(1) - Rams defense continues scoring spree
The LA Rams defense has scored in four consecutive games, and as a result has added 22 points to the teams offensive output. When will it end? I think it continues one more week. This team has scored with two pick-sixes, one fumble returned for a touchdown, and even a safety.
While the Rams have already out-performed many past defenses that took the football field under HC Sean McVay, I don't see them as ending that scoring fest. The Rams' young defense is violently physical on the line of scrimmage, and that chaos has led to unique opportunities to score.
Opposing quarterbacks simply do not have the time to await routes to create separation. Sometimes, those passes fall right into the receiver's outstretched arms. But it has also increased the likelihood of ball-hawking defensive backs at picking off those faith-based passes. And as a result, the team has recorded two pick-sixes in the past four games.
Can it continue?
That is the DNA of this defense. Create tremendous pressure, force mistakes, and capitalize on those mistakes. The team has managed it in the past four games. And there are no reasons to expect that to change.
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