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Speed_Kills
His accuracy was not good on the deep ball
He had two to Watkins including the one that was int
He also had another on 3rd and 1 to Reynolds who was running wide open and just needed a clean ball
Other than the deep ball issues obviously he played very well... my question is why was his accuracy so off? Even the 53 yarder to Kupp he had to wait on it
after watching this game again the Rams should have blown the Saints out
They had at least 4 dropped ints from Brees
This team hasnt even come close to playing 100%
I agree they haven't hit on 100% yet, or tp put it another way, they're still inconsistent with some dips along the way on an upward trajectory
I think Goff and Watkins struggle to have a good chemistry, which I assume is because Watkins came in rather late compared to the others.
In terms of deep ball accuracy, I look at espn splits--which are always a game behind. So it has that limitation. Still, on passes of 31 yards or more, they have Goff completing 36% of them, which isn't bad at all (I;ve found that on this stat, 25% is
okay and 33% is
pretty good. 50+% is exceptional). This last game will lower that percentage.
The McVay Rams don't throw those very often. It's 3.4% of total attempts. The top third are above 5%.
They throw in the medium/deep medium range more often compared to the league standard (11-30 yards). That was also true btw of McVay's 2016 Washington offense too--they didn't throw deep that much by league standards (31+ yards) but threw medium/deep medium more (11-30 yards). The 2017 Rams throw in this range (11-30) on 30.2% of attempts, which is on the higher end compared to the league norms. Goff completes 43% of them, which isn't bad, though that's not on the higher end.
I assume that they will improve in this area (medium/deep medium/deep passing) with a good off-season.
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