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Sean McVay hints at giving Todd Gurley bigger workload

Running the ball more will benefit the OL emensely. Its much easier to run block beacuse you don't have to think. It gives them a chance to work together and understand each others strengths and weaknesses. McVay hasn't run the ball near as much as he should have so far. Gurley needs to be featured, run, pass, screen. Rams have a weapon, use it.
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And the play action helps in protection as well.

Rams vs Browns Offensive Snaps

Some thoughts...

1. Demby isn't good enough. He may be down the road, and he improved a lot in this game, but still not good enough.

2. McVay needs to introduce a threat on the jet sweep if he wants it to be more than window dressing. Otherwise teams will continue to ignore it. Might I suggest lining up Henderson outside and having him run that.

3. The spin we hear on the magical way the Bears shut down our offense is overblown. There are some elements giving the Rams problems but their issues offensively are mostly players making mistakes and not taking advantage of what is there. Numerous examples of almost-big plays throughout this game and it's the same the previous week with the Cooks drop for example.

4. McVay's pattern matching for each down/distance needs a bit of an overhaul. There are a lot of incidences of DBs sitting on routes for certain downs/distances.

5. Goff was pressing due to a lot of the mistakes and failure to score early in the game. He missed some stuff, made some bad throws, and that last INT was the type of error that gets lesser QBs benched.

6. Everett played well but needs to keep improving in his blocking. I see why we signed Higs.

7. Rams offense is very close to breaking out. But I said that last week too didn't I?

Three reasons why Los Angeles Rams QB Jared Goff will improve

I’m also confident Goff will improve. I’m just wondering if all the talk from the media about most of his success being the result of having McVay is getting to him. It seems like he is passing up on some wide open easy completions and is instead trying to force deeper passes into tighter windows. Almost like he’s trying to prove a point by trying to complete tougher throws than what is given to him.

Just a feeling a got from watching the games this year.

Rams vs Browns - First Half Drive Killers.

Below is my review of every single offensive snap for the Rams in the Browns game.

This is not a group of visuals like Merlins Excellent work with the still photos.

This is a complete play by play review of each snap in the first half with a total count of who or what was the Culprit for Killing drives in the first Half in which we scored only 3 pts.


FIRST HALF DRIVE KILLER TOTALS:
Demby 5
Noteboom 2
Whitworth 2
Goff 1
Mcvay play call 1
Crowd Noise/Helmet Communication 1
Kupp 1
Woods 1
Allen 1
Browns good coverage 1


Play By Play Details:

Possession 1
1st and 10 - Gurley run for 1 yard - Allen and Whitworth beat.
2nd and 9 - Kupp - 5 yard completion - Perfect pass.
3rd and 4 - Woods stumbles coming out of route. Pass thrown behind him. Looked like a slant/out route that Woods commonly runs, but Woods due to the stumble threw the timing off, Woods never cuts back towards the sideline where the ball was thrown. This appears to be on Woods in my book.

DRIVE KILL CULPRITS:
Bad run blocking (Allen and Whit)
WR (Woods) stumble throws timing off


Possession 2
1st and 10 - Perfect PA pass to Cooks for 18 yards.

1st and 10 - Gurley left side for 3 yards. Whit gets rub on DE then try's to block LB but whiffs on the block. LB slows Gurley then Kupps DB and NoteBooms DT come and finish off Gurley.
2nd and 7 - Pass to Woods near right sideline, ball hits Woods perfectly in the hands but Woods drops the ball.
3rd and 7 - Good protection - Goff hits Cooks "On the Money" on the sideline. Perfect pass. 16 yard gain.

1st and 10 - PA pass. Good protection. Pass to Cooks on sideline. Pass hits Cooks in his hands and he cant bring it down. Announcers say off his fingertips but still shots show Cooks arms are not 100 percent extended. Sorry, Hit you in the hands, catch the dam ball.
2nd and 10 - Inside handoff to Gurley on a delay. Demby and Havenstein block down well, Everett clears out LB and Safety has to come make the tackle. Nice Blocking. Gain of 5 yards.
3rd and 5 - Mcvay takes time out. Goff to Kupp on a WR screen for 5 yards, first down.

1st and 10 - Gurley run up the middle. Allen pushed back a yard, Demby pushes DT then tries to block LB but is too late. LB and Allen's man stop Gurley for 1 yard.
2nd and 9 - PA screen to Everett. Setup nice. Everett takes wrong lane to run in. Gain of 4.
3rd and 5 - Quick WR screen to Kupp on right side. Same play just ran last 3rd and 5. No gain. Bad play call in my opinion. Yes it worked last time but now they have seen it. Goff says to Mcvay " Cant hear you", so this may be a play Mcvay didn't call and Goff just called because time was running out on the play clock.

DRIVE KILL CULPRITS:
Bad play call (Mcvay) on third and 5 or possible communication issue due to headset or crowd noise.


Possession 3
1st and 10 - Pitch left to Gurley. Whit kicks out and seals the safety to the sideline. Kupp tries to block LB but gets a little overpowered. Reynolds disregards the CB #38 and goes farther out for the deep safety. Is this by design? Looks like Reynolds missed his block on #38. Noteboom also looses the battle with LB #53 who also destroys the run for NO GAIN.
2nd and 10 - Shotgun. Decent protection vs 4 man rush. Goff throws perfect pass to Woods on the right sideline for 9 yards.
3rd and 1 - PA pass. Perfect pass to wide open Kupp on drag route for 22 yards.

1st and 10 - PA pass. Free Runner LB on an inside move on Whit. Goff steps away from rush perfectly and resets. Goff overthrows Woods under some pressure, good coverage on the play. Goff should have probably dumped down to Kupp on the play if he was a little more patient.
2nd and 10 - Shotgun. Quick pass to Kupp on the right side for 13 yards. Kupp drops the pass, it was a little behind him but catchable. Goff a little rushed by Dembys man who was just about to sack Goff. Kupps only drop the entire game.
3rd and 10 - Shotgun. Browns bringing 7 on an A gap blitz. Excellent Idea pressuring the interior young Olineman. The Disguise was good because the outside defenders eventually drop back in coverage while Noteboom and Demby were confused who to block. Allen blocks his man but the two A gap blitzers Go straight through the Line and Gurley can only block one. Goff spins to his left perfectly but the man Gurley blocked breaks away and forces Goff to get rid of it immediately to Cooks who was blanketed by #35 who breaks it up and nearly forced an interception on the deflection. This is about where people start asking what is wrong with Goff? Nothing. Go back and read this series of downs. We had Goff pressured immediately on two plays and having to throw to Cooks who was covered both times. Both times Goff avoiding Rush but not having the target open. We also had Kupp drop a catchable ball.


DRIVE KILL CULPRITS:

Dropped pass (Kupp).
Oline pass pro breakdowns (Whit, Demby and Boom)
Great coverage by the Browns.
Goff a little impatient under pressure


Possession 4
1st and 10 - End around to Woods to the left side. Kupp seals off CB perfectly. Whitworth seals LB Vernon well, Notboom cant get out quick enough to put a block on LB #53 who blows up the play. Whits man Vernon comes back in and finsihes Woods. gain of 1 yard.
2nd and 9 - PA pass. Goff Perfect pass to Everett down the middle for 15 yards. Everett dances around losing 4 yards. Gain of 11.

1st and 10 - Goff threads a bullet to Woods for 18 yards. Nice catch by Woods!

1st and 10 - PA student body left, roll to the right, perfect throw to wide open Kupp for 7 yards. Route Higbee usually runs.
2nd and 3 - Goff drops back is sacked almost immediately by #65. Oline breakdown between Allen and Demby. Allen blocks 65 (Ogunjobi) for a second expecting Demby to take over. Demby is standing around with no dance partner wondering what happened. This is where Blythe is missed. Blythe is not as stout as other guards but is almost always assignment sound at least slowing down the defender by being in the right spot.
3rd and 11 - Mcvay goes to the safe WR screen yet again. That same play that you know, didnt work on 3rd and 5 back on possession 2. Cooks goes no where. Whit and Kupp block their man perfectly. Noteboom needs work on these. Boom's man number 98 blows it up. Kupps man disengages to clean it up as well. Plus no one blocking the safety.


DRIVE KILL CULPRITS:
Oline Breakdown (Demby)
Bad Play Call (Mcvay)
Oline missed block (Noteboom)


Possession 5
(2 minute offense at end of first half)
1st and 10 - Shotgun - Quick pass to Kupp left side for 6 yards. Perfect pass.
2nd and 4 - Shotgun - Quick pass to Cooks left side for 6 yards. Perfect pass.

1st and 10 - Shotgun - Quick pass to Woods right side for 13 yards. Perfect pass.

1st and 10 - Shotgun - 18 yard route to Woods on right side incomplete. Pass Hurried. Demby blocks his man for a second then for some unknown reason leaves his man to go block Allens man, this leaves Dembys man on a free rush to hurry Goff. Goff hit as he throws by Dembys free rusher.
2nd and 10 - Shotgun - Quick pass to the middle to Kupp for 5 yards.
3rd and 5 - Shotgun - Demby false start.
3rd and 10 - Shotgun - (28 seconds left, Rams on their own 36 yard line need a long developing pass to get into FG range) defender # 95 Garrett twists around Demby to knock ball out of Goff hands and force a fumble right as he is throwing it.

DRIVE KILL CULPRITS:
Demby blocks wrong guy
Demby false start
Demby beat by Garrett


For the last drive - that's on Goff. He had time and space to step up. No matter how good a team you are, you will always have mismatches - the Rams should never, ever expect Jamil Demby to block Myles Garrett - that Goff showed so little awareness on this play is disturbing.

His three turnovers are the only thing I really have an issue with - on the fumble he didn't feel the pressure at all and had room to step up, and on both INTs they were awful decisions when he had all day to pass.

Rams Statistical Rankings: Through Week 3

I'm content to wait for them to get it together before I look past the struggles. I have little doubt the offense will get back on track, just want to see it to rule out the possibility we might be a defense-dominating team this year. Which I'm fine with btw as long as our defense gets into that elite range.

If they finish top 5 scoring we're going to be in the Super Bowl again. Would say win it all but the goddamn Pats will probably be 1 in scoring sigh.

I don't think anyone should ignore anything. There is no denying the offense has been mediocre at times and there are ongoing issues with red zone scoring.

But if its possible to look at this team in a cynical, jaded, worst case scenario p.o.v., it's also very easy to look at this team and see a repeat trip to the SB and continued success for McVay, Goff and Co.
Being excited or being concerned are both reasonable perspectives, so I prefer to give these guys the benefit of the doubt.
A whole heck of a lot can change over 14 more weeks in the regular season.

Packers fan don’t miss Mathews.

When you look at his production last year it is. He's already beaten his numbers last year but the best thing for us is so far it's without any penalties. Clay was not good last year for GB. I get their comments. You'd think maybe they'd appreciate all the years he gave them but yeah they upgraded from 2018 Clay.
If a fan's standard of success at Dline are sack totals (which it seems to be), then Clay had aworse year than this year so far. But then he was always a a guy who drove QB's into the ground on a sack, and the penalties issued last year for roughing the passer, etc...made him look like a worse player (from my limited Packers viewing of their games). Unlike AD, he didn't adapt so well to the new rules in 2018 and his sack totals suffered due to the penalties negating his sacks, which were ok only a year or two before that.....Hopefully AD has taught him the sling him to the ground,move!

Cooper Kupps Goffs Balls

I don’t know why, because I’ve not actually compared their tape in anyway... so it’s strictly from memory which makes it more sketchy.... but Kupp reminds me of Ed McCaffrey. At least the role he played late 90’s for Broncos.

Easy Ed was a treat to watch.

BUT...........

Of Rams WR's he reminds me of Holt and Bruce. Similar in many, many ways.

Not great speed, but very good speed. Catches everything thrown at him. Crisp well run routes, aggressive after the catch (until those two started turf diving), and a great stiff-arm.

Though Kupp is a better downfield blocker than Holt he has a way to go to equal Bruce. Bruce always delighted in taking his opportunities to hit back at the guys that hit him on run plays or pass plays. He'd put shoulder on anyone early in his career. And often dead center in the chest. And if it wasn't that he would push you down face first into the turf.

Kupp is fantastic.

So is Woods.

Great combo.

My take after the first three games, which I will add were all wins.

Aside from the obvious issue of Demby, does anyone else think it's plausible that McVay is intentionally holding back the offense at times? It seemed like the Patriots had an answer for almost everything in the SB due to Billicheat being infamous for watching tape. It just seems that this year, the offense of last year just shows up when we are in really in need of a score.


Until the three interior Olinemen can master second level blocking, the playbook is going to remain limited.

Whenever second level blocking is needed, the tackles are the only ones hitting them. Allen Noteboom and Demby are blocking air.

Rams 20 Browns 13: Discussion

Hmmm... how about the 3 totally catchable balls( Cooks, Woods, Kupp) and the one tough one that hit Cooks in the upper chest a spit second before the defender got to him?(remind anyone of a couple plays of Cooks in the Super Bowl?) All 4 drops in the first half. But sure... it's all JG! Also, the last pick?

Yeah, those 3 catches are responsible for a 3 week QBR: 38.2....:palm:

What happened to the toss?

Goff doesn’t have time, Every gap is filled and somebody’s coming free, but as long as this keeps working teams are going to muck it up. I agree that they need to loosen up the defenses somehow whether that’s Gurley breaking big runs or Goff over the top.
I watch the Chiefs against a tough defense and I wonder why are the Rams not able to loosen up the defenses that way.
Because when a chiefs play goes wrong speedfreak Hill goes long and patty launches a bomb for him to run under and catch (partial blue don’t )

Rams win: Celebration thread

The Pats have yet to play a team that's won a single game. Each team is 0-3. That changes this Sunday against the Bills, though I don't think much will change. I have doubts about the Bills.

Meanwhile the Rams' opponents are 4-2 excepting the games against the Rams. So the Rams have played solid opponents, mostly on the road. No, the Rams haven't looked perfect, but they have played well overall against arguably above average opponents.

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