No panic yet, but Rams have urgent need to solve self-inflicted wounds

[BonifayRam]

http://www.espn.com/blog/nfcwest/po...ve-urgent-need-to-solve-self-inflicted-wounds

Rattled Rams could see promising season fizzle out if Sean McVay doesn't restore order
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...sean-mcvay-jared-goff-todd-gurley/2341190002/

Rams' offense slow to adapt without injured receiver Cooper Kupp
http://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/...to-adapt-without-injured-receiver-cooper-kupp

NFL Power Rankings: Rams are in a funk, and the great Sean McVay has to fix them
https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-power-rankings-rams-funk-great-sean-mcvay-fix-041813823.html

McVay sees signs of turnaround after Rams’ 2nd straight loss
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/article223239500.html

 

[Prime Time]

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...-worst-in-points-allowed-over-last-six-games/

Saints are best, Rams are worst in points allowed over last six games
Posted by Michael David Smith

Halfway through the season, the Rams looked like the best team in the NFC behind Jared Goff, and the Saints next in line with Drew Brees leading the way. Those teams have since diverged, with the Saints now cruising toward home-field advantage while the Rams are just holding on trying not to lose a bye week. And a big part of that is the fact that Brees is playing better than Goff.

But a bigger part is on defense, where the Saints have played very well — and the Rams have played very poorly — over the second half of the season.

In fact, over the last six games, the Rams have allowed an NFL-high 188 points, and the Saints have allowed an NFL-low 74 points.

As great as the Rams were in the first half of this season — and they were great, with an 8-0 record and a +109 point differential — they’ve been mediocre at best over the second half of the season, with a 3-3 record and a -4 point differential. The Saints, meanwhile, have been 5-1 with an NFL-best +106 point differential since the halfway point of the season.

If it’s a Rams-Saints NFC Championship Game, it’s easy to see which defense should be trusted, and that’s the one that leads the league in points allowed over the last six games.

 

[BonifayRam]

This can not be right !

This Ram defense has five former all pro's playing :bow:.

Rams front office is also paying many of them some serious $$$$.:yess:


When you pay these players you get what you pay for...(Suh $14mil, Joyner $11.3 mil., Brockers $11 mil., Talib $11 mil, Donald $9 mil, Barron $8.2 mil & NRC 5.1 million all of them are outstanding bargains .

They have made a mistake in this news article its not the Rams D. :huh:

 

[PhillyRam]

On a positive note, the Saints seem to be in a funk offensivly and last night it was hard to say their D played well considering how bad Newton looked abd how awful the Panthers played in general on offense.

They were shooting themselves in foot with a machine gun it seemed.

 

[Jacobarch]

On a positive note, the Saints seem to be in a funk offensivly and last night it was hard to say their D played well considering how bad Newton looked abd how awful the Panthers played in general on offense.

They were shooting themselves in foot with a machine gun it seemed.

Saints are in the same boat we are in as far as offense is concerned. The only difference is they keep on pulling out wins rather than losses.

 

[Liberator]

Saints are in the same boat we are in as far as offense is concerned. The only difference is they keep on pulling out wins rather than losses.

I mean they're 2-1 in their last 3 Rams are 1-2. Just a one win difference. I'd also suggest The Eagles>>>>The Panthers by a wide margin.

 

[Jacobarch]

I mean they're 2-1 in their last 3 Rams are 1-2. Just a one win difference. I'd also suggest The Eagles>>>>The Panthers by a wide margin.

Agreed, I think the difference is how we are losing. 7 INT's for Goff in the last 3 games will raise red flags.

 

[sjm1582002]

Well, on the plus side it looks like we will have plenty of cap space in the offseason in order to build something better than what has become the worst scoring defense in the entire NFL.

This is becoming worse than I imagined.