Los Angeles Rams started the 2018 season with 5-0 run and are currently the biggest favorites to win the Super Bowl trophy. Still, Rams’ players don’t want to let themselves get carried around. After they allowed Seattle Seahawks to rush for 190 yards and a touchdown on Sunday, tackle Ndamukong Suh decided to openly criticize his team’s run defense on Thursday.
“Terrible, without question,” – said Suh when asked about the performance of Ram’s run defense in the last two weeks. “That’s my personal opinion… It’s terrible just from a standpoint of how much run yardage we gave up.”
LA Rams’ opponents rushed for 106.8 yards on average in the first five weeks of the season and managed to score three rushing touchdowns in the process. This is something Ndamukong Suh wants to fix.
“I can’t think back to many times to defenses that I’ve been a part of that have been [at] 191 yards, let alone many times over 100…I’ve been a part of some great defenses where we’ve, in a year, not allowed but maybe one team to get close to 100 or over 100,” – the 31-year-old added. “So that’s what I pride myself on and want to maintain that, and we have all the tools to be able to be that type of defense.”
After his contract with Miami Dolphins expired in early 2018, Ndamukong Suh decided to sign a one-year, $14 million contract with the Rams in March. In his first five games with the team, Suh managed 16 combined tackles and 3.0 sacks.
