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LMU93
...that in my opinion revving up RBs production in the passing game is more important than replacing Cooks deep threat production. First, Jefferson is a different type of WR to Cooks- much more in Woods and Kupp's mold- which is fine. If he can get open he can get open- whether that's 12 yards downfield, 15, 20. Goff needs to get the ball out quicker and not wait as much for slow-developing deep routes. Plus, Woods and Kupp have both shown they can run vertical routes.
So anyway... to me it's the RB production in the passing game that dropped off WAY more than deep stuff. The Rams' RBs collectively had 37 receptions for 260 yards (7.0 YPC) in 2019. That's down about 60%+ from 2017-2018. They don't need to get back to what Gurley was doing as a receiver in 2017 and through most of 2018 but the RBs were anemic in the passing game last year and one of them (Henderson?) has to emerge as a viable target for Goff. Again, if you're throwing the ball to the RB you're getting the all out pretty quickly. We need more of that.
Excellent point about the RB’s pass receiving, 93.