(11-14-2019, 09:18 AM)Upper Wrote:

(11-11-2019, 10:58 AM)JagFan81 Wrote: This threads gone a little quiet hasn't it?! So I sat down to watch the Rams, something I never do apparently, to watch this Phenom named Fowler. 

Moved to play where Yannick does, he was shut down all game by Villaneuva. It's the same problem. Hes a speed rusher. Yet Clay Matthew's, playing the position Fowler has been had 1.5 sacks.

So could it be the system or is Clay Matthew's a top 5 DE now?

That's just how Fowler has always been. Giant stretches of absolutely nothing, or showing up for all the wrong reasons, and then a high profile splash play that everyone remembers. I know that's how pass rushers are in general, but Fowler is like that to an extreme. He was always very low on total pressures and off the charts with his sack to pressure ratio. It is kind of bizarre that he was able to sustain those levels that have been unsustainable for everyone else.

That said, I haven't followed him much this year so maybe he has actually improved.

The problem I always found with Fowler, when he went up against a big LT, like 6'4, if he got squared up, he couldnt do anything. He had to either get outside the LT or fake outside to get inside. Hes a solid pass rusher but I think Wade Phillip's used him well. I look at Von Miller, under Phillip's he was a beast, hes now using Fowler for those blitzing plays. What's Miller done since he left?

The Rams play a lot of wide 9 up front and with Donald and Brockers inside, he can get 1 on 1 with the RT. The guys inside do such a good job of making the QB leave the pocket, it means Fowler doesn't have to beat his guy, just be in a position to meet the QB if he does try and escape.

Sunday he had a fumble recovery TD, but it was a snap that went over the QB and he got there first. Like you say, a splash play but then nothing the rest of the game.

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