Baldy's Breakdowns - Horrible Safety Play

[Ram65]

It's most frustrating that the damn soft Zone stuff usually bites you in the ass. You're paying guys like Ramsey to man up and make a play, let them do it. Never in the history of Football has a 3 man rush on 3rd or 4th and Long with soft coverage on the back side work.

The Rams rushed 4.

 

[ottoman89]

The Rams rushed 4.

I haven't seen the game or certain plays but was just assuming based on comments. And if Ebukam was the 4th rusher, it still only counts as 3, haha.

 

[Ram65]

Burgess slips instead and goes down, giving the receiver time to make an uncontested catch and a huge gainer.

I know Johnson is supposed to stay in his zone but, I think he should have stayed with Diggs a little longer. Burgess wasn't in great position and that slip really hurt. Maybe Fuller makes the play there. One reason I wouldn't mind seeing Burgess get some more snaps in the next two easier games so he is better prepared if needed.

 

[Ram65]

I haven't seen the game or certain plays but was just assuming based on comments. And if Ebukam was the 4th rusher, it still only counts as 3, haha.

Go to page one in this thread. Hit the youtube links to the videos. You get the all22 looks right there.

 

[ottoman89]

Go to page one in this thread. Hit the youtube links to the videos. You get the all22 looks right there.

Thanks! I'm in the fields right now so it's hard to keep up.

 

[Ram Ts]

Did anyone see Donald blatantly held on the 3rd and 22.

Donald was passed the tackle and the tackle held on to Donald. Donald literally gets pulled backwards and then the lineman lets go of Donald.

How do Refs miss these calls.

It's one thing to hold Donald when Donald is in front of you but when Donald is pulled backwards when he is behind you.

That should be called holding 100% of the time.

I feel like there’s a very noticeable lack of Holding calls this year in games. Used to be too many and now not enough. Overcompensating from league.

 

[matt30]

Kiser needs to tackle the tight end when he lets the tight end get passed him for the game winning TD

A penalty at that point would have been fine with me if he gets beaten like that.

I don't think that's Kiser's man. Everyone is locked up man to man. Kiser is on the weak side with his eyes on the backfield. Doesn't even look at the TE. Strong side LB is on a delayed blitz or filling the hole in case of a run. JJ followed the TE across the formation at the start of the play but covers Diggs at the snap.

Either Williams or JJ should have covered the TE. Not sure who. Probably JJ. Kiser does the best he can with broken coverage.

 

[kurtfaulk]

Honestly Wade never had the right guys to make his defense special. He had some pieces, but it never really got loaded up for him to do his thing at the level he has shown he can coach at. When most boards turned against Wade I never did, even when the Rams elected to go another way and fans were taking victory laps feeling all vindicated and shit. Because I knew he didn't have the right pieces. And btw keep in mind whose unit performed in the Super Bowl. Just sayin.

wade's career path at the rams followed his career path pretty much at every team he was with.

first year the defense improves greatly but isn't there yet.

second year the defense is primed for a deep playoff run.

third year it turns to shit and wade is let go by the team.

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[Merlin]

wade's career path at the rams followed his career path pretty much at every team he was with.

first year the defense improves greatly but isn't there yet.

second year the defense is primed for a deep playoff run.

third year it turns to shit and wade is let go by the team.

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I think that's a generalization but don't want to turn this into a Wade discussion. Cheers man.

 

[majrleaged]

Honestly Wade never had the right guys to make his defense special. He had some pieces, but it never really got loaded up for him to do his thing at the level he has shown he can coach at. When most boards turned against Wade I never did, even when the Rams elected to go another way and fans were taking victory laps feeling all vindicated and shit. Because I knew he didn't have the right pieces. And btw keep in mind whose unit performed in the Super Bowl. Just sayin.

Now we have Staley who is a young DC in his first job, and who doesn't have the right pieces either. Shall we burn him at the stake? He's not only going to need more time, but more drafts to field the defense he wants to field. Probably the same folks wanting to pour gas on him right now after one game tbh. But I'm going to do the same thing with him that I did with Wade and recognize that he's not coordinating with a full deck

And yes I realize that in the NFL you gotta get by with what you can. But talent really does matter folks. Fit really does matter. Fans don't want to be bothered by all that when they can light the coaching staff on fire though.

Where does this roster come up short? ROLB and ILB. Probably we need a nickel CB too. Of those positions we may have answers at ILB and nickel CB. And maybe we'll get a miracle at ROLB. But chances are Staley is going to need to raise the bar on his blitz packages and potency to compensate for ROLB the rest of the way, particularly when he faces a deep playoff offense like that of Buffalo.

I just think they need to work on the Zone concepts over and over. Run the situation until they do it with their eyes closes. Actually with their eyes on the receivers. They had 22 yards to tackle the QB if he runs. So just watch the receivers and cover them. By the way Burgess has an int if he doesn't slip. So the scheme would have worked.

 

[“Turbo set!”]

The good news is it seems correctable.

 

[Mackeyser]

We don't have a new offense, but we do have a new defense and we're seeing the growing pains.

What's pretty amazing is how they've played considering no real off-season and no pre-season games to work things out.

New system installations this year are going to struggle disproportionately as compared to other years, so I'd say all things considered, we're ahead of the curve.

Could things be better? Of course. They could also be worlds worse.

The good news is that the team is so focused on improving that we honestly look to be VERY dangerous as the season unfolds.

 

[TexasRam]

The problem with the play calls is Staley has seen that he can't get pressure over 3 games with a 4 man rush.

So rushing 4 guys with a zone on 3rd and 20+ is a terrible call in that context. Know your personnel. They can't pressure the QB with 4 guys.

Blitz forces a quick decision and prohibits the WR from running into the middle of the field and finding the hole in the zone.

It's football 101 in my book. If you can't pressure with a 4 man front and the QB needs 20+ yards then force the ball out via Blitz.

You have to help your defense out with play call.

 

[Tano]

I don't think that's Kiser's man. Everyone is locked up man to man. Kiser is on the weak side with his eyes on the backfield. Doesn't even look at the TE. Strong side LB is on a delayed blitz or filling the hole in case of a run. JJ followed the TE across the formation at the start of the play but covers Diggs at the snap.

Either Williams or JJ should have covered the TE. Not sure who. Probably JJ. Kiser does the best he can with broken coverage.

Oh I agree that it wasn't Kiser's man but he still had a chance to tackle the guy when he got pass him.

That was an oh shit - I better tackle the guy or we lose the game play. Takes it down to 15 secs too.