Sanchez mentioned-
Inside counter lead — not unlike the old Gap plays Dickerson ran … but inside, not outside

RB takes counter step to left, goes upfield. Avila traps the 4-tech, Allen leads into hole. Dotson chips the LBer then gets to next LBer. Limmer good, too pic.twitter.com/YduxbjgPAQ

— Jim Youngblood 53 (@53_jim70721) November 17, 2024

InvaderRam wrote:

and how did mcclendon look? does that write off noteboom?

McClendon was better this week than Noteboom was last week. It’s hard for me to project much about McClendon based on this game, though, so who knows about his future. But IMO Noteboom should, in all fairness, be a goner after the season. He’s injured too often and he doesn’t always play effectively when he is healthy. He was awful last week.

Matthew Stafford throws his FOURTH touchdown of the day! 🙌

(via @RamsNFL)pic.twitter.com/4BSLYgoWeK

— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) November 17, 2024

Starting base defense
a change -Jonah Williams started in base
Tyler Davis has been starting NT last 2 weeks pic.twitter.com/36WXHwTTMx

— Jim Youngblood 53 (@53_jim70721) November 17, 2024

from https://www.turfshowtimes.com/2024/11/17/24298994/rams-patriots-winners-losers-beaux-limmer?utm_content=turfshowtimes&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter

Offensive line & pass protection

I think this was easily the OL’s cleanest effort on the 2024 season so far. For the third time in the last four games, the big guys up front did not allow a single sack on Stafford. It’s probably no coincidence that two of Stafford’s best individual outings have come in games where he was kept clean.

The running game averaged 5.35 yards per carry with Kyren Williams accounting for 86 of those yards and Blake Corum adding 21.

I don’t think the degree of difficulty was too high against the Patriots. I wrote before the game that most were giving Jerod Mayo’s defensive unit too much credit after a dominating performance against the Chicago Bears. Still, the pass protection was beyond solid today and that is a rising tide that lifted all boats on the offensive side of the ball.

❌ KINCHENS CLOSED ❌ pic.twitter.com/MFQAD41BUl

— Rams Tapes 🥶 (@RamsTapes) November 17, 2024

zn wrote:

Rams inactives: … Joe Noteboom, Rob Havenstein, …

This gawd damm Noteboom experiment has to end. They apparently love him, they extended him and keep bringing him back, and he has never lived up to their trust. Injured a lot and doesn’t consistently come through when he is healthy. OT has to be a priority in the next draft.

I’m sure he’s a good guy. So I take no pleasure in being so harsh. But it’s the NFL. You produce or move on to your next career.

With a hybrid DL like Hoecht (97), the Rams can move him from an Edge down to a 3t.

That flexibility allows them to create different looks.

This is similar to how some 4-down defenses use off-ball LBs as leverage tools up front.
— pic.twitter.com/u9EssNofqr

— Cody Alexander (@The_Coach_A) November 17, 2024

from Quora
…

A bartender is new in town in the old west. He’s busy serving drinks when a guy comes bursting thru the swinging doors gasping “Big Earl’s a-comin into town”. Immediately, all the customers drop what they’re doing, run out the door, and scatter down the street out of town. The bartender has no idea what all this means.

But soon, he hears loud foot steps coming towards the saloon. Then the biggest guy he’s ever seen rips the doors off, tosses them aside, bends down a little to get through the doorway. He sees the bartender cowering behind a table, picks him up, and tosses him behind the bar, walks over and says “whiskey”.

Terrified, the bartender gets a glass and a bottle and brings them over. The guy grabs the bottle, slams down a handful of coins so forcefully it cracks the bar, tears the top off the whiskey his teeth, and drinks it all down, and dashes the empty bottle on the floor. The frightened bartender manages to say “can I get you anything else, sir”?

The man says, “nope. Gotta run. Big Earl’s comin.”

Wyatt Miller@wymill07
you “earn the right” to rush the passer by putting the opposing offense in obvious passing situations.

When the Rams have done that, they pressure the QB on 3rd downs more than any team in football (55.7%).

Patriots can't run, and recently Rams have been able to stop the run well, after a poor start. pic.twitter.com/I2tynsLjc4

— Jim Youngblood 53 (@53_jim70721) November 15, 2024

roberto clemente@rclemente2121
can the rams struggling offense turn things around this week?

the rams currently rank #29 in offensive scoring on the road, averaging just 15.3 pts per gm (10, 13, 18 and 20).

on the flipside the patriots rank #7 in fewest offensive pts allowed per gm at home.

PFF LA Rams@PFF_Rams
8. Los Angeles Rams

ie. Ranking all 32 defensive lines ahead of Week 11

Rams Bros.@RamsBrothers
@wymill07 wrote about this: Rams forced a loss or zero yards on 31.8% of Miami’s rush attempts on Monday night.

Young front is really cooking right now.

Blaine Grisak@bgrisakTST
Since the bye week, the Rams defense ranks second in EPA per play.

Chris Shula adjusting to life post Aaron Donald and the defense finding its footing was always going to take time.

They are a top-10 defense since Week 3.

ramsman34

Have you all listened to the Coaches Show this week with JB, Demarco, and Les Sneed? Listen to the part when Les responds to the question about the cheat code / have a good QB in a rookie contract. JB was using that example to compare our rookie DL under contract. But anyway, Les talks about a mobile QB and what he says is very interesting. Here’s the link.