Believe- You responded so damn fast, that I didn't get a chance to defend myself. The thing about the Rams, is that they are even better at Home, and they have had problems on grass in the past few years. I mean, Martz was running a lot of speed routes....
Football 101: Instead of having a receiver run 5 to 7 yards, break down, and make a cut or curl up, Martz likes to have everything run contiuously. The receivers are supposed to round off the routes to avoid that "breakdown". Hence the "speed out". It is a quicker route. Not every route can be run as a speed route, but Martz generally prefers these routes.
Mark Bulger is one of the best quarterbacks in the league as far as anticipating throws. He is extremly good at throwing the ball to where the receiver needs to go to, before he gets there.
Playing on that flat surface at home ( turf) makes that offense a lot easier to run. When this team gets on grass ( it slows everyone down) and can also throw off the timing a little bit. It doesn't mean Bulger will be inaccurate, he might have to hold the ball and not throw in the first place. Bulger is also good at throwing the ball to spots, not people which kind of goes along with the whole concept.
One of the most common defenses against these speed routes is to really Jam the receivers at the Line to throw them off their timing.
So my point is that the Rams at home, are a lot better than the rams on the road. I know Mike Martz has since moved on, but the receivers/Quarterback still have to adjust to playing on grass.
I'd think a lot of people would like the Lions as an honorable mention, but I really see the Giants and Steelers rounding out the top 10. Eli for all the crap he gets had the Giants as the #1 scoring team in the league for much of the year 2 years ago ( as they were 11-5 and won the division as his first year as a starter). Pittsburgh falls more in the category of the Patriots.... They could score more points if they wanted to, but they were generally leading games ( 2-3 years ago, not last year) and had to focus more on running and being efficient.
