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I don't know about you guys but I suspect Rapp lost his job today unfortunately. I go back to the post he "saved" by making that tackle and just his inability to flow with the receiver is a problem. The guy is not good at this version of defense, as Morris does not call the game well enough IMO to maximize his strengths. In that role where his calls have safeties flat-footed at the snap I believe they have better options.
Now if they can adjust things to have him in the box as a nicklebacker or have him moving into the box at the snap then all of a sudden he's not as much a liability. Just don't know if that's gonna be a thing or not and once again I want to lament not having All 22 those NFL bastids.
Rams defense did a lot of good things though today up front. The DL had a really strong game and that includes the edges. Young had some fuckups but also what Morris would call MAD plays where he really affected things. Ramsey of course was excellent.
Williams is costing himself some money with the way he's playing. Some of it is calls I think but goddamn. He needs to raise the bar or Morris needs to start calling things more aggressively in Williams' coverage at the least. Long all I can say is we're feeling the loss of Hill, but I actually did like Long's break on the ball on the one that would have been a PI late in the game. These two guys might both look a lot better with adjustments by Morris admittedly but just what I'm seeing right now.
Lastly tackling. I mean wtf. We have to lead the league in missed tackles. Can McVay find it in his heart to hold some fucking tackling drills???
Overall from the first game to the third game the unit has improved every week. So there's that. Also we did know Brady represented a big threat at being patient underneath and Morris' plan contained them enough to win. So I am not condemning anyone here by any means. But I am concerned with needing to contain a hot QB vs Arizona. Contain hopefully will be a big emphasis this week.
Now if they can adjust things to have him in the box as a nicklebacker or have him moving into the box at the snap then all of a sudden he's not as much a liability. Just don't know if that's gonna be a thing or not and once again I want to lament not having All 22 those NFL bastids.
Rams defense did a lot of good things though today up front. The DL had a really strong game and that includes the edges. Young had some fuckups but also what Morris would call MAD plays where he really affected things. Ramsey of course was excellent.
Williams is costing himself some money with the way he's playing. Some of it is calls I think but goddamn. He needs to raise the bar or Morris needs to start calling things more aggressively in Williams' coverage at the least. Long all I can say is we're feeling the loss of Hill, but I actually did like Long's break on the ball on the one that would have been a PI late in the game. These two guys might both look a lot better with adjustments by Morris admittedly but just what I'm seeing right now.
Lastly tackling. I mean wtf. We have to lead the league in missed tackles. Can McVay find it in his heart to hold some fucking tackling drills???
Overall from the first game to the third game the unit has improved every week. So there's that. Also we did know Brady represented a big threat at being patient underneath and Morris' plan contained them enough to win. So I am not condemning anyone here by any means. But I am concerned with needing to contain a hot QB vs Arizona. Contain hopefully will be a big emphasis this week.