The defense looks just fine. i am very encouraged by what I'm seeing out of Ogletree now. He's bringing the wood, moving fast, and he's vocal out there. If Gaines can stay on the field our corners will be good enough and the D will wreak havoc on a lot of offenses. The FS position is still a concern, hopefully they get that worked out, but they are fine at SS. You can mask a lot of problems on the back end with a great front 7.
I thought Goff made some nice throws, and we all know about the drop epidemic, his supporting cast last night was awful but he needs to see things quicker. I'm not down on him at all. I thought Lynch looked bland, all he did was dink and dunk so they are keeping it extremely simple for him. And he had much better WRs to throw to than Goff.
GRob played well again before he came out due to concussion checkout, thankfully he's fine. The starting OL looked good to me. Obviously, the backups will make it easier to make some cuts this week. Tavon got one target, not sure why, but I don't care.
Case is Case. No zip on the ball, limited ability but a gamer who won't lose the game all by himself, but won't put pressure on a defense. He's actually perfect for a Fisher scheme offense. More on that later.
I think we should all keep in mind how good Denver's D is, they made many great offenses look bad last year, plus they were playing at home in their dress rehearsal evidenced by the way Talib hit Keenum on the sideline. They were bringing the mustard, just as the Rams D was and I thought our starting D matched them or even bettered them.
All this doesn't change the fact that the Rams offense is insipid and uninspiring. You know whats coming and it rarely looks sharp. Fisher is gonna pound the ball with Gurley and company and use the receivers as secondary weapons to try to keep the defense honest, hopefully limiting them to only 10 in the box.
Personally, I think the offensive philosophy and scheme that Fisher wants is a losing one over the long haul, it just doesn't put enough pressure on defenses, so he will always be resigned to depending on his defense to play extremely well. And that's just not going to happen over 16 weeks. That's the reason I see at best a mediocre season. He may get to 8-8, but more likely its another losing season.
It's really sad because I think with just 2 changes this team can have a winning season. 1) A modern offensive scheme and 2) a quality WR. Yes, that means I'm ok with Case starting for now and Goff being eased into the starting role. They could still win with that if they made those 2 changes.
If they fired Fisher tomorrow, and made those 2 changes, I'd feel a whole lot better about the Rams.
