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NFC West Update: Week 13

NFC West Update: Week 13

This week brings a huge divisional game with the SF 49ers. Before I talk about that lets take a look at the divisional standing chart.

NFC WEST

W

L

T

PCT

HOME

ROAD

DIV

CONF

PF

PA

DIFF

STRK

Seattle

10

1

0

.909

5-0-0

5-1-0

3-0-0

7-0-0

306

179

+127

Won 6

SF 49ers

7

4

0

.636

3-2-0

4-2-0

2-1-0

4-3-0

274

184

+90

Won 1

Arizona

7

4

0

.636

5-1-0

2-3-0

0-3-0

4-4-0

254

223

+31

Won 4

St. Louis

5

6

0

.455

3-3-0

2-3-0

1-2-0

2-5-0

266

255

+11

Won 2

As you can see with SF win on Monday night SF and AZ have moved to a 7-4 record. SF wins the tie breaker by having the better divisional record. I believe that’s the formula in this case, and if not I’m sure our learned readers will let me know.

Let’s take a stat look at how we match up with the 49ers:

RAMS

PTS

YDS

PASS YDS

RUSH YDS

24.2

324.6

210.8

113.8

(15th)

(23rd)

(23rd)

(15th)

SF 49ers

PTS

YDS

PASS YDS

RUSH YDS

24.9

308.5

173.5

135.1

(11th)

(30th)

(32nd)

(6th)

TEAM STATISTICS

RAMS

49ers

ADVANTAGE

Total First Downs

203

186

RAMS

1st Downs (Rush-Pass-By Penalty)

60 - 121 - 22

80 - 93 - 13

SF-R-R

3rd Down Conversions

51/149 (34.2%)

55/149 (36.9%)

SF

4th Down Conversions

5/13 (38.4%)

7/10 (70%)

SF

Total Offensive Yds

3571

3394

RAMS

Offense (Plays-Avg Yds)

687 - 5.2

651 - 5.2

=

Total Rushing Yds

1252

1486

SF

Rushing (Plays-Avg Yards)

290 - 4.3

349 - 4.3

=

Total Passing Yds

2319

1908

RAMS

Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Avg)

215 - 371 - 6 - 6.7

157 - 276 - 7 - 7.4

R-R-SF-SF

Sacks

33

25

RAMS

Field Goals

17/19 (89.4%)

16/19 (84.2%)

RAMS

Touchdowns

30

32

SF

(Rush-Pass-Ret-Def)

6 - 18 - 1 - 5

15 - 14 - 0 - 3

SF-R-R-R

Time of Possession

29:34

29:41

SF

Turnover Ratio

+8

+6

RAMS

The surprise is that the Rams have made significant progress and the charts for the most part look more equal than the previous comparisons. Kaepernick gained some confidence in his passing game against Washington with 15/24, 235 yards, and 3 TD’s. Kaep was generating an 8.8 yards per pass rating against a horrible Washington secondary.

Surprisingly the 49ers couldn’t generate their usual yardage in the ground game. With 33 rushes and a pitiful 2.3 yard average per attempt. The 49ers only had 3 first downs by rushing and 12 passing which shows us that they went to the air to win this game.

I think we are going to mess up Kaepernicks passing game with a much stronger pass rush than Washington was able to generate in spite of the fact that they got two sacks by Ahmad Brooks. I look for Quinn and Long to have a good day rushing the QB.

This week’s games among our division:

Arizona at Eagles / Eagles wins this one at home.

Seattle vs. New Orleans / I’m going with a hot N.O. team. Seahawks are due for another loss and this is it.

Rams @ SF / I’m not even going to pick this, but of course I hope the Rams win it!

GO RAMS!