rams postgame

[calia]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I think yesterday Gruden tried hard to go against his natural tendencies since McVay/Phillips likely knew them very well. It will be interesting to see if he can come to a solid run pass balance.

Agreed. I doubt either were expecting run, run, run. I sure wasn't.


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[MTK]

Personally I liked the run heavy approach. I was surprised Jay stayed with it, in the past he would have gotten away from it.

[skinsfaninok]

I'd expect Kirk to throw more against OAK, they have a bad pass D.

[J. Falcon]

Defense is better but Cousins played horribly. I don't know what it is, but he looked nervous. Every time he snapped the ball under center it looked like he was going to fumble it. If he doesn't settle down we will lose a lot of games, because there were a lot of (easy) missed opportunities and other teams won't forgive you. Also the problem with our WRs is worrying to say the least.

[jamf]

I have to give Gruden a lot of credit for the game plan. The Rams have elite pass rushers but undersized run defenders. Running at them was the best approach and they found a way to be successful.

Btw, it was almost a home game at the Coliseum. Lots of B&G in the stadium!!!

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by jamf

I have to give Gruden a lot of credit for the game plan. The Rams have elite pass rushers but undersized run defenders. Running at them was the best approach and they found a way to be successful.



Btw, it was almost a home game at the Coliseum. Lots of B&G in the stadium!!!

I was listening on the radio and definitely forgot it was an away game more than once.

[metalskins]

I am so glad that Gruden finally decided to do what he said he was going to do and run the ball. And man, I'm telling you, this was like old Redskins football. I'm talking about John Riggins-Joe Gibbs football with the counter-trey and so forth. It worked like a charm. Of course, just like with our luck, Rob Kelley goes down with broken ribs! Really??? I hope Perine will catch on. I think it took Kelley a couple games to get his legs under him, so hopefully Perine will have some better runs. It looked like toward the end, he kind of started gaining some steam. The defense also looks really good too!

The bad thing though, when Ryan Grant is your go-to go, that isn't good news. Crowder needs to stay the slot guy, because that's where he excels at. Doctson needs to start playing some football and Pryor needs to learn to catch. It's hard to say if Cousins looks mediocre because of the lack of talent at wide receiver, or if he looks bad because he's struggling? Maybe it's a little of both, but this is a good litmus test to really find out what we have with Kirk Cousins. Still a long season ahead of us, but when you're staring down Oakland, KC, and Philly after the break, I don't like those odds.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Was hilarious. There was an audible "DE-FENSE!" chant during multiple occasions.

[Schneed10]

I'm not worried about Rob Kelley one way or another, he's completely replacement level in my mind. Meaning Mack Brown or Perine could step in and do the job just as well.

I guess Kelley's a little better in pass pro but Thompson will still be the third down guy anyway.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

I'm not worried about Rob Kelley one way or another, he's completely replacement level in my mind. Meaning Mack Brown or Perine could step in and do the job just as well.

I guess Kelley's a little better in pass pro but Thompson will still be the third down guy anyway.

I'm not sold on Kelley as a long term option either but he was more impressive in the first half yesterday than he has been at any point in his career. I'm excited to see if it was a flash in the pan or if something actually clicked with him, he was hitting gaps and finding the hole in a way he hasn't shown before.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by mooby

I'm not sold on Kelley as a long term option either but he was more impressive in the first half yesterday than he has been at any point in his career. I'm excited to see if it was a flash in the pan or if something actually clicked with him, he was hitting gaps and finding the hole in a way he hasn't shown before.

I saw all of his runs were blocked to get 8, and he got 8. Or blocked to get six and he got six. Or blocked to get 12 and he got 12.

He doesn't add anything, he just gets what the line positions him to get.

His one talent is getting one when it's blocked for none.

But that's not an uncommon trait. We need someone that can get more than is there. Thompson can, but play him too much and he'll break down.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

I saw all of his runs were blocked to get 8, and he got 8. Or blocked to get six and he got six. Or blocked to get 12 and he got 12.

He doesn't add anything, he just gets what the line positions him to get.

His one talent is getting one when it's blocked for none.

But that's not an uncommon trait. We need someone that can get more than is there. Thompson can, but play him too much and he'll break down.

The blocking was better but in week 1 it seemed like he really lacked vision, there would be holes that opened up outside but instead he'd just run right into the back of his blocker and get tackled immediately. Of course, I don't have the time or patience to verify this by watching film so take it with a grain of salt. But it seemed like his vision and the blocking was much improved this week.

Los I'm glad you had a great time. I have nothing nice to say about $16 beers but you could see and hear the cheers on tv when we made a big play. If you check the clip of CT's long td run you can see at least half the fans in the lower bowl were cheering Redskins fans. The Rams must not have much of a fanbase in LA if half the crowd in their sparsely attended stadium are opposing team fans.

[skinsfan69]

On some of those runs that Kelly broke I couldn't help but think if it was Thompson, or maybe even Perine, they would have went for much longer runs. On one he had the defender one on one in the open and it seems like he just ran into him, instead of putting a move on him or breaking out to the sideline. I like Kelley's toughness and ability to get the hard, tough yards, but he is just a guy.

[WillH]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

On some of those runs that Kelly broke I couldn't help but think if it was Thompson, or maybe even Perine, they would have went for much longer runs. On one he had the defender one on one in the open and it seems like he just ran into him, instead of putting a move on him or breaking out to the sideline. I like Kelley's toughness and ability to get the hard, tough yards, but he is just a guy.

Totally, he did it last week a couple of times too. He had room to bounce to the outside, but inexplicably he cuts back in right into a defender.

I think Thompson definitely would have, Perine, we'll see.

[calia]

Has Mack Brown been elevated? Any news on that?