Cordarrelle Patterson is coming off a career-high rushing performance for the Falcons. But when he was with the Bears, he was the focal point of Lewis’s “welcome to the NFL moment.”
I’ll venture a guess those two will collide a few more times on Sunday. And now more than ever, the Rams need Lewis to be a weekly presence on their edge.
Offensive, And Not In A Good Way
The prevailing concern from the opener has to be the underperformance of a now-depleted offensive line.
Matthew Stafford was peppered all night, taking seven sacks – more than any quarterback in the Sean McVay era.
And the Bills didn’t have to blitz once to get to him.
Equally concerning, the revamped rushing attack we anticipated fell flat, with the Rams running for fewer than three yards per carry against Buffalo – a defense that played with two high safeties throughout.
There were no such problems for Atlanta’s offensive line against the New Orleans Saints. The Falcons paved the way for 3.21 yards rushing before first contact, didn’t surrender a sack, and allowed pressure on only 10.8 percent of drop backs, leading the NFL in all those categories in an opening loss, per The Athletic.
Hold On, We’re Going Home
Drake London is back in Los Angeles, just two weeks into his professional career.
The Moorpark High School and USC product is only 21-years-old, was drafted eighth overall by the Falcons, and persevered not only through an ankle injury that truncated his Trojan tenure, but also another blow to his knee in Atlanta’s preseason opener.
London – who played some hoops for the Trojans before focusing on football – put up a team-best five receptions for 74 yards last week in his NFL debut.
He and last year’s first-round selection, tight end Kyle Pitts, should provide ample opportunity for Jalen Ramsey to shake back.
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