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Damn!! My heart almost gave out about 8 times yesterday! Can't remember a game where both teams had sooo many penalties; both huge turnovers; when we were able to get 7 sacks...but still got killed on the back end. Our stops on 3rd and 1 and 4th and 1 in OT were incredible.
I thought we blew a lot of coverages on the back end; decided I want us to extend AJ at LT, if he will for a reasonable amount. He is only 27 and he put on about 55 lbs from when we got him. He's already solid there and should improve yearly, IMHO. I think with better offseason training he could play better at about 330, or so. I want us to get a stud corner with our first pick in '25. Also, missing Avila at LG hurt us as Dedich, while being a solid find, doesn't match up well with larger and quicker DT's. Their rookie DT, Murphy pretty much handled him for most of the game.

[ramsww]

Man, that's a stretch! We almost (you know the saying about 'close' and quoits or grenades) lost that game due to the performance of their DL and CBs. I'd put EJ as #3......... if I didn't take into consideration our special teams and OL.

I'm allowed a little stretch now and then. lol. You don't think Williams would NOT have scored from the 2 if EJ hadn't stuffed him at the one! That right there was a 4 point swing. NOW put him back at MLB on the Rams inside of that dumb-ass trade to TENN enroute to SEATTLE. Yeah, I'll stand by that. We STILL can't stop the run on a consistent basis. Yes we had a great 4th down stop and 2 incredible gifts from a Seahawk QB about to be benched after his 4th L in a row. We never replaced Jones but Speights gives me hope who incidentally made that tackle on 4th down.

[RAMMAN76]

I think the play of the CB's yesterday was an enigma.
They have played well so far this season.

The seachickens always get lucky on deep balls against the Rams.
Weather it is Wilson or Smith, they just chuck it up and their receivers always come down with it for a big gain.

[ramsww]

Damn!! My heart almost gave out about 8 times yesterday! Can't remember a game where both teams had sooo many penalties; both huge turnovers; when we were able to get 7 sacks...but still got killed on the back end. Our stops on 3rd and 1 and 4th and 1 in OT were incredible.
I thought we blew a lot of coverages on the back end; decided I want us to extend AJ at LT, if he will for a reasonable amount. He is only 27 and he put on about 55 lbs from when we got him. He's already solid there and should improve yearly, IMHO. I think with better offseason training he could play better at about 330, or so. I want us to get a stud corner with our first pick in '25. Also, missing Avila at LG hurt us as Dedich, while being a solid find, doesn't match up well with larger and quicker DT's. Their rookie DT, Murphy pretty much handled him for most of the game.

Watched with the Fam and they were like....wow, they can't cover anybody....lol. It was ugly with a great ending but man...too much for the heart yesterday.

[ramsman34]

Rams fans say our weakness is ILB or CB (and I'd add TE at the moment) but we'll see what management thinks about that in the next 48 hours.

I can say it isn’t LT. Dont know why some think that is a huge need. A Jax is playing very well.

We do need more corners but we have to go to the draft to get them on rookie deals - so we can manage the cap with players who we want to keep coming up for contracts.

I think the Rams stand pat and possibly trade Tre White. Higs should be back in a few weeks although I think they bring him along very slowly.

Now if they can get a younger corner on the cheap via trade, sure. But shut down guys are gonna cost big bucks and picks. Don’t see that happening. Look at teams like the Saints, Jags, Pats, Browns, titans, Raiders, and Giants for a corner that could be had for the right compensation.

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We STILL can't stop the run on a consistent basis. Yes we had a great 4th down stop and 2 incredible gifts from a Seahawk QB about to be benched

The Rams have consistently improved vs the run the last 4 weeks. This week they held Walker to 3.3 ypc. Last week they held Jones to 3.1. The two weeks prior they allowed Mattison the best (4.0) and held Jacobs to 3.8.

As far as the "gifts" you cite, they weren't 'gifts' given, they were gifts FORCED by pressure. Verse on the pick 6 (hitting his arm) and Hoecht on the 2nd one (forcing the early throw around him). But stick with the gift angle if it fits the narrative.

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I can say it isn’t LT. Dont know why some think that is a huge need. A Jax is playing very well.

We do need more corners but we have to go to the draft to get them on rookie deals - so we can manage the cap with players who we want to keep coming up for contracts.

I think the Rams stand pat and possibly trade Tre White. Higs should be back in a few weeks although I think they bring him along very slowly.

Now if they can get a younger corner on the cheap via trade, sure. But shut down guys are gonna cost big bucks and picks. Don’t see that happening. Look at teams like the Saints, Jags, Pats, Browns, titans, Raiders, and Giants for a corner that could be had for the right compensation.

They could use help at CB but in the NFL, there are few teams who couldn't. Maybe they're settling in to a rotation since demoting T. White?

Here's the snap counts for our DBs from the GB game through yesterday

CBs:
Durant: 95%, 56%, 98%, 99%
DWill: 49%, 100%, 100%, 98%
Witherspoon: 81%, 59%, 18%, 84%
Wallace: 53%, 49%, 40%, 4% (he was injured on the opening kickoff of the 2nd half)

S:
Lake: 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%
*McCollough: 25%, 23%, 18%, 70%
Curl: 100%, 100%, 74%, 50%
*Kinchens: 0%, 3%, 28%, 51%

McCollough has 4 picks; Kinchens 2; Durant and JJ 1 each.

[ramsman34]

They are an injury away from real trouble at corner. The problem is, getting a top one costs way too much for where this team is. however, there are a number of teams with 2 wins and probably out of it. Might be some deals to be had at corner, ILB, TE. I don’t think they need to make any moves. But if they can improve the roster on some frugal deals, I am all for it. Almost regardless of position.

[Elvis]

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They are an injury away from real trouble at corner. The problem is, getting a top one costs way too much for where this team is. however, there are a number of teams with 2 wins and probably out of it. Might be some deals to be had at corner, ILB, TE. I don’t think they need to make any moves. But if they can improve the roster on some frugal deals, I am all for it. Almost regardless of position.

100% true. I always defer to management. Call it blinders. Rose colored glasses. Whatever. But I feel these are the guys who see these players everyday and know or believe they know, what we have. And it's pretty hard to contradict after 8 years of consistency. They've acquired guys in season they believe they needed. Ramsey and Von Miller. Outside of that, I can't think of any who had a major impact.

This year it's cornerbacks. We remember the 66 yard Tucker Kraft TD, the two long passes from Geno to Njigba and Lockett and think "we need help in the secondary". Perhaps it's a legit viewpoint, perhaps not. If we go by position group we know we don't need QB, WR, RB, OL and DL. We could use an uptick in performance at TE and ILB. But CB? Like I said in a previous post, EVERY NFL team could use help at CB because it's a passing league. However, is it an absolute necessary?

As Elvis pointed out in his post, we could be subtracting from the secondary rather than adding to it. Time will tell if that's the smart move. I think the versatility of Lake and the ability of our other safties makes up for what is perceived as lacking at the CB position. Wallace was injured on the 2nd half kickoff vs Seattle but actually returned to the game.

Be it blind optimism or not, I trust McVay and Shula explicitly.