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[majrleaged]

The biggest problem on D is that the MLBs are slow and very pedestrian. The teams that contain Allen have NFL level MLBs. I mean Allen runs 4.7 which is pretty average for any MLB. The Rams have decided not to spend on MLBs and to minimize the importance of Return guys and other ST talent and these are the areas that burn them over and over.

On top of that, Shula doesn't seem to have a clue when to blitz and how to scheme them along with the DBs when a blitz is called. Also I am noticing Broncos and Seahawks can play man and zone at the same time. So you can take away #1 receiver and keep an eye on the QB as well. I am sure most teams do this. I am not sure the rams do or not, it just seems he ran every time the Rams were in man the last half of the game. They just ran the receivers to one side and deep and he ran in the area left open. I know things are not as simple as I am stating them, but whether or not it's simple shouldn't be a problem for a good DC.

So I will relax when I see our D look good against real talent, not back ups on injured teams.

 

[Steve808]

Brissett basically did the sane thing the whiners always do. Dink and dunk and get rid of the ball before the pass rush gets too close

 

[KombuchaTea]

I gotta say I’m far from relaxed. But I’m certainly dejected and don’t feel good about this team, unfortunately.

I resent the expectations put on this team, but I also am frustrated we didn’t draft guys who could and would contribute now.

If now was so important, why’d we draft players who won’t be on the field for the foreseeable future?

Shades of ‘22.

Nightmare.

 

[Coliseum Ram]

Ty Simpson was so much the right pick. If Kyle Shanahan were to coach the Ty Simpson Rams, he would "Brock Purdy" us to a couple of Super Bowls.

 

[FrantikRam]

Oh this thread is dead lol.

Realistically we would have to finish 8-3 to make the playoffs - if 10-7 could even get us in.

We still have the Seahawks twice, Niners, Chiefs and Packers, and we just showed that we can lose any game to any team, anywhere. I would bet money on the Raiders next week if I wasn't a Rams fan.

What I do take solace in, is that we haven't actually gone all in like most people think we have and will critique us for. We will have McDuffie and Garrett next year, and a ton of cap to re-sign most of our FAs. We picked Simpson, and he will come in with a decent roster.

I love what McVay has done, and I would never want to let him go - but if he decided to go do TV, I wouldn't be as devastated as I would have been previously.

And if we do sneak into the playoffs, nobody would want to play us. So I'm going to relax in the sense that, this season as I thought it could be is dead. Now it's time to just enjoy being a football fan

 

[thirteen28]

The biggest problem on D is that the MLBs are slow and very pedestrian. The teams that contain Allen have NFL level MLBs. I mean Allen runs 4.7 which is pretty average for any MLB. The Rams have decided not to spend on MLBs and to minimize the importance of Return guys and other ST talent and these are the areas that burn them over and over.

Yes, but whose fault is that? Who has decided that we can get by with basically anyone at MLB and don't ever need to invest in that position? Same with special teams? Who thinks we can just put a bandaid on the problem instead of addressing the wound underneath?

On top of that, Shula doesn't seem to have a clue when to blitz and how to scheme them along with the DBs when a blitz is called. Also I am noticing Broncos and Seahawks can play man and zone at the same time. So you can take away #1 receiver and keep an eye on the QB as well. I am sure most teams do this. I am not sure the rams do or not, it just seems he ran every time the Rams were in man the last half of the game. They just ran the receivers to one side and deep and he ran in the area left open. I know things are not as simple as I am stating them, but whether or not it's simple shouldn't be a problem for a good DC.

This is where I will semi-defend Shula. Either McVay is letting Shula call the D this way, or he's making him call the D this way. One of those two things is true. And yet the problem persists. That means McVay himself is not doing what is needed to fix the problem. He's the same one who thinks we don't need to invest in MLB, which does tie the hands of the DC.

Both D and ST's are a McVay problem, even if the coordinators themselves are a problem. That being said, I look at how Raheem is doing with those filthy cocksuckers in NorCal and he looks like a completely different DC than he was here. So was his mostly passive D here a result of his own doing, or were his hands tied by the head coach who sees no problem with what is going on?

 

[Spider2YB]

Ty Simpson was so much the right pick. If Kyle Shanahan were to coach the Ty Simpson Rams, he would "Brock Purdy" us to a couple of Super Bowls.

Kyle Shanahan would 100% play Bennett over Simpson. Purdy, like Bennett, played a million games in college in a pro system. Shanny will never take an inexperienced project ever again.

 

[Ellard80]

Yeah the relax is gone for good... now its going to be a grind until the end.

 

[Coliseum Ram]

One game at a time. Get healthy and sneak into the Playoffs. Nobody would want to see us. Take advantage of the whore League it has become (17 games, 7 Playoff teams)

 

[Jacobarch]

I honestly think if the rams miss the playoffs mcvay is gone.

 

[TXRams86]

Yes, but whose fault is that? Who has decided that we can get by with basically anyone at MLB and don't ever need to invest in that position? Same with special teams? Who thinks we can just put a bandaid on the problem instead of addressing the wound underneath?




This is where I will semi-defend Shula. Either McVay is letting Shula call the D this way, or he's making him call the D this way. One of those two things is true. And yet the problem persists. That means McVay himself is not doing what is needed to fix the problem. He's the same one who thinks we don't need to invest in MLB, which does tie the hands of the DC.

Both D and ST's are a McVay problem, even if the coordinators themselves are a problem. That being said, I look at how Raheem is doing with those filthy cocksuckers in NorCal and he looks like a completely different DC than he was here. So was his mostly passive D here a result of his own doing, or were his hands tied by the head coach who sees no problem with what is going on?

This is all that needs to be said fam. McVay is handcuffing the defense and has been since Wade left. Staley and Raheem both ran the same soft zone, blitz on occasion but had better success calling it because they were just better coordinators. Shula has just as much or more talent on this defense and is getting far less production out of the unit running the same bs system McVay is forcing him to.

Don't get me started on special teams, McVay will never get that right.

This team will never turn the corner unless McVay has a come to Jesus moment and realizes that he needs to let the reigns go a bit. Give up play calling on offense, Scheelhaase and Kingsbury are both good candidates. Let Shula go and bring in a guy like Schwartz, let him run the defense how he wants to. Special teams, look for anyone, ANYBODY that's willing to take on this unit not named Bubba Ventrone and find another damn kicker.

 

[TXRams86]

One game at a time. Get healthy and sneak into the Playoffs. Nobody would want to see us. Take advantage of the whore League it has become (17 games, 7 Playoff teams)

This team doesn't scare anybody. The blueprint is out on how to beat our defense; hit the middle of the field with dink and dunk passes. Or depend on Shula to call a dime defense while you run 13 personnel with extra linemen in and run it down their throat.

On defense, just overload blitz the shit out of Stafford.

But none of this really matters because I doubt we make the playoffs.

 

[Coliseum Ram]

This team doesn't scare anybody. The blueprint is out on how to beat our defense; hit the middle of the field with dink and dunk passes. Or depend on Shula to call a dime defense while you run 13 personnel with extra linemen in and run it down their throat.

On defense, just overload blitz the shit out of Stafford.

But none of this really matters because I doubt we make the playoffs.

We're going to add Myles Garrett on Defense.

 

[Spider2YB]

One game at a time. Get healthy and sneak into the Playoffs. Nobody would want to see us. Take advantage of the whore League it has become (17 games, 7 Playoff teams)

This.

If this team won the next 5 (which is 100% doable), and then beat KC on TNF, they would head into that next SF game with all the confidence in the world. It would be a whole new season.

But there is basically no room for error at this point.

 

[LA_vision]

This team can still make the playoffs and go in a run, but I'm really starting to doubt mcvays. He's been awful this season, with calls and choices that have cost us 4 games. God he's been bad.

 

[majrleaged]

Yes, but whose fault is that? Who has decided that we can get by with basically anyone at MLB and don't ever need to invest in that position? Same with special teams? Who thinks we can just put a bandaid on the problem instead of addressing the wound underneath?




This is where I will semi-defend Shula. Either McVay is letting Shula call the D this way, or he's making him call the D this way. One of those two things is true. And yet the problem persists. That means McVay himself is not doing what is needed to fix the problem. He's the same one who thinks we don't need to invest in MLB, which does tie the hands of the DC.

Both D and ST's are a McVay problem, even if the coordinators themselves are a problem. That being said, I look at how Raheem is doing with those filthy cocksuckers in NorCal and he looks like a completely different DC than he was here. So was his mostly passive D here a result of his own doing, or were his hands tied by the head coach who sees no problem with what is going on?

Of course McVay is at fault here. He hired his friend and yes he lays down the parameters for what type of D he wants, but Shula is preping his D. Focusing on what ever he thinks is important to get his job done. Calling the plays during a game. Not adjusting to what the offense is doing. They have the players but the players don't seem to have the intensity. Could it be they are seeing what we see. That maybe they don't trust the call on the field for the situation. If they aren't buying in and are feeling futile that can take the wind out of their sales.

 

[Ramstien]

Coaching or should I say the lack of good coaching is the real problem with this Rams team.

 

[BonifayRam]

It sure looks like the entire Ram Org & its coaches & players took this advice.

Imagine the power of this forum.