Another stream of consciousness thing...
First, the negatives.
I'll start with Goff. What happened to that "most Pro ready" QB? The one that bravely insisted on doing his Ram private workout in a downpour? That amazed coaches and scouts on the chalkboard? That processed with speed in college? That had such accuracy and touch? Damn! Get this imposter outta here, and go get that other kid back.
Seriously? Goff seems to be regressing. He's overwhelmed too often. He definitely isn't reminding anybody of Joe Montana lately. Something is very wrong here. Goff has demonstrated in college the ability to excel at the highest levels. But now he can only occasionally flash, while mostly flailing. I'm concerned about his self confidence at this point.
Given Fisher's track record of developing QB's, I'm worried. Whatever the amalgamation of Fisher, Boras, Groh, and Weinke have concluded, it ain't working. Not NEARLY as well as was expected by virtually everyone. At least not yet. My worst fears are being realized regarding Goff's development. And all this on the heels of the Foles implosion. Shudder...
Lest we blame all of Goff's struggles on the coaching staff, let's remember that both Keenum and Mannion have greatly exceeded expectations this year. Unless we give all the credit to them for self development, don't we have to give the coaches some credit here?
I didn't focus on OL play, but I did notice that backup OT's Williams and Battle had terrible snaps when I did have my eye on them. Is it that Battle is not yet fully healthy? Both seem likely goners after last night. Pace Murphy threw a nice block that I noticed.
Duke Williams had a nightmare game.
Quick is so done as far as I'm concerned. No sympathy in my heart left for him anymore.
Even Higbee disappointed. Maybe this "drops thing" is contagious?
Still underwhelmed by our backup LB's after 4 games. Is Snead looking for a LB on the waiver wire? Might be, at that.
Now for a few bright spots.
Mannion is looking more and more like our #2 for next year. Heck, until Goff gets his feet on the ground, it seems that he's our #2 THIS year.
I don't remember ever seeing a RB corp so deep. Ever. How can they cut Green? And McGee is gonna be on somebody's roster this year. C Reynolds has gotta be released in favor of Green, don't you think?
Mike Thomas made some plays last night both as a receiver and on ST as a returner and gunner. Maybe he sticks, after all?
Good to see Hav get some snaps, but is he gonna be ready for opening day? I'm very comfortable with GRob and Saffold at OT's until Hav is 100%.
Just an aside, but how the heck can a coaching staff that has RB's and DL players coming out their ears have so much trouble stocking this team with WR's? Just amazing. Feast or famine, position wise.
Fox really showed up last night, huh? Hope he can make it to the PS.
Fassel has some work to do, that's for sure. Hope he gets on top of it now that he can finalize his various ST groups and no longer needs to look at everybody. Last night was a ST comedy of errors, wasn't it? Three Viking scores resulted from ST fubars.
Final word about the preseason. When the projected starters were in, the Rams looked more than okay. Including against the SB champ Broncos. The coaches gave lots of snaps to all the backups in order to try to find a gem or two. And they certainly had success with that philosophy.
I suspect that there will be some Boras/Groh passing wrinkles that will pleasantly surprise us come opening day.
And I have a feeling that our D is gonna be better than last year. And that our front 7 will be absolutely beastly.
Where did I go wrong? Or what did I miss?
