We’ve got a fun little NFC South matchup tonight between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte tonight.The Bucs got downed by the San Francisco 49ers in their season opener in pretty demoralizing fashion. Tampa’s defense actually held up well limiting 49ers QB Winsy Notalotto to going 18/27 for a limp 166 passing yards and pairing a touchdown with an interception that got taken to the house by CB Vernon Hargreaves III. Tampa’s rushing defense was similarly stifling keeping the Niners’ three-headed rushing attack of Matt Breida Andrew Whitworth Jersey , Raheem Mostert and Tevin Coleman to a paltry 90 yards on 30 rushing attempts. The problem? QB Jameis Winston yet again. He threw three interceptions two of which were promptly brought in to the end zone. Good day for anyone with the Niners’ D/ST in fantasy. It wasted a solid game from Bucs RB Ronald Jones too. We’ll see if new Bucs Head Coach Bruce Arians can start straightening Winston out in his contract year.The Panthers lost.Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina PanthersDate: September 12, 2019Time: 8:20 p.m. ETLocation: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North CarolinaTV: NFL NetworkTV Announcers: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews, Kristina PinkRadio Network: Westwood OneOnline streaming: NFL.com, fuboTVSB Nation Packers site: Bucs NationSB Nation Bears Site: Cat Scratch Reader Playing in an absolutely pivotal matchup Robert Woods Jersey , the Los Angeles Rams were able to defeat the Chicago Bears by a score of 17-7 in Week 11. The win ultimately kept the Rams’ season alive and effectively ended any hope the Bears might’ve had.Let’s get into my observations:Head Coach Sean McVay completely adjusted his offensive gameplan and scheme. The Rams have known to be a zone-blocking based run game, with the remainder of the offense working off of the outside zone rush. In Week 11, the Rams completely tossed it out of the window as they ran zone only three times in the entire game, with two coming right near the end of the contest. The Rams ran a man-blocking based run game, incorporating a ton of duo/combo blocks, power, counters, draws Brandon Allen Jersey , and pin-and-pull’s. Here’s an example of a duo and of a counter:Duo:(Google AMP and Apple News readers will need to click here to view the clip)Your browser does not support HTML5 video.Counter:(Google AMP and Apple News readers will need to click here to view the clip)Your browser does not support HTML5 video.Not only did the Rams completely switch their style of run, they also changed up the formations in which they ran. For the first time this season they had a handful of runs from shotgun, I-Form, and condensed formations where WR Cooper Kupp lined up tightEvaluating the new offensive line was tough, simply because McVay did a great job of scheming them as much help as possible. You can see a lot of changing the release point for QB Jared Goff, lots of TE chips, double teams from offensive lineman, and just not a lot of traditional dropping back and regularly scheduled passing playsBuilding on the point above Sam Shields Jersey , you can see just how much attention the Rams gave to EDGE Khalil Mack, and with good reason:Something interesting to note: rookie CB David Long Jr. received plenty of playing time in this contest. In the first half, he regularly subbed on for S Taylor Rapp on third downs, but in the second half he simply played at random points throughout the gameThe pass rush was pretty much non-existent in the first half. It didn’t get much better in the second half, though DT Aaron Donald did have a handful of productive rushes and ultimately scooped up two sacksCB Jalen Ramsey was outstanding. He was shutdown in coverage all night. You can see the communication between he and CB Troy Hill on this rep:The run defense is becoming an elite unit. DT’s Michael Brockers, Sebastian Joseph-Day, Donald, EDGE Clay Matthews Aqib Talib Jersey , and the aforementioned Rapp were all fantastic and instrumental in containing the rushing attack of the BearsILB Troy Reeder hardly plays anymore, and that’s a good thingThe one issue with leaving so many guys in to protect Goff was that the Rams ran a lot of 2-man route combos with a running back releasing into the flat as a checkdown, but it’s easy to cover only two guys and the Bears did a solid job throughout most of the game in those scenariosThat’s all for this week. If you’ve got any interesting observations, comments, or concerns, feel free to share them in the comments. See you guys next week when the Baltimore Ravens come to town to face the Rams.