Rams Select Kamren Kinchens 3rd Round #99
- By fanotodd
- RAMS / NFL TALK
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And not trying to make this an anti-Morris thread (because he did a good job with what he had to work with), I felt the defensive scheme (due to the inexperienced players) was lacking last year in trying to stop other teams on 3rd down (especially on 3rd & 10 and longer).
We only stopped other teams on 3rd and 10 or longer at a better than 50% clip on 5 games last year.
And the Bengals was one of them where I showed they actually played aggressive in that game.
IMHO - you need to stop the team at a 70% rate on 3rd and 10 or longer.
Maybe I am asking too much.
I don’t think you’re asking too much. During their title run in the ‘21 season, I believe it was mentioned during the playoffs or the SB the Rams defense was playing lights out on 3rd down. The graphic, IIRC said something ridiculous like 11%.
Defense still wins championships.