Celebration thread - Lions are cute with how hard they tried

[Faceplant]

So now Donald is a bi***? #99 is a huge d-bag? And this is from fans outside our division?? Jesus. Heavy is the head that wears the crown I guess...

And you just KNOW that these Internet baddies would say it to his face too!!

 

[bluecoconuts]

 

[FarNorth]

The verticals on 3rd down have been the culprit of numerous possession killers resulting in punts. Waaay too many. I have no problem with those on 1st or 2nd down but its stupid on 3rd down when you consider the low percentage of conversion.

The yards per pass is nice but its actually a very deceptive stat when you consider the overall scoring is down from the 2018 Mcvay team.

It's much worse when you consider the decimated secondaries we have been lucky to have faced thus far. I don't think I need to detail it for those that have been following the games each week. But the Bears seconary is no longer what it is, The Colts were missing Xavier Rhodes and others, the Bucs were completely depeleted then had more injuries during our game leading to signing Sherman the following week, The Cardinals secondary isn't that good with the exception of Murphy who intercepted our aggressive approach, The Seahawks secondary is depleted with the exception of Diggs who intercepted us, then you had the Giants and Lions.

Think about that. When the playoffs roll around we will be facing an Arizona defense that shut us down, The Bucs with Sherman and JP back, Jaire Alexander and Trevon Diggs who is snatching up anything.

Am I being a debbie downer? No. I am just providing some context. The Deep ball is feast or famine and shouldn't be counted on for converting third downs as a regular occurence.

Tom Brady didn't win his Super Bowl with Randy Moss, but he did win it with the Gronks and Edelmans of the world.

Though the GSOT did use the long ball to Bruce to close it out. So it is possible.

But the biggest consideration for using a deep ball approach is Oline and pass pro. If we can stay healthy it's possible. So far all 5 lineman have been healthy. So has Higbee. Henderson and Sony have also been overall really solid in pass pro. If we get into the playoffs with this type of health then yes the deep ball approach is possible, but that is a long way away. Dialing up deep plays and sitting in the pocket for 5 seconds untouched like Stafford was today on the beautiful critical 3rd down pass to Kupp is only possible if all those blockers are healthy.

I would like to see McVay show more strategic patience at times. Not to the exclusion of going downfield, which is working really well now, but as another tool in the box which could be used.

At some point defenses will adjust to our current approach. We might need a different approach against a really good defense which could take away some of our downfield plays. And we might need to keep an opponents' offense and our D off the field.

For example, seems to me Arrians with the Bucs has tempered his former Martz-like, get the qb killed, all out passing assault to let Brady take what the defense gives him. It seems to really be working. And still creates lots of big plays. Maybe even more of them.

 

[225RAMSFAN]

LETS GO RAMS!!!!!!

 

[MachS]

Another insane stat I saw today on Twitter. Amount of times Matt Stafford has thrown for 300yds 3TDs / 0 ints:


with Detroit Lions - 168 games --- *5 TIMES*

with LA Rams -- 7 games --- *3 TIMES*

 

[CGI_Ram]

Another insane stat I saw today on Twitter. Amount of times Matt Stafford has thrown for 300yds 3TDs / 0 ints:


with Detroit Lions - 168 games --- *5 TIMES*

with LA Rams -- 7 games --- *3 TIMES*

Crazy!

 

[majrleaged]

Another insane stat I saw today on Twitter. Amount of times Matt Stafford has thrown for 300yds 3TDs / 0 ints:


with Detroit Lions - 168 games --- *5 TIMES*

with LA Rams -- 7 games --- *3 TIMES*

I don't believe it. Didn't he have a season where he threw for 5000 yards. Math doesn't work. 5000 divided by 16 is 312yards per game.

 

[VeteranRamFan]

I don't believe it. Didn't he have a season where he threw for 5000 yards. Math doesn't work. 5000 divided by 16 is 312yards per game.

Well, there is the added requirement of 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions so that may be why.

 

[Merlin]

I don't believe it. Didn't he have a season where he threw for 5000 yards. Math doesn't work. 5000 divided by 16 is 312yards per game.

Yeah it's the combo of 300 yards and 3TDs with zero INTs most likely.

Bottom line though is being in this offense has boosted the hell out of his passer rating. His career rating in Detroit was 89.9 average but with the Rams thus far he's at 116.7 which is insanely better. For perspective Goff's outstanding 2017 and 2018 seasons were 100.5 and 101.1.

 

[majrleaged]

Well, there is the added requirement of 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions so that may be why.

oops. my bad. sometimes I get fixated and miss stuff.

 

[MachS]

oops. my bad. sometimes I get fixated and miss stuff.

Haha yea no worries I'm sure he has a ton of 300/3TD games..but not many with zero ints. Just shows how efficient and safe he's been with the ball, while still throwing it down the field and shredding teams. Him in a McVay scheme seems like a match made in heaven. I had high expectations but not gonna lie he's been even better than I thought he'd be.

 

[RamsFanCK]

 

[RamsOfCastamere]

The verticals on 3rd down have been the culprit of numerous possession killers resulting in punts. Waaay too many. I have no problem with those on 1st or 2nd down but its stupid on 3rd down when you consider the low percentage of conversion.

The yards per pass is nice but its actually a very deceptive stat when you consider the overall scoring is down from the 2018 Mcvay team.

It's much worse when you consider the decimated secondaries we have been lucky to have faced thus far. I don't think I need to detail it for those that have been following the games each week. But the Bears seconary is no longer what it is, The Colts were missing Xavier Rhodes and others, the Bucs were completely depeleted then had more injuries during our game leading to signing Sherman the following week, The Cardinals secondary isn't that good with the exception of Murphy who intercepted our aggressive approach, The Seahawks secondary is depleted with the exception of Diggs who intercepted us, then you had the Giants and Lions.

Think about that. When the playoffs roll around we will be facing an Arizona defense that shut us down, The Bucs with Sherman and JP back, Jaire Alexander and Trevon Diggs who is snatching up anything.

Am I being a debbie downer? No. I am just providing some context. The Deep ball is feast or famine and shouldn't be counted on for converting third downs as a regular occurence.

Tom Brady didn't win his Super Bowl with Randy Moss, but he did win it with the Gronks and Edelmans of the world.

Though the GSOT did use the long ball to Bruce to close it out. So it is possible.

But the biggest consideration for using a deep ball approach is Oline and pass pro. If we can stay healthy it's possible. So far all 5 lineman have been healthy. So has Higbee. Henderson and Sony have also been overall really solid in pass pro. If we get into the playoffs with this type of health then yes the deep ball approach is possible, but that is a long way away. Dialing up deep plays and sitting in the pocket for 5 seconds untouched like Stafford was today on the beautiful critical 3rd down pass to Kupp is only possible if all those blockers are healthy.

That chart doesn't mean we're throwing verticals every or most 3rd down plays, it just means we're trying to go for the first more often instead of checking it down.

I think it's a plus that the playbook is open on third down. That means teams have more plays to prepare for instead of being predictable in those situations.

Also, remember that Stafford is top 2 in completion percentage when pressured, so I wouldn't be as concerned if the pocket isn't always clean.