Joe Burrow has been sacked more than any other quarterback in the league this season (51), and it's safe to assume that the Los Angeles Rams' vaunted pass-rush is salivating at the thought of attacking the Cincinnati Bengals' star and adding to the already-high sack total.
When the Rams and Bengals battle for the Lombardi Trophy in Super Bowl 56 this Sunday at SoFi Stadium, all eyes will focus on matchups in the trenches. And for 60 minutes, Cincinnati's vulnerable offensive line will need to protect Burrow from a Los Angeles front that features defensive tackle Aaron Donald and veterans Leonard Floyd and Von Miller. During the regular season, the trio combined for 31.5 sacks.
"[Donald] is cat-quick. He's undersized but plays with tremendous strength," former NFL offensive lineman Aaron Taylor told The DA Show on Thursday. "His ability to penetrate and convert speed to power. He can get offensive linemen leaning because he's so quick upfield, that you overset, get spread too far out, and can't recover. And he gets inside your chest and immediately goes from a speed rush to a bull rush.
"Now you're sitting in your QB's lap, and you either have to pull the ball down, get sacked or scramble, throw it for an incompletion. That's tremendously difficult for an offensive linemen, who's already at a disadvantage because of cat-quick defensive linemen... When you have three dynamic pass-rushers that warrant double-teams, you have to pick your poison. And that works to the Rams' advantage..."
Los Angeles and Cincinnati are scheduled to kickoff at 6:30 ET on Sunday at SoFi Stadium. According to FiveThirtyEight's projections, the Rams currently have a 68-percent chance to hoist their first Lombardi Trophy since 1999.
The entire Super Bowl conversation between Taylor and DA can be accessed in the audio player above.
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