Snaps vs WAS

[WestCoastRam]

I based that off of one of Jourdan’s reports around midseason. She said the Rams were trying to teach Tomlinson the star position to back up Durant but it wasn’t working out.

I totally missed that.

 

[JimY53]

Yeah, I can see that we were in nickel a lot. My question is why?

Unless it just comes down to the Rams want to get their best players on the field and Quentin Lake is one of 'em.
So they played the nickel more than usual to accomplish that plan.

~ArkyRamsFan~

Not more nickel, just more "big" nickel. Used a safety rather than CB.

There have been a couple of games this season that Durant played more snaps in slot than Lake did yesterday but that was early in season. Last couple of weeks they played Ravens and Browns, teams that use some 12 and 21 personnel ... means less nickel, more base.

The question is what matchups or other things caused them to gone from a CB-based nickel to a S-based nickel? They were trending towards it when Lake got hurt.

If they think Lake is special enough (speed plus some size) maybe they think he can cover well enough and also give some run support as well, something Durant cannot do as well.

 

[JimY53]

I totally missed that.

Maybe when Lake was out ... and then Shelly went down, who was probably on the depth chart at nickel before he got hurt.

There were reports around draft time that he was maybe suited for slot ...or wide..but I hadn't seen that either.

 

[WestCoastRam]

Maybe when Lake was out ... and then Shelly went down, who was probably on the depth chart at nickel before he got hurt.

There were reports around draft time that he was maybe suited for slot ...or wide..but I hadn't seen that either.

Have to imagine his grabbiness has kept him out of the lineup (and height).