Here’s Mojo Ram...
I think this is something McV has been focused on this season. We've all watched this offense. It is more short to medium area focused in the pass game. It's more ball control and dictating the pace of the game than before. Quite a bit of high percentage stuff. The shift from 11 to 12 personnel late last season into this season, the defensive improvement this season...
I've looked at the average T.O.P. numbers since 2017. Here they are excluding overtime:
2017
29:39 (21st)
2018
30:46 (8th)
2019
29:00 (22nd)
2020
31:59 (3rd)
Three minutes per game improvement is HUGE when looking at T.O.P. That's a result of a defense that can get off the field and an offense that can sustain drives and/or have more possessions per game i'd suspect(i haven't looked at that).
I've read where (some)fans have been critical and a bit disappointed in the style of the Rams offense this year.
No deep game, safe throws, far less quick strike scoring, less chunk plays etc. Is McVay protecting Goff etc. Lack of a deep speed WR etc.
It could be some of that stuff i guess...but i'd be willing to bet that once McV got a feel for what his defense can do, he realized that longer, more deliberate drives gives Goff and company a better chance at finding that game rhythm he wants to get into.
We've all witnessed how out of sync this offense gets at times, and how impatient the playcalling was last season. Of course the run game was terrible and clearly contributed to things grinding to a halt at times.
I think he wants to keep his unit on the field more than ever in order to ensure more plays to get to that place. More deliberate. Now he's got an elite defense to compliment that.
Or maybe i'm just full of it.
