EastRam said:
6. St Louis Rams: +14.0
Stud: Both tackles Joe Barksdale and Jake Long (+8.1) are producing, even if the team probably expected a little bit better pass protection from Long.
Dud: This owes largely to Glenn Dorsey pushing him about, but Scott Wells (-3.1) is a guy more is expected of.
Summary: Of all the things you thought might go wrong with the Rams their line had to be near the top. But even after losing Rodger Saffold they’ve coped in a shock to us all.
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I'm not one for stats but.
Yea, this is why I don't really like PFF's ranking system or analysis. Their stats can be useful though.
Our OL isn't good. I would hope us ranking highly is solely because the other 26 teams suck worse but I doubt it.
Our interior has been a mess all year and can't pick-up blitzes very effectively. Long has been solid to good aside from getting decimated by Ware. Barksdale has been as solid as you can expect. He struggles holding the edge though. Guys can beat him to the corner. When he gets his hands on defenders, he's usually fine but there are a few times per game when they just beat him to the corner and force the QB off his spot or hit/sack him.
I felt like our OL seemed to perform better after we pulled Chris Williams. He's been a drain all year. Bad blitz pick-up and, imo, he just doesn't seem to have the right mind-set out there. Kind of seems like Barron at times.