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Goff has to be surrounded by elite units in the OL, RBs and receivers to do well.
Basically, the other 10 guys have to be wart free. It's not sustainable.
And in the games he did play well this year--which of course is most of them--WAS he surrounded by elite units? Rams had elite WRs, OL, and RBs this season?
The OL was good most of the year, it was never elite. Unless you think that somehow Edwards, Blythe, Corbett, and Hav are an elite combo. Or that any one of them would be top 5 at their position.
They've played well for the most part but they are the same guys the Jets and Seahawks beat up, so they can be warty.
In fact all 10 other guys were warty all season. The best performers of the other 10 were Kupp, Akers, and Whit. Do you see elite there?
Akers? Maybe but not yet--has to be healthy.
Kupp? Top-drawer slot receiver. But if you were making a ranked list of the NFL's elite receivers would he crack the top 10?
Whit keeps chugging along, doing well--his only poor outings were in the first half of 2019. He could make a top 10 LOT list, don't know about top 5.
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The context is consistency. I speaking of doing well consistently.
He hasn't done well much this year IMO. Maybe about half his games. There's a reason when you average out his QB ratings, he's 26th.
IMO, if we want him in that top 10 range like 2018, the OL, RBs and receiving units have to be brought back to elite status.
You're basically supporting my position: he's surrounded by good but not elite talent. Given his limitations, that's not enough to consistently win or to be a SB caliber offense.
Oh I saw that. "Consistency." That's the way to inflate the meaning of 4 bad games.
Your claim is that for the team to be consistent, they must have elites everywhere.
I don't buy that for the simple reason that the Rams never had elites everywhere, not in 2017 and 2018. Just Gurley.
To be more consistent they only need to do more of what they did in their better games (win or lose).
That includes things like showing up for the game regardless of the opponent, and solving the issues Saleh's defense cause the Rams OL and offense in general.
It doesn't have to involve being "elite in every unit" which they have never been.
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