Eagles Vs Rams: Five Questions With Turf Show Times

I was thining the same thing in question one… Obviously anything can happen on paper but I don’t even think our 4th CB (hanson) would have any trouble covering amendola consistently. I fully expect Nnamdi to get his first blank of the season…

But then again, paper is paper

One of Kolb’s weaknesses that I remember from his time here (especially that Saints/Chiefs double-header in ‘09), is that almost from the snap, he is looking directly at the receiver he intends to connect with. I remember a flat out stupid interception he threw against the Saints that turned a close game into a hole. Of course, he got better… and I imagine he will continue to do so, but if this is one of his ’old habits,’ it will resurface frequently.

+ they will chuck it more often and try to force throws to fitz. Te Rams should stick to that horse in the backfield (SJ is on 4 of my 6 FF teams).

The only reason Bradford could surpass Kolb in INT’s is sheer volume passing. If they continue to air it out like last year, Bradford could have more INT’s.
Kolb could finish with more TD’s and yards, but that’s the result of having much better talent to work with. Bradford is far and away the superior QB.
Like you said, Bradford is exceptional. If we had him paired with our WR’s and Shady, my voice would all ready be shot from screaming dynasty.

That oughta do it.

That oughta do what? Show us a block quote fail?!
Well, you have success.

With the other three teams having, let’s say, “issues” at QB, it’s hard to know who’s going to fall off the map. If I had to guess right now, I’d go for Arizona two years running. I think their O-line is raggedy, and the defensive holes are pretty blatant. But I could see any of the three other teams falling into those tailspins where the bottom comes out and the losses just start piling up in embarrassing fashion.

in addition to that Frank Gore held out.

Defensively they’ve got so much talent, but it never comes together.

It’s hard to predict because each team has a lot of useable talent, the problem in the NFC West is seemingly the coaches’ inability to harness it.

If we’re looking just at coaches, you can’t look past San Fran as the worst, purely because they have a green HC.

Especially with the ends and secondary blitzes. The Rams were 7th in the NFL in sacks last year, and we added Robert Quinn through the first round of the draft. If there’s anything that a non-Rams fan should be buying on, it’s Spags’ ability to create pressure on QBs with diverse looks on the D-line.

Dilfer likes the Rams too? Are you serious? This is the team that went 7-9 in the worst division in football right? What is the fast track going to hurt the Eagles chances or something? What am I missing?

Also picked the Rams to win 24 to 17

that will be on 10 catches

IMO The start of our year is going to be rougher than most people seem to expect. It’s going to take some time for us to put it all together. The O-line still needs to come together. The middle of our D still needs to solidify.
The bright side of all that is that we should be peaking when it counts the most.

It’s all about need. I think they have a need at CB, their defensive line gets sacks, they definitely need a WR though.

Our top two CBs were pretty damn good last year – Ron Bartell and Bradley Fletcher. A bigger issue was OLB play (evidenced by the fact we went after three OLB free agents) and safety consistency (which led us to let Atogwe go and pick up Mikell).

He said it’s a joke and he shouldn’t be on the hot seat. He just thinks he is.

If the Eagles win… the media will be kissing their asses. “Oh yeah, Michael Vick’s redemption”… " The Eagles did a good job this year"… “Andy Reid is a good coach”…

Reason why people aren’t picking us because the Patriots, Packers, Saints and Steelers are having success. People will be your friend if you have success… once you fall, no one wants nothing to do with you i.e. Michael Vick.

Hope you can make it too the Game on Dec 1st… We need as many Eagles in the crowd as possible.

@ illegal internet feed this week

Our #1 and #2 CB is pretty solid. Nickle CB is our weakest spot. The linebackers are all very good at covering passes.

We were terrible against play action passes last year

Samford does pretty well against the blitz. The line is even better this year. He just needs to step up more instead of scrambling. But he also throws pretty well on the run.

Mikell is an upgrade over Atogwe

Initially, worried. But filling that hole with Atogwe erases any concern. He’s a great team player and has a very useful skill set, so it sucks to see a good steward leave the team. But it’s a business, and Rams fans said their goodbyes months ago.

On our CBs, we took a big hit early on when we lost Jerome Murphy for the entire year in the preseason. He was expected to fill the third spot behind Bartell and Fletcher, who are both above average physical corners. The problem we’ve had with multiple WR sets is that SS Craig Dahl is a liability in coverage, and our OLBs have been horrendous in the pass game.

I’d put us middle of the road on screens. Our defensive line and safeties assess the play pretty well, and can make the adjustments quickly, but (again) our OLBs alongside James Laurinaitis have been deficient. Hopefully, adding Ben Leber and Brady Poppinga will boost the defense in multiple areas, including defending the screen.

As for the blitz, Shurmur’s system was so short, we often didn’t face heavy blitzes. Defenses knew Sam was only going to take a 3-step or quick 5-step drop and get rid of the ball before they could get to him. He is very comfortable rolling outside the pocket as pressure comes in and firing on the run, as Flim said. I think the concern this year is that as he and McDaniels develop a stronger rapport and Sam is asked to take those 7-step drops, how will he adjust? It’s a bit of an unknown at this level because he just wasn’t asked to do it much in 2010.

  Chris Long is an absolute beast. He gets off the line instantly, he’s powerful, he uses his hands very well, and he plays all four quarters. His development last year was ridiculous. Teams started giving him more focus in their gameplans by week 3, and this gave veteran DE James Hall more opportunities to work simple one-on-one rush situations throughout the season. Don’t read into Hall’s double-digit sack total from last year; it’s largely an effect of Long’s abilities and the required attention to keeping him out.

  And yes, Spags’ blitz schemes are very useful. He’ll fire the Mike often and use his safeties and cornerbacks intermittently as well. His defensive instincts and the timing of the blitz calls are appropriately times much more often than not.

  On the front four, I’ve been an outspoken critic. Many Rams fans have been more than happy with the line; I haven’t been. That’s why I was incredibly pleased to see the Rams land a premium DE in the first round and to sign a useful DT in Justin Bannan (though I’d like to see us draft a DT relatively early in April).

Mostly because Chris Long was getting double teamed a lot. He led the league in QB rushes. DT Fred Robbins though was pretty good with 6 sacks last season.

Or is this for the other BGN’ers? I don’t really have a strong knowledge of yalls RB rotation and how you expect to share carries.

we don’t have athletic LBs and they, while smart, tough and instinctive, never seem to be able to simply catch a RB out the backfield or on tosses due to limited athleticism.

Most Rams fans were pretty happy he was leaving though.

Not sure about Jackson. Adding a new guard in Harvey Dahl should help him out. Also, adding his backup in Caddilac should help lighten the load for him.

but ultimately, we’d want to groom another RB like Trent Richardson under him.

I think the improved O Line (well addition of Dahl) and more reliable backups as well as a more open offense will help reduce wear and tear.

Holmgren is stocking that team with ex Andy Reid guys. He got Heckert and now Shurmur, who was the Eagles QB coach.

if you disrespect the WRs and they get open, he’ll let it rip. He’s not Jimmy Clausen.

If you lock up the WRs and leave SJax and Kendricks in the flats he’ll dump it off until the deep throw is available.

What’ll be interesting to see is the use of playaction to open up deep throws and if McD can schematically open up the pass game, such as bunching multiple WRs and using route combinations and piques to open up deep throws.

But this is the type of post that drives us Rams Fans Wild. True enough you guys are talented but to consider Chris Long our ONLY defensive playmaker is offensive to not only our team but the fans. Its similar to saying that Jackson is YOUR only Playmaker. We respect Maclin & Co. So why not the same Mutual Respect. I’m not predicting a winner as I think this will be an EPIC game but I know that it will NOT be a gimme for you guys!