It’s big because when you play against some of these bigger defenses, where they’ve got some heavy edges, being able to have seven true bodies committed to the blocking surface gives you a little bit more versatility in what you can activate in the run game, as opposed to when you’re just in your three-receiver sets. For us, we want to make sure that we’re able to be as multiple as we can, kind of try to continue to try to apply pressure to the defense based on what they’re giving us. The last two weeks has definitely been reflective of that and really a lot of credit to the players.”

Molly Knight@molly_knight
Saints lose. The Rams are now one game behind Green Bay and New Orleans for the #1 seed. The Saints play the Chiefs next week. Green Bay plays Carolina. Rams get the Jets.