Can Andrew Whitworth and the o-line have another game without allowing a sack?

[BonifayRam]

Rams-Seahawks:​

The o-line earns high grades in all areas​

Andrew Whitworth, Brian Allen, and company take on Seattle’s front-seven

By Christopher Daniel Oct 8, 2021

How the Rams offensive line performed on Thursday night

Andrew Whitworth, Brian Allen, and company take on Seattle’s front-seven

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The Los Angeles Rams defeated the Seattle Seahawks 26-17 on Thursday Night Football. Though Matthew Stafford and company started slow, the offensive line helped lead a 23 point burst in the second half, proving too much for the division rivals.

The front five certainly had their hands full facing an energized group of play makers on Seattle’s defense, but there was one in particular that the offensive line had to key on, based on his production thus far this season.

Pass Protection: B+​

Andrew Whitworth and Rob Havenstein had the most important job in pass protection against the Seahawks. As previously mentioned, the most significant aspect of protecting Matthew Stafford against Seattle started with locating and blocking defensive end Darrell Taylor. Unfortunately, Taylor did get to Stafford for a sack early in the contest. However, he was being blocked by tight end Tyler Higbee, not the offensive line.


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For the second straight week, the big men upfront did not allow a single sack. That effort in itself is going to go a long way in Los Angeles winning a bunch of games this season.

However, playing devil’s advocate, Stafford was under pressure a bit much against the Seahawks. I noticed him getting hit after quite a few throws. It will be interesting to see the official number of pressures and hits once those advanced stats are published.

Penalties: A-​

While the Rams offensive line wasn’t credited with a single penalty against Seattle, they did have a bit of a communication breakdown. L.A. found themselves facing a third and five near midfield, a few plays after an interception by Troy Reeder, when the offense was called for a delay of game.

Linebackers Bobby Wagner and Jordyn Brooks showed interior pressure but bailed out with only three seconds left on the play clock. Stafford was calling for the snap, notifying right guard Austin Corbett to communicate to the center to snap the ball, as most teams do while operating silent count principles.

Unfortunately Brian Allen was resetting the pass protection to account for less potential blitzers, and he did not snap the ball. That penalty changed third and five to third and 10, which the Rams then called a give up run play near midfield, negating great field position. Credit the defense for the trickery, but Allen probably shouldn’t try to reset the protection in under three seconds in such a hostile environment.

Run Blocking: A​

The Rams front five also opened up rushing lanes for both Darrell Henderson and Sony Michel, allowing the duo to collect 119 yards on 28 carries and two rushing touchdowns. The duo ran efficiently, averaging 4.25 yards per carry.

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Henderson led the way, averaging an impressive 4.8 per yards per carry. I would have loved to see what his final numbers would have been had he not got banged up in the second quarter. My fantasy team would have loved it too.

The best way to stop the run game is quick penetration straight up the field. This may be twice as true versus an offense whose success in the run game is predicated on getting the defense running side to side.

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Left guard David Edwards found this out the hard way, as defensive tackle Al Woods knifed up field, shedding Edwards’ block attempt on the way to tackle Sony Michel for a one yard loss on third and one, forcing a field goal to end a 14 play drive. While this was a very unfortunate time and situation for the whiff, L.A.’s offensive line played well in the run game.

The Rams offensive line will look to continue their exceptional play against the New York Giants, who allow 122 rushing yards per game, while only sacking opposing quarterbacks six times this year. Time for the big guys to eat!

Been posting on this for several weeks now it's about time that Mcvay turns this offense over to the OL & let them control these gms while He & Morris try to figure out about that one sorry defensive backfield!

How can you not do this while we have all five healthy OL'ers & performing as a highly effective smooth powerful engine!

BonifayRam

 

[BonifayRam]

LA Rams OL saving the best for (Andrew Whitworth’s) last?

In LA Rams News: Is the offensive line saving their best ever performance for Andrew Whitworth's last year playing in the NFL?

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[BonifayRam]

Can Andrew Whitworth and the o-line have another game without allowing a sack?​

The offensive line looks to continue their elite level of pass protection
By Christopher Daniel Oct 13, 2021

The Rams o-line will not allow a sack against the Giants

The offensive line looks to continue their elite level of pass protection

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The Los Angeles Rams travel east to play a depleted New York Giants roster on Sunday, but as we found out against the New York Jets last season, no NFL team can be overlooked. Complacency certainly shouldn’t be an issue for the offensive line thanks to having one of the NFL’s most experienced players of all time.

Left tackle Andrew Whitworth is continuing to play at an elite level so far during the 2021 season. According to Pro Football Focus, Whitworth is the eleventh ranked tackle in the league and is coming off of his highest rated pass protection grade of the season.

As the 4-1 Rams prepare to travel to the east coast for the first time this season to face the 1-4 Giants, Big Whit and fellow edge protector right tackle Rob Havenstein must make sure rookie edge rusher Azeez Ojulari is neutralized.

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Giants pass rush​

The Giants won Super Bowls with the likes of Osi Umenyiora and Jason Pierre-Paul but they haven’t had a true edge threat since losing the tandem of Pierre-Paul and and Olivier Vernon several years ago. As a result, New York has been one of the worst teams in the league in terms of rushing the passer this season, though Ojulari, the 50th overall pick, has been a bright spot . Through five games they have a total of just eight sacks, despite blitzing on almost 30 percent of passing plays. Ojulari is tied for the team lead with defensive tackle Austin Johnson at three sacks each.

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Johnson has only accumulated 6.5 career sacks, but strangely has three this season after only having 3.5 in his first five campaigns. If it’s any comfort, he only gets a sack in odd number weeks this season.

It would be understandable if the sack totals were low because the defensive pressure is getting close enough to the quarterbacks to force them into throwing interceptions. The pressure has been nearly nonexistent, as “Big Blue” has only been able to hurry the quarterback 16.8 percent of quarterback drop backs, according to Pro Football Reference.

Thankfully, the Giants pass rushing deficiencies play right into a strength for the Rams; protecting the quarterback. According to Next Gen Stats, the Rams offensive line affords Matthew Stafford an average of 2.72 seconds from the time the ball is snapped to the time the ball leaves his hand.

While that time to throw statistic ranks near the middle of the pack, it does not account for time created by a quarterback scrambling and extending the passing play. For example, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson leads the league in time to throw with 3.11 seconds (with a minimum of 150 pass attempts), partly due to his ability to elude defenders in the pocket and buy extra time for his receivers to get open.

L.A. has only allowed four sacks this season. The offensive line has only been responsible for three of those, as tight end Tyler Higbee allowed the only sack in Week 5 against the Seattle Seahawks. That means the Rams offensive line has actually gone two consecutive games without allowing a sack. Do you think L.A. can make it three in a row

 

[CGI_Ram]

Stafford and this line must practice sycronized swimming or something… most of the time they appear moving as one.

Here’s to good health!

Keep this train running along.

 

[Kupped]

Excellent scheme, coaching and development... more important than whether you just keep throwing high draft picks at the position group.
The Rams have been really smart here. I just hope that if there are injuries (KNOCK ON WOOD), the depth is ready to go.