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How do the Rams 'weapons' compare to the 49ers/Cardinals/Seahawks weapons?
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That's not necessarily the determining factor.
You don't need more recognizable namebrand weapons to beat those teams. For example, in the last 2 years the Rams are 3-1 against Seattle. They're also 2-2 against ARZ. And that was with these qbs: Foles, Keenum. (The greenman Goff has not beaten them yet.) That's 5-3 against just those 2 teams, with no qb and no running game in 2016 on top of it.
For some reason they floundered against SF, but it wasn't because of SF's "weapons."
But in any event, what do the Rams need to do to have more offense than they did last year?
* for the 2nd year Goff to be more productive than he was as a lost rookie
* for the combination of Woods and Kupp to provide as much or more production than the combination of Britt and Quick
* for a line with Whitworth at LOT to be better than a line with GR at LOT
* for Gurley to return to his 2015 form as an explosive, decisive runner who gets yards after contact
* for Tavon at a minimum to do what he did in 2016, which wasn't much, but ideally for him to return to his 2015 level of production (ie. I am saying that at worst he doesn;t hurt and at best he adds something)
I think ALL of those things are possible. For example, and it's just one example, in Buffalo Woods was far less productive when Watkins was healthy. That had nothing to do with Woods, that was just the Bills featuring Watkins. When Watkins was out for several games, though, Woods's production soared. He stepped up and played like (my definition of) a #1 WR. Not an elite guy, but plenty dependable.
I think all of those things are possible. Either way the Rams have proven over the years that they don't need to match ARZ and Seattle in terms of weapons to beat them. They never have but they are nevertheless competitive against those guys. It would also help if they got over the SF jinx.
And this much is gravy:
* for one or more of the following to offer more in year 2 than they did as rookies, and/or come through as rookies: Higbee, Williams, Cooper, Thomas, Everett, Spruce, Rogers, and maybe McRoberts
(I think Reynolds will be the straggler this year so I don't list him here).....
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/09/2017 09:36AM by zn.
