St. Louis Rams vs. Pittsburgh Steelers: Snap Counts, Playing Time And Personnel Analysis

Offense

The Rams are rolling with the 2-TE look to try and get the running game going. It's just not working.

I'm not saying it's necessarily time to go to the pass to open up the run, but the Rams are going in pretty heavily on 12 personnel formations (one running back, two tight ends). And with Cory Harkey in at about a third of the snaps, they're trying to go heavy. They're throwing bodies in the hopes that quantity can trump quality in the ground blocking.

Defense

No real surprises with everyone healthy and things working well. Lamarcus Joyner's filled in well with E.J. Gaines out for 2015. Perhaps the one surprise continues to be how little the 2015 free agency additions are contributing. It's just a matter of need; the Rams have little of it for Fairley and Ayers.

Of course, this might call into question the validity of those signings. To splash cash this offseason on a fifth first-rounder on the defensive line might not have been the best investment with your offense putting up six points...

Special Teams

Heartening to see the young trio of ST contributors in Hager, Lynch and Marquez to go with the stalwarts in Davis and Bates with Chase Reynolds coming back at some point.