How the Rams improve play-action game in 2020Eric D. Williams
The Los Angeles Rams have been one of the teams in the NFL most reliant on play-action passes during the Sean McVay era.
Since McVay took over as head coach in 2017, the Rams employed play-action passes a league high 32 percent of the time.
Most times they have been successful. According to Pro Football Focus, Jared Goff had a 109.3 passer rating on play-action passes in 2017, averaging 10.6 yards per attempt.
In 2018, during the team’s Super Bowl run, Goff had a 115.0 passer rating on play-action passes, averaging 10.0 yards per attempt.
However, those numbers dipped last year, as Goff posted an 85.9 passer rating on play-action passes, averaging just 8.4 yards per attempt. He threw just four touchdown passes and five interceptions on play-action passes, and the Rams struggled to run the football last season.
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