canadaram wrote:

Is it considered a bad thing when your leading rusher is a WR, and he only had one carry? Is that a problem?

it WAS a problem… hahaha!

i wonder where alec ogletree ranks.

good news about brown. although now i worry about saffold.

the difference between inside and outside zone.

A very simple explanation of the zone runs, and the difference between inside zone and outside zone

• This reply was modified 9 years, 1 month ago by InvaderRam.

it seems to me the advantage would be flexibility. so if the defense calls the right play, the running game loses due to the inflexibility of the blocking call whereas in a zone blocking scheme, the blocking scheme can better adapt to the formation of the defense.

at least that’s my rudimentary understanding. maybe someone else can elaborate.

where i would really disagree is the fact that there was nothing they could do to alleviate the situation. they could have stayed strictly with a man blocking scheme. and i don’t see any good reason why they didn’t. it could just be arrogance on the part of the coaches. honestly. even with all their experience, zn. they aren’t the brightest nor most humble people in the world. so yeah. i agree with rfl a little in that i sense a little bit of hubris or cynicism. or whatever you want to call it.

it wouldn’t be the first time.

now. does it ruin the whole season? no. we knew it was gonna be a struggle either way. so as long as they get this figured out. in the end. i won’t care too much. i just wonder why they went zone blocking. and i have yet to read a good reason why they did.

ag makes a good point about preseason preparation. i don’t think they took the optimal route. the oline should have played more snaps together.

however. one thing in the preseason that hampered the running game was the fact that mason and gurley were injured or not playing or practicing for much of it.

synchronization is important according to the internet and coaches for this zone blocking scheme. not just between linemen but between the running backs and the oline. not having those reps with gurley and mason has hurt them. did cunningham have an easier time running against seattle because he had all those reps with the first team? it’s interesting to consider.

again. i wrote earlier this week that i expected to see a difference against the arizona game. i think we will. i’m prediciting a semi-breakthrough for the running game.

also. i do agree that this fast start mostly applied to the defense. and i think everyone expected the offense to struggle a little bit. i don’t know about struggling this bad. and i think there are things the coaches could have done to alleviate that. he could have increased he live reps in preseason games. he could have gone predominantly man blocking to make it easier on the players. make the difference between 1-2 and 2-1 perhaps. but maybe fisher is more concerned with keeping the players rested. keeping them fresh. maybe he figures the difference would have only resulted in the difference of 1 or 2 games over the course of a season. and it was a fair tradeoff if you can keep them fresh for later on in the season. it’s a risk. but maybe that’s the risk you take when you know your job is safe.

we’ll see. if the running games makes significant progress against arizona, it might not even matter all that much in the long run.

glad for givens. excited for quick.

quick and gurley healthy and almost ready for a full load.

if the rams can’t win this weekend, i would at least like to see the defense put up another strong performance. i want to see consistency.

if this defense has any pride they are going into this arizona game pissed and take our all of their anger and frustration out on carson. get some fumbles and interceptions.

on offense hopefully the oline and rbs iron out the mistakes and start gashing that cardinal defense.

if they can do that i see the rams winning.

i sometimes wonder if ogletree could take over at middle linebacker once laurinaitis is done. i think the only thing that would hold him back is the mental aspect. not that he couldn’t do it. i just don’t know whether he could do it.

they have to continue to play excellent run defense. against seattle and pittsburgh they were able to do this. it didn’t happen against washington. if they can’t stop the run, i don’t think it matters if they play on or off.

i got a feeling we see the running game starting to come around against arizona. i’m not gonna say it’s going to look like the best running attack in the league, but there will be somewhat of a breakthrough.

i think i still invest a lot in this team. shoot i invest more in this team than i do my fantasy football team. and more than any sports team i follow too.

a lot of it is cuz the team is designed the way i would want a team designed. defense and the running game.

and i enjoy at least tracking the progress of certain individual players.

but yeah i can understand why people get frustrated. hey this could go the way of the niners where some new coach comes in and turns all this talent to wins!