Report Card: Not much action, so Jackson gets ‘D’
September 17th, 2007 | by Kevin Morris |
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Monday, Sep. 17 2007
Grading the Rams after their 17-16 loss to the San Francisco 49ers:
QUARTERBACK
Bulger didn’t see a couple of open receivers but otherwise did an admirable
job, given the beating he took from the 49ers’ pass rushers.
GRADE: A minus
RUNNING BACK
It looked like Jackson missed a couple of run reads, and some pass rushers on
blitz pickup, as well.
GRADE: D
RECEIVERS
Holt’s fumble through the end zone, plus drops by Bruce and Klopfenstein marred
what otherwise was a strong day by the pass catchers.
GRADE: C+
OFFENSIVE LINE
Some rough moments on blitz pickup were expected, but 49ers had too much inside
penetration, particularly vs. the run.
GRADE: D
DEFENSIVE LINE
Rams were stout against the run with notable exception of Gore’s second TD run;
Ryan and J. Hall made their presence felt.
GRADE: A minus
LINEBACKER
Played more consistently than last week, even without injured Tinoisamoa
(ankle), but made no big plays.
GRADE: C +
SECONDARY
49ers had some success with crossing patterns over the middle, but depleted
secondary played well; Bartell had a big sack.
GRADE: B +
SPECIAL TEAMS
Massey’s recovery of muffed punt set up Rams’ only TD; but blocking on kickoff
returns was nonexistent, and D. Hall’s muffed punt proved fatal.
GRADE: C minus
COACHING
Defense rebounded strongly from last week’s second-half meltdown; offensively,
why weren’t there more passes over the middle to combat 49ers’ edge blitzes?
GRADE: C minus
