“I mean, those guys (Alvin Kamara and Taysom Hill) are dangerous. They’re big plays waiting to happen. Some of the things that occurred the other day, I mean, you talk about the importance of being able to play team defense and not allowing a guy that’s as explosive as saquon to be able to get to the second and third levels of the defense unabated, where he can make him miss, and then he’s got the ability to outrun those angles. Both those guys are capable of that.” – McVay
Barkley went for 302 total yards and two scores against the Rams on Sunday Night Football, featuring various explosive plays. The Saints have a running back in Kamara and utility man in Hill that have similar explosive potential. McVay talked about how executing at all third levels of the defense, and that’s something they are working to improve moving forward.
McVay also discussed the team’s third down struggles, saying “what you can’t do is be inefficient or go backwards on either first or second down via penalty or a negative yardage.” He also said that when the offense is rolling, they don’t see many third downs to begin with: “percentage wise, the lower the third down window, the higher the percentage should be.”
“(New Orleans is) aggressive, physical at all levels. Big front, physical, like to rush the passer. Long guys, obviously, you know, (linebackers Demario Davis and Pete Warner) have been doing it for a while.” – Stafford
After a physical Eagles front sacked Stafford five times on Sunday, he’s preparing for another tough task against the Saints. Stafford said they are a “talented defense (that is) physical up front, in your face, so we got to be ready to go.”
Reinforcements may be on the way for Stafford, as tight end Tyler Higbee returned to practice on Wednesday. Stafford said Higbee’s experience would be a big addition to this Rams offense because “he’s played in big time games and tough environments against good players.”
“You just look at it play by play and correct which you can correct some of the stuff (in the run game). As coaches, we want to see scheme-wise what we can do to put our guys in the best position. And then some of it is just players doing their job within the scheme of the defense. And you know, the nice thing is, whether it’s scheme or the call or just guys doing their job, all the stuff is correctable.” – Shula
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