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laram
Not only his play calling but the way he clarifies the defense for Goff.
He sets up things very well to give Goff confidence by creating formations to identify the defense.
He's putting Austin in motion to reveal the coverage, man to man or zone.
A lot of 2 and 2 formations trips, etc., that dictate to a defense the type of coverage he wants.
Out of certain formations he has built in hooks to hold the lb and he's running posts behind him.
He's dictating coverage on either side of the field by the formation.
He gives Goff an answer on every play and he has drafted and traded for receivers that can accomplish what he wants.
Sammy is not the best route runner but he stresses a defense at every level.
Kupp and Woods are both great route runners that give the qb clean targets.
His tight ends are guys that are athletic with good enough speed to create mismatches vs lbs and safeties.
He's a very smart little dude.
The total antithesis of what we've had in the past.
Good post.
I don't even know if this is a major point but my early impression is that just like in Washington with Cousins, the McVay/Rams offensive strength is the 11-25 yard strike. If that's true they will be frequent--more than the league norm---and they will have a high accuracy percentage. They will also be all over the field (left, right, middle). The previous regime went deep deep at a higher percentage than most teams (31 or more yards) but McVay's Washington went medium and deep medium at a higher percentage than most.
The thing about that kind of attack is, if it's rolling, you can shrug off mistakes like penalties and problems like a low yield running game. If you're grabbing 11-25 yards once or twice a series it can make up for a lot of other inconveniences.
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