Re: that my friend is not what happened

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cool_hand_luke
Imagine...we might actually try to convert a third and 13 now. The fact fact we ran draws or wr screens on almost all third and longs this year spoke volumes to me.

They converted third and longs frequently.

There's actually a site that keeps stats on third and long. Goff threw them 48 times and converted a third of them, which ranks him 8th in the league. He was better at that than Brees, Watson, Rodgers, Wilson, Ryan, and Brady.

Stafford btw ranks 1st. He converted 38.7% of 62 attempts. He was better at that than everybody.

Those numbers are here: [stats.washingtonpost.com]

It's amazing to talk about a player who has fallen out of favor. People's memories go completely haywire. They remember this long litany of terrible things, even when those things are proven to be not as common as they assume. You remember nothing but WR screens on 3rd and long. But the fact is, the Rams converted 3rd and long at a higher rate than 24 other teams.

And it's also nice that Stafford was ranked first on that stat.

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Thanks for inspiring my first post-Goff response. Finally, a perspective I can embrace.

Goff wasn't bad, he just wasn't great. The Ram team was pretty good. Staley squeezed out incredible production and consistency from a unit that had three great players, four very good players, and a bunch of jags. McVay protected a decidedly flawed OLine from being over-exposed more often than not. Jared's cool is a double-edged sword that doesn't really match McVay's fire.

I wanted Wentz but supported Goff. There were times he was very impressive. I'm on record that McVay wanted to expand the offense and give Jared more responsibility. Jared responded well many times but couldn't process everything quickly enough for McVay. I'd actually say the same thing about Everett. I think McVay demands Kupp level processing and may have that with Stafford.

Thanks again, ZN, for making this about having a good QB but wanting a better one. I believe that is spot on. Gurley, Cooks, and Peters were good players but for various reasons, not any longer the standard McVay preaches.

One last thing, if the OLine isn't properly addressed, none of the rest of this will matter much. It's not fair to tell a QB you want him to throw more deep passes AND reduce turnovers when he has no assurance the protection will be there for him. Just ask this year's versions of Brees, Wilson, and Brady. A mixtape of mind boggling interceptions by those three wouldn't be hard to produce.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/02/2021 03:20AM by Leoram.