Rams D and 3rd down efficiency

[Ramhusker]

During the preseason, I know there was a lengthy thread about the Rams D not being able to get off the field because of very poor 3rd down performance. I'm curious to know how that stat looks after 4 games. Any of you stat gurus got that number up your sleeve? I feel from watching these games that it must be better but I could be way off on that. What say ye you stat mongers? Shed the light on my lazy ass!

 

[JdashSTL]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/team/ ... on/defense

We're ranked 7th in 3rd down percentage: 31.1

 

[Ramhusker]

Wow! Thanks for that Jdash. Not to shabby huh? And check where 4-0 Atlanta is on that list, 48%. Arizona sits at 34.4%.

 

[JdashSTL]

And unless Chicago gets 3 INTs tonight we'll be leading the NFL thru week 4 with the most INTs(8), but we're the only defense with 0 forced fumbles or fumble recoveries.

 

[Sum1]

I'd really like to see our DEs and LBs start punching at the ball on these RBs.

 

[BatteringRambo]

And unless Chicago gets 3 INTs tonight we'll be leading the NFL thru week 4 with the most INTs(8), but we're the only defense with 0 forced fumbles or fumble recoveries.

Damn Bears consequently has 3 ints right now albeit unusual ones but still w/ 2 of those returned.

 

[Angry Ram]

4 INTs now. Holy hell I didn't think Romo was this bad.

Watch next week they get a W. :|

 

[JdashSTL]

4 INTs now. Holy hell I didn't think Romo was this bad.

Watch next week they get a W. :|

5 now!!

Damn. We gotta catch up to them on Thursday ha.

 

[bluecoconuts]

4 INTs now. Holy hell I didn't think Romo was this bad.

Watch next week they get a W. :|

5 now!!

Damn. We gotta catch up to them on Thursday ha.

If Bradford is able to throw for 400 yards Arizona will have to throw all night to catch up, we can do it.

 

[JdashSTL]

4 INTs now. Holy hell I didn't think Romo was this bad.

Watch next week they get a W. :|

5 now!!

Damn. We gotta catch up to them on Thursday ha.

If Bradford is able to throw for 400 yards Arizona will have to throw all night to catch up, we can do it.

And im pretty confident that we can contain Ryan Williams (fingers crossed). He had one good game against the Eagles, but thats been it.

 

[ramsince62]

4 INTs now. Holy hell I didn't think Romo was this bad.

Watch next week they get a W. :|

5 now!!

Damn. We gotta catch up to them on Thursday ha.

If Bradford is able to throw for 400 yards Arizona will have to throw all night to catch up, we can do it.

Stats are fun, but I tend to give the most attention to the turn-over ratio (presently +2) and offensive scoring TD's. This second statistic became important to me during the Linehan and Spag's era, especially since the Rams are so badly lacking in this area.

Sadly, the Rams continue to grossly lag in this catagory and after 4 games, the "O" has only scored 4 TD's for a 1 per game average. More disturbing and as I pointed out earlier, the Rams have not scored an "O" TD in 2 weeks....I doubt seriously that Bradford will come anywhere near 400 yds against Arizona. :boing:

Sorry to sound like a wet blanket, but this "O" has a long ways to go I'm afraid. That said, the "D" is looking better and better, so let's instead hope for a tight game into the 4th where Fisher can work his magic. :hehe:

 

[bluecoconuts]

If Tannehill can do it, Bradford can do it.