Rams Defense (1 Viewer)

[tombonneau]

They are on my waiver wire (14-team) and I plan to pick them up for the stretch run. Their remaining sked:

@Car SF Ari Chi @Oak Was @Min

Really aren't any scary games in there. Esp. love Oak & Was in Weeks 15 & 16. With news of Campbell at QB and Portis possibly shutdown by then, any game vs. Was should be solid play.

I plan on picking them up and DBBCing them with SD.

Problem with all this is, well, from what I've seen they simply aren't a very good defense. Any homers out there care to speak to that? How do they look vs. crappy offenses? Good enough to put up decent fantasy stats??

 

[Sea Bass]

I'm considering using them in the same way with Seattle.

 

[J R]

I'd be worried about Washington just running over them in week 16.

 

[Marc Levin]

Fantasy defense outlooks are so dependent on individual league scoring rules that it is hard to predict.

They have a good number of sacks and get a decent number of turnovers, but they give up a good amount of yardage and points

Apply that criteria to your league's scoring and see if they are a good matchup play against those offenses.

sorry I can't give more help than that.

 

[Marc Levin]

I'd be worried about Washington just running over them in week 16.

any particular reason why?

 

[J R]

QUOTE(J R @ Nov 13 2006, 09:24 PM) *I'd be worried about Washington just running over them in week 16.any particular reason why?

The DL is poor, and I think of Washington as having a pretty good OL.Rams Rush Def ranks 25th by DVOA. Washington's Rush Off ranks 9th by DVOA.

 

[Marc Levin]

QUOTE(J R @ Nov 13 2006, 09:24 PM) *I'd be worried about Washington just running over them in week 16.any particular reason why?

The DL is poor, and I think of Washington as having a pretty good OL.Rams Rush Def ranks 25th by DVOA. Washington's Rush Off ranks 9th by DVOA.

I understand - good thinking. Will the game remain low scoring/low yardage?That might be a benefit, right?

 

[J R]

I understand - good thinking. Will the game remain low scoring/low yardage?

That might be a benefit, right?

Maybe some Rams homers can chime in on this, but my memory is that games where the Rams get run over usually have a bunch of big run plays rather than grind it out drives that eat the clock and lead to low scoring games. In the past that's been because their safeties and LBs were garbage and they played a lot of extra DBs last year because so many guys got hurt. But I'm not sure they're much better this year - though they now have Witherspoon (but they also have Haslett, which negates that positive).I looked up their game against Washington last December. They gave up 24 points and 2 different 100-yd RBs. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/boxscore?gid=20051204014

Also the Rams will be better on offense this year than last, when they were playing Fitzpatrick, so I don't know that Washington will be able to get a lead and grind out the clock.

Have to see how Jason Campbell looks before we make any bold predictions though, right?

 

[MrPhoenix]

:rofl: at the thought of this. The Rams defense is about as lethargic as a thousand year old mummy waking up after a long sleep.

 

[TheFanatic]

I understand - good thinking. Will the game remain low scoring/low yardage?

That might be a benefit, right?

Maybe some Rams homers can chime in on this, but my memory is that games where the Rams get run over usually have a bunch of big run plays rather than grind it out drives that eat the clock and lead to low scoring games. In the past that's been because their safeties and LBs were garbage and they played a lot of extra DBs last year because so many guys got hurt. But I'm not sure they're much better this year - though they now have Witherspoon (but they also have Haslett, which negates that positive).I looked up their game against Washington last December. They gave up 24 points and 2 different 100-yd RBs. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/boxscore?gid=20051204014

Also the Rams will be better on offense this year than last, when they were playing Fitzpatrick, so I don't know that Washington will be able to get a lead and grind out the clock.

Have to see how Jason Campbell looks before we make any bold predictions though, right?

sure they will be better with Bulger than with Fitzpatrick, but they just got a leg chopped out from under them with the loss of Pace. Part of what makes a D so good is an O that can keep them off the field. I don't think you are going to see as much of that without Pace. BTW, Rams homer here.....

 

[Jeff Pasquino]

They are on my waiver wire (14-team) and I plan to pick them up for the stretch run. Their remaining skedCar SF Ari Chi @Oak Was @Min Really aren't any scary games in there. Esp. love Oak & Was in Weeks 15 & 16. With news of Campbell at QB and Portis possibly shutdown by then, any game vs. Was should be solid play.I plan on picking them up and DBBCing them with SD.Problem with all this is, well, from what I've seen they simply aren't a very good defense. Any homers out there care to speak to that? How do they look vs. crappy offenses? Good enough to put up decent fantasy stats??

I've been grabbing them all over the place for the playoffs. I call it the "who's playing OAK and WASH strategy".

 

[Jeff Pasquino]

QUOTE(J R @ Nov 13 2006, 09:24 PM) *I'd be worried about Washington just running over them in week 16.any particular reason why?

The DL is poor, and I think of Washington as having a pretty good OL.Rams Rush Def ranks 25th by DVOA. Washington's Rush Off ranks 9th by DVOA.

With Portis out, you cannot rely on prior Redskin performances.

 

[Limp Ditka]

QUOTE(J R @ Nov 13 2006, 09:24 PM) *I'd be worried about Washington just running over them in week 16.any particular reason why?

The DL is poor, and I think of Washington as having a pretty good OL.Rams Rush Def ranks 25th by DVOA. Washington's Rush Off ranks 9th by DVOA.

With Portis out, you cannot rely on prior Redskin performances.

If the 3-4 week reports on Portis are correct, yes you can.

 

[sandlotshrink]

I was looking at using them week 12 vs. SF and week 13 vs. Zona.

 

[J R]

If the 3-4 week reports on Portis are correct, yes you can.

Right, I didn't realize Portis wasn't going to be playing by week 16 either. That said, I'd probably pick up Betts before I'd pick up the Rams defense even if that's so.