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Not much else to say about it other than we clearly stunk on both sides of the ball. Really disappointing debut for McCarthy and co and they clearly have to go back to the drawing board on some things. The rash of injuries is also extremely concerning.
1) I get that we were starting a career backup at C and that we started a rookie UDFA at RT, but with the wealth of talent available everywhere else scoring only 17 pts against what I clearly expected to be a bad Rams defense was pathetic. Way too conservative of a game plan and play calling, and the 2nd half was really bad. Really didnt see any way we wouldnt score 28 or more, and we didnt come close to tha number. 3rd down conversions we were 3/12 and Dak was under 50% comp% in the 2nd half. When your WR group is Cooper/Gallup/Lamb there should be far more than 1 or 2 downfield attempts, and there wasnt. Team looked confused all game long about what the Rams were doing, and the Rams don't have much talent on defense other than Donald, Ramsey and maybe Brockers.
2) I don't think Looney will be the starter at C all year. To me there is a noticeable difference in how much bigger/stronger Biadasz looks (he got on the field for a couple plays I think at G, one other time I think he might have lined up as an extra OL). The Steele kid might have some chance to develop down the road, but he was exposed badly in the 2nd half and especially the 4th qtr and he clearly isnt ready. C Williams was more good than bad, but he did get beat a couple times. Thought Z Martin was more up and down than usual. Tyron Smith was clearly the best OL on the field for us last night. Depth looks like a real problem here again.
3) Defense was just pathetic for the first half and the opening Rams drive of 2nd half. To say they (defense as a whole) were slow would be a massive understatement, as would saying they had 4 or 5 guys (at least) on the field that didnt even look like legit NFL players. Standouts (bad) to me were Poe, Crawford, Darian Thompson, Daryl Worley and Joe Thomas, although Thomas as a backup/ST guy would be fine. Noticeable difference in how bad our tackling was compared to an opponent (common theme of last 10-15 years). If they want to have a chance to be an average defense, they have to make a number of changes asap. Mike Nolan's debut as coordinator was definitely a flop and like the offense, the defense was just too fucking conservative. They played way too far off rams receivers, even when the Rams made almost no effort to throw the ball more than 5 or so yds downfield over and over again. Didnt see any blitz or coverage schemes that appeared to work either.
4) Injury situation is definitely disappointing. LVE gone 6-8 weeks, Jarwin gone for yr, backup OL (Erving) I think might be gone for year, Jordain Lewis gone for awhile, no idea when Lael Collins will be back, Lee out as usual. They definitely need to make a few roster moves pretty quick.
5) I thought Prescott played fine in the first half, but his 2nd half was not very good at all. Maybe some of it was due the pressure that picked up on him as the game went along, and as noted above the ultra conservative game plan definitely didnt help. But he has to play better overall, especially if they are trying to warrant the mega extension he so sorely wants.
6) Thought Cee Dee Lamb looked legit in his debut, and even though T Diggs gave up a couple decent completions he had nearly flawless positioning both times and at least TRIED to make plays on the ball. I can definitely see him being a quality starter for a long time at CB.
7) Good to see miserable officiating is right in mid-season form. It was bad for both teams but how they fucked up an obvious delay of game (when it was called right originally) and then make that shitpile offensive PI call on Gallup in that situation is just a joke. The Rams got away with offensive PI and pick plays all game long and I don't remember a single call going against them for it, then we get nailed for that call in that situation.
Overall, a miserable performance and one in which had we played a really good team, I think we'd have gotten beat by 21+ easily. Contrary to what Collinsowrth said, I don't believe the Rams are any good. We were just THAT bad.
1) I get that we were starting a career backup at C and that we started a rookie UDFA at RT, but with the wealth of talent available everywhere else scoring only 17 pts against what I clearly expected to be a bad Rams defense was pathetic. Way too conservative of a game plan and play calling, and the 2nd half was really bad. Really didnt see any way we wouldnt score 28 or more, and we didnt come close to tha number. 3rd down conversions we were 3/12 and Dak was under 50% comp% in the 2nd half. When your WR group is Cooper/Gallup/Lamb there should be far more than 1 or 2 downfield attempts, and there wasnt. Team looked confused all game long about what the Rams were doing, and the Rams don't have much talent on defense other than Donald, Ramsey and maybe Brockers.
2) I don't think Looney will be the starter at C all year. To me there is a noticeable difference in how much bigger/stronger Biadasz looks (he got on the field for a couple plays I think at G, one other time I think he might have lined up as an extra OL). The Steele kid might have some chance to develop down the road, but he was exposed badly in the 2nd half and especially the 4th qtr and he clearly isnt ready. C Williams was more good than bad, but he did get beat a couple times. Thought Z Martin was more up and down than usual. Tyron Smith was clearly the best OL on the field for us last night. Depth looks like a real problem here again.
3) Defense was just pathetic for the first half and the opening Rams drive of 2nd half. To say they (defense as a whole) were slow would be a massive understatement, as would saying they had 4 or 5 guys (at least) on the field that didnt even look like legit NFL players. Standouts (bad) to me were Poe, Crawford, Darian Thompson, Daryl Worley and Joe Thomas, although Thomas as a backup/ST guy would be fine. Noticeable difference in how bad our tackling was compared to an opponent (common theme of last 10-15 years). If they want to have a chance to be an average defense, they have to make a number of changes asap. Mike Nolan's debut as coordinator was definitely a flop and like the offense, the defense was just too fucking conservative. They played way too far off rams receivers, even when the Rams made almost no effort to throw the ball more than 5 or so yds downfield over and over again. Didnt see any blitz or coverage schemes that appeared to work either.
4) Injury situation is definitely disappointing. LVE gone 6-8 weeks, Jarwin gone for yr, backup OL (Erving) I think might be gone for year, Jordain Lewis gone for awhile, no idea when Lael Collins will be back, Lee out as usual. They definitely need to make a few roster moves pretty quick.
5) I thought Prescott played fine in the first half, but his 2nd half was not very good at all. Maybe some of it was due the pressure that picked up on him as the game went along, and as noted above the ultra conservative game plan definitely didnt help. But he has to play better overall, especially if they are trying to warrant the mega extension he so sorely wants.
6) Thought Cee Dee Lamb looked legit in his debut, and even though T Diggs gave up a couple decent completions he had nearly flawless positioning both times and at least TRIED to make plays on the ball. I can definitely see him being a quality starter for a long time at CB.
7) Good to see miserable officiating is right in mid-season form. It was bad for both teams but how they fucked up an obvious delay of game (when it was called right originally) and then make that shitpile offensive PI call on Gallup in that situation is just a joke. The Rams got away with offensive PI and pick plays all game long and I don't remember a single call going against them for it, then we get nailed for that call in that situation.
Overall, a miserable performance and one in which had we played a really good team, I think we'd have gotten beat by 21+ easily. Contrary to what Collinsowrth said, I don't believe the Rams are any good. We were just THAT bad.
