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This is from the PD. A JT article about how Fisher remains calm in the midst of the Rams preseason triumph.
To invent a quotation from Pirates of the Caribbean, when Fisher says they're over 61 percent conversion rate on defense, "which will do you no good over the regular season," that there be understatement.
Actually it's 62% and it's last in the league. After 2 preseason games sure but then, that's one of the things you don't want to be last in, and it's also one of those things that can carry over to a season.
Just to give you some perspective---last year, Quinn was a rookie, Robbins had tanked, they had no corners so had to cover up for them which altered the entire defensive approach to the point where they weren't playing the defense they were trained and designed to play. They were constantly playing from behind and therefore at a disadvantage.
And they still 18th in the league in 3rd down percentage. Down from 2nd in 2010. Heck when the Rams were bloody awful in 2009, they were 29th at 44%.
To give you an idea of how bad that is, I looked at who was last in 3rd down percentage going back to 2000. Why back to 2000? It's enough, I got tired of it. So 2000 will do. In that entire period, there is no "last in the league" percentage that is higher than 50%. Mostly the last in the league is around 46%, 47%.
I am kind of wondering if this is the kind of issue you fix in a week. Is there something structurally wrong with this defense? And if there is--it won't reduce to one thing. It won't be simple. No one will get away with blaming it all on one guy, coach or player. Something like this would be structural and have many causes.
And when I looked at the numbers, no one I saw was ever as bad as 62% in the preseason. I mean. As far back as I looked, no one was that bad,
This one, in short, bears watching.
Fisher not exactly elated
BY JIM THOMAS
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/football ... d96f5.html
To the point where Fisher was asked if he was worried that his young team will suddenly feel like they've got everything figured out.
"No. No, no," Fisher said. "Because there were enough mistakes in that game to correct to keep their attention and keep them focused."
At the top of the list is third-down efficiency on both sides of the ball.
"We've got to get better on offense and we've got to get significantly better on defense," Fisher said. "We're over 61 percent conversion rate on defense, which will do you no good over the regular season.""
To invent a quotation from Pirates of the Caribbean, when Fisher says they're over 61 percent conversion rate on defense, "which will do you no good over the regular season," that there be understatement.
Actually it's 62% and it's last in the league. After 2 preseason games sure but then, that's one of the things you don't want to be last in, and it's also one of those things that can carry over to a season.
Just to give you some perspective---last year, Quinn was a rookie, Robbins had tanked, they had no corners so had to cover up for them which altered the entire defensive approach to the point where they weren't playing the defense they were trained and designed to play. They were constantly playing from behind and therefore at a disadvantage.
And they still 18th in the league in 3rd down percentage. Down from 2nd in 2010. Heck when the Rams were bloody awful in 2009, they were 29th at 44%.
To give you an idea of how bad that is, I looked at who was last in 3rd down percentage going back to 2000. Why back to 2000? It's enough, I got tired of it. So 2000 will do. In that entire period, there is no "last in the league" percentage that is higher than 50%. Mostly the last in the league is around 46%, 47%.
I am kind of wondering if this is the kind of issue you fix in a week. Is there something structurally wrong with this defense? And if there is--it won't reduce to one thing. It won't be simple. No one will get away with blaming it all on one guy, coach or player. Something like this would be structural and have many causes.
And when I looked at the numbers, no one I saw was ever as bad as 62% in the preseason. I mean. As far back as I looked, no one was that bad,
This one, in short, bears watching.