It's a possession thing; Rams looking better in time of possession and first downs

by Ryan Van Bibber on Nov 24, 2010 12:01 PM CST in 2010 St. Louis Rams season

What's seven points? It's an allusion to just how bad the St. Louis Rams offense was last season, when they managed to score just 10.9 points per game. This year, the Rams are much improved and scoring an average of 17.7 points per game.

As much of an improvement as that is, it's still more than 4 points below the league average and the fourth lowest average PPG in the league.

I'll throw out another number for you that points to the Rams offensive improvement: 308.

Right now the Rams are on pace for 308 first downs, that's the most they've had since 2006 when they had 332. Last year, they had just 259 first downs, and already they have 193.

One more stat for you, time of possession. The Rams controls the ball for an average of 31:11 per game. If that trend continues, it will be the first time the Rams have topped the 30 minute mark for time of possession since 2007 and the first time they topped 31 minutes since 2006.

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Uh-Oh!!

I met Joe Halahuni's parents.....in Alaska. Jealous?

by sergey606 on Nov 24, 2010 12:15 PM CST reply actions

3rd down conversions

make everything look better.

You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.

by 3k on Nov 24, 2010 12:18 PM CST reply actions

Statistics mean shit bottom line is we still suck

by Rams67 on Nov 24, 2010 5:45 PM CST reply actions

If your definition of "suck"

is that we don’t win more than we lose, then I guess you’re right. However, being able to compete almost every week, which the Rams are, doesn’t meet my definition of “suck”. Last year’s team, now they met the definition easily.

I guess when you are young everything is black and white. As you get older you will come to recognize life offers many shades between black and white. In my view the Rams still have a ways to go before they become a consistent winner, but they are much improved over the last couple of years, and with only a few more solid players they will be able to win over half their games and challenge for the playoffs.

Learn to relax and enjoy the good things, whether they are all you hope for or not. You’ll enjoy life a lot more that way.

by andyhawk on Nov 25, 2010 11:01 PM CST up reply actions