Los Angeles Rams: Positive and negative takeaways from Week 3

Negative takeaways:

• Finishing the pressure

Philip Rivers certainly felt the pressure of the Los Angeles Rams defensive line, however, it was not as menacing as it was made out to be before the season.

The Rams did record two sacks and hit Rivers five times but for the most part, Rivers, being a veteran quarterback, was able to fling the ball out of the pocket before the pressure could get to him.

Many expected the Rams defensive line to have a big day against a Chargers offensive line that has been underrated. After Sunday’s game, the Rams have four total sacks as a team after three games.

The Rams were tied for 29th in the league entering the game in sacks and continued to struggle on Sunday.

• No adversity

This one is not that bad of a takeaway because the Los Angeles Rams jumped out to an early lead and were able to maintain it the entire game. The team is not going to purposefully fall behind to test how the guys can overcome adversity in a relatively big game.

However, it should be noted that this Rams team has not yet faced adversity and we have no idea how the different personalities on the defense will respond when it is getting knocked around and how the offense will respond when stuff isn’t working.

Sure, the Rams did fall behind to the Oakland Raiders in Week 1 but that was never more than a 10-point game and despite the score, the Rams were the far better team. The team made the small tweaks to beat a rather one-dimensional Raiders team.

We have yet to see the Rams fall behind a good team and how they can respond from getting the wind knocked out of them.

It is a good thing that the Rams have been out in front for most of the season but having some experience down in the game is helpful. If anything, this takeaway is just nitpicking.