The Defense
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The Rams Defense was one of the hottest topics coming into the season. After acquiring multiple high-quality players in Marcus Peters, Aqib Talib, Ndamukong Suh, Sam Shields, and now Dante Fowler. There was plenty of reason to believe that the Rams would be one of the best defensive units in the NFL as long as the personalities were able to mesh well.
So far the defense has had plenty of ups and downs while playing a little beat up. Talib was placed on injured reserve after hurting his ankle while playing against the Los Angeles Chargers earlier this season. This seems to have been a bigger deal than most anticipated because it has had a domino effect on the rest of the secondary.
Marcus Peters has struggled in his role as a primarily press corner. He is currently ranked as the 106th corner by Pro Football Focus. That is a far cry from where he was listed while he was in Kansas City, but this has not deterred the veteran corner. Peters has openly admitted that he has played poorly for several weeks and needed to get better. This will be a tall task against the Chiefs offense, but not an impossible one.
Aaron Donald has continued to be Aaron Donald and wreck shop at every available opportunity. Even after last weeks game against the Seattle Seahawks, we saw Donald trying to start an altercation with Justin Britt. Which was some unusual behavior from Donald and is honestly something we would typically see from his counterpart Suh. There has been no word as of yet if there will be any punishment dolled out to Donald. During games, Donald is the highest rated defensive lineman according to PFF, and he is making a case for another defensive player of the year award.
Overall the Rams defense isn’t rated that much higher than the Chiefs so far this season. The Rams are ranked 12th overall when it comes to points per game, while the Kansas City is ranked 16th. The overall difference between the two is less than a point, which is surprising when you look at just how much talent that the Rams have.
This game is one of the most anticipated this season. There will be plenty of fireworks from both sides as both of these young quarterbacks go back and forth in what will more than likely be the highest scoring game this season. Luckily for the Chiefs even if they lose this game, they will be in full control of their destiny and whether or not they can achieve the one seed once the playoffs roll around.