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Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigueSean McVay joked that the last play yesterday might be skewing their explosive pass plays allowed but removing that, Rams are tied for fourth most allowed thru 3 weeks (15, with 12 completions of 20+ yards). They are getting initial pressure but QBs working out of structure and.creating downfield is one of the multiple reasons here. 11 of the 15 were just over last two weeks per TruMedia. “Rush and coverage go together …I think we have to do a good job of rushing with integrity, not allowing some of these plays to extend. Some of them are individual
efforts…then some of them, we have got to hit home with a 5 man rush, they have a good design on and we’ve got to be able to play our techniques a little bit better…other than turnovers, that is the next indicator of playing really good – I don’t get really involved in the
stats, but the turnovers and then minimizing the explosives whether it’s the run game or the pass game and then creating them on the offensive side of the ball, those are critical factors for being able to efficient and execute on either side …and we certainly have to do a
better job of that.”
TL;DR multiple things are true at the same time + this should be fixable
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To add *more* context to this, NextGen has the Rams getting pressure at a 38.9% rate which is 7th-highest in the NFL right now. But 4 sacks is tied for third-to-last. Cleaning up the complement in the rush particularly against quarterbacks who can throw on the run will fix a LOT.I’m not a big “sacks are key” person – far from it – but in this case, within the context of some of the explosive passes allowed, they do matter (at the same time this initial pressure matters, multiple things are true)
The other thing the Rams are currently doing for run D and will continue to do is try out different combinations with their iDL, including rotating Kobie Turner and Bobby Brown at nose + Gallimore got more iDL snaps. Combinations a game by game thing. Coordinators talk Thursdays.Asked about Kobie Turner rotating into nose (where he played most of ‘23), Brown rotating, Gallimore opening on run downs last week as game started. Rams did improve in that phase overall but it’ll be case by case per Shula (who of course didn’t want to expand on scheme too much).Just to be clear, my reference to BB is the initial plan/some of the stuff they were trying in spring & camp before going in a different direction…trying things like moving Kobie inside where in spring summer hope was to get him more pass rush looks. Maybe when Davis develops….And BB might come inside again at some point, why Shula emphasized the matchup element – just kinda nerding out over this stuff sorry to overload replies..Sometimes DL changes can seem subtle but Rams clearly trying to figure out where they have the math vs the run with a smaller/generally versatile front still growing into its personality…Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigueThought this was some good stuff from ST coordinator Chase Blackburn, asked him about recognizing how ST core players were watching how he responded to disastrous unit last year and continuing to stay the course (my long questions understandably paraphrased in team transcript).Stu Jackson@StuJRamsReally impressed with @byron_97 so far this season. He told me this spring he felt like he had games last year where he needed to close out and didn’t come through, which led to him making that his No. 1 goal for this season. Week 3 showed he’s on his way to accomplishing that…
