There is no team on their schedule that the Ram's can't beat. As long as they don't beat themselves they should win. I think what this shows is that the players in Philly didn't take care of themselves and their conditioning wasn't what it should be. With all this remote coaching I think those players slacked off.
That is what is so great about the culture with the Rams. They all push each other to be better. Slackers don't make this team. This team did not look like a team that wasn't prepared, mentally, physically, and coached. The difference in the offense this season is they attacked the defensive front and that is where that game was won. People have consistently, even on this board, underrated the talent on this o-line. Boom, Corbett, and even old Whit got after the Boys from the first snap. Their pass protection and run blocking although they could have been better was good enough and they will only improve as they play. The Rams realized that their o-line protection was holding up so they quit the rollouts and Jared was throwing from the pocket. A sack and a hit were breakdowns that can be fixed. But Goff was under far less pressure than Dax, (thanks in large part to AD the wrecking ball).
What I didn't like was Staley's zone defense. His LBs were dropping so far back that everything underneath was wide open and largely uncontested. There is no way he can continue to play that way, giving up easy completions. If he had forced Dax to hold the ball even a second longer by having tight coverage (zone or man) underneath, the Ram sack total would have been a whole lot bigger. His philosophy is apparently to allow short competitions but limit the YAC. I'm sorry but I don't believe in continually giving them 3rd and shorts. Bend but not break eventually will break. Under Wade he had Ebukam taking away the flats, but Staley leaves them wide open.
Yeah, it's obvious, I'm lukewarm at best with Staley's defense. His d-line attacks but the rest simply sit back on their heels. Sorry, not a fan of this scheme unless he gets more aggressive. Also, this team is horribly soft against the run in the middle again. That needs to be fixed this week.
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