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Re: Sorry, dz, but you got the proverb and its meaning exactly backwards.

February 23, 2021 02:42PM
That’s really strange. I’ve heard the phrase used both ways. But I looked it up today and the accepted meaning is as you state.

In the Rams case though, it doesn’t seem like their goal is “good.” They’ve already had good by going to the playoffs 3 times in the last 4 years.
So I would say yes, they have paid a big price trying to replace the good with the perfect – or if not perfect at least better than good. Because their standard is higher than good.

Personally, I don’t think their improvement will be cosmetic because I see Stafford as a tier above Goff. When the trade happened, one of the talking heads did a survey of league scouts and GMs and the general consensus was that Stafford is a bottom Tier 1 QB and Goff was a bottom Tier 2 QB.

I believe what we will see is an offense that is no longer ranked 22nd or whatever we were last season. I expect the points per game to increase from the 24 range back up to the 30 range that it was in 2017/2018. In an ideal world where everything stayed the same that should translate to more wins.

That said, we don’t live in an ideal or a static world so some variables may change. The defense may get worse. But that would have nothing to do with Stafford or Goff. If the offense does increase scoring to 30 ppg but the defense drops from #1 to #8 and the end result is the team is relatively the same, is that a bad reflection on Stafford? I don’t think so.

Ultimately though, my current expectation is a better offense with the defense still being strong. Which should lead to more wins.
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  Interesting as teams try to plug QB holes

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dzrams699February 22, 2021 11:36AM

  Agreed!

RockRam380February 22, 2021 11:59AM

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oldschoolramfan442February 23, 2021 04:53AM

  Sorry, dz, but you got the proverb and its meaning exactly backwards.

Saguaro417February 23, 2021 06:33AM

  Re: Sorry, dz, but you got the proverb and its meaning exactly backwards.

zn384February 23, 2021 06:44AM

  a thought on yer post, Sag...btw good to read ya again!...

SunTzu_vs_Camus511February 23, 2021 08:15AM

  I think this is a good point

zn298February 23, 2021 10:39AM

  Good post. Thx, STvC, and hope all is well with you, too!

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  for the record

zn317February 23, 2021 02:05PM

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dzrams479February 23, 2021 02:22PM

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dzrams255February 23, 2021 02:45PM

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SunTzu_vs_Camus458February 24, 2021 01:01AM

  Re: Good post. Thx, STvC, and hope all is well with you, too!

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  Know what might be interesting?

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  Re: Looking at this from another angle ...

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dzrams287February 23, 2021 02:42PM

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  Interesting Premise... I Agree

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  Good posts Rock and Dz

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