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Jim Youngblood 53 retweeted
Hadn't seen this angle until today, not only was Donald slanting with Turner to run a poker game to free Fiske, which worked well, turns out Donald was also accidently tripped. Allows QB to be able to throw him.
Argued for a week on this, thought there was a slight trip, but didn't see this until now.
Not quite the flex many wanted it to be.
Donald ran a stunt, his job to open lane for looper.
QM gets points for his inital punch, and he got the 'block' there. After that he grabbed a guy who was falling backwords.
QM is an All-Pro, a great player, strong. But people getting hyped over the take down is silly.
DOnald did his job, Fiske ran free (actually 3 man stunt) and QM did his job.
It's not like it was a head up, one-on-one ... it's a slant and Ol is supposed to take him where he's going.
Jim Youngblood 53 retweeted
Just saw clip on right today. Souldn't be any debate anymore on this play. Just talking this play.
Rams ram a 3-man game, poker (or palm or ISO, whatever you want to call it) to free the DE (in this case Fiske) to get pressure and it worked
AD and Kobie slant right, Fiske loops left. However, for me, new info ... Donald was not only slanting, he as tripped, making it a lot easier gfor QM to throw him to ground.
Not the flex some wanted. A win for the Rams DL on that rep.
*that rep*
Jim Youngblood 53 retweeted
Wesley Bailey -- not exactly Jared Verse-type power, but still, good power rush, good enough get off, gets his hands inside the tackle's, sinks hips and drives to QB
Jim Youngblood 53 retweeted
Have not see Hamilton making many splash plays in his career, yesterday had a least a couple that stood out, here is one of then, wades though trash to get QB hit
Jim Youngblood 53 retweeted
Ty Hamilton fights double team, and clogs area, Dolac slips in for the tackle.
When the front does its job, the defense works
this is pure Fangio front, a Penny Front, a 5-1, five man surface with one LBer, this us 2020-21 kind of thing
Jim Youngblood 53 retweeted
top view--Mumpfield gets the CB long enough so he cannot close angle, then gets the safety on KY's TD run ...
Jim Youngblood 53 retweeted
Braden Fiske, shuffle step or kind of up, jab step inside and gets his right armed cocked, right arm clubs/swipes hands of g and he closes
the initial stutter gets G off balanced, his head gets over his skis and you can see him in an awkward position
and Fiske's hustle does the rest
Jim Youngblood 53 retweeted
Ty Hamilton showing some strength ... they double team him for instant, he has a good base, but gets his left arm inside and then pushes the blocker by, a really nice shed and tackle.
Jim Youngblood 53 retweeted
AD looks like he's going to have B-gap, but look at his quick step to charge the A-Gap, leaved B-gap open for Omar to run through
another TFL
Jim Youngblood 53 retweeted
Watch the blocks of Whit and Mumph--Mumph got two guys, one then the other
you expext AJ to get his, but Mumph held off the CB who then could not get then then he sealed off safety
brilliant WR blocks, Whit got the edge
Jim Youngblood 53 retweeted
all names in blue are drawing an NFL paycheck, eitheer on a roster or PS in 2027
McVay era
may not be that impressive near the end, but compare it to other teams.
Jim Youngblood 53 retweeted
watch left edge, former Rams Daniel Hardy with a a good wax-on wax-off double swipe
1. good get-off, sets up tackle
2, violent hands on swipe
3 dip shoulder and close
this is very smooth, always had great s/s/s but looks to be learning his trade.
Had a sack last week ... maybe will be a good rotational giuy
Jim Youngblood 53 retweeted
Friday, October 23, 2026 Lawrence McCutcheon: The Quiet Engine of the 1970s Rams Passes Away By John Turney LINK: nflfootballjournal.blogspot.…
Jim Youngblood 53 retweeted
Fiske plays all over, mostly inside, but this year, has been packages with him on the edge.
Jim Youngblood 53 retweeted
Zuerlein + Gay combined
FG: 163/184 (88.6%)
XP: 216/221 (97.7%)
All others combined (Ficken, Santos, Sloman, Forbath, Maher, Havrisik, Karty, Mevis, Grupe)
FG: 107/141 (75.9%)
XP: 181/199 (91.0%)
The Rams have cycled through 12 kickers under Sean McVay, with Matt Gay leading the group at 92.5% on field goals.
Now Brandon McManus gets his shot. Can the veteran finally bring some long-term stability to LA’s kicking game?
#Rams #RamsHouse #SeanMcVay #BrandonMcManus #NFL
Jim Youngblood 53 retweeted
started okay ..
here Braden Fiske wins with his hands, gets hands inside-ish, knocks OL's hands down then long arms with left and chops with the right hand, while driving legs.
Jim Youngblood 53 retweeted
The final Rams drive in their game against the Cardinals presented one of the most interesting situations in recent memory.
Down 6, with the Cardinals out of timeouts, 2nd and 3 at the 6 yard and 52 seconds. I really believe handing it off on this play would give you the best chance to win.
A tackle in bounds would allow you to get the clock down into the range where a TD effectively wins the game.
The Rams elect to go play action, and when the play is initially marked short at the half yard line, that was realistically *better* than scoring the TD.
1st and goal at the half yard line, I would put the Rams at ~95% to score a TD on the ensuing plays, with the added benefit of the clock very low and approaching 0.
Another consideration here is that the punter doing kickoffs, it is hard to get a precise kickoff in the landing zone so a touchback to the 35 is most likely. Down 1 with 47 seconds from their own 35, the Cardinals odds of winning are about 25%.
The review that "helped" the Rams actually hurt them. In Madden, a lot of players would probably try to go down at the 1. Wish it was that easy in real life.
Close to impossible to coach that here, though it would be interesting if a team tried instructing players to go down after they got the first down in a situational like this one.