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I've felt that the bashing of McLeod this offseason was a little overdone. I felt that he, along with the rest of a very, very young D improved quite a bit as the season went on (experience & Fisher's involvment playing a key role).
Could you improve on him? Yes. Was he... bad? No, not in the second half of the season.
I think a look at the overall performance by the defense and it's improvement proves the point. You wouldn't get that kind of improvement if you had a horrific gap on your defense, in my opinion.
Here's an article I found that I feel kind of spells it out..
http://www.fantasyfootballmetrics.c...as-wrong-about-in-2013-the-st-louis-rams-dst/
I especially liked this segment of the article..
Could you improve on him? Yes. Was he... bad? No, not in the second half of the season.
I think a look at the overall performance by the defense and it's improvement proves the point. You wouldn't get that kind of improvement if you had a horrific gap on your defense, in my opinion.
Here's an article I found that I feel kind of spells it out..
http://www.fantasyfootballmetrics.c...as-wrong-about-in-2013-the-st-louis-rams-dst/
I especially liked this segment of the article..
- Opposing RBs ran for 127.3 yards per game and 4.7 yards per carry against the Rams in Weeks 1-6. In weeks 7-16, those numbers dropped to an elite run-stopping unit allowing just 66.8 (a 52% output drop) and a measly 3.1 yards per carry.
- Opposing QBs threw for 1.8 TDs and 0.5 INTs per game against the Rams-Defense in Weeks 1-6. The numbers improved greatly from Weeks 7-16: 1.0 TDs/1.0 INTs allowed per game.
- Opposing teams scored 23.5 offensive PPG against the Rams in Weeks 1-6, and then a 24% drop to 19.0 offensive PPG in Weeks 7-16.
- The Rams grabbed just 2.0 Sacks per game in Weeks 1-6, and then a stellar 3.7 Sacks per game during Weeks 7-16.