snackdaddy wrote:Whatever the case, you want the lack of sacks on your quarterback to be because the line was doing its job. .
I agree with you 110% But I think there were at least four other problems causing the throw-aways.
1. McVay became too predictable. Enough film study enabled the defense to know the routes that the Rams were going to run .... based on the personnel packages and sets/motion-sets.
2. Even with enough time to throw and the routes were all jumped, there were no secondary routes (at least it looked that way to me).
3. Quite a bit of pre-snap "coverages" in the NFL these days are disguises for something else. It wasn't late into the season that the TE's understand the post-snap middle of the field sight adjustments needed in their routes. With coverage A, the open spot on the field will be different than coverage B or C. I'm glad to see that the TEs finally get this. Henderson hasn't figured this out yet, and when he does he will become a household name in the NFL, he's got juice for big after-the-catch plays.
4. Because of #3 above, Gurley could be spied on for nearly every play, thus he was rendered useless for a lot of plays out of the backfield.
I totally get the
"Where's the Beef" requests for our O-Line. This unit is like a McDonald's cheese burger, every year they put smaller patties in the sandwich.
There was plenty of beef on the sandwich in last year's Super Bowl....was there not?
To get to next year's Super Bowl, (in addition to increasing the beef), #1, #2, and #3 above needs be taken care of. I'm very confident that it will be.
NFC Championship game in the new stadium is a real possibility.
And the year after that? Imagine the excitement if on Feb 6, 2022 the Rams are playing in their home stadium for the Lombardi.