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 by aeneas1
9 years 6 months ago
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United States of America   Norcal
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of the 60 projected offensive line starters that will take field during the postseason....

- 11 were taken in the 1st round, 8 in the 2nd, 9 in the 3rd and a whopping 32 in round 4 or later, including 10 that went undrafted.

- pro football focus classifies 0 as elite, 11 as pro bowl caliber, 7 as above average, 8 as average and 34 as below average or worse, including 25, i.e. almost half, as worse than backup.

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here's a look at the 12 projected starting centers, including their pff ranking, pff grade, number of starts this season, nfl experience headed into the season, and draft position... red indicates player was obtained from another team.

9 of the 12 (75%) projected starting centers have been deemed below average or worse by pff. rams reference: pff ranked barnes 30th among centers.

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here's a look at the 24 projected starting tackles, of which pff has deemed more than half (63%) worse than backup. rams reference: havenstein was ranked 32nd by pff (good for an 8th ranking on the following list), while grob was ranked 77th.

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and here's a look at the 24 projected starting guards... this list is interesting because it is populated by a much greater number of higher classified, i.e higher graded, players than the centers and tackles lists... this list includes 7 pro bowl caliber players and almost half of those listed were deemed above average or better by pff... rams reference: pff ranked reynolds the 19th best guard for the 2015 season.

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finally, here's a look at where postseason teams ranked in points scored, qb rating, pass yards per attempt, rush yards per attempt, pff pass blocking and run blocking. as is typically the case, points scored and allowed correlates well with qb rating and pass yards per attempt, whereas rush yards per attempt doesn't.

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 by Elvis
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United States of America   Los Angeles
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How did the Rams Oline grade out?

I did notice we gave up the fewest sacks of any team this year, and 3rd fewest if you go by sacks per drop back.

We also had the 7th rated rushing attack by yards, 5th by yards per play...

 by aeneas1
9 years 6 months ago
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 Joined:  Sep 13 2015
United States of America   Norcal
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Elvis wrote:How did the Rams Oline grade out?

I did notice we gave up the fewest sacks of any team this year, and 3rd fewest if you go by sacks per drop back.

We also had the 7th rated rushing attack by yards, 5th by yards per play...

rams oline graded out dead last, lots of pressures and hits allowed... but i've never been much of a fan of pff's grading, love their raw numbers tho, and when it comes to olines i don't think pff weighs the impact a qb or rb can have on the unit enough ... re rush yards per attempt, unfortunately they don't correlate well to offensive points scored, as do pass yards per attempt, love gurley, such an incredible talent, but the rams aren't going to have much success until they can figure out how to pass the ball...

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