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Is it finally time to believe in the Rams' offense?
| August 20, 2017 05:09AM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 26,189 Status: HOF Inductee |
Is it finally time to believe in the Rams' offense?
Alden Gonzalez
Jared Goff was calm and precise, Todd Gurley ran with patience and ferocity, and a collection of receivers -- rookies like Cooper Kupp and Gerald Everett, veterans like Robert Woods and Sammy Watkins -- made plays all over the field. It was only a preseason game, not even an entire half of NFL football. But the way the starters navigated through an eventual 24-21 win on Saturday night allowed one to believe, for the first time in a long time, that the Los Angeles Rams may actually have a functional offense.
On the road, against a good Oakland Raiders team with no injured starters, the Rams' first-team offense moved the ball effectively and efficiently, converting on six of eight third-down attempts while scoring two touchdowns and a field goal on four possessions.
Goff completed 16 of 20 passes for 160 yards, Gurley needed only eight carries to compile 38 yards on the ground, and Kupp hauled in six of seven targets to gain 70 yards through the air. Then there was Everett, who gained 24 yards thanks to a nice cut-back move near the sidelines. And Woods, coming in motion to turn a short pass into a 10-yard gain. And Watkins, finding the seam to pick up one of 12 first downs for the first-team offense in his first game with the Rams.
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Alden Gonzalez
Jared Goff was calm and precise, Todd Gurley ran with patience and ferocity, and a collection of receivers -- rookies like Cooper Kupp and Gerald Everett, veterans like Robert Woods and Sammy Watkins -- made plays all over the field. It was only a preseason game, not even an entire half of NFL football. But the way the starters navigated through an eventual 24-21 win on Saturday night allowed one to believe, for the first time in a long time, that the Los Angeles Rams may actually have a functional offense.
On the road, against a good Oakland Raiders team with no injured starters, the Rams' first-team offense moved the ball effectively and efficiently, converting on six of eight third-down attempts while scoring two touchdowns and a field goal on four possessions.
Goff completed 16 of 20 passes for 160 yards, Gurley needed only eight carries to compile 38 yards on the ground, and Kupp hauled in six of seven targets to gain 70 yards through the air. Then there was Everett, who gained 24 yards thanks to a nice cut-back move near the sidelines. And Woods, coming in motion to turn a short pass into a 10-yard gain. And Watkins, finding the seam to pick up one of 12 first downs for the first-team offense in his first game with the Rams.
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