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…“We got outplayed,
we got outcoached,
and we just put a bad display out there,”
a dejected Cook said after the game…Prettymuch sums it up.
I am very impressed with what
Arizona has done the last two weeks
against KC and the Rams.I dont think they can beat Green Bay,
but i think they can beat any other
team in the NFC.I’m startin to think Arians might
be the Belichick of the NFC.
Its not just the Rams who are
“a quarterback away.”w
vTwice in Fisher’s coaching career, its taken him
Four+ years, to build a winner.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Fisher(Not counting his 94 team where he came
in halfway thru the season),
In the 90’s it took him FIVE years to build a Winner:95 he was 7-9
96 – 8-8
97 – 8-8
98 – 8-8
99- 13-3and then in the 2000’s it took him
Four years:
2004 5-11
2005 4-12
2006 8-8
2007 10-6
(2008 -13-3 )With the Rams its been
2012 -7-8-1
2013 7-9
2014 (6-7)
2015Jeff Fisher has never had
three winning seasons in a Row.w
vBernie Byte: The Rams as betting favorites
• By Bernie Miklasz[www.stltoday.com]
Despite being 6-7, the Rams are a four-point betting favorite over the visiting Arizona Cardinals, who lead the NFC West with an impressive 10-3 record.
Other than the obvious thing — the betting line is directly related to wagering trends — why are the Rams favored?
Let’s take a look:
• The Cardinals are unbeaten at home but only 3-3 on the road. The Cardinals rank 24th in the NFL with a road-scoring average of 19.7 points per game, and they are 26th with only 11 touchdowns from scrimmage in road games. They rank 29th with an average of 3.3 yards per carry in road games, 25th in net passing yards per road game, and are 31st in average yards from scrimmage (299.3) when away from home.
• Home or away the AZ offense has slowed, scoring only two touchdowns in the last 15 quarters of play.
• Arizona QB Drew Stanton is 1-3 on the road with a 63.5 passer rating. That 63.5 road passer rating is the worst among NFL quarterbacks. At least until now, Stanton has been a different quarterback on the road. He’s been very good at home, having gone 4-0 as a starter with a 97.7 passer rating.
• The Rams defense has pitched two consecutive shutouts; that hasn’t happened in the NFL since Dallas did it in 2009. And the two consecutive shutouts are the first for the franchise since the Cleveland Rams pulled it off in 1945.
• The Rams defense is now second in the NFL (to Seattle) for fewest points allowed. This counts ONLY the points scored by the opposing offense against the defense. It excludes INT and fumble returns for touchdowns, and TDs scored on special teams. Anyway, Seattle has allowed 219 points from scrimmage, and the Rams defense is a close second with 221 points given up.
• Since Nov. 2, which spans six games, the Rams defense has produced an impressive set of rankings:
– The Rams have allowed the fewest number of touchdowns from scrimmage, 6.
– They have the most sacks, 29.
– They are tied for 1st for most takeaways, with 15.
– They are tied for 2nd with nine interceptions.
– They are tied for 2nd in third-down stops, with opponents converting 29.6 percent.
– They are 2nd in fewest rushing yards given up per game (58.7) and are third in average yield (3.26 yards) per rushing attempt.
– They are 6th on the list of the lowest opponents’ passer rating, at 76.7.
So you can see the basis for gamblers thinking that the Rams have a good chance of winning.
I suppose this is another sign of the Rams making progress: when the gamblers start believing in you, then you’re probably on the way to becoming a good team.
This is a rarity, by the way.
The Rams will be favored to win for a third consecutive game. That hasn’t happened since the final three games of their 2010 season.
This will be only the 10th time that the Rams entered a game as the favorite since Jeff Fisher became head coach in 2012.
In their previous nine betting-favorite games under Fisher, the Rams went 5-4 in covering the spread. That includes the team’s consecutive wins over Oakland (52-0) and Washington (24-0.)
When the Rams are the betting underdog, they’ve gone 21-15 against the point spread with Fisher as coach.
Thanks for reading …
— Bernie
One interesting PFF stat.
Hill is ranked 3rd in accuracy percentage under pressure.
This ranking includes only qbs who have thrown 100 or more passes.
I like Hill a lot, and was pleased with the signing,
but the INT in the Viking game, and that INT
in the Charger game were horrendous. (i know some folks
think the viking-INT was due to the thigh injury, but i
dont see it that way)Now one of my Favorite plays in the Washington game —
was a play where Hill actually got sacked. The rams
were in the redzone. And Hill got sacked once, If i remember
right, but then its third down and rather than risk another
horrendous INT, Hill just basically did a duck-and-cover move
very quickly. He didnt try to ‘make something happen’ and he
didnt take any risks — he was gonna settle for the easy Three
(which legatron missed). But i loved the fact that Hill
seemed to have gotten the message from BS and Fisher — if the
game is close just dont LOSE it. Manage the game. Let
the defense and Tre Mason win it. Make the plays that are there
to make but dont risk INTs.Thats how i interpreted that sack, anyway. I
thought it was a great play.w
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