Playbook - Rams Defense
If I didn't say it clearly enough, here it is again: The Rams have a scary Defense. This Robert Quinn character had a sack fumble of Aaron Rodgers last week. Unfortunately for The Rams, they didn't recover the fumble. But seriously, if you leave #94 Robert Quinn in 1-on-1 situations, he's going to burn you. He's got 7.0 sacks through 7 games, and that's something you have to respect with blocking assignments.
Here we have Rodgers in the Shotgun, and The Rams in Nickel. #31 Courtland Finnegan plays the slot, and #32 Bradley Fletcher comes on to play outside. #55 James Laurinaitis and #58 Jo-Lonn Dunbar fall into middle zones while the corners match-up outside. #21 Janoris Jenkins gets a solid inside jam on his man so that #43 Craig Dahl can sit at the first down markers and deny the quick slant. #27 Quintin Mikkel plays FS to help Fletcher on the deep route.
Up front, The Packers choose to block #90 Michael Brockers (322 lbs) with the C and G, leaving the other 3 rushers with 1-on-1 match-ups. #98 Kendall Langford and #91 Chris Long don't get much push, but they force Rodgers to take an extra step back. Rodgers sees the rush from his right, but #94 Robert Quinn had run out-and-around his peripheral vision. Before Rodgers could pull the trigger on a pass, Quinn was on him, and the ball was loose. If Rodgers had tried to throw the ball, he'd have been looking at an INT for sure though. Courtland Finnegan knew that the slot man was going to break outside (or at least he guessed right). Finnegan jumped the route fearlessly, knowing there was a Safety over-top.
One thing I have to second guess is The Packers protection scheme. How do they leave 3 very capable DEs (#98 Langford sometimes plays inside like Jermaine Cunningham) in 1-on-1 situations? The chip block that is rendered by #20 Alex Green of The Packers is pretty weak, and he leaves the backfield without helping Rodgers at all in protection. I guess this is a credit to The St. Louis front 4. They are big and fast Quinn plays the edge at 265 lbs, and Chris Long anchors the other side with 275 lbs. They don't look that big when they're running by Tackles, but there's some beef in St. Louis.
Here we have Rodgers in the Shotgun, and The Rams in Nickel. #31 Courtland Finnegan plays the slot, and #32 Bradley Fletcher comes on to play outside. #55 James Laurinaitis and #58 Jo-Lonn Dunbar fall into middle zones while the corners match-up outside. #21 Janoris Jenkins gets a solid inside jam on his man so that #43 Craig Dahl can sit at the first down markers and deny the quick slant. #27 Quintin Mikkel plays FS to help Fletcher on the deep route.
Up front, The Packers choose to block #90 Michael Brockers (322 lbs) with the C and G, leaving the other 3 rushers with 1-on-1 match-ups. #98 Kendall Langford and #91 Chris Long don't get much push, but they force Rodgers to take an extra step back. Rodgers sees the rush from his right, but #94 Robert Quinn had run out-and-around his peripheral vision. Before Rodgers could pull the trigger on a pass, Quinn was on him, and the ball was loose. If Rodgers had tried to throw the ball, he'd have been looking at an INT for sure though. Courtland Finnegan knew that the slot man was going to break outside (or at least he guessed right). Finnegan jumped the route fearlessly, knowing there was a Safety over-top.
One thing I have to second guess is The Packers protection scheme. How do they leave 3 very capable DEs (#98 Langford sometimes plays inside like Jermaine Cunningham) in 1-on-1 situations? The chip block that is rendered by #20 Alex Green of The Packers is pretty weak, and he leaves the backfield without helping Rodgers at all in protection. I guess this is a credit to The St. Louis front 4. They are big and fast Quinn plays the edge at 265 lbs, and Chris Long anchors the other side with 275 lbs. They don't look that big when they're running by Tackles, but there's some beef in St. Louis.
I would like to here your thoughts on CAN OUR DEFENSE BE ANY GOOD.
ReplyDeleteOur Defense is going to give up yards to unproven QBs because they are willing to live with a keep-it-in-front mentality. Most of the time, these weak offenses show their colors (Sanchez INT and Hill Drop in Jets game) and they fail to covert on the opportunities that do come up.
DeleteThe Defense plays aggressive (and looks really good doing it) only after the opposition has made a mistake. If the opposition drops a pass on 1st and 10, I feel like the D has been good at capitalizing and forcing a punt. The only games that the D concerned me were Seattle and Baltimore. Although they surrendered yards to Sanchez there were no big plays 40+ yards or penalties deep for not turning around vs The Jets. They were able to hold them to 2/4 in the red zone, and they closed out the game by forcing a turnover.
How is that not any good? Thats pretty good. Baltimore and Seattle did npt need to consistently convert and move the chains on long drives, they relied on big plays. The only necessary change is to eliminate big plays. Everything will fall into place when we see another decisive Patriots win.
I think the Defense is good, and they actually won us the game vs The Jets with big plays in crucial moments. Remember, stats are for losers... don't look at stats.
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