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znModeratorfrom Touchdown Wire: https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/nfl-power-rankings-week-6-steelers-seahawks-buccaneers-chiefs/
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Rams: 10th
How much do you trust the Los Angeles Rams right now?
After a lackluster performance on Sunday night, in a loss to the San Francisco 49ers, the Rams fell to 4-2. Still a very good record, but look at those four wins. They came against the New York Giants, the Philadelphia Eagles, the Washington Football Team, and the Dallas Cowboys back in Week 1.
They have feasted on the worst division in football.
But the two occasions where they had to step outside the comfort zone of the NFC East? A loss to the Buffalo Bills and now a loss to the 49ers.
znModerator“It’s ok babe, you’ll get a high draft pick.” pic.twitter.com/M0sBtPw8Dj
— Andrew Brandt (@AndrewBrandt) October 20, 2020
znModeratorSean McVay on Samuel Sloman: 'He's got to improve' https://t.co/1o6HXdmyfK
— Rams Wire (@TheRamsWire) October 20, 2020
znModeratorHead Coach Sean McVay–October 19, 2020
(On his message to the team after yesterday’s game and what it takes to bounce back following the loss from San Francisco)
“I mean, number one, you always look at the tape, that’s where the truth lies. We correct that. We have accountability and ownership for where we can all be better, coaches and players alike. We address those issues and we move forward, that’s what you have to be able to do. We always talk about not allowing the previous setback to affect the ability to move forward and we can’t wait to get going on our preparation for the Bears. What a good team we have and what they have, we’re excited about that. I don’t believe that last night is reflective of the caliber that we can play at, really on all three phases. I think we have some representative tape to be able to point that out. But, you know, that’s why it’s such a slim and small margin for error. You give the Niners credit, they did a nice job. That’s what’s so great about this league is, you get those three and a half, four-hour windows and you have to be great in those moments. And that’s a great opportunity for us to respond next week.”(On what has attributed to the slow starts on defense and the sharp adjustments at halftime)
“I don’t know that it’s always been slow starts. I think, again, they did some good stuff. I think you look at even the second play of the game, it was one of those deals where (he) kind of just, fortunately, landed right on top of everybody. I think everybody was kind of lulled to sleep on that one and then he pops up and (49ers WR Deebo) Samuel runs for 35 yards. So, they did some good things. I thought we made some adjustments and settled in and I thought our second-half play definitely gave us a chance to win that football game. And ultimately, we didn’t get it done.”(On how he walks the line of not panicking but continuing to re-establish some of the fundamental values that they hope to achieve week to week)
“Yeah, it’s just consistency. You know, coaching isn’t criticizing, it’s correcting and collaborating with these guys and that’s what we try to do week in and week out. We want to be consistent with the things that we’re preaching and one of the things that we talk about is making sure that we’re all holding each other to a standard of doing our job to the highest level, and that includes me. You know, I have to do a much better job, so that’s coaches and players together, but we try to keep a consistent team and a consistent approach. Every single week, whether we win or lose, we’re looking at that film the same way we’re making corrections; we’re making adjustments and we inevitably have to be able to move on to the next opponent as well. And so, the difference between when you end up getting that done and when you don’t, you wake up with a pit in your stomach, and the only way I know how to get rid of that thing is just to work a little bit better and make sure that you address the things that you can do better moving forward. And that’s exactly what we’re going to do. It’s simple, but it’s true.”(On if he believes the majority of the adjustments are fixable through coaching rather than personnel changes)
“Again, you know, the other team has a say as well. And so, we have fundamentals, principles, and things that we want to emphasize and want to be able to see it reflected on our tape week in and week out, but the enemy does have a say as well. You give credit, the Niners did a nice job, but the thing that I do genuinely believe is when you look at, ‘Okay, where did we fall short, are these things we’re capable of doing, or are we just physically outmatched?’ No, we’re capable of executing and playing better football, being a cleaner operation, offensively not jumping offsides, throwing and catching better, being able to handle different things, really in all three phases and that’s really what I mean by that. Then, there’s going to be times too where, you’re saying, ‘Hey, that’s a great play by a great player.’ And we want to be better there, but you know, you give them some credit. So yesterday was a – you don’t want to minimize, the Niners did a nice job, but I think in a lot of instances, specifically on the offensive side of the ball, there’s things that we’re capable of playing at a much higher level and we expect to.”(On if there were any injuries coming from Sunday’s game)
“No, we actually came out pretty clean. You know, guys had their typical bumps and bruises, but nothing really of a major concern for us.”(On if RB Cam Akers wasn’t utilized because of the game flow)
“Yeah, it was. When you really look at it, we had four drives in the first half. You have the five-play drive, then you go three-and-out. Then you have the touchdown drive and then we’re in a two-minute drive at the end of the half. So, you start the rotation over. (RB) Darrell (Henderson Jr.) gets going, has a couple of runs. We never even got Darrell in a chance to really get a rhythm. When he did have some good runs on that touchdown, you’re saying, ‘all right, he’s getting into a little bit of the flow of the game.’ (Running Backs Coach) Thomas (Brown) got him in that one play sequence where we went incompletion on the play-action pass and then we get (RB) Malcolm (Brown) in the game and then Darrell’s back up and he’s kind of getting some runs going. So, it was nothing that (RB) Cam (Akers) didn’t do. It was more of a result of us not really being able to establish the continuity, the rhythm that we’d like to be able to do off offensively, where you can activate a bunch of different things and be able to get some different guys touches. That was what that was reflective of like what we talked about yesterday.”(On whether he has looked ahead to preparing for the Chicago Bears or still closing the book on San Francisco)
“Yeah, really, you just mentioned it. We’re kind of closing the book on the Niners game. Once I get done with this, will represent really the opportunity to really dive into the (Chicago) Bears. We’ve kind of gone over their personnel and things like that, but as far as really laying eyes on a lot of the tape, I haven’t gotten a chance to do that yet.”(On preparing for Chicago’s defense)
“It’s going to be a great challenge. They’ve got a great rush. They’ve been really opportunistic, you see their playing really well on third downs and in the red area. It’s a lot of the personnel that they’ve had a lot of success with over the last couple of years. (Bears DE) Akeim Hicks has been playing well. Obviously, (OLB) Kahlil Mack and you look at (Bears S) Eddie Jackson and (Bears CB Kyle) Fuller on the back end. (Bears ILB) Roquan Smith on the second level. So, it’s going to be a tremendous challenge and we’ve got to do a great job of playing efficient and consistent really through all three downs.”(On what San Francisco did to neutralize DL Aaron Donald)
“It was a lot of perimeter-type stuff, where you’re seeing a lot of those kind of flip plays to (49ers WR) Deebo Samuel. A lot of the toss actions. He (Donald) was definitely influencing the game, but in a lot of instances, he wasn’t necessarily at the point of attack and in some cases he’s on the backside. So, a lot of the concepts and different things that they were activating to minimize the impact you can have as an interior player, where they really stretched your edges in your second and third levels. That’s what last night entailed.”(On his evaluation of K Samuel Sloman)
“We’ve said it week in and week out. Obviously, you want to not have to continue to talk about the missed extra points or some of the things. Did a nice job responding. Definitely want us to handle that last kickoff situation a little bit differently, where we’re trying to pin them deep when they’re set up for an onside return and you got a chance to pin them a little bit deeper than kicking it that deep into the end zone. That was not what we wanted. He’s got to improve.”(On his evaluation of the performance of the inside linebacker group)
“I think those guys played tough, but I think it was a difficult game where they were stretched laterally and there was a lot of stress on some of the concepts that (49ers Head Coach) Kyle (Shanahan) was running. (ILB) Micah (Kiser) came back and (ILB) Kenny (Young), those guys played tough, but we think they can play better than what they did. I think when you look at the missed tackles, there was a lot of unfortunate ones that occurred in some major down-and-distances, specifically some third downs, where one on (WR) Trent Taylor and the one on (TE George) Kittle where they’re kind of catching a check down and they were able to create afterwards, that ends up giving them a fresh set of downs. I look at the second play, that was kind of a freaky-type play. I didn’t necessarily see that as much of a missed tackle, as he’s tackled and kind of lands right on top of somebody, so he never technically goes down, but it’s a good reminder for us, where we’ve got to just ensure that, ‘Hey, everybody’s all the way down,’ so you don’t give up a play that’s probably going to go for three to four yards for 35 yards. Each play is its own entity, but I thought those ones on the third down were extremely costly.”(On Defensive Coordinator Brandon Staley’s ability to make adjustments)
“I think he does a great job first collaborating with the coaching staff, talking through the things that they’re seeing, how we want to be able to adjust or how we can just play it better if we don’t necessarily need to adjust and then each of the position coaches, based on that dialogue that (Defensive Coordinator) Brandon (Staley) and the staff have, get that communicated to their players. That’s really a reflection of Brandon and the defensive coaching staff and the players being receptive to it. So, that’s been a real positive for us in all of our games. It’s given us a chance to win, both the games that we haven’t come through on, based on the way that the defense has performed in the second half, especially. Those are things that we’ll want to continue to see and I think it’s going to be a real positive for this football team as we continue to get through and play more and more games.”(On how the running back rotation works)
“It’s usually by the situation. So, usually you see Malcolm play in some of those more known-passing situations, second down and long, third downs and then Darrell is getting the majority of the work and some of the normal down in distances. That doesn’t mean Malcolm doesn’t ever play then, but that’s typically kind of how we’ve rotated them. But I think as we get comfortable with all those guys, it won’t necessarily have to be as specific to the situation, but that’s what last night’s game was reflective of.”(On if in the future, the running back rotation will be open to more in-game flexibility)
“Yeah. I think so. I mean, Malcolm can play in all situations. He’s got such a good command on what’s going on and some of those other protection-possible situations, where teams are likely to activate some different pressures when you’re in a lot more of an all right, it’s a high percentage pass situation here, as opposed to when you’re in some of those earlier downs and you want to have some balance between the run and the pass. So that’s why you’ve seen Malcolm playing a little bit more of those situations, but as Darrell and really as Cam continue to accumulate experience, I think the comfort and confidence level for those guys to play on all those downs and all those situations will enable us to be a little bit more versatile with how we activate all three.”(On what has factored to WR Van Jefferson’s limited use on Sunday)
“Just the flow of the game. It’s difficult to get guys in. (WR) Josh (Reynolds) has done some good things. I think we’re still really, kind of, continuing to find out what is the perfect balance of using our personnel and getting some of these younger skill players going, who we know have extremely bright futures with us, with Cam and (WR) Van (Jefferson) and how many snaps they get. So much of it is by the flow of the game and I think what you’ve seen is, when we’re not able to really get into a good rhythm offensively, or we’ve got minimal snaps, it’s affected those guys and those are the things that we’ve got to continue to figure out and work through, because they shouldn’t have to be punished for that.”znModeratorAlec Z@alec_zamora
Did the defense suck last night? Sure, but they also have us 4 straight 3 and outs to start the second half – we drove down and penalized ourself into FG, dropped TDS, and dropped passes. This is on the offense, the players, not McVay.Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Consistent theme from Rams HC Sean McVay tonight: “We are capable of playing at a much higher level – and we expect to.”Per NFL Next Gen Stats, Darrell Henderson ran against a stacked box on 42.9% of his carries against the San Francisco 49ers on SNF. He had 88 yards on 14 carries (6.3 YPC) – and attained 19 yards over expectation, per the analytics measurement standard.
Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Regarding injuries, Rams HC Sean McVay said “we actually came out pretty clean” from 49ers game.Typical bumps and bruises but nothing concerning.
znModeratorSosa K@QBsMVP
I thought it was arguably the best I’ve ever seen from Goff under pressure. He was avoiding would-be sackers and throwing darts at a better rate than I think I’ve ever seen in his career, even if those passes were dropped/incompletions.==
I'm sure you're all seeing something I'm not. But after watching that back, I came away impressed with Jared Goff's Week 6.
Jotting down notes, far more positives than negatives. Wasn't under a ton of duress, but when he was, handled it with poise. Agree to disagree, I guess? pic.twitter.com/Wizd5GbnOt
— J.B. Long (@JB_Long) October 19, 2020
znModeratorThe Rams’ style is apparent, but the substance is lacking in defeat: The Pile
Jourdan Rodrigue
It’s 2020, and I’m less of a roller-coaster woman these days. I already had the chase-me-red car with the turbo engine. I failed the Atkins diet. I whiffed on the air-puffed peas in ranch seasoning trend.
Give me a national park, not an amusement park. I’ll take a four-door with good gas mileage and some steak and potatoes while you’re at it. I want to see some damn substance.
The Rams have such style, you know? Flashy new uniforms, the hottest young coaches in football, Monopoly money under a dozen mattresses, the best football player on the planet and a host of stars on offense and defense. They truly have unlimited potential, and every single person in the organization would say the same.
They also might say that all of that style means bo-diddley if they can’t back it up with substance, like tackling a guy to the ground or executing their own bread-and-butter plays on offense.
In Sunday night’s 24-16 loss at San Francisco, 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo completed only two passes past the line of scrimmage in the first half, as the 49ers went up 21-6. He didn’t have to do more than that, really. He was gifted, as 226 of his 268 passing yards were accumulated after the catch by his running backs and receivers. That directly points the finger at the Rams’ defense, which could not tackle. And a soft zone, in which the Rams spent much of their time, works as a “bend, don’t break” concept if the pass catcher is brought down on first contact — or, upon initial contact, if multiple players swarm and contain. Such coverage depends on limiting plays that create extra yards after a catch because of the initial cushion allowed, and the Rams were unable to do so.
Even Garoppolo’s longest play of the first half, a 44-yard touchdown to tight end George Kittle, was the product of a Rams’ self-own. They ran a Cover-0 blitz on an obvious passing fourth down, in which they did not have a safety floating in center field, and then missed Kittle on the initial contact. Thirty-three of Kittle’s 44 yards came after the catch.
“We just didn’t play good today,” said defensive tackle Aaron Donald, who played his 100th career regular-season game but was held without a sack and had the team’s only two quarterback pressures.
“We have to practice it, we have to do better. When you play like that, you’re inconsistent (and) you’re missing tackles, you’re not playing at your best, you tend to lose games. And that’s what we did today. … It’s just wrapping up and taking a guy down, that’s all it comes down to. Guys know how to do that. It’s just … we just didn’t play good. Y’all saw it, we know it. We have to do better.”
On offense, nothing worked except second-year running back Darrell Henderson, and even he got pulled — a little confusingly, at times, given that he was averaging over six yards per carry. Quarterback Jared Goff missed his receivers on several occasions, both on underthrows and overthrows. His top two targets, Cooper Kupp and Robert Woods, also each had a crucial drop. Kupp’s came in the end zone on third down, and Woods’ may have been a score. The Rams were so discombobulated in the first half, in fact, that they held the ball only eight minutes, 38 seconds, compared to the 49ers’ 21:22. They trailed 21-6 at halftime.
“Clearly wasn’t my best (game),” Goff said. “Just some uncharacteristic stuff, missing some (open) guys early. Something that I’ve never done in my life, and don’t ever expect to repeat. Just have to be a little bit better there, be a little bit more accurate — that’s probably what I do best, is accuracy — and would have put us in a little bit better of a situation and given us a better chance to win.”
The Rams’ defense only allowed three second-half points, and especially with 49ers slasher-back Raheem Mostert missing from the game with an ankle injury, the Rams found a little footing. But because the adjustments came at halftime, they came too late and without any complement from the offense.
“They gave us every opportunity to get back in that game,” said McVay, who repeated that the Rams just did not play “up to their capabilities.”
From McVay to Goff to Donald to Andrew Whitworth, the word of the evening was “uncharacteristic.” An “uncharacteristic” loss, “uncharacteristic” mistakes, miscues, misreads and missed tackles.
“As a whole, just too many things that we’re not accustomed to doing,” McVay said. “You give credit to the 49ers, they did a nice job, but we (did) a lot of uncharacteristic things. We had a lot of our players that we count on that didn’t come through in some situations that they typically do.”
The problem is, if fixable items like missed tackles happen often enough into late October and November, they stop being “out of character” and turn into an identity.
The Rams are 4-2, having dropped their first NFC West matchup. Welcome to The Pile — let’s start poking around:
An early backbreaker
On the 49ers’ first drive, a freak situational play turned an exploratory drive into a scoring drive.
Receiver Deebo Samuel caught a short pass over the middle from Garoppolo and was enveloped by nose tackle Sebastian Joseph-Day, who thought he had successfully brought Samuel to the ground. But Samuel never felt his knee touch, and the referees did not blow the play dead. So Samuel wrestled free and took off downfield as several Rams and even his own teammates watched in bewilderment.
“I thought he was down,” Joseph-Day said. “I tackled him, and I guess someone was under him, which, I didn’t know someone was under him. I tackled him down and I guess his knees didn’t touch the ground. I thought he was on the ground because I was fighting off a block, got off a block and made the tackle. Obviously, he was not down. … That is my fault, and I take responsibility for that.”
The play was not, of course, the singular issue in the game, but it was an early gash that kept the Rams on their heels and ultimately set up a touchdown, creating an early deficit that changed their game plan.
And it certainly set an early tone in terms of how the Rams went about their business of tackling. Samuel got them again on a third-down catch-and-run in the fourth quarter to ice the game.
“I thought he was down (on the early play), so there will be a lot of things we can learn about just wrapping up, finishing,” McVay said. “We certainly want to tackle consistently and bring guys down on first contact. But you do give credit to the other guys for doing a nice job of creating those broken tackles.”
Goff’s terrible day
Sunday was only the second time this season that the Rams did not score on their opening drive, and Goff started 1-for-6 for just 17 yards.
“Really, we came out and tried to throw it some early,” Whitworth said, “and, you know, just didn’t seem to be on the same page in the sense that normally we are a little crisper than that. Some of those completions, we have to have.”
Goff entered the game looking pretty solid even under pressure, but he simply could not find his mechanics when his pocket broke down. He was not sacked but missed throws both under and over his receivers, and he had a couple of issues with drops by his two most-trusted pass-catchers, Woods and Kupp. In fact, one of Goff’s best plays of the night was a near-sack in which he avoided pressure well and unfurled a great ball downfield to Woods, but it slipped through his arms.
“Just a little bit out of sync,” said McVay of the weirdly absent connection between Goff and his top two receivers. “I do believe that those two are guys who will connect on a lot of those opportunities when we get them, moving forward, but tonight was kind of one of those nights for us.”
Goff finished 19-of-38 for 198 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. He was picked off by reserve cornerback Jason Verrett in the end zone on fourth down, with the Rams trailing 21-9 in the third quarter, after Verrett had previously forced Goff to go 0-for-4 when throwing his way, according to Next Gen Stats.
“That was a great play by him,” Goff said. “He fell off his coverage and fell up underneath the ball …
“We had our shot down low in the red zone a couple of times there and weren’t able to cap them off. Again, that’s a reflection of how we played tonight. We gotta finish drives, we gotta make better decisions and throw and catch the ball better, and we will. We usually do. I know we will coming out next week.”
Bottom of The Pile
• Where was rookie running back Cam Akers? McVay said Akers’ snaps would increase now that he’s back from a ribs injury. Clearly, there was a smokescreen and an adjusted game plan after the Rams faced an early deficit. McVay said that game flow and the inability to execute into situations they wanted Akers to be in explained why he hardly saw the field. Henderson could have been the lead back for the entire game, as he was averaging over six yards per carry, but he was swapped for Malcolm Brown at times in the second half. I am among those still attempting to discern why the Rams swap backs when they do. Brown’s ability, as a physical runner to loosen a front, as well as his pass-protection prowess, are the reasons I can come up with for now.
• Pressure is rolling in for Samuel Sloman, thicker than the coastline marine layer. Sloman made a 42-yard field goal, but the rookie kicker is still struggling to get height on his point-after attempts and had his second one of the season blocked after the Rams’ first touchdown. Sloman is the first Rams kicker to miss three PATs in a season since 1988. While I understand the need to adjust to the NFL and its various stressors, it is not acceptable for an NFL kicker to lack the proper height on a kick, so much so that it’s blocked with little effort. One tactic the Rams could try to light a little fire under him? Bringing in some kickers for a Tuesday workout (though that might not be as realistic with COVID-19 protocols in place).
• Speaking of pressure, the Rams struggled to get much on Garoppolo. Joseph-Day said that the 49ers’ misdirection plays and sweeps hurt the Rams’ ability to get to Garoppolo, as well as outside zone runs that were wider than expected. Ironically, those are many of the ways in which the Rams’ offense shakes off opposing pressure.
• How bad was the Rams’ pass rush? According to Next Gen Stats, the defensive line recorded only two pressures on Garoppolo, and both came from Donald. It was one of the worst pressure-rate games for the Rams since 2017’s Week 17 matchup against the 49ers, a game in which the Rams rested most of their starters. Garoppolo averaged 2.68 seconds before each throw, and because he mostly threw behind the line of scrimmage, he didn’t even need that time.
• I don’t want the loss to take away from the stellar job that veteran outside linebacker Leonard Floyd is doing in run support. As the Rams’ defense began to adjust in the third quarter, Floyd helped force a second consecutive three-and-out with a total effort play on Samuel, shaking a block and diving for the receiver, scrambling forward after catching the towel around his waist and finishing the play for a loss of six yards.
• I think Nsimba Webster should be returning kicks and punts full time, after watching the confidence with which he brought the ball out on Sunday. Bafflingly, they switched back to Kupp late in the game.
• McVay probably would have liked to have had an extra timeout late in the fourth quarter, especially after he had to use his last one just before the two-minute warning. He watched helplessly as the seconds ticked away after a third-down conversion by the 49ers on a — you guessed it — catch-and-run play to Samuel that converted a third down right after the two-minute mark.
• The loss was the Rams’ third consecutive against San Francisco, and the sting only deepens.
znModeratorNFL Week 6 PFF ReFocused: San Francisco 49ers 24, Los Angeles Rams 16
https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-week-6-pff-refocused-san-francisco-49ers-24-los-angeles-rams-16
The Jimmy Garoppolo-led San Francisco 49ers stymied the Los Angeles Rams, holding them to just nine points before allowing a deep touchdown with less than four minutes remaining.
STORY OF THE GAME
After being pulled from their Week 5 contest against the Miami Dolphins, Garoppolo bounced back and looked as poised as ever from the pocket. He was pressured on just five of his 34 dropbacks, completing 75% of his passes for 205 yards and two touchdowns. He looked much more comfortable putting weight on his right ankle, which had sidelined him for Weeks 3 and 4.
George Kittle and Deebo Samuel definitely made their QB’s life easier. Although he had a couple of drops, Kittle was his usual dominant self, catching seven passes for 107 yards and one score. Samuel was not far behind him, reeling in all six of his targets for 66 yards and another touchdown.
The running game was not as efficient as we have come to expect, as the entire team averaged just 3.3 yards per carry en route to 122 yards and no scores on the ground. Much of the credit has to be given to the Rams’ defensive line, as they were prepared for the 49ers’ zone run scheme and stuck to their assignments.
Even though the defensive line was stellar against the run, they were unable to pressure Garoppolo. Aaron Donald generated just two QB pressures, the fewest he has recorded since Week 15 of 2019. This was largely due to the 49ers double-teaming him on nearly every snap and requiring their signal-caller to get rid of the ball quickly.
Jared Goff struggled to get anything going with the offense. He averaged just 5.2 yards per attempt and completed just 50% of his passes. He was pressured on eight dropbacks and completed just one of his seven passes when pressured for four yards en route to a passer rating of 39.6, good for seventh-worst on the week.
The Rams had only one player net over 50 receiving yards, and that was tight end Tyler Higbee. A key reason for Goff’s inability to connect with his wide receivers was the emergence of 49ers’ cornerback Jason Verrett. On three targets, Verrett allowed zero receptions and snatched one interception while dropping another.
Darrell Henderson was the only effective player on the Rams’ offense, gaining 88 yards on 14 carries, but he was unable to reach the end zone.
ROOKIE WATCH
There were not many rookies who saw the field tonight for either team. 49ers first-round receiver Brandon Aiyuk received 62 snaps, more than any other receiver on the roster. He only had four targets and caught just two for 12 yards, but he did grab a touchdown just before halftime. Undrafted running back JaMycal Hasty entered the game to relieve Raheem Mostert and Jerick McKinnon, earning 37 yards on nine carries. Defensive lineman Javon Kinlaw also took the field for 41 snaps, but he only recorded one QB pressure in the contest.
The Rams finished the contest with no rookies earning over nine snaps.
znModeratorD’Marco Farr@DMarcoFarr1
Just finished Rams offense. Not all bad. LB Fred Warner was everywhere first half. Robert Saleh basically dared Goff to run with the front alinement and pass coverage. (like sagging in the paint & giving a big the 3 ptr in basketball). Too many missed opportunities in key spots.Cameron DaSilva@camdasilva
Sean McVay rarely puts blame on his players after a loss. But it was refreshing to hear him do it last night, because there really were a lot of mistakes and missed opportunities on the fieldJ.B. Long@JB_Long
Takeaways from Wk6 PFF grades for Rams:Hill season-high 79.0
Floyd strong vs run but dinged for tackling, coverage
Hollins (35) & Samson (21) snaps outpacing Lewis (9)
Whit highest on offense 84.3Donald, Ramsey Higbee, Henderson, Havenstein, Blythe also receive high marks.
Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Rams LB Micah Kiser on the mood around the facility following Sunday night’s loss: “Guys are pretty disappointed, but that means you care. We’re a close team, guys are all bought-in. Just ready to get back to work and get after the Bears on Monday night.”Cameron DaSilva@camdasilva
Rams defense by half1st half: 88 points (9th-worst)
2nd half: 26 points (best in NFL)The defense was once again great in the second half against the 49ers, but they can’t keep relying on halftime adjustments
PFF LA Rams@PFF_Rams
“The Rams had only one player net over 50 receiving yards, and that was tight end Tyler Higbee. A key reason for Goff’s inability to connect with his wide receivers was the emergence of 49ers’ cornerback Jason Verrett.”znModerator21Dog
on the end zone INT
Woods and Reynolds were close to each other in the corner of the end zone. Verrett was able to come off Woods and intercept the ball. Maybe if they’re spaced out a bit more the ball isn’t picked off.
That couldn’t have been the play design.
znModeratorBut for me that doesn’t lessen the pain of losing (now three straight) to the 9ers.
Fair enough!
znModeratorEspecially when it’s a game you should win.
I don’t agree with that. I think people underestimated the 9ers, especially the secondary (SF CBs were getting praise from the announcers all game–they took Woods and Kupp out of the game).
You yourself said that their OL and running attack neutralized the Rams front 7. It’s hard to “supposed to win” against that.
So how was this a game they were “supposed to win”? SF matches up well with the Rams (just as the Rams match up well with Seattle). Even without Bosa they are 5th in the league in pressures. And so on. Yeah they came off an embarassing loss but they had the horses to regroup from that.
I just don’t buy this “game you should win” thing on this game. I think that thing adds to the feelings of disappointment without adding anything real to actual analysis. Actual analysis, IMO, says that they were much more evenly matched than many of us thought in advance.
znModeratorI see too much despair out there around the net. I need two losses like that before I feel that kind of despair.
Goff was off. But then also he had protection against the league’s 5th best team in terms of bringing pressure. The main issue on offense was the fact that the SF CBs limited the Rams WRs. Yet at the same time the Rams could run the ball against the league’s 5th ranked defense, 8th in terms of ypc allowed.
The Rams D was stymied but then that was against a team that was bouncing back from a horrible road loss the week before. Rams run D is always going to be an issue this year but then the Rams D also did their “limit scores in the 2nd half” number, and that makes 6 games now.
Rams always seem to have Seattle’s number. SF under Shanahan have had the Rams number. It’s just how the teams match up. I don’t think the season is over and I don’t feel the angst of this loss like some do. I think they will bounce back.
znModeratorThat’s quite a brush with fame there, Mack. Not quite on the level of being retweeted by a Python, but cool.
Being retweeted by John Cleese practically makes you a Python yourself. You should probably wait by your phone for the inevitable call asking you to be in their next film.
Didn’t the American guy die? That’s realistic opening for me, I think.
Terry Gilliam? No he is very much alive.
The guy who died recently was Terry Jones. And long before him, Graham Chapman.
A handy guide:
TERRY GILLIAM–ANIMATOR DIES
TERRY JONES–AS MERLIN
GRAHAM CHAPMAN–ARTHUR w/ TERRY JONES AS THE “GOOD LADY” & GILLIAM AS THE HORSE PATSY
znModeratorPRES TRUMP TODAY IN CALIFORNIA: " 'WEIRD AL' WAS VERY MEAN TO MR. COOLIO!! DIDN'T ASK FOR RIGHTS. NOT VERY NICE!" pic.twitter.com/kgF5UFYRLP
— james austin "johnson" (@shrimpJAJ) October 18, 2020
znModeratorLindsey Thiry@LindseyThiry
Rams LT Andrew Whitworth says this game is an easy one to pick themselves up from because they can look in the mirror and say they beat themselves, and those are things they can clean up.Actually thought this was refreshing for McVay to actually put some blame on the players, instead of taking it all on himself.
Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Jared Goff says of tonight’s game, “clearly wasn’t my best. Just some uncharacteristic stuff. Something that I’ve never done in my life, and don’t expect to ever repeat.”
He also adds that any receiver miscues are on him, takes ownership of being out of sync.Aaron Donald and Sean McVay both unprompted, cited that early gain by Deebo Samuel as a momentum-builder as they all thought he was down; then added missed tackles in the first half was especially a killer. Donald: “It’s just about wrapping and bringing a guy to the ground.”
SJD says he takes responsibility for this play because he was the lead tackler and he didn’t know someone was under Samuel that kept his knee from hitting the ground.
“It’s on me. That play is specifically on me.”
SJD is being a leader but no way, Brockers yapping at ref—play to the whistle, Kiser and otehrs, toom
in fact, play to the echo of the whistle pic.twitter.com/cqKiQfxD6a
— 𝐏𝐫𝐨 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥🏈 (@NFL_Journal) October 19, 2020
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5 takeaways from the Rams’ crushing Week 6 loss to San Francisco
Steve Rebeiro5 takeaways from the Rams’ crushing Week 6 loss to San Francisco
znModerator49ers climb back to .500 with 24-16 upset of Rams https://t.co/rCdl4spDbV
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) October 19, 2020
znModeratorWatching a bit of Green Bay at Tampa. Tampa is on the Rams schedule and they’re going to be tough.
October 18, 2020 at 1:47 pm in reply to: general breakdowns: Rams flood concept on offense, & more #123176znModerator"Sean McVay does a tremendous job of making everything look the same… you have no idea what they're gonna do"@kurt13warner breaks down the @RamsNFL offense 📝 pic.twitter.com/bYm7Fs4a3N
— NFL GameDay (@NFLGameDay) October 18, 2020
znModeratorBaker Mayfield, Cam Newton, Teddy Bridgewater and Kirk Cousins all started their games today with a stat line of 0/1 with 1 INT.
The spell is working.
znModeratorjrry32
Rapp just doesn’t fit this scheme that well. He’s a phenomenal safety when you put him in the box. He can cover TEs, slot WRs, and HBs. He can blitz. And he’s a good tackler in the open field. He just isn’t good in deep zone coverage. This is a scheme that likes to play its safeties in deep zones. Rapp really would fit better in this scheme as a third safety playing in the box. The Fuller injury hurts.
znModeratorWhen the 2020 schedule was released, this was the game you circled. pic.twitter.com/vEqBDnGcdk
— J.B. Long (@JB_Long) October 18, 2020
znModeratorIf I read that right, it’s remarkably team friendly in terms of giving the Rams ways out of the deal starting in 2022.
znModeratorLooks like several battles of the losing teams.
Sunday October 18, 2020
1-3 Detroit @ 1-4 Jacksonville
0-5 Atlanta @ 1-4 Minnesota
1-4 Washington @ 0-5 Giants
1-3 Denver @ 2-2 New England
0-5 Jets @ 2-3 MiamiznModeratorGil Brandt@Gil_Brandt
Jared Goff has won 37 of his first 59 career starts. With a Rams win tonight, Goff would break a tie with Andrew Luck for third-most wins in his first 60 starts by a QB selected No. 1 overall in the draft:John Elway 40
Terry Bradshaw 40
Andrew Luck 37
Jared Goff 37 (59 starts)Ramblin’ Fan@RamblinFan
When a 49ers sportswriter wrote ”(Extending Ramsey will put) the Rams in the NFC West cellar, and to keep them there for the foreseeable future’
I don’t think he expected a 4-1 Rams to be facing the 2-3 49ers.Gil Brandt@Gil_Brandt
At least one team has overcome a deficit of at least 16 points to win in each week this season. It’s the first occurrence through the first five weeks of a season in NFL history.Who will it be this week?
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This is
(a) astounding
(b) a good reminder of how impressive the #Rams' defense has been through five games https://t.co/XJKS43qyhj
— BTHRams (@BTH_Rams) October 18, 2020
znModeratorFor people who still have access to the LA Times.
I don’t, it expired for the month.
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Rams know they can't underestimate an injury-riddled 49ers team https://t.co/7Gx3CKahau
— Gary Klein (@LATimesklein) October 18, 2020
znModeratorAaron Donald things 💪 (via @NFLResearch)@AaronDonald97 | @RamsNFL pic.twitter.com/BCOevAGmKB
— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) October 17, 2020
znModeratorOmar Ruiz@OmarDRuiz
With .5 more of a sack this season, Aaron Donald will join Derrick Thomas, Reggie White & DeMarcus Ware as the only players with at least 8 sacks in each of his first 7 seasons since sacks became an official stat in 1982.J.B. Long@JB_Long
one of these men is not like the other. one of these men just doesn’t… rush from the edgeGary Klein@LATimesklein
Rams CB Jalen Ramsey was not fined for his hit on Washington QB Kyle Allen last Sunday, a person with knowledge of the situation said. Ramsey was penalized in the game for lowering the head to initiate contact.znModeratorHave a nice day…🦆🦆🦆 pic.twitter.com/NgPHm7lU3P
— ALEX (@ALEX1966BEL) October 17, 2020
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