It’s been a season of changes for the Los Angeles Rams, totally on offense. They needed to shuffle the offensive line as a consequence of early-season accidents, however in current weeks, they’ve tweaked their personnel groupings considerably.
They went from being primarily an 11 personnel offense with three receivers on the sphere to now taking part in a number of 13 personnel and closely using their 4 tight ends. Against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, they continued to modify up their rotations to maintain the protection on its toes.
Right here’s a have a look at the snap counts from the Rams’ 42-26 win over the 49ers.
Offense
WR changes proceed: For the third week in a row, the Rams had a unique broad receiver lead the group in snaps performed. It was Jordan Whittington in Week 7, Davante Adams in Week 9 and Puka Nacua in Week 10. A part of that has to do with Nacua being injured in Week 7 and Adams exiting early on Sunday, however the shuffling occurred deeper down the depth chart, too. Jordan Whittington’s position disappeared with solely seven snaps (he was questionable coming into the sport) and each Xaiver Smith and Konata Mumpfield overtook him in taking part in time.
Tight ends all get entangled: It is unattainable to know whether or not Davis Allen, Colby Parkinson or Tyler Higbee will lead the tight ends in taking part in time as a result of all of them have been on the prime of the snap sheet sooner or later this season. All of them performed between 35 and 39 snaps, with Terrance Ferguson additionally taking part in 22 snaps.
RB rotation stays the identical: Though Kyren Williams solely had yet one more carry than Blake Corum, he performed 13 extra snaps on this sport. The Rams are nonetheless aiming for a 67-33 cut up between their two runners and it is labored completely to date.
Protection
Established order at cornerback: Even with Darious Williams again, the Rams caught with Emmanuel Forbes Jr. and Cobie Durant at nook. Williams solely performed 12 snaps. No different cornerbacks received on the sphere, together with commerce acquisition Roger McCreary.
Kamren Kinchens’ position stays considerably restricted: Kinchens went from taking part in 80-90% of the snaps within the first 4 weeks to now taking part in between 45 and 70% within the final 5 video games. He performed simply 56% of the performs on Sunday, with Jaylen McCollough taking part in 24% because the fourth security.
