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They talk Goff and Wentz. Said about Goff if he doesn’t see the pressure by looking straight at it, he doesn’t know it’s coming. Goff has a problem right before the snap and he may never get it. Great podcast. Lots on McVay and his issues as well.
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Lande is talking that whole time as if McVay still does that "in his headset for 15 seconds" routine and doesn't seem to get, no that's over. Waldman was at least saying yeah they used to do that and maybe that inhibited the qb's development. Lande didn't seem to quite hear that and keeps going on as if they still do it. It's very much like Lande hasn't watched them. Which I think is precisely the case..and that is typical of analysts because no one watches all 32 teams equally closely. (Waldman on the other hand we know watches the Rams a lot.)
Lande goes off on how maybe Goff doesn't adjust in-game. Well we've seen him do that. There would be no comebacks on his resume if he never did that.
Lande seems to be operating under the theory that the Miami game is this big reveal that sums up where the team really stands as an NFL offense. As opposed to the theory that that was one recent bad game and they have changed the offense in various ways from 2018 on and so they will do it again. And both are theories cause it's too soon to say.
Waldman's better except for this thing where he goes on about how Goff doesn't see or sense pressure coming. It's like that first strip sack against Miami looms so large it erases things we know are true. Like the fact that last year in 10 games he was pressured on avg. 10.4 times in those games, and while tied for the league in attempts, was lowest in the league in sacks. How can you be high in attempts, high in pressures, AND low in sacks if your qb cannot anticipate pressure--at all?
(How he reacts to it is a different issue and one obvious thing is that he presses.)
They had some solid points too, about both the coach and the qb. But I still think the whole tone of it is mostly recency stuff after a bad game.
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