Re: O-line play is a big part of the problems we see right now

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I had a post where I pointed out how the 0-line has regressed in the last 3 weeks.
However Goff is making bad reads and decisions even when he has time. As pointed out in the two analysis.

Even McVay has said publicly that Goff has to make better decisions. and I agree with our HC on that.

Go Rams!!!!!!!!

I doubt the line is going to be able to proved a nice, cushy pocket for Goff to comfortably throw from so he needs to quit making mistakes. Those videos show that there are options for him to be taking that would result in positive plays and he's just making bad decisions. The line has had it's struggles but overall, Goff isn't taking positive plays and has had a reasonable amount of time to keep the offense moving.

Gurley in the flat, Everett in the flat, keep the freakin' ball in bounds so receivers have a chance, etc. The line isn't the Hogs or the '92 Cowboys but it's good enough. Goff has just not handled the pressure.

Name any qb who executes at an optimal level under THAT much pressure.

I can think of one. Wilson, back when his OL was a disaster. And even then the Rams could decimate him at times.

Stats have shown that JG was throwing under pressure up to 50 % of the time against the Bears.

Again name any qb who has performed well under those conditions.

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Well, we can't actually measure how much pressure he is under, can we? IMO, it isn't so much pressure that he can't dump passes off to receivers standing all alone less than 5 yards away. To you, you make it sound like there's virtually no way any QB could do anything under those conditions. But that isn't what those videos were showing.

Second, I'm not sure what your point is. You ask me to name a single QB who could perform under those conditions but then provide an example. Is it that there aren't any QB's who can handle that pressure or that Wilson is the only QB who could handle that pressure? I don't agree with either possibility because it seems to suggest that the Rams for 3 straight weeks have been dealing with the 2000 Ravens or Steel Curtain Steelers. Everyone's in love with the Bears again so I'll concede that one but the Lions and Eagles were not presenting insurmountable challenges.

Goff's decisions and mistakes were more of an issue than the o-line IMO. He had time enough to force passes, miss passes and choose not to take positive gains in all of those games so the o-line was at least good enough.