RE: THIS TB D HORNETNEST WE ARE FLYING INTO
PostPosted:3 years 4 months ago
For this Monday Night, the media is all gah-gah about Tom Brady....the greatest, the GOAT, the timeless one, yadda, yadda, yadda....
so I decided to look up 2020 Rams D stats over at ESPN NFL stats to reassure myself about Staley's Stifling Scheme.
....and to be sure, Los Ramos D stats are very impressive....but as I was looking at the different D categories....guess what team also kept coming up as NFL top percentile defenders?
Tampa Bay!!!
Here's some tale-of-the-tape stuff
TAMPA STAT..RANK...............NFL D CATEGORY............RAMS STAT....RANK
PASSING D STATS
223.7 YDS....9TH..................PASS YDS PER GAME......199.7 YDS...3RD
68.2%.....26TH .............COMP % ALLOWED..........64.2%.....11TH
7.0 YPA......10TH(TIE).........YDS PER ATTEMPT...............6.4...........1ST
72 YDS.....22ND...............LONGEST PASS COMP........44 YDS......2ND
17 TDs.....18TH(TIE)........PASS TDs ALLOWED...........9 TDs........1ST
12 PICKS...1ST .........INTERCEPTIONS MADE.......8PICKS......9TH (TIE)
32 SACKS ...2ND..........QUARTERBACK SACKS........31SACKS...3RD
89.8 QBRATE...9TH.........QB RATING ALLOWED..........81.0.........3RD
10.2 YD/REC....3RD.........YDS/RECPTN ALLOWED........9.9YD/REC....1ST
RUSHING D STATS
76.6 YD/GM...1ST ....RUSH YDS/GAME ALLOWED.......96.8 YD/GM....5TH
3.3 YD/CARRY...1ST ...RUSH YDS/CARRY ALLOWED......4.1 YD/CARRY...9TH (TIE)
11 RUSH TDs...11TH TIE...TOTAL RUSH TDs ALLOWED.......7 RUSH TDs...6TH (TIE)
39.5% CONV....12TH.....3RD DOWN % CONVERSIONS.........35.4% CONV...5TH
57 D PENALTIES..23RD ......D PENALTIES TAKEN........44 D TOTAL PENALTIES...5TH(TIE)
So, while I feel confident that Staley's Studs can limit Tampa Bay's Brady, Evans, etc etc....I do worry about Goff versus that tough TB Defense. Last time Goff came to Florida against a somewhat weaker D, they stole his Lunch Money.
Just sayin' that, with these 2 elite DCs and their squads, this MNF game in Tampa could be a 13-3 Brady versus Goff SB Type low-scoring affair......only this time hopefully with Brady being on the losing end.
I very much desire that Los Ramos maul Brady mercilessly.
We owe that 40-something dink going all the way back to SB 36 ....which was in 2002!!!
so I decided to look up 2020 Rams D stats over at ESPN NFL stats to reassure myself about Staley's Stifling Scheme.
....and to be sure, Los Ramos D stats are very impressive....but as I was looking at the different D categories....guess what team also kept coming up as NFL top percentile defenders?
Tampa Bay!!!
Here's some tale-of-the-tape stuff
TAMPA STAT..RANK...............NFL D CATEGORY............RAMS STAT....RANK
PASSING D STATS
223.7 YDS....9TH..................PASS YDS PER GAME......199.7 YDS...3RD
68.2%.....26TH .............COMP % ALLOWED..........64.2%.....11TH
7.0 YPA......10TH(TIE).........YDS PER ATTEMPT...............6.4...........1ST
72 YDS.....22ND...............LONGEST PASS COMP........44 YDS......2ND
17 TDs.....18TH(TIE)........PASS TDs ALLOWED...........9 TDs........1ST
12 PICKS...1ST .........INTERCEPTIONS MADE.......8PICKS......9TH (TIE)
32 SACKS ...2ND..........QUARTERBACK SACKS........31SACKS...3RD
89.8 QBRATE...9TH.........QB RATING ALLOWED..........81.0.........3RD
10.2 YD/REC....3RD.........YDS/RECPTN ALLOWED........9.9YD/REC....1ST
RUSHING D STATS
76.6 YD/GM...1ST ....RUSH YDS/GAME ALLOWED.......96.8 YD/GM....5TH
3.3 YD/CARRY...1ST ...RUSH YDS/CARRY ALLOWED......4.1 YD/CARRY...9TH (TIE)
11 RUSH TDs...11TH TIE...TOTAL RUSH TDs ALLOWED.......7 RUSH TDs...6TH (TIE)
39.5% CONV....12TH.....3RD DOWN % CONVERSIONS.........35.4% CONV...5TH
57 D PENALTIES..23RD ......D PENALTIES TAKEN........44 D TOTAL PENALTIES...5TH(TIE)
So, while I feel confident that Staley's Studs can limit Tampa Bay's Brady, Evans, etc etc....I do worry about Goff versus that tough TB Defense. Last time Goff came to Florida against a somewhat weaker D, they stole his Lunch Money.
Just sayin' that, with these 2 elite DCs and their squads, this MNF game in Tampa could be a 13-3 Brady versus Goff SB Type low-scoring affair......only this time hopefully with Brady being on the losing end.
I very much desire that Los Ramos maul Brady mercilessly.
We owe that 40-something dink going all the way back to SB 36 ....which was in 2002!!!