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The Rams are playing to reactionary on both sides of the ball. What good are fast WRs if you dont use them to attack the D, dictate what happens on the field. The same can be said of the pass rush, what good is it if you play soft coverage and allow the opponent to pass underneath the coverage.
What I think the Rams need to do is attack on both sides of the ball, especially on D, they did this with good success last season. Force the QB to make quick decisions and throw into tight windows. When you allow him to throw anywhere in the first 10 yrds from los, you are conceding first down after first down. If the coverage is tight and the pass rush is coming fiercely the QB is more likely to make a bad decision or bad pass resulting in a turnover.
If the O attacks with some deep passes early and throughout the game, mixed with some screens, play action and obviously runs, the D will be forced to cover more than 5 yards deep across the field. I understand the pass pro has been terrible the past 2 weeks but it was pretty good the first 2 weeks, which allowed the hurry up to work. If the Rams can dictate with tempo and match ups there is no reason they shouldnt be able to move the ball almost at will, we saw this in spurts the first 2 weeks. It just seems they are allowing the D to force them into a short passing game with no run game, and with speed and size the Rams have at TE and WR they should be able to exploit the D with matchups. Quick slants to Cook or Quick should be unstoppable and should net a min of 7-9 yrds, and potentially much more with 1 broken tackle, if they send Givens deep and hit him a few times the safeties will have to play back which should help the run game. But the OL needs to attack the DL on run plays not allowing the D to blow them up.
What I think the Rams need to do is attack on both sides of the ball, especially on D, they did this with good success last season. Force the QB to make quick decisions and throw into tight windows. When you allow him to throw anywhere in the first 10 yrds from los, you are conceding first down after first down. If the coverage is tight and the pass rush is coming fiercely the QB is more likely to make a bad decision or bad pass resulting in a turnover.
If the O attacks with some deep passes early and throughout the game, mixed with some screens, play action and obviously runs, the D will be forced to cover more than 5 yards deep across the field. I understand the pass pro has been terrible the past 2 weeks but it was pretty good the first 2 weeks, which allowed the hurry up to work. If the Rams can dictate with tempo and match ups there is no reason they shouldnt be able to move the ball almost at will, we saw this in spurts the first 2 weeks. It just seems they are allowing the D to force them into a short passing game with no run game, and with speed and size the Rams have at TE and WR they should be able to exploit the D with matchups. Quick slants to Cook or Quick should be unstoppable and should net a min of 7-9 yrds, and potentially much more with 1 broken tackle, if they send Givens deep and hit him a few times the safeties will have to play back which should help the run game. But the OL needs to attack the DL on run plays not allowing the D to blow them up.
