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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.
I thought Goff was unimpressive - drops aside. He looks slow and clumsy and once again got banged up really good on a tough hit. He bounced up and finished the series but they sat him for the next one. I think his shoulder injury was worsened by the hit last night. Obviously the backup oline struggled and that impacted his play but in general he hasn't flashed nearly enough IMO for the 1st overall pick in the draft. Obviously we won't be seeing him anytime soon unless Keenum is injured. I think some folks are trying to gloss over it but Goff's performance is a disappointment.
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.
Disagree on the insipid and uninspiring - IMO that's over the top. You talked about all the drops... what if those drops are catches...are we talking about an uninspiring system? I love how the Rams starters moved the ball against the Broncos starters and how they got stronger. I don't love how they finished with FGs. Lance Kendrick's looked very strong last night. He ran a nice little drag route last night for a big gainer and of course Keenum hit him in stride over the middle for another long yarder. The Rams are doing some very interesting things with their TEs in the pass game.
Talk to me a little more about why Goff looked unimpressive. Surely it can't be based on that one 3rd down run where he slid awkwardly and failed to get the first down?
I haven't seen the 2nd half yet so I need more of a description beyond the stat line when you say he was unimpressive or "not ready." Did it look like he was making the right reads and going to the right place with the ball? Did he exercise good judgment and get rid of the ball when he was supposed to? If he's besieged by pressure his job is to get rid of it and live to see another play. Did he look comfortable running the O?
When defending the offense and Keenum later, you mentioned the drops and if things would look different if they were catches instead. But earlier for Goff you dismissed the drops. Didn't most of the drops happen when Goff was in? I haven't see it fully yet so I don't know how many there were. But I saw a couple in the 1st half. I heard there were more in the 2nd half. If those were catches, does he suddenly start looking more impressive?
Please expound....
