1. Browns
2. Rams

Ranking all 32 defensive lines this season:https://t.co/SMsheQvf9K

— PFF (@PFF) October 12, 2025

LA Rams Roster Moves:
• Activated, from Practice Squad (Standard Elevation) CB A.J. Green, ILB Elias Neal pic.twitter.com/0abpK41aO1

— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) October 11, 2025

Los Angeles Rams PR@TheLARamsPR
According to @NextGenStats, Alaric Jackson has allowed the 6th-lowest pressure rate (6.3%) and 7th-lowest quick pressure rate (1.1%) among left tackles this season.

wv wrote:

So, i see the replay shows the Tush Pushers were leaving early again.

Does that make them False Pushers? Or Tush Starters?

from https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6704619/2025/10/10/rams-special-teams-blocked-field-goals/?source=emp_shared_article

Los Angeles is far from alone when it comes to blocked kicks. Through the first four weeks of the season, the NFL saw 16 total blocked field goals, punts or extra points. It’s the second-highest mark through four weeks since at least 1991.

One theory has been that a new approach to kickoffs, with a knuckleball style to take advantage of the extra 5 yards of room to force a return, has led to kickers approaching field goals differently. It’s an easy line to draw to Karty, who has mastered the technique perhaps as much as anyone. And in the loss to the Eagles, he saw the highs of watching nearly every kickoff bounce off and around Philadelphia’s return men before the lows of having two kicks blocked.

But he said the new kickoff approach is not an explanation.

“That thought has not crossed my mind,” Karty said.

Nor, either, has the pressure that the field goal block units are putting on him.

“There’s nothing I should be doing to compensate for anything,” Karty said. “I should just be going out and trying to hit my ball.”

Opponents are hunting for these moments as much as ever, finding a decided advantage on the inside of the line. They aren’t allowed to push on the back of the long snapper to gain a lane, something the Denver Broncos learned painfully in a Week 2 loss to the Indianapolis Colts, when they went from victory to defeat thanks to a 15-yard penalty and a re-kick that Spencer Shrader made to win the game for Indianapolis.

To avoid the penalty and still take advantage, teams are piling their biggest and most powerful defenders around the edges of the long snapper and using the crevices around a mostly stationary player to get into position for the block. That’s what the Eagles did with two first-round defensive tackles in Davis and Jalen Carter, who traded off on blocks to beat the Rams. On the final one that Davis returned, the two teamed up to push their 650 combined pounds over Rams right tackle Rob Havenstein and through backup guard Beaux Limmer.

And perhaps therein lies some of the problem for the Rams: Their line has been hit with injuries and lineup inconsistency, and all four blocks have come from interior pressure. Havenstein has battled an ankle issue this season that led him to miss last week’s loss to the 49ers. Right guard Kevin Dotson battled cramps against the Eagles and was out for the second block.

Left guard Steve Avila has missed the past three games on offense with an ankle injury. The Rams didn’t want to risk it on turf and a short week last Thursday, but they did play him for five special teams snaps. And he was the one who gave up the pressure that led to last week’s block, this time coming from the right side.

from https://theramswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/rams/2025/10/09/rams-puka-nacua-matthew-stafford-quote-week-6/86598323007/?taid=68e7dc40316b4f0001c0e476&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Matthew Stafford was asked on Wednesday what Nacua’s “superpower” is and he pointed to Puka’s versatility.

“Trying to put one on it. I think if I can’t, then it’s got to be versatility, right?” he said. “If it’s like, ‘Hey, if I can’t say he’s 6-foot-5, 250 pounds and runs 4.3 like Calvin [Johnson] did, I think it’s just his versatility, right? If you’re a defense and you’re going up against him – and really, not unlike a lot of guys on our team – but you’ve got to defend all the blades of grass. Are we going to hand it to him? Are we going to throw it to him? Is he going to lead block for us in a run play or is he going to slip out into the flat, catch it and run for another 15? I think it’s his versatility, his ability to affect the game in a number of different ways and help our team.”

The most 10+ yard gains this season 💥 pic.twitter.com/yJN7RmneHq

— PFF (@PFF) October 8, 2025

Los Angeles Rams PR@TheLARamsPR
Rams NT Poona Ford currently ranks 4th in overall defensive grade (87.8) and 3rd in run defense grade (86.7) among all interior defensive linemen in the NFL (minimum 50% snaps played), according to @PFF. Ford also ranks T-7th in tackles causing unsuccessful plays for the offense (10) among all IDL through 5 games, according to TruMedia.

Over the past 3 weeks, LA has held Saquon Barkley, Jonathan Taylor and Christian McCaffrey to a combined 179 rushing yards on 57 carries (3.1 YPC).

This week, they will face another test in Derrick Henry, but they seem to be up to the challenge. pic.twitter.com/ri6mSyjDnM

— Wyatt Miller (@wymill07) October 9, 2025

PFSN@PFSN365
The highest-graded defenses in the NFL, according to our Defense Impact metric:

🔒 Broncos – 91.0
🔒 Vikings – 88.8
🔒 Texans – 86.4
🔒 Lions – 82.0
🔒 Packers – 81.5
🔒 Browns – 81.1
🔒 Rams – 80.6
🔒 Chiefs – 80.5
🔒 Chargers – 79.7
🔒 Jaguars – 77.7

@speed_kills@speedk1lls
we are only now seeing Stafford look elsewhere besides 1 & 2. I don’t think we have come close yet to seeing the Rams at their best offensively

Nate Atkins@NateAtkins_
Troy Reeder and Shaun Dolac will split the LB reps with Omar Speights out.

The Rams aren’t considering injured reserve right now for Speights, who has a high-ankle sprain. They have two games left until the bye week.

zn wrote:

Miscommunication – Kyler/Stafford/Rattler (4)

Missed a lot of practice over the summer, connections (except with Nacua) were not solidified yet I s’pose.

zn wrote:

Rams have 3rd-most sacks, Ravens have 3rd-fewest

The Rams’ pass rush has been outstanding all year, ranking third in sacks with 15 in just five games. The Ravens, on the other hand, aren’t generating much pressure on opposing quarterbacks, ranking 30th in sacks with only six.

Matthew Stafford should have time to throw on Sunday afternoon, but the same can’t be said about Lamar Jackson or Cooper Rush, depending on who starts at QB for Baltimore.

Also, PFR numbers on pressure percentage:

Ravens D: 15.9%, ranked 29th

Rams D: 20.8%, ranked 10th