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I realized earlier this week that I was drunk on Bronco Spiked Kool-Aid and decided to sober up before I let sugar plum fairies dance in my head, conjuring up dreams of playoffs and stuff.
So I actually watched some Charger games to see what we can expect.
I don't like this matchup at all. They have the kind of offense that can negate our pass rush. They are very good at the screen game. Their running game when they use Oliver looks like ours did last year with Stacy. Floyd and Allen are no joke and Rivers is an F'in warrior! Gates still uses his body like Karl Malone did getting entry passes from Stockton. I believe they will be patient and not expose Rivers to much abuse.
They also run a high risk/reward defense and will load up to negate our running game. They frequently use overload blitzes and are smart about how they take away the hot routes on the other side. Other than Weddle, they don't have any dominant defenders but the sum of their parts is pretty darned solid. They are well coached and don't have glaring weaknesses. BTW, the Raiders are better than their record too. Carr is going to be good.
I'm not saying the Rams won't win this game but we will need the following to happen:
1) Jenkins needs to keep Allen and Floyd in front of him.
2) Donald needs to blow up their interior line on a regular basis.
3) Alert, play action over and over and over.
4) More mistake free football from Hill.
5) Mason must have at least 80 yards and Cunningham 3 catches.
6) Keep the penalties down. Rivers is the best at drawing DLines offside w hard counts and boy are we easy to make jump.
So I actually watched some Charger games to see what we can expect.
I don't like this matchup at all. They have the kind of offense that can negate our pass rush. They are very good at the screen game. Their running game when they use Oliver looks like ours did last year with Stacy. Floyd and Allen are no joke and Rivers is an F'in warrior! Gates still uses his body like Karl Malone did getting entry passes from Stockton. I believe they will be patient and not expose Rivers to much abuse.
They also run a high risk/reward defense and will load up to negate our running game. They frequently use overload blitzes and are smart about how they take away the hot routes on the other side. Other than Weddle, they don't have any dominant defenders but the sum of their parts is pretty darned solid. They are well coached and don't have glaring weaknesses. BTW, the Raiders are better than their record too. Carr is going to be good.
I'm not saying the Rams won't win this game but we will need the following to happen:
1) Jenkins needs to keep Allen and Floyd in front of him.
2) Donald needs to blow up their interior line on a regular basis.
3) Alert, play action over and over and over.
4) More mistake free football from Hill.
5) Mason must have at least 80 yards and Cunningham 3 catches.
6) Keep the penalties down. Rivers is the best at drawing DLines offside w hard counts and boy are we easy to make jump.
