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I will start on a positive note.... I thought the team played great today overall. Getting the INT in the 4th QTR was what this defense has been missing,
I spend a lot of time on social media during the game defending the D-coordinator from people wanting him fired after the first series of each game. The Rams have been giving up approx 20 points per game and today they gave up 19. Even though they couldn't get to Flacco through the first 3 QTR's, they caused enough incomplete passes to turn the game around. Through the first 10 games, the Rams were last in pass break ups and now have the most pass break-ups in the last 2 games.
On to the main subject. I saw some inconsistency in Ernest Jones over the past month on some plays and decided to watch a little closer. Today his play was atrocious. ON the first Browns drive, 1st down....the running came out of back field and about 5 yards up filed. HW caught the ball in front of Jones and managed run around him and gain an additional 8 yards. Then, the play before the TD, they ran the ball which looked to be designed to the A gap on the left, the BAck cut back right and got about 6 yards with B. Young chasing him down. Jones chose to fill the supposed gap on the left side, but Rosenboom was already there ; they ended up about 5 feet from each other and then Jones got blocked by one of the O-linemen. Young may be responsible for any back side cuts, but he is getting blocked from the start of play, Jones is not. Next play, Flacco rolls to the right and throws back the to RB for a TD. Jones just stood in the middle of the field watching the play happen.
This may not have been his responsibility, but on the Browns TD in the second half, the throw to the TE who crossed from the right to the left, the defender in the picture trailing the play is Jones.
The Stat sheet shows that he lead the team in tackles, but I have never seen such an average performance from one of our supposed leaders and best players.
Did anyone else see this? Or, do I need to lay off the Fudge brownies during the game?
I spend a lot of time on social media during the game defending the D-coordinator from people wanting him fired after the first series of each game. The Rams have been giving up approx 20 points per game and today they gave up 19. Even though they couldn't get to Flacco through the first 3 QTR's, they caused enough incomplete passes to turn the game around. Through the first 10 games, the Rams were last in pass break ups and now have the most pass break-ups in the last 2 games.
On to the main subject. I saw some inconsistency in Ernest Jones over the past month on some plays and decided to watch a little closer. Today his play was atrocious. ON the first Browns drive, 1st down....the running came out of back field and about 5 yards up filed. HW caught the ball in front of Jones and managed run around him and gain an additional 8 yards. Then, the play before the TD, they ran the ball which looked to be designed to the A gap on the left, the BAck cut back right and got about 6 yards with B. Young chasing him down. Jones chose to fill the supposed gap on the left side, but Rosenboom was already there ; they ended up about 5 feet from each other and then Jones got blocked by one of the O-linemen. Young may be responsible for any back side cuts, but he is getting blocked from the start of play, Jones is not. Next play, Flacco rolls to the right and throws back the to RB for a TD. Jones just stood in the middle of the field watching the play happen.
This may not have been his responsibility, but on the Browns TD in the second half, the throw to the TE who crossed from the right to the left, the defender in the picture trailing the play is Jones.
The Stat sheet shows that he lead the team in tackles, but I have never seen such an average performance from one of our supposed leaders and best players.
Did anyone else see this? Or, do I need to lay off the Fudge brownies during the game?
