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I would say Shanny is a coordinator who uses the run to open up the pass. Remove his run game and his offense shuts down.

McVay is the guy who uses the run to punish light boxes. He has never been dedicated to it and he won a title and almost another one without it.

There is nuance in all that of course. But he simply is not a guy whose goal every game is 30+ runs like Shanny. Because he is better at the pass game, and Shanny is better with the run game.

Anyway. I agree we have to run it in Chicago because otherwise they will drop 8 and limit our scoring. And this year's offense is the strongest run game we have had in years, so they will run it well vs the light boxes.

The key for the Rams is if they get a lead don't piss away downs by running into loaded boxes. Keep the heat on.
I think we match up well with this team. The Rams need to limit mistakes, play disciplined defense. Having Lake up to speed now should solidify the back end a bit. I get the feeling our defense will surprise some and play pretty well.

10 drives;

Chicago-20pts.
4 punts
2- Unsuccessful 4th downs
2-field goals
2-touchdowns

Rams- 41 pts.
2 punts
5 touchdown drives
2- field goals
1-victory formation

Bring on the Seachickens
 
Hoping to see the defense start looking like they did before Lake went down. When they were doing enough on the back end to complement the rush.

Also want to see offensive dominance. Can't be playing down to this Bears defense.

Lot of my concerns are just how this team has looked in December. Uncharacteristically bad for a McVay team in this critical month. Usually their swoon is midseason, not so late. But as always hoping to see a dominant outing.
 
I know some feel the run game is an area that needs to be established or even be the primary game plan on Sunday against the Bears..... but....

........what I have watched with the Rams when slowing the game down and be over-methodical, we just don't get the ball in the endzone and we end up settling for field goals and or watching our great ST's punt the ball.

When the Rams go up-tempo on offense it seems we get the ball in the endzone more often.... I don't have a stat sheet to pull out of my ass that's longer than the state of California to show this type of trend, but I really hope the Rams come out of the gate hot with the offense...... 30 plus points, we win hands down.
To me going “up-tempo” does not necessarily mean pass all the time. Using quick snap counts, and maybe some sugar huddles to me would be considered more “up-tempo.” Now that I can agree with doing, “sometimes”

No way should they pass all the time.
 
I think this is relevant. So third most motions. A lot less screen plays than I think people here realize. Most play action which absolutely .makes sense. Way below the average for no huddle. And RPO lol.


View: https://x.com/i/status/2011854644557889638

The crazy part of that chart is how unsuccessful the teams that go "no huddle" have been. The Rams are "long huddle." Half the time they snap at <5 secs.
 
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I know some feel the run game is an area that needs to be established or even be the primary game plan on Sunday against the Bears..... but....

........what I have watched with the Rams when slowing the game down and be over-methodical, we just don't get the ball in the endzone and we end up settling for field goals and or watching our great ST's punt the ball.

When the Rams go up-tempo on offense it seems we get the ball in the endzone more often.... I don't have a stat sheet to pull out of my ass that's longer than the state of California to show this type of trend, but I really hope the Rams come out of the gate hot with the offense...... 30 plus points, we win hands down.
We will lose this game if we come out trying to sling it too much, too often. Bears thrive on turnovers, and they will happen throwing in this weather.

Effective running game will open on play action, and they will kill the Bears with it.
 
Was I right or was I right.... PASS PASS PASS.... Do the same thing against Seattle.

Ya there was some execution issues but that was to be expected.... I was actually surprised to see Ferguson and Whittington on field... Ferg had some missed blocking assignments and got lost a couple times but did pretty well. Whitt played very well. But when McVay decided to run the clock by running the ball instead of going over the top of the Bears LB's, as all three of them were playing the run, I knew the Bears were getting the ball back. McVay has got to fix that mind set. Adams had the catch of the game... unbelievable.

But the D was awesome (stars of the game), other than that lucky ass BS throw from Caleb... And friggin Lake guarding goal post instead of helping out Durant, because there was no way that Durant can contest against 6-6 TE.... But his two INT's were huge.

The Thicker Kicker once again proved he has iced veins..... Who would have thought.....

None of my 49er pals showed up and understandably why (man did they get their asses kicked), and they didn't even invite me or my wife over to watch the game with them..... But we are all going to Havasu this week together to watch big balloons fly this weekend, so I will do my shit talking then :laugh2: .

However my Detroit Lions pal (George) and his wife (Julie patriots fan) came down and added Rams support... My pal even wore a Stafford Rams T-shirt... The below pic right after the winning field goal.... we were all pretty drained and wasted.

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Everyone was screaming at McVay to get back to what he did on the opening drive must have forgot how he called plays on the opening drive.

10 pass plays
4 run plays

McVay was perfect until the last two minutes and 30 seconds where he thought he could run the clock by running the ball when the Bears had 3 timeouts and and the two minute warning. Never abandon the pass.... and that's what McVay did and the Bears got the ball right back.... Stick to the pass.
 
McVay was perfect until the last two minutes and 30 seconds where he thought he could run the clock by running the ball when the Bears had 3 timeouts and and the two minute warning. Never abandon the pass.... and that's what McVay did and the Bears got the ball right back.... Stick to the pass.
Yeah I think he could’ve gotten to the run a little bit more, but we had several 1st and 10 runs in the second half that went for negative or no yardage. They were bringing a million guys into the box. We just struggled in protection and Stafford was off during the 2nd and 3rd quarter. We needed better execution from our offense in those looks, and that would’ve opened up the run game like crazy.

I thought his biggest mistake of the game was calling a running play on 3rd and 10 with 2:07 left. Could’ve ended the game there, and we only killed 7 seconds by running the ball.
 
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Yeah I think he could’ve gotten to the run a little bit more, but we had several 1st and 10 runs in the second half that went for negative or no yardage. They were bringing a million guys into the box. We just struggled in protection and Stafford was off during the 2nd and 3rd quarter. We needed better execution from our offense in those looks, and that would’ve opened up the run game like crazy.

I thought his biggest mistake of the game was calling a running play on 3rd and 10 with 2:07 left. Could’ve ended the game there, and we only killed 7 seconds by running the ball.
I think it was 3rd and 7.

But you could see the Bears D were intent on stopping the run.... One or two passes over the top of the line backers and the game would have been over.... Stafford was starting to warm up with his passes and the protection finally started to fix itself on the Rams previous TD drive..... I just wish McVay would be just a tad more aggressive.
 
Even McVay is admitting he called a lousy game. Good grief, I guess what does he know?
He was talking about the last drive..... He will never publicly call out his players for bad execution.... he does that in private..... I'm sure he will have some words for Lake and Ferg for day dreaming on the field.
 
He was talking about the last drive..... He will never publicly call out his players for bad execution.... he does that in private..... I'm sure he will have some words for Lake and Ferg for day dreaming on the field.
The playcall he was clearly most angry with himself about was the 3rd and 1 reverse toss to Corum. I could see his line of thinking when he called it….we *just* ran that end around with Puka and picked up 4th and short. Fake the end around to Puka, reverse toss to Corum and he picks it up easy. Problem is Dennis Allen was expecting the exact same thing.

I was most surprised with our lack of 13 personnel. It’s been 50% of our offense for 2 months and last night it was 9%. Wonder what he saw on film that made him get away from it.
 
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The playcall he was clearly most angry with himself about was the 3rd and 1 reverse toss to Corum. I could see his line of thinking when he called it….we *just* ran that end around with Puka and picked up 4th and short. Fake the end around to Puka, reverse toss to Corum and he picks it up easy. Problem is Dennis Allen was expecting the exact same thing.

I was most surprised with our lack of 13 personnel. It’s been 50% of our offense for 2 months and last night it was 9%. Wonder what he saw on film that made him get away from it.

Corum.... uggh.... Sometimes he lacks a bit of vision with his running. He's very effective when he runs between the tackles at full speed, but having vision for waiting things to develop.... not so good.... I thought McVay was smart for using Williams for most of the game.
 
I was most surprised with our lack of 13 personnel. It’s been 50% of our offense for 2 months and last night it was 9%. Wonder what he saw on film that made him get away from it.
I was also surprised. First... the weather made it difficult to throw and secondly, the bears D was supposed to be poor against the run. Extra, large blockers might have made a big difference. But then again... what the hell do I know?