PREGAME Giants at Rams Pregame Thread

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I read a couple articles that said Aaron Donald is playing this Monday Night.
Man I hope that's true.
I am hyped!
If anybody can come back after 2 years off, he can.
I can only imagine how hyped up our defense is going to be as well.

Go Rams !!!
 
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Merlin said:
Vs the fortyshitters I'd play our corners in their faces and have them prepped to recognize SF's most used backfield screens/passes. The problem with man coverage is when you flip your back to the QB your secondary is not as effective in run support. And I think this is why the Rams prefer that off coverage zone nonsense. That and their conservative mentality of "making them hike the ball again" which is horseshit in my opinion.
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Playing the CBs up would have helped a lot. Being able to break up/slow down those screen passes would have been a big help to keep them out of 3rd and short. They don't have to stay in man-to-man, as I said. They can slow down the WR releases and drop back into zone.

Merlin said:
The Giants are a different animal because they've got more juice at wideout. I think vs their offense and due to the young QB, mixing up coverages pre and post snap is key, so Dart won't get what he's expecting and that might get him out of rhythm and holding the ball that extra beat for the rush to get home. But overall the core approach for most snaps would be putting McDuffie on Likely and doubling Nabers with some safety help over the top.
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I like McD on Likely and doubling Nabers. I assume this will be most of the plays. In any scheme, they need to mix up coverages pre and post-snap. I don't think they do it often or what their doing hasn't worked. They also need to mix in more blitzes. Getting QBs like Dart out of rhythm is key. Mixing up coverages pre and post snap should be against every time.

I read that Spags plays more man to man on third down with blitzes. The Rams could use his former CBs that know how to blitz. It would be good idea as a mix in call. I guess the Rams are too conservative for that. If they stay in that soft shell being 7 yards away from the line, they will get picked a part.

Let's see if Shula follows your suggestions.
 
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I really don't know what to expect. Without Garrett the pass rush might struggle. The way Dart runs maybe man coverage isn't the best thing when DB's have their back to him.

Maybe because they might have trouble pressuring Dart, at some point they're gonna have to send more pass rushers. Shula's gonna have to pick and choose when to do that.

Instead of rushing 4 and having someone drop back in coverage they can send 5 guys once in a while. Or blitz with LB or DB. Because rushing 4 all day and sitting back in a soft zone is probably gonna have the same result they had in game one. Unless Dart gets impatient.
 
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Donald needs 15 games get that bonus. If he misses this one there is no room for error. He can't miss another one the rest of the way if he wants that bonus. He should play this one even if its limited snaps. Whatever the case in his first game I imagine he'll be on a pitch count anyway.
 
Merlin said:
Good point. And I would ask McVay what's the value in not having both QBs up when his special teams unit is predictably ass. As per usual. I mean how much worse can it get. You can't tell me sitting one of our completely ineffective depth wideouts isn't a wiser call, for example.
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I'd just as soon have Bennett as the emergency QB. We gain nothing with him taking snaps - he is not the future.
 
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snackdaddy said:
I really don't know what to expect. Without Garrett the pass rush might struggle. The way Dart runs maybe man coverage isn't the best thing when DB's have their back to him.

Maybe because they might have trouble pressuring Dart, at some point they're gonna have to send more pass rushers. Shula's gonna have to pick and choose when to do that.

Instead of rushing 4 and having someone drop back in coverage they can send 5 guys once in a while. Or blitz with LB or DB. Because rushing 4 all day and sitting back in a soft zone is probably gonna have the same result they had in game one. Unless Dart gets impatient.
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The Rams ought to borrow a few looks from Spags' 50 defense. AD can play the Chris Jones role on select snaps, and Garrett can do the same once he returns. The one real missing piece is a downhill linebacker like Bolton. Shula needs to pick his spots—giving up all these third-down conversions has to stop.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euA88U2AYIs&t=189s
 
snackdaddy said:
Donald needs 15 games get that bonus. If he misses this one there is no room for error. He can't miss another one the rest of the way if he wants that bonus. He should play this one even if its limited snaps. Whatever the case in his first game I imagine he'll be on a pitch count anyway.
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It's a per game bonus.

If he plays 14 games, he gets 14/15ths of the bonus.
 
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