Twitter: To beat the Rams you have to stop Kupp

[Big D]

To stop the run you gotta commit extra body to the box. To bracket Kupp you gotta commit an extra body to do so. Pick your poison.

Not when you have legit DT play.

 

[Risen Star]

 

[Risen Star]

Not when you have legit DT play.

Exactly.

The DTs on this team as a whole are garbage.

 

[Roland]

I am more concerned with stopping the run than I am with Kupp. Not to demean Kupp. I am sure he will get his targets and catches, but if we cannot stop the run game, this will be a long night for our Cowboys

 

[fansince68]

Not when you have legit DT play.

Yeah I agree but our DT play has been weak. We're lidget bad against the run. Wilson has been a force against the run and pass.

 

[Tommy]

Keep the pressure on Stafford. We will overwhelm their offensive line.

They have also become predictable without a viable deep threat. Everything is short passes to Kupp and Thigbee. Sit on those routes. Stafford threw a pick 6 last night because the defender knew exactly what was coming.

 

[Big D]

Exactly.

The DTs on this team as a whole are garbage.

Gallimore and Bohanna are getting better. Not elite but serviceable up to this point. I will become a believer when I see a team stick to the run against us. The good news is we probably will only see that in GB and Tenn.

 

[Risen Star]

Gallimore and Bohanna are getting better. Not elite but serviceable up to this point. I will become a believer when I see a team stick to the run against us. The good news is we probably will only see that in GB and Tenn.

Yeah I'm going to disagree with you there. Osa's the best we have.

 

[Plankton]

Kupp will make his plays. They need to shut off the outside running game (which, while not a Ram strength, is the weakness of this defense), and collapse the pocket in the passing game. With how banged up the Ram OL is, and how banged up they were coming out of last night's game, they have to win this battle huge. If they can limit the gains on the outside zone plays, they can have success against this offensive team.

 

[Jake]

Niners didn't stop Kupp and won by 15 points. They just stopped everyone else. Kupp is going to get his touches, but you can't let him get a bunch of YAC.

 

[conner01]

Limit Kupp catches but I'm not sure even have to do that. He had 14 catches for 122 yards last and they still only scored 9 points. In other words, they don't have many offensive playmakers after Kupp.

Only way to stop Kupp is have Stafford on his back all day