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We turned Rogers into an ordinary QB. We did it wo/ blitzing.
The GBay defense is better than I thought it was. They played almost as good as our defense. imo They couldn’t stop Gurley. I hope we don’t wear Gurley out before he gets is brace off.
i am worried that fisher will overuse him. he ran chris johnson ragged his sophomore year. i think he overused eddie george too.
gurley is averaging his last two starts nearly 25 carries a game. less than a year removed from knee surgery. that doesn’t jive with me. they have to back off in my opinion.
an optimal gurley in my opinion should only be getting 18-19 carries a game. throw in several receptions in there as well. get mason another 5 carries a game. he’s only averaged 2 per game the last 2…. i mean he’s a starting caliber nfl running back. use him. keep gurley fresh. not just for the game. but for the season. for his career. let mason soften them up a little bit for gurley.
if it was me. i’d designate 5-6 carries for mason. in the second and third quarters. then let gurley have the rest depending on how the game is going. sprinkling in mason additionally as needed.
the rams should be a much different team those last 6 games.
Barring injury, I bet that’s likely.
and you know. people might say well that’s true of any team. what makes the rams any different?
well. maybe. but specifically looking at the offensive line. they start 2 rookies and one greener than most sophomore left tackle. so i’d guess that it’s “truer” for this team which is one of the youngest in the league and specifically for this offensive line than most other teams.
couple that with foles who is in his first year under this system and receivers he’s never played with before…
ya know. seattle had similar problems at offensive line beginning this season. but. wilson knows the offense. he’s been in it for several years. i’m guessing he’s familiar with many of his teammates. they do have to integrate jimmy graham. but many of his receivers are still there. baldwin. kearse.
the rams? as far as i can tell zero games with his receivers and tight ends. new offense. new coaches. on top of that they’re installing a new zone scheme which is stalling the running game. so yeah. lots of moving parts. lots of young guys unfamiliar with one another. but. not just with one another. but with another level of competition.
now might we see this rams offense see a similar improvement in performance as LAST year’s rams DEFENSE? well. i wouldn’t quite expect THAT kind of ascension. but i do expect to see SOME improvement.
by the way… this just makes gurley’s first two starts that much more startling. truly inspiring. pure fucking genius this gurley. just gotta get him involved in the passing game.
fisher rams with jackson and amendola were fun to watch.
this team is even more fun to watch.
gurley and austin are more fun to watch than jackson/amendola.
i think gurley. and i’m going to say this already. his vision and balance are light years ahead of where jackson was at the same age. jackson didn’t have those attributes off the bat. i remember reading about how he didn’t really develop a lot of those abilities until later under the tutelage of stephen davis. it’s amazing to see how decisive gurley already is so early on. and he’s going to continue to hone those skills the more he plays. jackson did not have that decisiveness in his younger years. he tended to dance way too often at the line of scrimmage and despite that power it seemed to me he could get knocked off balance a lot easier. he also tended to miss a lot of holes that were there to exploit. not with this guy as far as i can tell. he hits the hole. gets what he can. and then does it again. trusting that he’s going to bust one big. and he’s got such body control that he can bounce off contact and still keep his feet under him moving forward. of course it helps that he’s smaller than steven. he’s listed at 6’1″, but he’s more like 6′. and while he’s listed at 227 pounds, he looks more like 220 pounds. that’s in contrast to steven who was every bit of the 6’2″ 240 lbs he was listed at. just at first glance he looks a lot smaller than steven did going from my very foggy memory.
and austin. he isn’t the receiver that amendola was, but he can do so many other things. he can take those sweeps and reverses. and he has a knack for finding the endzone. i would have liked to see more of an impact from him today, but foles was getting his butt kicked. i think that might have had something to do with it.
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i think this offense is one offensive line and one dominant possession receiver away from being superbowl worthy. as long as this defense is healthy and dominant. gurley and austin can’t do it by themselves. just as jackson and amendola could not either.
if foles takes care of the ball better. if cook is not on this team. if the oline was more sound. rams win this game.
and just for good measure try to upgrade the receiver corps. i don’t like britt. i don’t like quick. maybe i change my mind. probably not.
people are talking about the synergy in the run game between austin and gurley. one guy should allow the other to make some really big plays running the ball. and a strong running game should allow austin to make some big plays in the passing game.
not sure if i’ve seen anything like it.
question is how do opposing defenses adjust now that this is on tape. i’m sure they’ll find ways to counter that. and what do the rams do to counter that counter?
but yeah. i’m liking this thunder and lightning combo of gurley and austin. adds an element of unpredictability to this offense. cignetti just needs to find a way to free others up once defenses start to key in on them.
