3 Key Takeaways From Rams Narrow Loss to the Lions
By Rami Hanna
2. Rams Defense Handling Business
As mentioned before, Donald is no longer part of the Rams organization and that means the next man or men up will have to carry the intense workload that AD had throughout his time with the LA Rams. Young, Reeder, and Verse were mentioned names, but some other players can bounce back from Week 1.
The defense didn't have a lot of time to catch their breath when the running game of the offense was pushing through like a big rig truck. Names like Cobie Durant, Kobie Turner, and the rest of the group had moments where an interception was almost the case, but that was not the reward as they fell to penalties and David Montgomery who was the key piece to the Lions winning in overtime when the Rams could have potentially sealed the deal if killing the clock was a possible avenue for them to go towards.
A gassed defense is not a good defense. It isn't rocket science, but it is a lesson to be learned for the names mentioned, plus others who will have to contain the Arizona Cardinals who lost one score to Buffalo just like the Rams did to Detroit. The Rams are 7-2 against the Cardinals in the last four years.