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and even though the Rams have the more talented QB, unless there is change to the offensive approach, he has to play blindfolded and 2 hands tied behind his back.
But that is a great post and a great comparison.
Well I'm not sure you want a raw, green rookie, flinging the
ball around the field, just yet.
I imagine they'll open things up, gradually
and try to match the scheme to their talent-pool.
Could be a pretty boring offense for a while. Sigh.
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Boring is relative. And subjective. For example I am one of those who finds defensive struggle games to be interesting and exciting. Personally I find any kind of offense that is done well and produces exciting and interesting. I don't have a prejudice in that regard.
2012 is a good example (I pick 2012 because it is the last or actually only time where the Fisher Rams had a starting caliber qb play the majority of games without melting down or getting injured.) In 2012, the qb was 11th in pass attempts, virtually tied with Aaron Rodgers and ahead of Flacco and Rivers, among others. The Rams threw 59% of the time, which that year was ranked 13th. That was all simply because he was an experienced qb...and that was with no one at receiver, really, except Amendola. And it wasn't game management or pure ball control either...taking shots is one of the things the Rams do. According to PFF in 2012 the Rams were 7th in the league in pass attempts of 20 yards or more. In terms of passes of 31 yards or more, those were around 5% of the Rams attempts, and 5% for throws of 31 or over is always in the top third of the league. In fact in 2012, that's a notch below Luck (5.1%), pretty much tied with Eli and Brees and higher than Flacco (4.3%), Rivers (3.9%), Brady (3.3%), and Rodgers (2.8%). (Roethlisberger was the highest of the 8 I looked at with 7%).
I think that describes the real Fisher passing game bloodlines. So, I think Goff will develop, and I think when he does the Rams will be right there again in terms of attacking deep. I also have no doubt that he will bring a stronger medium range game than they had in 2012.
So to me it's not an issue. If Goff has it in him to develop (which he does IMO) then I just believe that when he can handle it, they will use him to their advantage passing, even with Gurley. It may not be this year but IMO it's on its way.
In the meanwhile, I don't find a tough running game with Gurley and a promising rookie qb "boring," myself. If you do you do, but to me, IF it's productive then I don't knock it for not being my style. I like the way a good solid attack combined with a top defense works...for example I never found watching Seattle or Carolina "boring." To me it's just a different kind of interesting from watching the Patriots or Arizona.
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Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 07/22/2016 05:25AM by zn.
