Re: JamesJM's demonic side....

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JamesJM
There will come a day when the Ram's will shock the NFL.. winning games, vying for the playoffs. That day will come as a complete shock to the media, and many on this board. It's going to be a VERY fun season when it happens. Backsliding, retractions, excuses.

Personally I would never shove it in anyone's face.. that's just not me. But, uhhhhhhhhh, I must confess I'll be reading the board, the media, with a very evil grin on my face.

I have a very wait n see thing with Goff, but it's tinged optimistic/positive.

He really was that far behind when it came to learning pro offense. And he debuted under pretty challenging circumstances.

The OL at the end of 2015 looked like it could be at least solid in 2016. It backslid. He was supposed to have a running game. He didn't. The defense was supposed to keep games close. Instead, it regressed--in 2015 they were 2nd in the league in redzone scoring percentage, for example, and in 2016 they were 31st. If you look at 1st quarter v. every other quarter scoring, the Rams went from okay to worst by quarter, which tells me that Boras could set up decent game plans but had trouble adjusting to defensive adjustments. And so on. It was a defense-dominated staff with a lot of newbies coaching on the offensive side. And so on.

So...Goff didn't look good.

But I never once thought that was HIM. I thought that was him, as a rookie, under those circumstances.

The circumstances are way better this year all the way around and he's not a rookie.

When I watch him now, my question is not, can he play. My question is, what is his actual defining ceiling. Meaning, I don't know HOW high it goes...but I don't doubt he has a ceiling he hasn't reached yet.

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