[69RamFan]

[Elvis]

[Elvis]

Practice again tomorrow but here's today's injury report:

[Elvis]

[actionjack]

Dang maybe Avila is going this week, wonder who will play RT.

[Elvis]

[Elvis]

Avila and Jackson likely to be activated for Monday:

[Elvis]

[Dare]

With Dotson dinged up we could see an OL of:

LT A. Jackson
LG Avila
C Limmer
RG J. Jackson
RT McClendon/Noteboom

That's about as good as the OL will have looked except for the start of game one. I think McClendon starts with Noteboom at swing. Joe is their backup at both LT and RT so he's more valuable in that position. If McClendon struggles they can put Joe in. I would like to see J. Jack start at RG as it would allow him to work back into a starting rhythm if they are going to eventually start him at center.

McClendon's issues are in pass protection. With J Jack and Warren on the right side they can run anywhere across the OL front. J. Jack is an OG, Limmer is really just a center. This would leave them with Noteboom, Dedich and Bruss as their gameday backup swings which isn't a bad 3 to have.

They are going to need balance between run and pass in this game. It will stress the best part of the Fin's defense which is their secondary.

Even if Hill plays but is limited in his snaps that would be huge for the Rams. Hill + Waddle would be challenging. Hill stresses a secondary like Kupp does for the Rams, so even limiting his snap muchless him not playing would have a similar affect for the Fins.

The key to winning would be for the offense to start fast. They have to bury the Dolphins early and not allow them to hang around.

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From https://www.lafbnetwork.com/los-angeles ... phins-mnf/

The Dolphins rank 15th in EPA allowed per designed carry. There is one exception, though — when they face runs deploying duo, where the offensive line uses double-teams against the defensive line and the running back reads the linebackers to determine which gap to hit.

On such runs, they’re surrendering 5.5 yards per carry (31st in the NFL) and 0.11 EPA per carry (27th). The sample isn’t huge (46 plays), so this could just be noise, but it’s a pretty unideal number when you have to face the Rams.

The Rams run duo 40% of the time, per ESPN/NFL Next Gen Stats tracking, by far the most in the league (Giants are second at 31%). And things could be worse for the Dolphins if Los Angeles gets interior linemen Steve Avila (knee) and Jonah Jackson (shoulder) back from injured reserve.