by RAMMAN76 3 days 7 hours ago Total posts: 687 Joined: Nov 15 2021 Fort Worth TX Veteran Comparing the Rams 2024 defense to last year POST #1 TOPIC AUTHOR By Venie Randy Soares Two things jump right to mind on L.A.’s recent improvement. One, Chris Shula appears to be settling in at defensive coordinator and two, the Rams tackling has been getting incrementally better each week.“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss”Not hardly. Although the Rams defense primarily uses the same 3-4 base and plays in umbrella coverages, the 2023 version shows and plays completely different. While Shula also uses a lot of sim blitz looks, he’s blitzing at higher percentage and has used multiple variants on who goes and who backs out as well as attacking from different angles.One of the standout changes is Shula’s use of subterfuge, The Rams disguise their coverages at the highest rate in the NFL, but that’s not all. The defensive formations are all over the place, on consecutive plays you may see three standup edges, four cornerbacks, a corner and safety as inside line backers, or three down linemen in front of eight secondary players. The wild part is that the individual players manning these packages are just as varied as the formations. Shula is using a much-deeper rotation.There is one other big similarity to last year. Early in the season, as losses and struggles mounted, fans were calling for heads on a platter and Shula was at the top of the list, just like Raheem Morris in 2023.In the blog-verse, it doesn’t really matter if a unit goes through wholesale changes, season-to-season comparison’s are almost unavoidable. Keeping in mind all the changes, here’s how the Rams 2024 defense stacks up (at least statistically) against last year’s after seven games. 2024 in bold.Points, drives, and conversionsRecord: 3-4 / 3-4Points allowed: 174 / 141Points per game: 24.9 / 20.1Touchdowns: 18 / 13Field goals: 14 / 16Plays allowed: 425 / 440Yards allowed: 2462 / 2282Yards per game: 351.7 / 326.0Yards per play: 5.8 / 5.1First downs: 143 / 137Drives by opponent: 72 / 743rd down percentage allowed: 37.8% / 38.5%Scoring drive: 45.8% / 39.2%Time of possession: -3:46 / +14:30PassingAttempts: 197 / 229Completions: 128 / 133Completion percentage: 64.9% / 58.1Yards: 1602 - 1545Yards per game: 229.0 / 220.7Yard per attempt: 8.6 / 6.7Yards per completion: 12.4 / 10.9Touchdowns: 12 / 4Interceptions: 5 / 3RushingAttempts: 214 / 198Yards: 974 / 819Yards per carry: 4.6 / 4.1Yards per game: 139.1 / 117.0Touchdowns allowed: 6 /9 JUST RAM IT DAM IT! by Joe Pendleton 3 days 7 hours ago Total posts: 1996 Joined: Jun 12 2021 LA Coliseum Pro Bowl Re: Comparing the Rams 2024 defense to last year POST #2 wow crazy analytics.. whomever "authored" that, did some work.. thx! "Haven't you learned the rules of probability and outcome Joe? Aren't you aware that every question of life and death remains a probability until the outcome?" - Mr. Jordan (Heaven can wait) by PARAM 3 days 2 hours ago Total posts: 12517 Joined: Jul 15 2015 Just far enough North of Philadelphia Hall of Fame Comparing the Rams 2024 defense to last year POST #3 Last 3 games in the 2nd half. Las Vegas 9 points (3 FGs)Minnesota 6 points (2 FGs)Seattle 7 pointsThat's an average of 7 points. Keep that shit up and we might have something. If the offense scores points. What's up with Havenstein? Was he back in OT or did McClendon represent himself well? I don't know. Been following the horns since the Coliseum had a Roman playing there. McVay: 77-49, 2 Superbowls, 1 Lombardi............Doubt at your own peril by ramsman34 3 days 1 hour ago Total posts: 9295 Joined: Apr 16 2015 Back in LA baby! Moderator Re: Comparing the Rams 2024 defense to last year POST #4 PARAM liked this post McClendon finished the game and did ok but MCV protected him. The D is just getting better and better and Shula knows what he is doing. Having JJ3 back will really help the communication. I bet they start blitzing Omar soon as well dude has a nose for the ball. Kinchen’s confidence now should help him settle in when he’s called upon. He’s really good in the redzone. lol 1 by Elvis 9 hours 58 minutes ago Total posts: 39817 Joined: Mar 28 2015 Los Angeles Administrator Re: Comparing the Rams 2024 defense to last year POST #5 Joe Pendleton liked this post RFU Season Ticket Holder 1 Reply 1 / 1 Display: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by: AuthorPost timeSubject Sort by: AscendingDescending Jump to: Forum Rams/NFL Other Sports Rams Fans United Q&A's Board Business 5 posts Nov 06 2024
by Joe Pendleton 3 days 7 hours ago Total posts: 1996 Joined: Jun 12 2021 LA Coliseum Pro Bowl Re: Comparing the Rams 2024 defense to last year POST #2 wow crazy analytics.. whomever "authored" that, did some work.. thx! "Haven't you learned the rules of probability and outcome Joe? Aren't you aware that every question of life and death remains a probability until the outcome?" - Mr. Jordan (Heaven can wait) by PARAM 3 days 2 hours ago Total posts: 12517 Joined: Jul 15 2015 Just far enough North of Philadelphia Hall of Fame Comparing the Rams 2024 defense to last year POST #3 Last 3 games in the 2nd half. Las Vegas 9 points (3 FGs)Minnesota 6 points (2 FGs)Seattle 7 pointsThat's an average of 7 points. Keep that shit up and we might have something. If the offense scores points. What's up with Havenstein? Was he back in OT or did McClendon represent himself well? I don't know. Been following the horns since the Coliseum had a Roman playing there. McVay: 77-49, 2 Superbowls, 1 Lombardi............Doubt at your own peril by ramsman34 3 days 1 hour ago Total posts: 9295 Joined: Apr 16 2015 Back in LA baby! Moderator Re: Comparing the Rams 2024 defense to last year POST #4 PARAM liked this post McClendon finished the game and did ok but MCV protected him. The D is just getting better and better and Shula knows what he is doing. Having JJ3 back will really help the communication. I bet they start blitzing Omar soon as well dude has a nose for the ball. Kinchen’s confidence now should help him settle in when he’s called upon. He’s really good in the redzone. lol 1 by Elvis 9 hours 58 minutes ago Total posts: 39817 Joined: Mar 28 2015 Los Angeles Administrator Re: Comparing the Rams 2024 defense to last year POST #5 Joe Pendleton liked this post RFU Season Ticket Holder 1 Reply 1 / 1 Display: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by: AuthorPost timeSubject Sort by: AscendingDescending Jump to: Forum Rams/NFL Other Sports Rams Fans United Q&A's Board Business 5 posts Nov 06 2024
by PARAM 3 days 2 hours ago Total posts: 12517 Joined: Jul 15 2015 Just far enough North of Philadelphia Hall of Fame Comparing the Rams 2024 defense to last year POST #3 Last 3 games in the 2nd half. Las Vegas 9 points (3 FGs)Minnesota 6 points (2 FGs)Seattle 7 pointsThat's an average of 7 points. Keep that shit up and we might have something. If the offense scores points. What's up with Havenstein? Was he back in OT or did McClendon represent himself well? I don't know. Been following the horns since the Coliseum had a Roman playing there. McVay: 77-49, 2 Superbowls, 1 Lombardi............Doubt at your own peril by ramsman34 3 days 1 hour ago Total posts: 9295 Joined: Apr 16 2015 Back in LA baby! Moderator Re: Comparing the Rams 2024 defense to last year POST #4 PARAM liked this post McClendon finished the game and did ok but MCV protected him. The D is just getting better and better and Shula knows what he is doing. Having JJ3 back will really help the communication. I bet they start blitzing Omar soon as well dude has a nose for the ball. Kinchen’s confidence now should help him settle in when he’s called upon. He’s really good in the redzone. lol 1 by Elvis 9 hours 58 minutes ago Total posts: 39817 Joined: Mar 28 2015 Los Angeles Administrator Re: Comparing the Rams 2024 defense to last year POST #5 Joe Pendleton liked this post RFU Season Ticket Holder 1 Reply 1 / 1 Display: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by: AuthorPost timeSubject Sort by: AscendingDescending Jump to: Forum Rams/NFL Other Sports Rams Fans United Q&A's Board Business 5 posts Nov 06 2024
by ramsman34 3 days 1 hour ago Total posts: 9295 Joined: Apr 16 2015 Back in LA baby! Moderator Re: Comparing the Rams 2024 defense to last year POST #4 PARAM liked this post McClendon finished the game and did ok but MCV protected him. The D is just getting better and better and Shula knows what he is doing. Having JJ3 back will really help the communication. I bet they start blitzing Omar soon as well dude has a nose for the ball. Kinchen’s confidence now should help him settle in when he’s called upon. He’s really good in the redzone. lol 1 by Elvis 9 hours 58 minutes ago Total posts: 39817 Joined: Mar 28 2015 Los Angeles Administrator Re: Comparing the Rams 2024 defense to last year POST #5 Joe Pendleton liked this post RFU Season Ticket Holder 1 Reply 1 / 1 Display: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by: AuthorPost timeSubject Sort by: AscendingDescending Jump to: Forum Rams/NFL Other Sports Rams Fans United Q&A's Board Business 5 posts Nov 06 2024
by Elvis 9 hours 58 minutes ago Total posts: 39817 Joined: Mar 28 2015 Los Angeles Administrator Re: Comparing the Rams 2024 defense to last year POST #5 Joe Pendleton liked this post RFU Season Ticket Holder 1 Reply 1 / 1 Display: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by: AuthorPost timeSubject Sort by: AscendingDescending Jump to: Forum Rams/NFL Other Sports Rams Fans United Q&A's Board Business