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nicecatchellard
It does make a difference if your oline is playing bad but when your oline sucks and your qb is off it makes it worse also. Goff has had some real bad games even when his oline was a top unit in 2018 correct? He has also had some great games with that line correct? Goff has some hinderance in his game even with a great oline IMO it is his inability to quickly dissect a defense or understand the concepts of mcvay play calls. I don't think it has anything to do with arm strength or mobility issues. To Me he weakness is in-between his ears. How long did it take him to figure out the 6-1 defense and to throw to the te in the middle of the field. Known as the emergence of Tyler Higbee out of nowhere. No one was covering him all year and teams dared Goff to go to him by playing the 6-1.

Remember this is about an extensively injured OL. Not an "ol that sucks." I've had the same debate with people since 2007, when the Rams suffered the worst series of OL injuries I can remember since I started following them. They were signing guys off the street during the season to replacement replacements who had gotten injured after replacing injured starters. And for some reason, there was always a core of fans who blamed everything on Bulger. This issue was blindspot for some then, too.

Oh and his OL was not a top unit in 2018. Not after Sullivan got worn down and Blythe got exposed as a guard and McVay had trouble adjusting to 6 man lines. Though at least the 2018 OL was healthy. There was no situation where 3 inexperienced guys were replacing injured OL.

An extensively injured OL does not have the same timing, rhythm, coherence, communication, and execution. You even have to adjust the playcalling--you can't run your normal offense (McVay directly said that last year).

And yes at the end of 2019 the Rams OL played fairly well in 3 out of 5 games but none of their 3 wins were against a D that could pressure. You're right that Goff played well given the circumstances. But the circumstances changed things.

And so this has nothing to do with "needs a great line," it has nothing to do with "all teams have injuries," it has nothing to do with any of that.

And again you have not named examples of qbs playing well behind extensively injured OLs. Well you did accidentally--you named 2, but my bet is you can't name the 2 and also can't tell me which years each played behind an OL with extensive, multiple injuries (and in both cases it eventually caught up with them.)


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