Bengals at Rams
Rams beat their division rivals, 49ers and make it to the big game to face the Bengals, who beat the Chiefs in KC.
There is not much difference in these two teams -- a recurring theme in this year's playoffs. I feel like I've written
this same piece several times already.
Both teams are super at passing the football. On
yards per pass attempt, our killer stat offense
Bengals rank no. 2 (barely behind the 49ers at 7.65 to 7.69) and Rams rank no. 3.
This stat, (created by Bud Goode) sure looks like an important stat for separating winners from losers.
Expect both teams to have a good measure of success through the air.
But the game is played on both sides of the ball and here we see a bit of daylight between the two teams with
the L.A. Rams pass D a bit tougher. On our
killer stat, defense -- yards per pass attempt allowed
Rams rank 11th with the Bengals coming in at no. 20. Looking closer, the percentile rank and raw numbers are not so different with
Rams at percentile rank 63 and Bengals at 49 (both near mid-pack). Rams allow 5.94 and Bengals 6.26 about a 1 foot difference per pass
attempt.
Bengals pass D came up big grabbing 2 INTs vs the Chiefs. Rams grabbed one and held the league-leading pass offense (49ers) to just 17 points.
Both defenses came through. The team the manages a great D effort in this Super Bowl should come out on top.
Here is the weekly chart of Rams and opponent yards per pass allowed. The did have 8 games allowing a very low number, sub 5 yards. So they
can be tough.
Look through the past Bengals and Rams comments to see more such charts.
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