Film Room: Rams 3rd Down Offense

[ellis]

There’s a lot to unpack when scouting out an opponent. We’re trying to examine a little bit of the Rams at a time here this week. Today, we look at their third down offense. It was an issue in the Super Bowl, as has been well-chronicled. 

What did the Pats do? Does Carolina have the necessary pieces to replicate it? Here’s a closer look from our perspective.

 

Link: https://onepantherplace.com/?p=2651

[ellis]

I think you’ll see a different looking Rams team, of course. Gurley should more of a factor. They ran a ton of screen game with him in 2017. He’s a threat there. Cooper Kupp missed the Super Bowl. He’s back. 

They don’t have the most explosive playmakers at tight end. It’s a solid group, but nothing that overly-concerns me. That should free up 59 to bracket Kupp in coverage. 

 

[Navy_football]

20 minutes ago, ellis said:

I think you’ll see a different looking Rams team, of course. Gurley should more of a factor. They ran a ton of screen game with him in 2017. He’s a threat there. Cooper Kupp missed the Super Bowl. He’s back. 

They don’t have the most explosive playmakers at tight end. It’s a solid group, but nothing that overly-concerns me. That should free up 59 to bracket Kupp in coverage. 

 

Do we want Kuechly on Kupp? I'd think a nickel would make more sense. Otherwise we'd have a situation similar to the Bill's preseason game

[WarPanthers89]

Great work as always!

[ellis]

45 minutes ago, Navy_football said:

Do we want Kuechly on Kupp? I'd think a nickel would make more sense. Otherwise we'd have a situation similar to the Bill's preseason game

I think he can help in coverage underneath. I didn’t mean to assert that he would be playing man coverage against a wide receiver all game. That’s not optimal utilization for 59.  

[musicman]

Finally talking real football. Thx for posting. 

[Black&BlueBubba]

Great article.  The key is the secondary.  Pats were playing a ton of man coverage. I just hope we don’t revert to playing off zone coverage on 3rd and 3. 

[mc52beast]

Something else the Pats did was they didn’t line up early and allow McVay to tell Goff what to do. I hope Ron knows this and takes advantage like Bill did. Goff is not great at reading defenses

[ForJimmy]

I think Luke will be busy with Gurley. Need a CB on Kupp...

[ellis]

55 minutes ago, mc52beast said:

Something else the Pats did was they didn’t line up early and allow McVay to tell Goff what to do. I hope Ron knows this and takes advantage like Bill did. Goff is not great at reading defenses

That’s a very good point.