Worried looking at stats from St. Louis game.

hawker84":uvji8fkj said:

i watched the game again last night on Replay.. morris was vertually untouched running through the holes, that's why he was able to gash Dallas for big gain after another, then when they did get to him the missed tackle after tackle... Dallas Defense is putred, i would not put much stock into that performance to measure his ability... damn good back, but he can be contained. RG3 scares me way more than morris.

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He's been doing it all year though. 1600 yards and 13 TDs. With a gimpy RG3, shutting down AlMo should be your guys focus. RG3 has been off with his accuracy since his injury as well. Making him beat me would be my gameplan.

The reason Dallas went with the gameplan of stopping the pass was due to Thanksgivings 304 yard 4TD performance. Pick your poison.

When the Hawks REALLY wanted serious pressure on Bradford, they got it.

It isn't like the Rams scored a bunch of points, they positioned the Line and Bradford in a spot to protect him well, but tried to spread the defense.

Ultimately, it didn't work.

I am also worried about the 6 sacks on Wilson. Anyone want to tell me about that since I didn't see the game? Sweezy?

Seahawkgal it was kinda a combo if the whole line. The Rams have a very good defensive line and they were bringing it. The Hawks didnt help themselves by using any plays such as screens or draws to slow down the pressure. Just my opinion but we need to do something different this week if they bring pressure early and often.

LuvMySkins":1nnq5od8 said:

hawker84":1nnq5od8 said:

i watched the game again last night on Replay.. morris was vertually untouched running through the holes, that's why he was able to gash Dallas for big gain after another, then when they did get to him the missed tackle after tackle... Dallas Defense is putred, i would not put much stock into that performance to measure his ability... damn good back, but he can be contained. RG3 scares me way more than morris.

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He's been doing it all year though. 1600 yards and 13 TDs. With a gimpy RG3, shutting down AlMo should be your guys focus. RG3 has been off with his accuracy since his injury as well. Making him beat me would be my gameplan.

The reason Dallas went with the gameplan of stopping the pass was due to Thanksgivings 304 yard 4TD performance. Pick your poison.

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this was in response to a posters concern about morris agaist Dallas so i was just focusing on that game.. i'm fully aware Morris has been outstanding all season... but he can be contained, especially since Bob is a bit gimpy now, he will be a little more one demintional, but still dangerous to scramble as we saw against dallas.. it will be a tough matchup for sure.

Seahwkgal":1tei7xcl said:

I am also worried about the 6 sacks on Wilson. Anyone want to tell me about that since I didn't see the game? Sweezy?

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Partially, but most were coverage sacks wherein Wilson couldn't find an open receiver and couldn't escape the pressure (usually from two defenders) when he stopped looking down field.

onanygivensunday":3fqbj1hk said:

Seahwkgal":3fqbj1hk said:

I am also worried about the 6 sacks on Wilson. Anyone want to tell me about that since I didn't see the game? Sweezy?

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Partially, but most were coverage sacks wherein Wilson couldn't find an open receiver and couldn't escape the pressure (usually from two defenders) when he stopped looking down field.

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They have a great D-Line and sacks tend to come in bunches. It happens.

loafoftatupu":2tj7qp1e said:

When the Hawks REALLY wanted serious pressure on Bradford, they got it....

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Yes. Late in the game they dialed up some blitzing after going 4 man rush nearly the entire game before that. It worked too as Bradford lost accuracy and nearly fumbled for a TD for Seattle (damn tuck rule!!). I also am hoping Pete and Gus chose only to blitz late to secure the win and were vanilla before that so as not to show too much to the Foreskins relative this week.

hawksfan515":e6eclvt1 said:

I think Pete was holding something back because the game was meaningless, and he didn't want to tip his hand to Washington.

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Partly true. But let's give the Rams some credit, they have a very good front seven (much better than Washington's).........and they truly did play their ass off for pride.

IMO the stats from the Rams game show that the Rams are a much improved football team that matches up well against the Hawks, rather than anything to worry about with the Skins game.

T-Sizzle":2u0hm0i4 said:

Starrman44":2u0hm0i4 said:

I will be super disappointed if we don't win Saturday. I don't see us losing this game (but I have been wrong before).

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You will be disappointed then.

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I know, I keep doing this. I got my internal clock set for Saturday for the playoff games.

The lack of pressure/pass rush is a concern but IMO it had to do with having a Clemons/Mebane/Branch/Bryant Dline. There's only one pass-rush specialist in that scenario. This is where not having Jason Jones hurts. However, when they put Scruggs in, he was better than Branch but not to the level of Jones. Hopefully, they will be work that out this week. They need to get more pressure on the QB. Outside pressure isn't effective when there isn't any push from the inside. Bradford is as stiff as it comes (terms of mobility) and they couldn't lay a hand on him. Not good.