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Shane Gray provides special Rams commentaries on 101sports.com. Follow him on Twitter @ShaneGmoSTLRams.
Quarterback:
Sunday’s showing marked the second consecutive day of struggle for St. Louis Rams quarterback Kellen Clemens, who finished the day 16 of 27 (59 percent) with two interceptions, no touchdowns and a quarterback rating of just 48.5.
While Clemens connected on a relatively high percentage of passes in comparison to his career completion mark (52 percent), both of his turnovers led to Arizona Cardinals touchdowns – including a third-quarter pick-six that crushed any hopes of a St. Louis comeback.
Without a strong running game, Clemens did not benefit from the opportunity to set up the play-action pass effectively. In addition, Clemens was sacked on four occasions and harassed by consistent pressure throughout the contest.
All in all, it was a disappointing day for Clemens. However, as offensive lineman Rodger Saffold accurately pointed out, there was plenty of blame to go around.
“I think that Kellen (Clemens) is an excellent quarterback,” Saffold said. “I think that he can handle the job just fine. The way that we play as an offense is as an offense. It’s all the positions. It’s not just on Kellen, and we know this. We have to do better with protection. We have to do better with routes. We have to do better throwing the ball, (and) running the ball. All those things have to happen in order to make us a really productive offense.”
Grade: D-
Running Back:
A recently robust Rams running game all but fizzled out in the desert of Arizona Sunday, as St. Louis running backs were only able to attain a meager 34 yards on the ground.
Starter Zac Stacy was only able to contribute 25 rushing yards on 14 carries. Backup Benny Cunningham chipped in nine yards on two attempts.
For the most part, it was tough sledding for Rams backs, who found little room to run against the NFL’s second-best rushing defense.
St. Louis head coach Jeff Fisher admitted that he was disappointed in what the offense was able to do on the ground.
(Hope you will enjoy grades and analysis of ALL positional units as well as coaching staff):
http://www.101sports.com/2013/12/11/rams-cardinals-grays-grades-analysis/
Quarterback:
Sunday’s showing marked the second consecutive day of struggle for St. Louis Rams quarterback Kellen Clemens, who finished the day 16 of 27 (59 percent) with two interceptions, no touchdowns and a quarterback rating of just 48.5.
While Clemens connected on a relatively high percentage of passes in comparison to his career completion mark (52 percent), both of his turnovers led to Arizona Cardinals touchdowns – including a third-quarter pick-six that crushed any hopes of a St. Louis comeback.
Without a strong running game, Clemens did not benefit from the opportunity to set up the play-action pass effectively. In addition, Clemens was sacked on four occasions and harassed by consistent pressure throughout the contest.
All in all, it was a disappointing day for Clemens. However, as offensive lineman Rodger Saffold accurately pointed out, there was plenty of blame to go around.
“I think that Kellen (Clemens) is an excellent quarterback,” Saffold said. “I think that he can handle the job just fine. The way that we play as an offense is as an offense. It’s all the positions. It’s not just on Kellen, and we know this. We have to do better with protection. We have to do better with routes. We have to do better throwing the ball, (and) running the ball. All those things have to happen in order to make us a really productive offense.”
Grade: D-
Running Back:
A recently robust Rams running game all but fizzled out in the desert of Arizona Sunday, as St. Louis running backs were only able to attain a meager 34 yards on the ground.
Starter Zac Stacy was only able to contribute 25 rushing yards on 14 carries. Backup Benny Cunningham chipped in nine yards on two attempts.
For the most part, it was tough sledding for Rams backs, who found little room to run against the NFL’s second-best rushing defense.
St. Louis head coach Jeff Fisher admitted that he was disappointed in what the offense was able to do on the ground.
(Hope you will enjoy grades and analysis of ALL positional units as well as coaching staff):
http://www.101sports.com/2013/12/11/rams-cardinals-grays-grades-analysis/