Rams defense

Fla Cowpoke

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Rams have Robert Quinn who can give any tackle fits with the pass rush and of course have Aaron Donald inside with Brockers. They aren't a great run stopping team but can get after the QB. We should expect them to stack the box on early downs but play a lot of nickle on second down. Gotta beat the early with some play action and then keep running on second and third...expect some draws and screens...and more play action. We need to shut their run down early and make them one dimensional.
 

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Rams have Robert Quinn who can give any tackle fits with the pass rush and of course have Aaron Donald inside with Brockers. They aren't a great run stopping team but can get after the QB. We should expect them to stack the box on early downs but play a lot of nickle on second down. Gotta beat the early with some play action and then keep running on second and third...expect some draws and screens...and more play action. We need to shut their run down early and make them one dimensional.

They are basically the same Ram defense we saw last year.
 

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If the OL and Murray do their jobs then he has a good chance to put up a big game. I'm sure Fisher will look at film and see the game Murray had vs Tenn and he may look to put 8 or 9 in the box and if that is the case the Cowboys must be able to attack them down the field.

Exactly. I look for them to stack the box and force Romo to beat them. I think Romo/Dez will have a bigger game than Murray. But, that's to be expected when we're running better than we're passing. You always gameplan to take away what a team does best. And, right now, we run better than we pass. If Romo can start playing at last year's level, then we'll be able to make in game adjustments to attack teams at will and be an unstoppable offense. It all starts with Romo though.
 

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I expect to see a lot of two/three TE sets early if they put nine in the box. That way Witten or Escobar can motion out wide and force serious mismatches.
 

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Their front is good but we have to be able to run on it much like we have the first 2 game. If we get to where it's a passing game, I'm not sure Romo can handle it right now. He's just not able to do the things we are used to see him do passing it. And a team that will get on him like St. Louis can might likely force Weeden into the game.
 

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I wonder how the crowd will be. That dome can get really loud, or at least it could back in the day. And I doubt our fans take over like in some places.

But the team's been bad for a while now, so I don't know how much their fans are even into it. That's still a baseball town more than anything.
 
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