Rams Defense at the break
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By the way 16ppg range is rather insane. Hard to stay that low in points allowed in this league, but so far so good.
HE WITH HORNS
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The Rams defense has allowed 10 points in the last two games.
Not 10 points per game. 10 points TOTAL.
Not 10 points per game. 10 points TOTAL.
the last 2 QBs missed a lot of open receivers. I know the D is good, but they have benifited from playing 3 very shitty Os.
Titans, Texans, Ravens and the Jags were really bad yesterday.
HE WITH HORNS
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Those four teams scored a combined 38 points against the Rams.
That's only 9.5 points per game against 4 NFL teams.
Looks like an elite defense to me.
sshhhhh....
let's stay under the radar...
go rams
slo
let's stay under the radar...
go rams
slo
It's a good unit that has benefitted statistically from some shitty offensive performances by opponents.
I think it's also getting better.. week-to-week.
I think it's also getting better.. week-to-week.
Not elite yet. Stats don't tell the whole story. They never do. In the Jag game, 3rd and long, our DBs play behind the 1st down marker and to the inside. The TE runs straight up the field a yard past the 1st down wide open and their QB throws the ball 5 ft over his head. Woohoo our D held. Looks good on stats. Another play the WR runs right by our DB and is 3 yards ahead of him and Lawrence over throws him by 10yds. I'm just saying the Rams great stats are padded by very poor QB play against them. Oh and on both those plays QB had time to throw.
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Great defense makes QBs look poor. Rams played the top offense in the league (they are averaging 33.1 ppg) and held them to 20.
I agree that this defense has room to grow. The corners have not been good. And yet results are results. I can recall many years of shitty teams looking like the GSoT against our defense. Truth is teams know what they're facing with our defensive front and it affects them from gameplanning on.
I agree that this defense has room to grow. The corners have not been good. And yet results are results. I can recall many years of shitty teams looking like the GSoT against our defense. Truth is teams know what they're facing with our defensive front and it affects them from gameplanning on.
duanevalle22
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Shula has done a great job with low-budget players.... Pleasantly surprised.
fearsomefour
Legend
Defense has been fun with one major exception.
Rams have some tough challenges coming up the second half of the season.
Need to have Witherspoon return asap.
Rams have some tough challenges coming up the second half of the season.
Need to have Witherspoon return asap.
I agree but it doesn't account for the celebration and dropped ball before the goal line. Yes I am splitting hairs and results are everything, but I can't stop seeing these things. The D is good and causing havoc but not elite.
duanevalle22
UDFA
The Rams D has only allowed a total 16 points in the last ten quarters of football. To me that is scratching at elite.
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You can what-if hundreds of snaps by every defense in the league. "Hey look so and so was open for a TD," or "Oh man they got a cheap fumble here that saved them 7 points," etc., etc.
Our corners keep us from being elite, so generally I agree with you. But this stuff is relative to the league and the numbers overall tell a very positive story for us thus far.
I agree - you can play the "what if" game all the time. It's true we got a few breaks but then again we have had a few breaks go against us.
The two fumbles that would have been returned for TDs called forward progress stopped - yeah right
But I do believe that if we had 1 decent CB, then we could be called elite except when Shula plays soft zone against the 49ers.
All that and Aaron Donald is still our highest paid defensive player!
Definitely.
Maybe these teams we're going to play after the bye won't notice how good we are on defense.
duanevalle22
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The Rams D has only allowed a total 16 points in the last ten quarters of football. To me that is scratching at elite.
RamsOfCastamere
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Maybe not the best but it’s elite. Look at other teams around the league.