Damn… that 2020 Rams defense was good. I got to looking at stats this morning… across the board, tops. BOOM;
Points Allowed
1st Rams 296
2nd Ravens 303
Worst Lions 519
Yards per Game
1st Rams 4,511
2nd Washington 4,873
Worst Lions 6,716
Passing yds Allowed
1st Rams 3,051
2nd Washington 3,068
Worst Falcons 4,697
Rushing yds / yds Attempt
1st Bucs 1,289 / 3.6
3rd Rams 1,460 / 3.8
Worst Texans 2,564 / 5.2
Sacks
1st Steelers 56
2nd Rams 53
Worst Bengals 17
Penalties
1st Saints 64
4th Rams 78
Worst Eagles 112
Incredible!… We lost JJ, Brockers, and Hill… but we had rotation players at those positions already and a LOT of returning pieces for 2021.
Get ready! This defense gonna be BADASS.
Go Rams!
Good stuff here
@CGI_Ram
I appreciated how
clean you presented the stat breakdowns & rankings. 1st-2nd-Worst etc.
Now you done got me excited this morning and we still have 3 damn weeks and 1 day until the Raheem Morris defensive era begins.
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Refresher Articles
Raheem Morris has a pretty good idea of what he's inheriting at his new job, especially when it comes to personnel.
In defensive lineman Aaron Donald and cornerback Jalen Ramsey, he has two players who are not only multi-All-Pro and Pro Bowl selections, but in his words on the Rams Revealed podcast, also "potential
gold jacket guys" – meaning potential future hall-of-famers.
"You don't mess them up," Morris said during a video conference Thursday, when asked how he intends to use the duo. "Let's let these guys get going."
Like his predecessor, Morris will also look to find ways to capitalize on Ramsey and Donald's versatile skillsets.
Morris began his coaching career gaining extensive experience in the Tampa-2 defense, a system traditionally employed in a 4-3 (four down linemen, three linebackers) alignment that creates a three-deep look in Cover 2 with the middle linebacker dropping back to cover the middle of the field.
However, Morris is aware of the way defensives are evolving, particularly when it comes to the trends involving the usage of sub-packages.
The Rams are going to "look like a 3-4 base team," as in, a three down linemen, four linebackers alignment, but won't strictly be that for their base scheme.
"When you go into your sub-packages, which the league has kind of developed into, you see a lot more four-down fronts," Morris said.
"Whether you're talking about odd or even fronts, whether you're talking about bringing different people in to do some different things, you're going to do all those things, you're going to have all those different types of packages.
Obviously, you'll talk about who you are and what you are. We're going to look like a three-four base team, something that we tried to look like in Atlanta."
Morris knows those players and others contributed to a
No. 1-ranked defense, but the final piece to the vision of his defense involves much loftier goals.
"I wasn't brought here to try to duplicate what they did last year," Morris said.
"We were brought here to win and we're brought here to win a championship."
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McVay told reporters last week that Morris checks all the boxes and that he’s going to make everyone around him better.
“Raheem is a special coach. I think when you guys got a chance to speak with him or anybody that knows Raheem – my dad says it best about Raheem, he has a zest for life.
You never leave Raheem Morris not feeling better about yourself,” McVay said. “But the capacity, the command that this guy has, I think the charisma and the presence.
When you’re looking at what you’re looking for from a coach, he checks all the boxes.
He has an incredible ability to communicate and to relate to so many different types of people, I think he can help them reach their highest potential.
Even just watching the way that he’s leading these staff meetings with the defensive coaches, where there are a couple of new faces and then a lot of continuity from the previous staff, he did a great job.
There’s a real connection and a collaboration.
Guys are enjoying doing football together and I think that’s a huge credit to Raheem and his leadership. I think the players are going to love working with him and what he brings.”
McVay has learned a lot from Morris over the years and looks at him like a big brother.
Morris obviously had glowing things to say about the Rams’ head coach, too, but it’s clear Morris has had an impact on McVay when their paths have crossed.
“He’s been a big brother in a lot of ways to me, from our relationship dating back to even Tampa, and when we work together in Washington,” McVay continued.
“So many of the things that I know, especially from the defensive side of the ball is a credit to learning from Raheem.
I can’t say enough good things and how excited I am to be able to reconnect with him.
Morris has big shoes to fill after the Rams ranked first in total defense last season,
but as he said previously, he’s not worried about stats.
He wants to win a ring and bring a championship to Los Angeles.
The Rams various Defensive packages are going to Prey on opposing Offenses' this season
