D played better with no phil snow

[RumHam]

And with injuries

[Panthercougar68]

Someone will come in here and say it sucked but this defense is pretty good.

Even Steve Smith said this defense is good and can only do so much with being on the field 3/4th of the game.

[BIGH2001]

They played about the same. Solid first half before wearing out due to being on the field forever. There were noticeably less blitzes today. Could have been because our secondary is so banged up. 

[Panthercougar68]

Depth is there that is for sure.

[CRA]

No Chinn, no Horn, no Luvu

plus the whoever got hurt in game.  It was the most neutered down the D has been all season. 

[TheBigKat]

I expected Kupp to erupt without Horn, he was held scoreless. D came to play

[top dawg]

Not really. Injuries are a part of the game. We've played without Horn and Luvu before, as well as others. The defense would probably look a lot better if the offense wasn't dog poo.

[TLGPanthersFan]

Defense played how they always played. Not better or worse. 

[Cdparr7]

The offense is what kills me. Spend the first 40 minutes of the game with zone runs, screens, bubbles, and RPOs and then once we are down 7-10 points we start stretching the field.
 

Just about every game this season has been that way. 

[poundaway]

28 minutes ago, Pakmeng said:

Seemed the same

 

28 minutes ago, Pakmeng said:

Seemed the same

 

48 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Not really. Injuries are a part of the game. We've played without Horn and Luvu before, as well as others. The defense would probably look a lot better if the offense wasn't dog poo.

Yeah, I didn't notice much difference especially considering how much the Ram's O has struggled this season.  The Rams, scored more points in the Atlanta game, but besides that, this was the Ram's  best offensive performance.  We had injuries last week too, Chinn, Luvu, Woods and STO were out last week with Horn getting hurt mid game.   Kupp was hurt and the OL decimated.  Its not a great look.

Edited October 17, 2022 by poundaway

[Wolfcop]

The defense has played well enough all season when they weren’t exhausted from being on the field the whole game. Again, get the offense on track (next year) and this team will quickly compete. 

[Brooklyn 3.0]

People just see what they want to see. The D was not that different than before. It's not like they all learned a new scheme and new plays since Snow left. They're running the same stuff. Al might try a few new things here and there ... but our D is our D.

[Tr3ach]

They played literally identical.  Same play calls for the most part.   This is just subconscious rose colored glasses for someone happy Snow is gone.  The defense has been solid all year.  They are just built badly for how we play.   Our defense is built on speed and aggressiveness playing with a lead.  When you are playing conservative grind it out ball or playing from behind with the defense on the field all second half this is about the best you can always expect.   It was a terrible gameplan.