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Rams defense happy to finish No. 1 at end of regular season, but still sees work to be done

I guess I will have to eat my plate of crow. At the beginning of the season, I said our defense wasn't going to be good having two great players and a bunch of rookies, vet minimum guys and scrubs. I thought teams would have just ran the ball down our throats all season because we had no LBs. I guess we didn't need them. This is the good kind of wrong. Now where is my meal?

Interesting article on Cam Akers running in shotgun formation

Stopped reading after saying about Wolford, " He usually goes with his first read. " Not what I saw, Not worth reading.
Wise. That's not what I saw from him either. If anything...he went through progressions more than Goff has in recent games.

Having said that...there were some interesting stats in the article that I did not know, such as, "When the Rams go into shotgun formations, they throw the ball 96% of the time"

Is Jefferson a deep threat?

It's not you. But it's also usually the same offenders and in fact all of our "bigs" who are guilty of that. Everett has always done that. Higs does it. And Reynolds does it. But I will say that at least our TEs play with physicality once they get the ball. The RAC is real with them. Wish I could say the same about Reynolds.

Just look at that last Seattle game. The Rams went out of their way to feed Reynolds and he had a solid line in the box score with 6 catches for 65 yards but the guy was just there man. It's why IMO we finally saw the Rams start involving Van vs the Cards.

First possession in our last game up in Seattle. 2nd and 6. Goff gets him the ball in space and near the first down marker. Reynolds is 6'3" and DJ Reed is 5'9" so right there it looks like Reynolds will get close to the first down.
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Despite not being squared up on him (between him and the first down) the smaller DB stops him cold right here.
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Nice fight there number 11
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VERY NEXT PLAY on 3rd and 1. Seahawks give number 11 a cushion and Goff pounces on it
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Oh but darn it the pass isn't exactly on Reynolds' chest so I mean what do you want him to do, like, use that 10 foot reach of his to make the catch or something?
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3 'n out first possession.
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I'll tell you there are times, like this here, where Goff should be letting the guy have it. I know that's not who he is but still man. Rodgers or Brees would have been in his ass immediately following those two plays.

Some of you, actually many put some INCREDIBLE effort in. Appreciate it!

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