Gurley is the X factor

[sambam94]

If healthy, the guy is a beast. Seems like no one is really talking about what he means to the Rams offense.
He was obviously hurt late in the year. The question is..will he be near 100% tomorrow?

 

[VectorPrime]

They need to treat him like Marshall Faulk and beat the **** out of him. Take a couple of illegal contact penalties if you need to.

 

[jimnance]

If healthy, the guy is a beast. Seems like no one is really talking about what he means to the Rams offense.
He was obviously hurt late in the year. The question is..will he be near 100% tomorrow?

Waddaya mean no one's talking about him?
He IS the biggest key to the game for the Rams. He and Anderson. Goff is best when he can go playaction. Stop or severely slow down the run game and the Rams are cooked.
The run game is also key for the Pats. If they run like they ran the last 4 games, it might be a blowout. But Brady can still win it by himself. Goff can't.
I gotta lot if respect for mcvay, great offensive mind. He'll get creative.
I'm more worried about Gurley on screens than I am when he just runs.
We'll see.

 

[IcyPatriot]

Gurly vs a linebacker makes for a long day for us ...

 

[lancerman]

Gurley's actually the guy I see Belichick scheming for the most. Same with Cooks. To me Kupp would have been the big match up and CJ Anderson scares me a bit.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

He was good against dallas and awful against no , i dont think he appeared on the injury report for either game but could be mistaken. So its anyones guess how effective he’ll be. Our run d has done really well in these playoffs though, complete 360 from the miami and pitt games. So either way i think we find a way to contain him.

 

[Snooky97]

BB will make Goff win the game. Can see a lot of Guy, Brown, Shelton. Gilmore on Woods, JC Jackson on Cooks, and JMac on renyolds.

 

[Bourne Again Christian]

JC Jackson with safety help on Cooks is the best or why not Jonathan Jones on Cooks?

 

[JayNM]

I dont think he'll be 100%, but I do think their O-Line is incredibly good.

Our Front 6 (rly) needs to be ready

 

[BobDigital]

People are talking too much about Gurley as a runner when what matters is how he is as a pass catcher.

He needs a big receiving day to keep the Rams in it. I put the number around 60 to 70 yards. If he does that it evens the odds a bit. If they don't get help catching the ball from their backs they may as well call it a game now.

 

[Patstastic]

Definitely. All solid points. For the Pats, I think this will be a game where Chris Hogan steps up. Edelman & Gronk will be covered by Talib & Peters. But Hogan should get some good numbers.

 

[Water Boy]

I expect to see some run blitzes by Van Noy and Roberts.

 

[SBLIII]

Todd Gurley won't be workhorse for Rams vs. Patriots

 

[drewskie]

Todd Gurley won't be workhorse for Rams vs. Patriots

We should be prepared for either tail back.

 

[Uncle Rico]

CJ Anderson scares me a bit.

Yeah, I'm still a little scarred from this. Way too easy.

 

[TinhWoodhead]

hopefully Todd runs like a gurl

 

[WHPats]

Yeah, I'm still a little scarred from this. Way too easy.

Wasn’t that 3 years and 25 lbs ago?

 

[Uncle Rico]

Wasn’t that 3 years and 25 lbs ago?

Yeah. Like I said -- I'm still a little scarred.

 

[VectorPrime]

Anderson isn’t a thread in the passing game.

 

[PatsSox363804]

Todd Gurley won't be workhorse for Rams vs. Patriots

I don’t believe that for a second.