The concerned thread

[OnceARam]

I'm worried about our run defense, lets face it, we made a 2nd stringer look like a pro-bowler. Murray already had 7,346 yards against us in his two previous games. Our run defense needs to tighten up if we're going to beat Dallas. I hope Greg Williams will be reinforcing the need for good tackling and for watching for the cutback.

Too funny. At a certain point we should just stop counting how many yards Murray has against us.

I know our run defense will make a statement in this game. They proved they could contain AP. No reason we can't stop Murray, who has only been special in a select few games.

 

[Ballhawk]

I think that Murray will be wearing an Arron Donald necklace for most of this game!

 

[LetsGoRams]

A couple concerns with this team. 1. Run D ... I hope we see a lot of Aaron Donald this week. 2. IF we get down by a lot (10-14 points), I worry about our ability to come back with our QB situation.

 

[DCH]

Run D has been more on the LBs than on the D-line. Linemen are hitting their gaps hard, but LB corps not tackling well or filling gaps properly. Dunbar is killing us a lot.

 

[Amitar]

The outlook for this game against Dallas is not good. Hope I'm wrong.

 

[duckhunter]

I'm not concerned anymore. I'm now confident we will win 1736 to -212.

I might get concerned again, about game time.

 

[Bluesy]

keep in mind friends that in game 1 we contained ap to >100 yds and everyone here was ecstatic abt our run d. again im more concerned with dez bryant and the damage he could do.

We also have to keep in mind that we are cursed when we face Murray.

 

[Yamahopper]

Rams have to step it up this week to contain Murray. Not going to stop him, but they can restrict the damage he does.
The Cowboys are looking at the Rams 32 ranked run defense and licking their lips. That will be their gameplan.
The Key to beating the Cowboys is putting the ball in Romo's hands, pressure him and he will complete more passes to Rams DB's than his own WR's.
And by the way, that horrible Dallas defense is ranked 12th, 5 spots ahead of the Rams.
So look for Williams to dial it up this week.

 

[Philly5]

Nope I saw it and counted all 7,346 myself. Even more surprising he did it on 9 carries

It seemed like a lot more yards than that.

We got enough tape of Murray destroying us. Hope we learned something and adjust.

 

[Dodgersrf]

The entire league is worried about Murry. He also runs behind the best oline in the NFL.

 

[thirteen28]

Depends how much Dallas are able to hold Brockers, I can't see it being any less than Sunday, so that's a concern.

Fisher and the DL need to get on top of the officials EARLY and point out when they are being held. If Dallas gets away with egregious holding the way TB did and MN did the week before, it's going to be a long day for our D and there won't be anything that can be done about it.

 

[AZRamsFan93]

keep in mind friends that in game 1 we contained ap to >100 yds and everyone here was ecstatic abt our run d. again im more concerned with dez bryant and the damage he could do.

We also gave up 102 yards rushing to Patterson. I was NOT AT ALL ecstatic about our run defense in game 1 - giving up 185 yards and 5.8 yards per carry just won't get it done.

 

[DR RAM]

Brockers? I thought Quinn was held in the most egregious way I've seen sometimes two holding him at the same damned time

Brockers was held often too. He is so much quicker this year.

 

[drpugilist]

We also gave up 102 yards rushing to Patterson. I was NOT AT ALL ecstatic about our run defense in game 1 - giving up 185 yards and 5.8 yards per carry just won't get it done.

well the majority of those were on one play...i mentioned (and apparently almost got banned for my apparent negativity?) that i wasnt happy with our defense in general in game 1. im also not saying that murray isnt a real threat to go over 100 yds either. i am just not very confident in our secondary when a big time receiver is on the field. also, if we are overly concerned with dm, db could do more damage imo. and unfortunately, that is the way i see the game going. just my .02

 

[JohnnyTX]

With Murray coming off 30+ touches last week in a commanding win I expect Dallas' OC Scott Linehan to run a very similar play book against a vulnerable Ram's Defense (ranking 30th against the Run after 2 games). Murray has confidence, is leading the league in Rushing and Touches and always seems to split open the Rams. We will see.

 

[CodeMonkey]

For whatever reason, the right side of our defensive front in particular sure left some big gaps open last week. That needs to be fixed pronto. Murray is quite a lot better than what we faced last week at RB.

Regardless, I'd like to see TJ tattoo on his ass good and early to set the tone.

 

[Rams and Gators]

Brockers was held often too. He is so much quicker this year.

Glad it wasn't just the beer making me see things.

 

[RamzFanz]

I'm concerned by these threads.