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Shane Gray provides special Rams commentaries on 101sports.com. Follow him on Twitter @ShaneGmoSTLRams.
Quarterback:
Prior to being lost for the year due to an unfortunate ACL injury, St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford was putting together a vastly underrated performance in Charlotte against the Carolina Panthers.
In spite of a myriad of miscues including a tripping penalty that brought back a beautifully thrown touchdown pass to wide receiver Tavon Austin, a bad drop on a perfectly tossed should-have-been score to Brian Quick and an ill-timed fumble by Austin as Rams were driving, Bradford posted some very solid statistics.
On the afternoon, No. 8 completed 70 percent of his passes (21 of 30) for 255 yards, a touchdown and a 93.1 rating. Had it not been for the out-of-his-hands mistakes mentioned above and others, those numbers would have looked much better.
The only big mistake came about by a tipped pass that likely would have resulted in a huge play had the pass protection held up better.
In short, Bradford did his part and more on Sunday. If not for a bewildering play call on fourth-and-goal from inches out and the aforementioned errors by those around him, this day could have looked much more like the outstanding day it really was from St. Louis’ now-injured offensive leader.
Grade: A-
Running Back:
The Rams put together a few nice runs on Sunday – including a 21-yard jaunt by starter Zac Stacy and a 10-yard pickup by backup Daryl Richardson – but failed to really sustain a consistent ground game overall. Stacy led the way with 53 yards on 17 attempts.
In total, St. Louis finished with just 63 yards on 21 carries for a three-yard-per-carry average. Obviously, that isn’t going to cut it.
(Hope you will enjoy the remainder of the article below and all the position analysis/grades):
http://www.101sports.com/2013/10/23/ram ... -carolina/
Quarterback:
Prior to being lost for the year due to an unfortunate ACL injury, St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford was putting together a vastly underrated performance in Charlotte against the Carolina Panthers.
In spite of a myriad of miscues including a tripping penalty that brought back a beautifully thrown touchdown pass to wide receiver Tavon Austin, a bad drop on a perfectly tossed should-have-been score to Brian Quick and an ill-timed fumble by Austin as Rams were driving, Bradford posted some very solid statistics.
On the afternoon, No. 8 completed 70 percent of his passes (21 of 30) for 255 yards, a touchdown and a 93.1 rating. Had it not been for the out-of-his-hands mistakes mentioned above and others, those numbers would have looked much better.
The only big mistake came about by a tipped pass that likely would have resulted in a huge play had the pass protection held up better.
In short, Bradford did his part and more on Sunday. If not for a bewildering play call on fourth-and-goal from inches out and the aforementioned errors by those around him, this day could have looked much more like the outstanding day it really was from St. Louis’ now-injured offensive leader.
Grade: A-
Running Back:
The Rams put together a few nice runs on Sunday – including a 21-yard jaunt by starter Zac Stacy and a 10-yard pickup by backup Daryl Richardson – but failed to really sustain a consistent ground game overall. Stacy led the way with 53 yards on 17 attempts.
In total, St. Louis finished with just 63 yards on 21 carries for a three-yard-per-carry average. Obviously, that isn’t going to cut it.
(Hope you will enjoy the remainder of the article below and all the position analysis/grades):
http://www.101sports.com/2013/10/23/ram ... -carolina/