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They had Weddle, Rapp, and Christian though. Rapp had 54 snaps, Weddle 46, and Christian 44. Each of them were on the field more than any linebacker though Fowler was close with 43. So they kept it to 3 safeties a lot of the time.
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I am only saying that the Rams defense didn’t just beat up a bad offense. Before Sunday that offense was considered a good one.
Christian looked like a definite weakness last year. The Rams d improved noticeably in the playoffs last year when Barron’s snaps increased and Christian’s snaps were reduced.
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I love the Ramsey acquisition. I’ve not seen much of the games this year, but Talib looked bad when I did see him. He’ll be 34 (I think) this winter so he may just be done.I thought the Rams desperately needed speed and athleticism in the secondary. In fact, I kinda hope the Rams have an eye towards replacing Johnson in the future to pair with Rapp, who isn’t a great athlete.
Can a good defense have two slower safeties on the back end these days?
“Elections aren’t about policy”
Not sure about that. Was the democratic victories in 2018 all about policy- namely the issue of health care ?
I agree. Most of you just don’t agree with the policies that republicans vote for.
Republicans vote for 1. Making abortion illegal. 2. Protecting people’s access to guns. 3. Making abortion illegal. 4. Cutting taxes. 5. Protecting corporations because they drive the economy supposedly. 6. Having a strong military to fight terrorist so 9/11 doesn’t happen again.
Like most of you, I don’t believe these priorities lead to good government. But there’s millions of people who vote based on their religious beliefs. Or their love of guns or the American military.
This is certainly the minority of people in America. But these people show up and become the majority since only 75% of the population shows up to vote anyway.
And Trump has delivered on a lot of these promises it seems to me. Republican voters got what they voted for to a large degree.
I was surprised to see Tulsi voted for the recent budget bill that increased spending, both for poor people (I presume) and the military.
The media didn’t make a very big deal about it, but I thought the bill was important because it should allow Trump to continue to pour money into the economy even with his dumb tax cuts for the rich.
I don’t think Trump wins in 2020 but a healthy economy will certainly make him more difficult to beat. I don’t know why Democrats just rolled over and handed Trump what may be one of the keys to a healthy economy–billions more of spending.
Anyways, Tulsi (and most of the other Dems in the House) voted to continue Trump’s economy and America’s imperial war machine.
Most of the Senators who are running for president didn’t vote for the bill (most of them weren’t there to vote because the vote took place the day after the “debate”).
I used to think Pelosi’s decision to not start the impeachment was an acceptable decision like Waterfield. But as the election starts to come into view, I’ve changed my mind.
The Democrats official position should be that Trump is a lying, piece of shit, con man; a racist asshole. They should be going to war with him, not playing political games. Congress can accomplish this by starting impeachment proceedings and dragging Trump’s name through the mud everyday.
Now, maybe Pelosi will make a smart, strategic decision and start the impeachment hearings this winter so people don’t get tired of being drug through the mud everyday. But the democrats should be stating over and over that Trump is incompetent, a liar, and a disgrace for a sustained period before the election by conducting the impeachment hearings and having people testify and talk about how sleazy Trump is.
I agree that the Dems are generally incompetent and won’t take that approach. We probably won’t see ANY impeachment hearings. Pelosi and the current Democratic leadership will continue to walk the tightrope of saying Trump is unlawful and corrupt but they can’t actually do anything about it.
The recent debate/issue about extending the debt limit for 2 years is another example of Pelosi’s incompetence and stupidity. Instead of protesting Trump’s handling of the economy, Pelosi and the democrats agreed to dump more money into the economy.
The next year, know nothing Americans should be reminded everyday that Trump’s economy doesn’t work. You can’t just a borrow a trillion dollars every year without making an investment on the future–green jobs, re-shoring American factory jobs, etc.
Pelosi’s decision to not do anything about Trump’s wasteful spending and tax cut for the rich just allows Trump to continue boast how he has fixed the economy. This will be his main boast for the next year. Instead of actively protesting this stupid credit card economy, Pelosi and the dems will just have empty, long-winded criticism of Trump.
Boasting about how good the economy is will help Trump get re-elected, not the democrats holding impeachment hearings for 6 months.
I don’t buy that the 40 time was an anomaly for Rapp. The hip injury didn’t prevent him from putting up impressive numbers in other drills that required significant amounts of running.
He also skipped the 40 at the combine for a reason. Maybe it was the injury. But why did he do all the other work out stuff and drills if he was still dealing with the effects of the injury??
This is just a guy with poor straight line speed. That doesn’t mean he can’t be a good player. I don’t think he’ll be a pro-bowl player, but he can be a solid, dependable safety.
He sounds like the Pats Patrick Chung to me. Chung has never had many interceptions or passes defended but he’s made a nice career for himself as a smart, physical db.
The change of pace stuff about Henderson and comparisons between Henderson and the Redskins’ Chris Thompson / Lance Dunbar are misleading.
Thompson has carried the ball more than 10 times twice in his 5 year career. I’d be shocked if Henderson does NOT get more than 10 carries in more than of the games this year.
Henderson has a significantly more stout frame than Thompson as he is almost 15 pounds heavier on a short 5’8″ frame.
To me, this pick is clearly about stressing defenses with game-breaking speed and explosive runs when the Rams are resting Gurley. And I’d bet you’ll see Gurley getting a lot of rest this year.
I like the pick.
The similarities between Bobby Evans and Jahri Evans are crazy. Jahri was a LT in college at a small school and was pick 108 in the draft. Bobby was pick 97 after starting at LT last year for Oklahoma.
Both are 6’4″ and approximately 315 pounds (Jahri was 4 pounds heavier when drafted). Both ran 5.2 40s. 3-cone, 20 yard shuttle are super close with Bobby being a little faster in the shuttle.
Exactly the same vertical jumps.
Kromer started coaching with the Saints as a rb coach in Jahri’s 3rd year after Jahri had already established himself as a starter at guard when he was a rookie. Jahri did make his first pro bowl in ’09 when Kromer became the OL coach for the saints.
This will be an amazing pick if Bobby is anywhere near successful as Jahri.
I was initially disappointed in McVay. I thought this was a game where McVay gave up on the run too early. Romo’s comments in the first half about the Pats needing to stick with the run so that Brady isn’t forced to throw the ball 40+ times only reinforced my frustration with McVay’s play calling while watching the game.
Even if TG was injured he still looked pretty good at times–the Pats certainly didn’t shut him down. I was curious to take a closer look at some plays and see if my feelings about McVay would change.
Anyways here’s some plays that stood out to me and made a big difference in the first half.
1st play of the game: Gurley runs between Saffold and Whitworth. There’s a nice hole between Whit and Saffold, but the DE manages to stick his leg out and trip up Gurley. This could and probably should have been a nice 6-7 yard gain on the ground to open the game.
3rd play of the game: 3rd & 7. Goff throws short of the first and low to Reynolds who can’t make the catch. On replay, it looks like the safety is clearly shifted towards Robert Woods side of the field, leaving Everett one on one with #27 Jackson. Everett is running up the seam and it looks like he has a step on Jackson. A good throw here from Goff could have been a big play.
Prior to the super bowl, I saw an ESPN vid where Mangini criticized Andy Reid for not attacking Jackson with Kelce until the 2nd half in the AFC championship game as Beliceck shifted the secondary’s focus to Hill. The Rams should have come out looking for that matchup as well.
2nd Possession 3rd & 3 from Pats 42. Goff flat out ignores a wide open Cooks. Lined up behind Reynolds, Cooks is able to break outside is wide open as Gilmore gets caught up in the traffic as Reynolds goes straight down field. Woods is on the same side of the field and is open at the hash mark until Chung crashes in from his safety spot and knocks the ball. Nice play by Chung but Cooks is wide open.
3rd Possession 2nd and 5 after a nice 5 yard run from Anderson deep in the Rams own territory. The refs call a false start on Havenstein that is almost impossible to identify. I thought it was a curious call while watching the game and I still can’t tell if Have moved early after re-watching the play a ridiculous number of times.
It probably wouldn’t have mattered as the pre-snap penalty wiped out a nice play by the DE who whipped Higbee and clotheslined CJ in the backfield.
4th Possession 2nd and 7 from NE 46. Sullivan whiffs on Danny Shelton who nails CJ for a 3 yard loss. This looks like it could have been another nice run if not for Sullivan’s whiff.
5th Possession 2nd and 5 from the 50: This is the only thing that I’ve seen that makes me question Gurley’s health. I thought he looked pretty much like he has all year during the super bowl. It looks like he could have broke this outside to his left and picked up some nice yards if Everett is able to make any type of block on Van Noy. Gurley, however, stayed patient and banged up the middle for two. Was this a case where Gurley lacked the confidence to cut and go? Or was he just being patient? Gurley did make a similar cut to his left later in the game on the nice run that was called back on Sullivan’s holding.
Last possession before halftime 3rd & 2: Goff throws low to Woods. Everett, on the other side of the field, runs a fantastic route and cleanly beats Jackson. I wonder if this could have been a match-up the Rams could have exploited. Everett ended the game with zero targets. He’s a young guy but I like what he offers.
Taking a closer look makes me feel more confident about next year. This is a tough offense to defend. There’s talent all over the field on offense. A combination of guys on the oline getting whipped, Goff making the wrong guess where to throw the ball and two weeks of preparation for Beliceck led to a shit game.
That whole game left a bad taste in my mouth. Even with the promise of the Super Bowl (and one of my favorite non-Rams NFL things–rooting against the Patriots.)
The Rams played like shit for a good portion of the game. We got to watch McVay bench Gurley. I love CJ Anderson but it’s not like he was kicking ass like he has been. Goff had his requisite fumble and I think Aikman correctly pointed out that Goff needed to hang in a little tougher a couple of times to take advantage of the Saints reckless blitzing. I noticed one 3rd down where Goff had an easy pass to Woods running wide open over the middle but he threw an incomplete pass to a covered Reynolds.
Reynolds also dropped an easy catch.
Then, there’s the awful play at the end by Joyner. That was pathetic.
I hope someone teaches NRC to avoid PI. He had 2 clear penalties that would have given the Saints first downs. About the worst thing he could do on the big no-call was commit PI. In that situation, giving up a td is better than giving up a first down via penalty. And NRC made absolutely no attempt to play the ball.
I hope the coaches are critical of his play this week because giving the Pats first downs via penalties on shit play in the secondary will lead to disaster.
I hate to be a wet towel on the Super Bowl excitement, but I did not enjoy that game at all. I didn’t even go into the specifics of the 1st quarter where the Rams were literally running into each other as the Saints scored a td!
Those tweets about Donald are awesome.
Has a defensive player EVER won the MVP?
After a quick Google, the answer is yes. Alan Page back in the 70s. And LT in 1986. I believe I saw someone compare AD to Page recently. Anyone else see that??
What an awesome performance by the offense. They made it look so easy against a d with some really good players. Though Minny missing Griffin is huge because he was one of the best d-linemen in the league last year.
Goff’s incredible performance reminded me of Warner’s perfect game against Miami back in 2001 (I think).
This was the first Rams game I’ve seen this year, and I came away thinking the edge rush will be a problem. Ebukam and Longacre were not impressive.
It looks like the Rams just don’t have enough speed when they rush their 3 big guys–Donald, Suh, and Brockers. I’m still holding hope for Ogbo. I was a huge fan of his leading up to the draft. We’ll see.
Donald has really pissed me off the last 2 years with his hold outs, but I loved the 2nd Donald sack–what an amazing athlete he is!
It looks like he launches himself at Cousins and leaves the ground with both feet. But he’s able to regain his footing when he comes into contact with Cousins and then in one motion flings a 220 pound dude to the ground like an empty box. What an athlete!
