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My take on Rams / Colts from attending the game
I sat directly behind the Rams bench in section 114 row 3. I could even hear the players and coaches talking to each other….This is my observations about everything I witnessed:
First of all, Matthew Stafford is already the leader of the team. Players talk to him for information and they listen and follow his lead. Stafford has a cannon and I’m positive he will easily throw for over 5,000 yards and atleast 40 TD’s. Stafford and McVay have serious chemistry as a coach and QB. Immediately after that failed 3rd down and 2 Jet Sweep with Cooper Kupp failed, McVay went up to Stafford and Immediately to him “My bad” on that play call. Stafford audibled on about 7 or 8 plays during the game and every audible was the right call as they all had positive yards. Trust me on this, McVay and Stafford are going to be lights out this year.
Brian Allen is a freakin stud, dude must have put on 20+ pounds and he’s putting the hammer down on defensive tackles. Allen may be the Rams center for the next 6 or 7 years!! Whitworth may be in his 40’s but he’s playing at a very high level. He looked great yesterday and he straight sprints out from the locker room to the Rams sideline. Wouldn’t surprise me if Whitworth is back again next year. He got beat on that one play as his right foot got tangled with the left guard. Online looks great overall.
The WR group is potent and no one is going to be able to contain Cooper Kupp. I think Kupp is faster than he was before he tore his ACL. Tutu Atwell is even smaller than I thought he was. They are going to have to protect him because he is as frail as I’ve even seen any football player at any level. DeSean Jackson was very frustrated yesterday on the sidelines for not being used and playing. I watched him take his shoulder pads straps off around the first part of the 4th quarter as if he knew he wasn’t going to play anymore. Jackson also cursed a fan the fu_k out behind the bench that was haggling him. (His exact words to that fan while shooting him a bird was “Fu_k You Bitc_h”).
The running back trio was as follows, Henderson ran hard and caught a few passes but when Henderson got hurt and Sony Michel took over, it was like apples and oranges. Sony Michel is very smooth and shifty like Cam Akers and he gets positive yards on every carry. He’s alot bigger than I thought he was and I’m shocked the Patriots let him go. If he plays full time in this offense, he would have a 1,200 yard season. Jake Funk is a stud and is no joke on special teams.
On defense the d-line had very good success the way they rotated Players in. Greg Gaines was stuffing the middle and with A’Shawn Robinson in there, there is no more double teaming Aaron Donald. That’s the main reason Donald had 9 tackles yesterday. Aaron Donald was simply abusing Quenton Nelson yesterday one on one, it wasn’t even fair on most snaps.
Our linebackers in my opinion are too small. They are just too light in the ass to take on offensive lineman if they get to the second level and get hands on them. Sébastien Joseph Day is becoming a force to be reckoned with and playing next to Donald is becoming like pick your poison. Leonard Floyd did not impress me yesterday with the salary he received. He needs to put on some weight, he’s too lean to me to take on that right tackle.
The secondary is a bit concerning to me. I’m not sure if it’s just the scheme from Raheem Morris or the players. They are playing too much zone and they are giving way too much cushion to receivers. With our defensive line, Rams CB’s need to close that cushion gap and play some bump and run coverage more often. If they play that lose zone defense come Sunday against Brady, he’s going to touch our secondary. Taylor Rapp may have had 9 tackles yesterday but Taylor Rapp was getting his ass torched yesterday. He’s much slower than I even thought he was and I feel he’s a liability that may end up really hurt us.
Overall the team never panicked yesterday after that botched punt that resulted in a touchdown for the Colts. I watched Stafford calmly get up and said let’s go score a TD, and they did. McVay did not air the ball out yesterday at all and that was a mistake because by 3rd quarter the Colts was slowly moving those safeties closer to the box. The Buccaneers secondary is not that good as even Matt Ryan showed yesterday that you can pass deep on them. I hope McVay has an attacking game plan Sunday and use more no huddle. The Falcons did well in the first half using no huddle and in the second have they abandoned no huddle and that pretty much did them in.
Just wanted to share some insights from my observation yesterday to the forum.
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