02-09-2022, 08:22 PM
(02-09-2022, 05:07 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: They didn't really face anyone.
Brady torched them for 432 yards and 103.0 rating.
Murray was great in the 1st game (268 yards, 120.3 rating)
But meh in the 2nd game (383 yards, 72.1 rating)
Rodgers was solid (307 yards, 97.2 rating)
These 4 games, the Rams gave up 24, 37, 36 and 23 points.
Aside from that, they didn't face any great QBs on good teams.
Even in the playoffs they got an easy ride. The Cards were falling apart. Brady lost half his weapons (still scored 27). Then they got Jimmy G with a throwing hand injury.
We'll be one of the 3 most daunting offenses they've faced all year, easily. They padded much of their defensive stats against the likes Dalton (Bears were awful), Daniel Jones, Jared Goff, Trevor Lawrence and Tyler Huntley.
The Rams did get those so called top teams right at the perfect times for them.
Unlike us, we got the Raiders coming off a 4 game winning streak, we got the Titans RIGHT when they finally got healthy
and we got the best Chiefs roster we may ever see.
(02-09-2022, 05:28 PM)psychdoctor Wrote: Rams should have lost to 49ers, if their player did not have hands of stone. I think the 49ers are the better team from the NFC.
A couple things. The great equalizer against good defenses are turnovers. The Bengals are creating turnovers.
Stafford will throw INT's against the Bengals.
I think that Titan team the Bengals beat is every bit as stout on defense Line as the Rams. That front seven was 2nd in NFL against rush. Titans were 6th in points allowed.
I don't know what the Rams Defense final rankings are but I remember them in the lower quadrant 23rd or lower on total yards allowed. They were good in not allowing teams to score. I think they were not better compared to Titans but close, maybe 6th in points allowed. The problem the Rams are going to have with the Bengals is LB and short dink passes that will negate Rams pass rush. Screens, draws, quick slants. Rams were playing single high safety sometimes two high. If they do not bracket Chase, and Burrow goes outside the pocket, Burrow-Chase connection will happen.
The Rams being "low-key" is because they are underestimating the Bengals, like most in NFL have the since they won the division. The "energy" you speak of is the media, fans, not the team. Players are enjoying themselves, sure, but Burrow and others are steady. Rock solid. The media loves underdogs. Bengals certainly are the underdogs.
Burrow is not your normal QB. Hitting him does not affect his play. The Rams are only 4 point favorites for a reason.
Completely agree with all of this and these are the reasons I expect us to pull out the win. Stafford will turn the ball over,
we have been tested by an arguably better Defense in the Titans and won. We have played an Offense that usually doesn't
turn the ball over and is arguably better than the Rams in the Chiefs and made Mahomes turn the ball over which he never
does. Burrow plays well under pressure, Stafford does not etc.
