I posted this on TST, would love your take on how you project the game on Thursday. It looks pretty equal to me. Two teams who need a win very badly.
As we all know it’s a short week so not all the stats are available yet. At least not the ones I use for Team Efficiency have been updated. No problem we can still use the comparison stats to see where we stand for a match up with the 49ers.
First let’s see where we stand in the division:
NFC WEST |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
HOME |
ROAD |
DIV |
CONF |
PF |
PA |
DIFF |
STRK |
SOS |
Seattle |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2-0-0 |
1-0-0 |
1-0-0 |
2-0-0 |
86 |
27 |
59 |
Won 3 |
11 |
St. Louis |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0.3 |
1-0-0 |
0-2-0 |
1-0-0 |
1-2-0 |
58 |
86 |
-28 |
Lost 2 |
4 |
San Francisco |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0.3 |
1-1-0 |
0-1-0 |
0-1-0 |
1-1-0 |
44 |
84 |
-40 |
Lost 2 |
7 |
Arizona |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0.3 |
1-0-0 |
0-2-0 |
0-1-0 |
1-2-0 |
56 |
79 |
-23 |
Lost 1 |
9 |
As you can see it hasn’t changed since our loss, if we lose Thursday night it most certainly will drop us to third because we have the only division game this week.
Arizona @ Tampa Bay
Seattle @ Houston
I don’t see any problems for Arizona defeating Tampa, and I certainly hope that Houston puts a whipping on Seattle! That would bring us one game closer to them in the division.
Rams/49ers Stat Comparisons:
49ers |
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PTS |
YDS |
PASS YDS |
RUSH YDS |
14.7 |
318.3 |
216.7 |
101.7 |
(29th) |
(27th) |
(23rd) |
(19th) |
RAMS |
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PTS |
YDS |
PASS YDS |
RUSH YDS |
19.3 |
339.7 |
282.7 |
57 |
(23rd) |
(18th) |
(8th) |
(29th) |
Team Statistics |
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49ers |
Rams |
ADVANTAGE |
|
Total First Downs |
49 |
61 |
Rams |
1st Downs (Rush-Pass-By Penalty) |
17 - 31 - 1 |
11 - 43 - 7 |
49ers |
3rd Down Conversions |
15/42 (35%) |
12/41 (29%) |
49ers |
4th Down Conversions |
2/3 (66.6%) |
5/8 (62.5%) |
49ers |
Total Offensive Yds |
955 |
1019 |
Rams |
Offense (Plays-Avg Yds) |
179 - 5.3 |
202 - 5.0 |
49ers |
Total Rushing Yds |
305 |
171 |
49ers |
Rushing (Plays-Avg Yards) |
77 - 4.0 |
54 - 3.2 |
49ers |
Total Passing Yds |
650 |
848 |
Rams |
Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) |
53 - 94 - 4 - 7.3 |
88 - 142 - 2 - 6.3 |
49ers |
Sacks |
7 |
7 |
Equal |
Field Goals |
3/4 |
5/5 |
Rams |
Touchdowns |
5 |
6 |
Rams |
(Rush-Pass-Ret-Def) |
2 - 3 - 0 - 0 |
0 - 6 - 0 - 0 |
49ers |
Time of Possession |
28:29 |
28:16 |
49ers |
Turnover Ratio |
-4 |
-1 |
49ers |
49ers Advantage by |
10-5-1 |
As dismal as the 49ers have played the last two weeks, we have too. So the 49ers show much better statistics and that really shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.
Again we are faced with a rushing team that boast good defense. We need to establish something...anything at all!
I mean how much worse could it get than last Sunday?
X-FACTORS
POSITIVES FOR THE RAMS
Home Field Advantage
Legatron is getting itchy
Aldon Smith - OUT
Wounded 49ers:
CB Nnamdi Asomugha (knee),
S Raymond Ventrone (concussion)
LB Patrick Willis (groin)
LB Navorro Bowman (wrist)
T Anthony Davis (shoulder)
TE Vernon Davis (hamstring)
C Jonathan Goodwin (elbow)
DT Ray McDonald (ankle, ankle)
DT Justin Smith (shoulder)
WR Kyle Williams (rib)
NEGATIVES FOR THE RAMS:
OC Brian Schottenheimer
DC Tim Walton
49ers Back at practice
RB Frank Gore (knee)
G Mike Iupati (shoulder)
CB Carlos Rogers (knee)
Let’s get the win this time, GO RAMS!
I would love to see the Rams come out from the start with the no-huddle and put some points on the board for a change instead of playing from behind. Also how about the defense actually defending something?