Orchestrating The Perfect Game Plan To Keep Los Angeles Rams Rolling Against Bears In Week 4

The injured, Aaron Donald-less Los Angeles Rams defeated Goliath on Sunday, vanquishing the San Francisco 49ers. While the win is worth celebrating, the 1-2 team needs to keep hard at work to avoid a dreaded 1-3 starting record. Luckily, they have rookie Caleb Williams on tap this week.

As long as the team doesn’t overlook the Bears, they should win the game. This means having a thoughtful game plan. Here’s a look at what the perfect game plan should be this week.

Los Angeles Rams Offense

Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua will both miss the contest on Sunday, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t avoid passing the football.

Matthew Stafford is still going strong, so the Rams can still use most of their playbook and allow their quarterback to read the defense correctly pre-snap and filter to the correct receiver.

Last week, it was Tutu Atwell . However, to keep things fresh, Tyler Johnson and Demarcus Robinson should get plenty of looks as well. Otherwise, the Bears’ 7th-ranked passing defense likely will have no problem locking down the Rams’ passing attack.

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Working in plenty of Kyren Williams is a prerequisite as well. The Bears’ rushing defense sits near the middle of the pack, making it their biggest weakness defensively.

As such, working in plenty of play-action passes to fool the linebackers who are expecting a heavy dose of Kyren Williams will allow the opportunity for down-the-field plays.

Los Angeles Rams Defense

Defensively, the Rams have an infamously low-ranked defense. However, they also have an advantage in facing rookie Caleb Williams.

Their best option is to do to Williams what the Seattle Seahawks did with Bo Nix in Week 1. They need to show a pre-snap look and rotate into a different look.

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If they show a Cover 2 before the snap, they need to rotate to a Cover 3 or even a Cover 1. For example, if Williams sees a Cover 2 look with two safeties and aims to split them before the snap with a deep shot over the middle, but the Cover 2 becomes a Cover 3 or a Cover 1, he’ll end up throwing an ugly interception.

It may only take one of those to get the crowd out of the game, which is when the Rams can go to work on offense.

Special Teams

The biggest thing is to not give Caleb Williams any free points. In other words, Joshua Karty needs to target the back of the landing zone. If he does that, he assures either a short return or a touchback. Either way, the odds are high that Williams will need to drive the length of the field to score points.

Karty has been fantastic in the kicking game as a rookie and ultimately sealed the win for the Rams in the waning seconds against the 49ers. If he can have another clean kicking game, the Rams should be able to leave Chicago as a .500 football team.

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