Mistake to Make Shula DC

[RhodyRams]

We have 2 nd worst D. I'm ready to throw the towel in on 24. Sad.

 

[majrleaged]

Not to mention, being ready to throw in the towel AFTER beating the 49ers?? Wow, just bizarre....

I don't know. I think he just likes to stir things up.

 

[RAMSinLA]

I was screaming at my TV at Shula on Sunday but I was wrong. The defense dialed it up a notch in the 2nd half. There was nobody for Purdy to throw to on more than one play. And the pressure on Purdy also picked up.

 

[Memento]

We have 2 nd worst D. I'm ready to throw the towel in on 24. Sad.

In case you, um, didn't watch...we utterly shut down the 69ers in the second half and won the game. This is a very young defense with a very young DC. It's going to take time to gel, and we'll be even better when guys like Kobie Turner, Braden Fiske, and Jared Verse get up to Byron Young's level. We could even put Tyler Davis and/or Desjuan Johnson at nose to help with the running game (don't lambast me for saying Johnson could help; in college, he was a dominant run-stopper). Replacing Rozeboom/Reeder with Speights/Hummel would be nice, but we'll see when that happens. Durant's having a nice bounce-back year and getting Darious Williams back after the bye will help a tremendous amount.

This is three games in, we're 1-2, and this season is not over yet.

 

[gogoat1]

Priority #1 - Teach Verse how to break it down when chasing the QB

Priority #2 for both Fiske and Verse
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In the pocket, you can horse collar a QB right ?

 

[RamDino]

The pressures are there for our young D-line, which should soon turn into sacks or hurried throws, and I'm not worried about the secondary either. They will improve when Darious Willians comes back and I don't believe they have been that bad, especially when QBs have had "forever" to find a receiver. It's the linebackers that I am truly worried about, at this point anyway.

 

[Kupped]

The pressures are there for our young D-line, which should soon turn into sacks or hurried throws, and I'm not worried about the secondary either. They will improve when Darious Willians comes back and I don't believe they have been that bad, especially when QBs have had "forever" to find a receiver. It's the linebackers that I am truly worried about, at this point anyway.

I’m not quite as worried about LBs.. Reeder has been functional. Rozeboom not so much. We’ll see.

 

[LARAMSinFeb.]

The poster’s bio says he is from the City of Angels.

This is one reason why Niners’ fans (and a few other teams) have a dominant presence at SoFi. There are some great Rams’ fans in Los Angeles. Just not enough.

I think when you have locales the size of L.A., you have populations with more than a stadium full of fans of every team. They're all waiting for their team to come play the Rams. It's happening to other teams in other large metropolitan areas as well.

 

[Play Action]

Early returns are devastating for clueless Shula. Bad mistake promoting this guy to DC.

DUMP HIM!

 

[Allen2McVay]

I prefer to be optimistic.

In this particular case, with Old-Not-Dead no longer posting very often, your posts may fill a void on ROD.

 

[Ramlife]

Early returns are devastating for clueless Shula. Bad mistake promoting this guy to DC.

DUMP HIM!

The strategy on 3rd down is hold the receivers first and if you cant get a good hold on them then interfere. Yea that’s the ticket.

 

[Alaskan Ram]

Gotta live with the hire this year.
Defense is young and is lowest 2024 paid defense in NFL.

Nowhere to go but up.

Are you afraid of growing pains?

 

[Psycho_X]

Did OND create a new username to post under? New DC, new username to post the same thing every week?

Too early to judge Shula. It has been a disappointing four weeks but a lot of factors to look at still before we get a clear picture of what this team actually is.

 

[FaulkSF]

Early returns are devastating for clueless Shula. Bad mistake promoting this guy to DC.

DUMP HIM!

Very young defense and traded one of our best players. Not sure how you’re equating that to the potential of a top 15 D.

Curious, how did you feel about Rah in the 21-22 season?

 

[Faceplant]

Lookin more and more like a troll account.....

 

[snackdaddy]

Are we a bad defense? Yeah. Are we the worst? Maybe. But 4 games in you don't fire your DC. It sends a bad message. Rams are not a team that knee jerk reacts. If they never improve as the season goes on then its time to move on after the season. Its a marathon. Not a sprint.

 

[OldSchool]

This thread should be dumped before him. Reminds me of Blackburn last year, everyone wanted him fired before week one.

 

[Ram Ts]

Considering AD retired, top CB hasn’t played yet, significantly relying upon rookies and 2nd year guys, etc. — I think the D has played pretty well. I’m not sure what some expected.

Without all the catastrophic OL and WR injuries, we likely win the Lions and Bear games.

 

[Allen2McVay]

Curious, how did you feel about Rah in the 21-22 season?

I’m curious how the OP survived the Rams at 3-6 in November of last year.

Guess EMS arrived in time to turn off the gas.

 

[Dodgersrf]

I’m curious how the OP survived the Rams at 3-6 in November of last year.

Guess EMS arrived in time to turn off the gas.

I’m wondering the same thing.