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[Still Hurtn]

Why has Turner only played a handful of snaps last 2 games

Why did Chandler not play last week

Why does Darnold hold on to the ball so long. (No check downs)

How did the Rams neutralize Flo's D

How come Addison is not apart of the game plan.

I'm still pissed about the loss. 

-Still Hurtn

[MaroonBells]

Why has Turner only played a handful of snaps last 2 games
I think he's just too young and inexperienced and there are very good players ahead of him. I think as the season wears on he'll get more and more snaps in rotation, but he's probably not going to start until next year. 

Why did Chandler not play last week
Because Aaron Jones is better and we were in a tight game.

Why does Darnold hold on to the ball so long. (No check downs)
Because he goes thru his progressions. I think he's trying to run KOC's full offense and give his downfield receivers a chance, which runs counter to his reputation as a ghost-seeing, dump-off QB. This is a good thing....to a point. 

How did the Rams neutralize Flo's D
Stafford is not fooled by disguise. Flo's defense isn't as effective against experienced QBs. They did some max protect too. But even when they didn't we couldn't break through much. A concern for sure. I think also because with Puka and Kupp playing, we dropped more into coverage. Stafford still found the open receivers. Also a concern. 

How come Addison is not apart of the game plan.
I think it's mostly due to game script. He'll have his games, but Jefferson is a target hog and should be. In the last 3 games, Jefferson has been targeted 31 times. Over the same period, Addison was targeted 15 times. That's not going to change much. It might actually drop with TJH back.

I'm still pissed about the loss. 
So we're not going 16-1. You can't win 'em all and a fully healthy Rams teams is as good as anybody. Unfortunately, I think the Colts are better than people think too, so a W against them would be huge. 

FWIW, see my answers above....

[purplefaithful]

Turner should see more snaps as the rotational guys behind Greenard/Ginkel become less effective. Its already starting to happen unfortunately, they are not getting the pressure they did earlier.

And as MB points-out, he's in-experienced to play this scheme as an Edge. It requires a lot of in-game adjustments, on the fly based on what they are seeing the offense do - and he's not there mentally yet.

I suspect all that mental processing he's having to do is slowing him down...Thats a big deal for someone who (especially early) relies on explosion as their super-power vs having a bag of trick moves to beat OT's. 

I think Chandler may see even less snaps w/out Darrisaw. They may need Jones protecting more than ever - same with the TE's...

[medaille]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/vik...r-AA1sTz16
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/b...240ram.htm

The above articles has some snap count information, just for reference.

There was 72 snaps last week. Of the LBs it breaks down like:
• 72 - Pace
• 72 - Van Ginkel
• 65 - Greenard
• 44 - Jones II
• 11 - Ward
• 6 - Grugier-Hill
• 3 - Turner

You have your 3 starting LBs playing almost all the snaps. Then Jones II playing a bunch (probably at ILB to replace Cashman?). Then everyone else with like a handful of snaps.

I think the problem is with who gets taken off the field and what role are they playing. Like you probably look at it like he should replace some of Jones II’s portion of snaps, but in Flores’s scheme, has he gotten that much time at ILB? The next most natural thing would be for him to spell Greenard, as you can just put him in and tell him to go get QB more often, but that takes your best pass rusher off the field. Do you put him in at 3-4 DE even though he’s undersized for that role?