Cameron DaSilva@camdasilva
The Rams have scored TDs on 4 of their 5 opening drives, and Goff is 20/21 on those possessions. And it’s all without scripting any plays, unlike most teams

Sean McVay is going to give Nsimba Webster mroe chances on punt returns in place of Cooper Kupp

Lindsey Thiry@LindseyThiry
This is an eye-popping stat: The Rams have 698 rushing yards this season, the most through five games since 1987

It's not easy to design a voting system that creates 11 hour lines. Nobody else in the developed world has managed anything like it. Generating delays like this requires only-in-America careful planning and sustained commitment. https://t.co/BtUoy2B9Ap

— David Frum (@davidfrum) October 13, 2020

Mackeyser wrote:

I’d like to respond to WV, but apparently WordPress thinks that the response requires an intervention of some kind, maybe from authorities…

I don’t see it in there where the system lists “pending” posts.

Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Sean McVay says the team does expect rookie kicker Samuel Sloman to be more consistent but in terms of where the rest of the league/pool of kickers is right now, McVay’s indication seems to be that Sloman will continue to get patience from the staff for now.

Sean McVay said Jordan Fuller did get banged up on the last play and team is evaluating his same shoulder. Obo Okoronkwo strained his elbow and will also he evaluated through the week. Team is hopeful to get Micah Kiser (groin) back this week tho may limit Wednesday.

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
S Jordan Fuller – [Rams] continuing to evaluate his shoulder, more clarity Wednesday.

McVay clarified it’s the same shoulder Fuller injured before and that it was “more of a stinger”

I wonder how many people notice this.

Look at the Rams snap counts from week 5, which are here: http://theramshuddle.com/topic/snap-counts-starting-w-dallas-game/#post-122903

Here’s the 2 starting safeties:

They’re both listed as free safeties.

That’s not exactly accurate, but, it’s just a thing this snap count presentation does.

The accurate thing is they don’t play strong and free safeties.

Rams play left and right safeties.

That means they don’t adjust depending on where the TE lines up.

It also means each one independently has to in effect play both free and strong safety. Each has to have both sets of skills.

Something happened in the game I’ve never seen before. Rams at about midfield go for it on 4th and 1. They didn’t get it–that was the Robert Woods slippery ball throw. So Washington takes over. They end up in 4th and 1, go for it, and are stopped. So the Rams get the ball back at roughly the same spot they had it in the first place when they went for their 4th and 1, which was just the first of the 2 consecutive 4th and 1s in the game.

Matt Bowen@MattBowen41
QB Patrick Mahomes vs. zone-heavy defensive game plans this season (LV, NE, LAC) —

Struggled in those matchups to throw with consistent rhythm, find clean windows.

That’s forced him to bail/leave the pocket + lean too much on his second-reaction ability.

imagining what Instagram would be like in 2002 pic.twitter.com/BQ3ZrsjmY9

— Elisabeth (@lissie9824) October 12, 2020

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Rams LB Terrell Lewis echoed what HC Sean McVay previously said about his knee situation, that it was due to infection concerns from a previous procedure. Though no infection was found & nothing was bothering Lewis, he said he appreciated the precautionary approach the team took.

D’Marco Farr@DMarcoFarr1
Finished watching Rams offense. Lots of good stuff. Love the way Gerald Everett says I’m sorry (4 rec 90y). Woods, Kupp and Reynolds were equally clutch & dynamic. Old man Whitworth giving Chase Young the 4 qtr business was hilarious. Now time to watch defense. Popcorn is ready.

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tempests

about AD

After five games he’s first in the NFL in sacks, tied for first in QB hits, T-3rd in tackles for a. loss, T-4th in forced fumbles. That he does this despite playing on the inside and being the most marked man in football is crazy enough.

Watching him ascend the all time list is just staggering to me. I long believed that Warren Sapp was the best DT I had ever seen play. Now Aaron’s shadow is starting to creep up on Sapp’s career statistics.

Sapp 96.5 sacks
Donald 79.5 sacks.

Games played
Sapp 198
Donald 99

That’s insane to me. I never, ever believed it was possible for a interior defensive lineman to be this productive.

D’Marco Farr@DMarcoFarr1
Double edged compliment..30 pass attempts on Sunday and not a single interior DL from Wash FB team had a hit or sack on Jared Goff. Excellent job from guard to guard but unsurprising when you consider the look they get from AD everyday in practice!

J.B. Long@JB_Long
The @RamsNFL didn’t just sweep the NFC East. They trailed for 11:26 and 24 snaps in those four games, combined.

Gary Klein@LATimesklein
Terrell Lewis says he’s been leaning on OL Andrew Whitworth for help in his development.

Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Lewis says Whitworth is always checking on him in the weight room and coaching him up at practice from an offensive line perspective.

Stu Jackson@StuJRams
Rams RB Cam Akers on the 3-man rotation and whether it’s frustrating to share reps/not get the reps he got pre-injury:

“You really can’t get frustrated with the process. I’ll take my role as what it is. Whatever this team needs me to be or do, that’s what I’ll do.”

Akers: “Obviously I want more if more is available, but whatever they need me to do at this point in time, or at that point in time in a game, that’s what I’ll do.” (2/2)

Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Aaron Donald set the tone for today’s Rams win, while the rest of the DL set the table in a smartly-schemed way for an injury-plagued linebacker corps and blooming secondary.

Kolby McLamb@kgee61
Rams have only allowed one.. ONE(!!!) TD in the second half all season.. and shouldn’t have even had that one.

Dan Orlovsky@danorlovsky7
The best team in the NFC WEST is the @RamsNFL

– HC is outstanding at game plan & play call
– @JaredGoff16 is super accurate. When asked to make bigtime throws he does
– their WRs all win and @CooperKupp is as a good a route runner as NFL has
– @jalenramsey is all over the field

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Jourdan Rodrigue@JourdanRodrigue
Oh my goodness. Cam Akers said the way he separated rib cartilage was actually landing on the pointy end of the football on a carry, and then having it poke into his ribs as three bodies landed on him.

“Yeah, it was painful.”

LMU93

Rams RB numbers

All three averaging 4.0 YPC or better. Henderson leads the way at 4.5 and would be even better had he not been just running out the clock into the teeth of the Washington defense late. They may not have a 1,000-yard rusher, but they might have all three get 600-900 yards each.

Also worth noting- their collective receiving numbers (17 receptions for 140 yards and a TD). At that pace they would combine for 54 catches for 448 yards and 3 TDs. Not huge numbers but keep in mind how much the Rams’ RBs production in the passing game fell off a cliff last year- 37 catches, 260 yards, 1 TD.

Cameron DaSilva@camdasilva
If we’re being honest, 2 of [Reeder’s] sacks were handed to him. One was a good pursuit on a QB scramble.

Against a better team, the QB picks on him all day long in coverage with RBs and TEs.

Still a nice performance, but he’s not a starting LB in the NFL.

DOWNTOWN RAMS [DTR]@DowntownRams
#Rams Pressures per PFF:

Donald – 33 (277 snaps)
Floyd – 13 (299 snaps)
Brockers – 13 (207 snaps)
Okoronkwo – 12 (95 snaps)
Fox – 9 (124 snaps)
Ebukam – 5 (148 snaps)
Reeder – 4 (66 snaps)
Young – 3 (195 snaps)
Kiser – 3 (250 snaps)
Hollins – 2 (59 snaps)
Polite – 2 (12 snaps)