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Caveat I would add is while they played some bad teams early on, in 4 of their first 5 games they played good to very good defensive front sevens. And they've played good to very good front sevens in each of the past 3 games, too.
Games 1-5:
71.7% completions, 8 TD, 3 INT, 108.8 QB Rating, 9.0 YPA, 7 sacks
Games 6-8:
58.3% completions, 5 TD, 3 INT, 78.3 QB Rating, 5.9 YPA, 3 sacks
It actually breaks down this way:
Games 1-5 +7 (game 7, Chicago, includes 69.7% completions, 2 TDs, 108.1 qb rating).
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Games 6 & 8
Then you ask, what do the teams in games 6 and 8 have in common.
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If I'm reading you right, you're saying when we play a team with good pass defense - gets pressure and has good coverage - then we should run a lot. Don't ask Goff to do much in those games.
Sadly, it seems that's where we are.
Almost, but not really though.
You have a young team that has issues with protections, and a qb who can (but does not always) struggle with the combination of pressure and very effective coverage (which means the receivers struggle with that too btw).
When you play a team that can both pressure and cover--and they are not that common--bloody account for it at the gameplan level.
And they've done it. Washington's defense is ranked 4th overall, is 1st in passing yards allowed and 6th in pressure percentage--they sacked Wentz 8 times for example. But the Rams ran the ball on them 35 times.
Sure Washington's offense is a dud but then
Miami’s offense gained exactly 1 less yard against the Rams defense than Washington’s did.
And in the Washington game Goff was 21 of 30 for 309 yards, with 2 TDs and a qb rating of 111.7.
Running the ball in that situation plays to the Rams strengths and negates the opponent's strengths.
Can Goff carry the team in a situation where the opposing offense puts pressure on by scoring, and the opposing defense is strong in pressuring the qb and can cover AND can play the run?
It's a phony question. How many qbs HAVE carried teams in games like that. It's a short list of elites.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/02/2020 07:23AM by zn.
