Ramfan128":3mxt5965 said:Hawks46":3mxt5965 said:I don't doubt that this will be an ugly game for the offense, and our OL will get dominated in a lot of places. That said, if Fisher gets cute and switches Quinn and Long, that would be be best thing for our Tackles.
Okung struggles with really quick edge rushers, to the tune of lots of False Starts to help him keep up. He does, however, own power rushers. I think he would do a great job on Long.
Gilliam would have a tough time with Long, but is built to do better against guys like Quinn. Don't get me wrong, it's still a tough matchup, and Quinn is more talented than Long, but Gilliam flashed well against Justin Houston in his very first start, so I like his matchup with Quinn better than Long.
The only prayer their secondary has against our WRs is getting tons of pressure on Wilson.
"The only prayer their secondary has against our WRS is getting tons of pressure on Wilson".
You've got to be kidding...you got Graham, and a rookie who has never played an NFL game - to add to your self proclaimed worst WR corps in the NFL. And suddenly the Rams secondary needs a prayer to stop it?
Graham has never done anything against us....and that was with Brees throwing him the ball. Lockett might be good, but that remains to be seen. And it's foolish to put that much stock in a rookie playing his first career game. Every match up at every level for both teams is won by the defense in this game.
It's going to come down to special teams and turnovers.
Funny, Tate and Baldwin have done ok against you in the past, and we still have Baldwin. We have Matthews, who is 6'5" and tore up the Patriots secondary in the SB, and their secondary was by FAR more highly rated than yours. If you have a bunch of 5'10" and 5'11" CBs (which you do), Matthews is going to abuse them. I don't put stock in the preseason, so I'm not counting Lockett outside of returns.
So, tell me, who exactly do you have in the secondary that is so good, so shut down ? Don't tell me Jenkins, he typically doesn't cover against us well, and has a decent amount of penalties. Graham is playing in a different offense where he isn't necessarily the primary option, so that makes it tougher to cover. And if you have to double him, it pulls a guy out of the box against Lynch, which is what makes Graham so deadly; he didn't have a running game in NO.
If Wilson gets time (he won't) he's going to have a minimum of 250 yards passing against you guys. Book it.