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AlbaNY_Ram
I agree with your take on the change in the Rams strategy on offense but I have a question: why hasn't abandoning the longer passes led to an increase in completion percentage?
I also wonder why Goff isn't as efficient as he was before. The Rams have employed a strong running game for stretches before and not asked Goff to throw it as much and he was very productive in the process. The great run game and really good pass pro should be opening things up but maybe teams are still willing to give up the run and guarding the back end?
Somebody mentioned the first red zone trip against Dallas where the blitzer came free and what I took from that play was Goff didn't see Gurley or Cooks wide open over the middle and basically just threw it away against single coverage(I think). If he wanted to get it out quickly it seemed like a bad throw and if he wanted to extend the play, he didn't even try. Just looked like a throwaway when there were options. Which supports the idea that he is on orders to not turn the ball over or take a sack as a priority.
Hopefully, if that's the case, he has improved to the point where he's allowed to start being a little more aggressive again. As a nitpick though, if McVay is focusing on Goff protecting the ball and not simply losing it at times when the pocket's dirty, the fumble late in the game had to be a step back. It's tough though. You can't focus on it too much or it becomes a distraction. Keep telling a guy to not think about fumbling and that's all he's going to think about. On that play I don't know if Woods was out of position or if Goff was careless with the ball but the bottom line is they had a fumble at a critical point in the game on a simple handoff/RPO.
Can't have that against NO.
