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Below are my notes after rewatching the game:
Drive Killers
1. Everett Fumble -- Turnover
2. Goff doesn't find Brown on left side, takes a sack -- Punt
(Earlier in the possession - Two failed screens in red zone (1) Edwards fails to let his man rush through Brown tackled on the screen (2) Everett fails to block his man, Woods stuffed)
3. Malcom Brown bobbles underneath throw and gets only 2 yards after catch, though defenders are 7 yards away -- Punt
(Earlier in the possession - Kupp screen snuffed out for no gain)
4. Reynolds route covered perfectly. Goff overthrows -- Punt
5. Kupp overthrow great coverage on 3rd and 6. Had Brown for the checkdown -- Punt
6. Mcvay goes conservative and calls a run on third and long -- Punt
Summary: Goff needs to find his checkdown a little better, Mcvay a little too conservative and predictable, a turnover, a few missed blocks, Good coverage by Giants.
Other Observations
Drive Killers
1. Everett Fumble -- Turnover
2. Goff doesn't find Brown on left side, takes a sack -- Punt
(Earlier in the possession - Two failed screens in red zone (1) Edwards fails to let his man rush through Brown tackled on the screen (2) Everett fails to block his man, Woods stuffed)
3. Malcom Brown bobbles underneath throw and gets only 2 yards after catch, though defenders are 7 yards away -- Punt
(Earlier in the possession - Kupp screen snuffed out for no gain)
4. Reynolds route covered perfectly. Goff overthrows -- Punt
5. Kupp overthrow great coverage on 3rd and 6. Had Brown for the checkdown -- Punt
6. Mcvay goes conservative and calls a run on third and long -- Punt
Summary: Goff needs to find his checkdown a little better, Mcvay a little too conservative and predictable, a turnover, a few missed blocks, Good coverage by Giants.
Other Observations
- Obo had a great game rushing the QB, tremendous quickness on those stunts especially with Donald.
- The Entire front 4 was getting excellent pressure.
- Staley dialed some blitzes which forced incompletions and made the QB uncomfortable. Though on one play Reeder failed to cover the RB.
- Young and Kiser had trouble shedding blocks but Kiser is still overall a plus player and a solid tackler.
- Darius Williams made more plays then just the interception.
- Troy Hill had a few solid plays including a key breakup in crunch time.
- Ramsey's 3rd and 3 stop was HUGE, he blew past a blocker to make that play.
- Rapp's ability to diagnose a play and come up and make the tackle is excellent. He had some great coverage at times as well. Bad angle on one tackle but overall he is a difference maker.
- JJ had a solid game, showed the solid coverage, tackling and diagnosis that makes him a solid player.
- Floyd's overall game really is excellent. Several pressures and a sack called back due to Hill's penalty. Floyds ability to chip the back or TE coming into his zone and then rush the passer is text book perfect. He has grown on me and I would say his overall game is very positive to our defense. He plays smart and in this game made several positive plays.
- Brockers appears to be getting better on the stunts, I think his work with Donald on Technique is really rubbing off.
- Gaines made at least a few strong plays coming off his man to blow up the run. He had one play where he got beat though, still a work in progress but flashing.
- SJD is better then he gets credit for. In this game he defeated blocks several times and got in on tackles.
- Burgess was in on a few plays and showed quick reaction.
- Hollins starting to flash some, got a sack. He's not as destructive or quick as Obo at this stage.
- Ebukam was a man possessed this game and actually made some plays. He did get juked a few times and take some bad angles as he often does but overall redeemed himself from a rough start to the season. Some hustle on the backside allowed him to get in on some plays.
- Everett missed more than a few tackles and this is a common thing I have seen on tape all year. He is the Noteboom of the TE group. He just misses blocks or takes a bad angle. If we opted for a better blocking TE I believe the offense would be more consistent. He would probably be better in a scheme where he is more of a pass catcher and less of a blocker in my opinion. He often hurts the offense.
- Higbee is hit or miss on his blocks, a few plays were blown up because he missed a block. He is more consistent then Everett and often gets critical blocks executed perfectly.
- O-line in general had a real solid game. The lack of runs was mainly due to our RB's unable to break a tackle vs a LB on occasion. Edwards had some strong blocks, one in particular he moved a guy completely out of the play opening a massive hole for a 9 yard gain. The pass blocking was solid by the entire line from what I could tell, with the exception of the one breakdown between Blythe and Corbett. I didn't review each block play by play to give a score in this game.
- Play calls were very conservative. I think Mcvay was playing it safe and emphasizing 2nd string players to avoid injury. Reynolds, Brown, Everett, Muntz.
- Brown is a solid backup. Great short yardage back. But his inability to make moves in the open field or juke a defender in space shows. It effects the offense. His bobbling balls and dropping balls also slows down the offense. In this game there were two catches he made where he got nearly zero yards ultimately resulting in punts. Top backs can commonly juke and get bigger gains. I'm looking to see if Cam can really get going and make people miss in open space and catch the ball better.
- Goff needs to calibrate his timing and be a tad more patient. I am the biggest Goff fan but in this game he missed Brown twice near the sideline on third down wide open that could have resulted in a first down instead of a punt. The pass protection was really solid and I believe he his internal clock is a little off. He doesn't realize he has another second to find that open guy. I don't blame him, it may take a few games to build that trust and confidence. His overthrows to Kupp and Reynolds in this were actually good overthrows due to perfect coverage, not sure if they were intentional but they were neccessary to avoid interception. Especially in a close game vs the Giants offense.
- The Rams Defense is now #2 in the NFC in points allowed. Lots of room to grow but if we stay healthy it could be good enough to take us deep in the post season with our top offense. The pass rush in this game was really good and Staley's willingness to dial up some blitzes is a real good sign.
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