Everyone will be watching when the New Orleans Saints visit the Los Angeles Rams...
Everyone will be watching when the New Orleans Saints visit the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, and not just because of the referees.
The NFC Championship Game loss in January belied what was an outstanding performance from the Saints on defense, one they’ll try to replicate Sunday.L.A.’s win in New Orleans came despite the Saints shutting down the Rams’ potent rushing attack, limiting them to 77 yards on 26 carries as Todd Gurley ceded work to C.J. Anderson.
Goff adapted well in January, even in the raucous atmosphere of the Superdome, which he won’t have to contend with Sunday. But he was poor two weeks later in Super Bowl LIII and had a very discouraging opener against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, missing wildly with accuracy to the deeper parts of the field. He’ll have to be much sharper if the Saints slow Gurley and the run game.
But conditions will get tougher, starting Sunday against a sneakily dangerous Cardinals pass rush. Arizona beat up a strong Lions O-line last week, hitting Matthew Stafford 10 times, with strip-sacks by Chandler Jones and Terrell Suggs, who also had a second sack. Jordan Hicks got through on a few disguised blitzes, and rookie D-lineman Zach Allen had three hits while teaming with Jones on several stunts.
Pees, who turned 70 last week and is in his 41st year of coaching, runs one of the NFL’s most diverse defenses. He rarely rushes more than five but confuses protections by disguising which four or five rushers are coming. On the back end, he mixes man coverage with an array of zones that are ultimately simple but look complicated because of coverage rotations.
Jarrett reached Kirk Cousins twice — for a hit on the Vikings’ first touchdown and a strip-sack early in the third quarter — and made four other tackles, on runs that combined for minus-1 yards. He was a handful in both the run and pass game, hounding left guard Pat Elflein and, at times, rookie center Garrett Bradbury.
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