What happened after the bye?

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  • January 4, 2024 at 3:24 pm #148298
    wv
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    Rams were 3-3.   Beat Seattle, Indy, Ariz.

    Then lost 3 in a row before the bye.  Pittsburgh, Dallas, Green Bay.  Freeman was the leading rusher in the 3 losses, with 66, 44 and 32 yards.

    So then they nip Seattle 17-16.  Again with Freeman as the leading rusher with 73 yards.

    Then KW comes back.  And they Stomp Ariz and Cleveland.  Lose to the Ravens in OT.  Beat Wash, New Orleans and NYG.

    KW’s rushing totals in those 6 games: 143, 88, 114, 152, 104, 87.

     

    So, what changed for the Rams after the bye?   Is it as simple as getting KW back?   Is there more to it?

     

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    January 4, 2024 at 4:03 pm #148300
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    wv wrote:

    So, what changed for the Rams after the bye?   Is it as simple as getting KW back?   Is there more to it?   w v

    Well obviously KW was a big part of it, but so was consolidation of the OL and other things they tightened up over the bye. I think they really used the bye–lots of new coaches re-assessing and tightening up what a lot of young players were doing, different approaches to things.

    7 of Turner’s sacks are after the bye. 3.5 of Jones’s sacks are after the bye. Robinson has 25 catches after the bye, 1 before. They figured out how to use Nacua and Kupp together more effectively after the bye. The OL tightened up and gave up fewer pressures after the bye (so new coach with new OL reviews film and goes let;s do more of this and less of that, and we have to do this thing better).

    That’s new coaches sitting down to figure out what they had, and getting young players to step up by putting them in the position to step up.

    And Wms was absolutely a big part of it but there seemed to be a lot of tweaks and re-thinks and re-assessments after the bye.

    Plus Stafford came back ready to play as well as he ever has.

    Or at least, all that is what Demoff told me when I asked. He sent a long email. I’ll look for it. It’s in my folders somewhere. I think under “rare golden definitive inside scoop.” I’ll look.

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