[actionjack]

Bummer about Woods.

Home we have Byron Young though

[Dare]

The Rams no longer have any margin for error. Basically, they have to run the table. Can they do it? Yeah, but IMO not with Jonah at center. If they want to play Jonah they need to play him at LG and move Avila back to center. In I would expect that to be the case.

But he was moved because he isn't a dominant run blocker while Avila is. Leaving Avila at LG and simply benching Jackson for Limmer is the easier option. Moving Avila back to center brings up the issue of QB exchange.

This was a matter of "don't fix what ain't broke at center".

Fix the OL issues and yes this team has the talent to run the table.

[Dare]

Geron Christian activated off the PS. He's a protected vet OT. He didn't play well the last time he did play, but in 2021 and 2022 he was a decent starter. So though I think McClendon starts at RT Christian gives them some depth at OT with Noteboom probably out.

[Elvis]

[Haden]

So, if we lose this one...

It's full-blown panic?

Looks that way from where I sit.

Yep. If we lose this one....season over.

[RedAlice]

I'm getting my drinks ready!

Probably a gin martini followed by some sparkling brut rose.

maybe some shots of Jameson on call to either celebrate or combat the sadness.

Go Rams!

[safer]

The most shocking part to me of our recent games is that our youth core on D is playing vastly better than our usually, high scoring O.

[RAMMAN76]

Offensively they need to establish the run game early and often to set up play action.
Use Corum!
Use Atwell on jet sweeps.

Defensively they need to do a better job of covering the underneath routes on dump off passes.
Opposing offenses have picked up large chunks of yards on those plays especially when the Rams have pressure.
And tackle, tackle, tackle!

No field goals, only TD's!

[RAMMAN76]

Who should start at center for the Rams against the Patriots?

Should the Rams start Beaux Limmer or Jonah Jackson at center?
By Blaine Grisak@bgrisakTST Nov 15, 2024,

Heading into Week 11 against the New England Patriots on Sunday, there will be one question that the Los Angeles Rams will have to answer. That question is who will be playing at center and if that player is Jonah Jackson, Steve Avila, or Beaux Limmer.

It’s not likely we’ll know the answer until game time. Per Rams head coach Sean McVay, “We’re working through that stuff.” McVay also added that they know the starting lineup, but won’t be sharing. Said McVay,

We know. I’ll just let you guys see when we go out there on Sunday. I don’t mean it to be irritating, it’s just no reason to say it, but our guys know.”

The Rams made the decision last week to pull Limmer in favor of a healthy Jonah Jackson. While it made sense to play Jackson given the contract the team paid him in free agency, playing him at center was certainly a questionable decision.

With the margins getting more thin over every passing week, whatever the Rams decide not only has to be the right one, but has to be one that they feel comfortable sticking with moving forward. To put it simply, while the Rams won’t have their starting five offensive linemen available with Havenstein out, whoever starts at left guard and center this week almost has to be the combo moving forward. We’re at the second half of the season. The Rams can’t be shifting their offensive line every few weeks for performance reasons. This is something that they have to be sure about.

The Rams have started five different offensive line combinations this season. With Havenstein out on Sunday against the Patriots, it is set to be six on Sunday and then potentially a seventh combination next week. For a position group that relies heavily on cohesiveness, that many changes is not a good thing.

With three changes to the offensive line last week, disaster up front was bound to happen even if those players were theoretically better. Jackson and Avila had been out since the beginning of the season and Joe Noteboom was also making his first start since Week 1. A lack of communication and lack of comfort within that starting five was almost inevitable.

While it would be nice to see Limmer back in the lineup after his impressive stretch of games, that’s also an argument for playing Jackson once again. If the Rams swap Jackson for Limmer, it would be a second consecutive week in which the Rams are making multiple changes along the offensive line. Additionally, Avila and Limmer haven’t played next to each other since training camp.

With Jackson, the Rams would at least have some consistency on the inside. It would also be the third game this season that Avila and Jackson will have played next to each other and the first time in back-to-back weeks. Again, the cohesiveness is important. An argument can be made that by swapping Limmer back in the lineup, the Rams would be making the same mistake that they made last week when they inserted Jackson in at center.

The big thing here is that the Rams have to find a starting group of five on the offensive line that can start to get more snaps together. The big thing last week was communication. As Matthew Stafford noted after the game last week, the Dolphins ran a lot of simulated pressures. Within those simulated pressures, it’s important for the offensive line to know who they’re blocking pre-snap. That comes down to communication and passing players off to one another.

In the case that the Rams do stick with Jackson in the lineup, but do not want him at center, Avila would also be an option. Avila practiced at center all summer, but was switched back to left guard right before the season. This option also comes with its own set of risks as the Rams have not seen Avila at center in a live-game setting.

For this week, the Rams really have three options on the offensive line:

Jackson-Jackson-Avila-Dotson-McClendon
Jackson-Avila-Limmer-Dotson-McClendon
Jackson-Avila-Jackson-Dotson-McClendon

Many would like option two to be the what the Rams go with against the Patriots. However, option three is probably the most likely with option one right behind it. Limmer played well and the Rams arguably should not have removed him from the lineup. At the same time, some patience may be required when it comes to Jonah Jackson as he integrates himself back into the starting five.

Again, the important thing here is that the Rams find a starting five that they can be confident in over the rest of the season. They can’t keep making changes because they don’t like what they see. If they do go with Limmer, it likely means the end of Jonah Jackson after just three starts. However, an interior with Avila and Jackson provides the most upside once they start clicking. It wouldn’t be surprising to see the Rams trust their process and keep Jackson in the starting lineup.

One thing I noticed against the Dolphins was J. Jackson sweating buckets early in the game.
He looked out of shape.

[T3rry]

I'll concur with some on here saying we need to mix up the offensive play calls with Jet Sweeps, screens, etc along with different personnel combos an formations.

If Mcvay just keeps trotting out the same formations and running the same Tecmo Bowl plays all game, we need to riot.

I swear I think he just believes its only a matter of "EXECUTION". So his players just need to OUT EXECUTE the opposition with plays they have seen ad nauseum all game. Make it make sense.