26CornerBlitz Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 Chiefs-Rams Is The Week 11 Super Bowl — But Probably Not The Actual Super Bowl In a showdown of 9-1 teams, the Rams will now host the Chiefs in Los Angeles after the game was relocated from Mexico City. By Neil Paine There’s a new team atop FiveThirtyEight’s NFL Elo rankings this week, and it’s the one we discussed in this space last time around — the red-hot New Orleans Saints. Fresh off an impressive victory over the Los Angeles Rams, New Orleans turned around and walloped the Bengals 51-14 in Cincinnati. Based on how they’ve been playing recently, there’s no team more deserving of the No. 1 slot than Dem Saints. However, New Orleans is also the fourth different team to hold the top spot in Elo so far this year, joining the Patriots, Eagles and Chiefs. That’s tied for the most handoffs of the No. 1 spot through Week 10 of a season since 2002 (when five separate teams held No. 1 to that point in the schedule). So we still don’t have a great sense of who exactly will be meeting up in Atlanta in February. In fact, there’s still a decent chance it might just be the two teams that are scheduled this week for an epic Monday Night Football clash — the Chiefs and Rams. Both teams sport 9-1 records, and they have similar strengths and weaknesses. According to Pro-Football-Reference.com’s Simple Rating System (SRS) metric, the Chiefs rank second in the league on offense and 19th on defense; the Rams rank third in offense and 14th on defense. K.C. is led by a couple of 23-year-olds: quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who leads the NFL in passing yards, and running back Kareem Hunt, who ranks fourth in rushing. L.A.’s pair are both 24: QB Jared Goff (second in passing yards) and RB Todd Gurley (first in rushing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ndirish1978 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 I wonder about the financial ramifications of this. How much did the league lose? What about all the fans who booked tickets to go see the game and now have to cancel travel and hotel plans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 Chiefs vs. Rams Week 11 preview | NFL Playbook (7:33) Rhett Lewis, Shaun O'Hara, and Brian Billick Preview the Chiefs vs. Rams on MNF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 2 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said: Chiefs vs. Rams History WHAAATT???? Sammy Watkins won a sportsmanship award???? SOMEONE IN BUFFALO MUST BE FIRED NOW!!!!! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!! RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE WWWAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! Or something like that, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 Biggest Injury Questions for All 32 teams in Week 11 Kansas City Chiefs Sammy Watkins (foot) and LB Anthony Hitchens (rib) will be available against the Rams after missing last week's game. Watkins in particular would be a welcome addition against a high-scoring opponent. Watkins either didn't play or played little in Kansas City's two lowest-scoring games of the season. -- Adam Teicher Los Angeles Rams Cooper Kupp, who tore his ACL on Sunday against the Seahawks and will be out for the remainder of the season. Josh Reynolds is expected to start in Kupp's absence. Reynolds also filled in when Kupp was sidelined for two weeks with a knee sprain. -- Lindsey Thiry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 Talib on CB Peters: 'He is Good, He's Perfectly Fine' On Monday, Los Angeles Rams cornerback Marcus Peters squares off against the Kansas City Chiefs for the first time since being traded. Can he turn his season around against his former team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 PFT’s Week 11 picks Chiefs at Rams MDS’s take: Maybe the best game of this NFL season. Call it a hunch, but I think the Chiefs pull off the road upset. MDS’s pick: Chiefs 31, Rams 28. Florio’s take: The Rams’ defense isn’t great, but it’s good enough to slow down the Chiefs’ offense a little more than the Chiefs’ defense will slow down the Rams’ offense. Florio’s pick: Rams 41, Chiefs 38. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 (edited) NFL Week 11 game picks: Rams edge Chiefs; Cowboys stay hot MONDAY, NOV. 19 Los Angeles Rams 42, Kansas City Chiefs 38 8:15 p.m. ET (ESPN) | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles) Well, what was once an international game has become a home affair for the Rams. A lot of folks watching this game will be concerned about the Chiefs' defense facing perhaps the most dynamic offense in the league. The Rams rank first in net yards per pass attempt (8.6), first-down efficiency (percent of plays gaining four or more yards), 10-yard plays (183), lowest percentage of drives going three-and-out (8.2) and pass plays going for 20 or more yards (50). They are so effective on first down that the success makes the whole operation manageable for Jared Goff. The Chiefs also rank 31st in stopping offenses from gaining 4-plus yards on first down. Thus, at least in this game, first down will be more important than third down. That is a pro football rarity. The Chiefs will be asking a lot of Patrick Mahomes. Look for Andy Reid to call for several designed roll-outs and misdirection plays to neutralize, or at least tame, Aaron Donald's impact. Follow Elliot Harrison on Twitter @HarrisonNFL. Edited November 15, 2018 by 26CornerBlitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 Daily Dose: Comparing the Rams and Chiefs Each weekday, theRams.com will be taking a look around the internet for the top Rams headlines of the day. Here’s a look at what’s out there for Thursday, November 15th about your Los Angeles Rams. RAMS vs. CHIEFS On Wednesday, Southern California News Group’s’ Rich Hammond compared the Rams’ and Chiefs’ offenses ahead of Monday night’s matchup. Hammond says there isn’t much difference between the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 Tips for Week 11 NFL picks: Something strange about Chiefs-Rams line, teaser of the week and more As you may have heard, the Chiefs are playing the Rams in the biggest matchup of the season, and rather than the game taking place in Mexico City, field conditions have moved the game to Los Angeles. You probably already know that the total for the game is higher than we've ever seen for an NFLgame, but when the spread reopened at several sportsbooks, it revealed something pretty shocking about the Rams. The standard home-field advantage for teams is considered to be three points, though it can vary from team to team based on home/road splits and other factors. So if you get two teams that the sportsbooks consider equal, you'll see the home team favored by three points. That's what happened in the Jaguars-Colts game in Week 10, and the Colts did in fact win by three points. Chiefs at Rams (-3.5) Home-field advantage: 3 points Power rating line: Rams -3 Lookahead line: Rams -1.5 KC LAR Record vs. spread 8-2 4-6 Yards per play differential 0.9 0.9 Points per drive offense rank 2 3 Points per drive defense rank 25 24 Weighted DVOA 41.7 31.8 Pass offense DVOA rank 1 3 Pass defense DVOA rank 12 13 Run offense DVOA rank 4 1 Run defense DVOA rank 32 29 The Rams were at one point only the home team in name for what was scheduled to be a Mexico City showdown, but poor field conditions have shifted this one to Los Angeles. The Rams were favored by 2.5 when this game was on a neutral field, but it reopened at Rams -3.5 once the move was announced. Do the Rams only get one point for home-field advantage? Is the fact that they were training at altitude and the Chiefs weren't baked into such a small move? At any rate, the Rams have actually fallen well short of expectations lately, covering just once in their last seven games. That hasn't been the case for the Chiefs, who sport the second-best offensive DVOA ever tracked through 10 games behind the juggernaut Patriots of 2007. They've failed to cover just once all year, and Andy Reid has historically been great against the spread on the road -- the Chiefs are an NFL-best 32-16 ATS on the road since Reid took over. The Rams can afford to lose the least with the Saints peaking, but the Chiefs might just be the better team here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 On 11/13/2018 at 8:43 PM, LABillzFan said: Surprised no one posted a photo of the field. A complete wreck after a concert there. Holy crap. I was wondering after reading a couple articles but never imagined anything that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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