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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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Goff is a bubble QB and it's been proven so far put a great coach, team, run game, wide receivers, tes, online, ST, and defense and he can be good to above avg QB. Take any of those things away and he becomes avg to below avg. Look at the Fisher year and last year with the oline. This year special teams is his only weakness and is starting to drop off a cliff again after starting hot. No more excuses ZN he is what he is at this point needs to be in a bubble to succeed.
