a lot of searching for inconsistencies here

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PHDram
Theres a lot of inconsistencies.

You argued previously that goff was good on third and long (which includes "deeper dropbacks" but now your making the argument that he didnt trust the oline to "execute a long series of deeper dropbacks". its hard to believe both to be true.

further, you make the aruemnt that the line was better than in 2019, but then suggest snead/mcvay were "not working" on the line issues.

finally you discount the fact that goff may actually bear at least some of the blame by suggesting the play calling was a result of the line play rather than the play of the qb.

He can throw a large percentage of completions on third and long without them being in third and long dropbacks a large percentage of the time. He completed a third of his 3rd and longs, which is 16 completions. That ranked him 8th. Either way you did not respond to what I actually said, which was this: "I don't think the qb could trust it to execute a long series of deeper dropbacks." They were in 3rd and long an average of about 3 times a game. That cannot add up to a long series of deeper dropbacks.

You again misunderstood what I said. My comment was aimed at a hypothetical and could include anyone. That is, WHOEVER believes the "qb" can "make up for your line issues" to me, that just means they advocate "not working on your line issues." Why did I say that? Because I think it is a rare, rare qb who is NOT stymied by weaker OL play. That comment was about anyone who believes the opposite--that just changing qbs renders OL issues irrelevant. Heck one of the few qbs who can play well behind a subpar OL is Wilson, and he COMPLAINS about the OL. So it has some kind of effect on pretty much every qb.

Either way the difference between 2019 and 2020 was health and experience. Hav got healthy, Edwards and Corbett got experience. That was all the result of prior work (drafting Edwards, trading for Corbett).

And me pointing to OL issues in relation to playcalling is not an "inconsistency." That's just you having a different view of the same issue. Granted you believe your view but then we all do that. Did Goff play behind an OL he had complete confidence in? Did that affect playcalling? I say no and then yes.

Finally, you completely miss the point. Goff isn't here. The qb is Stafford. Does Stafford need a solid OL? IMO--Yes. I don't see him as being one of the rare exceptions to that basic rule of NFL football. Is the Rams 2021 OL going to be the same? Well we don't know yet--so far they are replacing Blythe. Will that matter? Yes it can but we'll see, depends on the replacement, and what kinds of improvement the guards get from coaching (examining past issues and addressing them) and experience. So far they don't have the makings of a top OL but they can become more solid than they were.




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