around the league … starting 10/15

Roquan Smith is processing the game at a different level than 99% of people that play the sport.

Killed the 2-min warning himself by letting the runner get up. Preventer offense from getting set and e getting an extra play off pic.twitter.com/JISFmOvQLR

— Spencer Schultz (@ravens4dummies) October 15, 2023

Myles Garrett won 31% of his pass rushing snaps vs Trent Williams in Week 6

That is the highest percentage given up by Williams in his entire career 🤯 pic.twitter.com/IAyeRnDecO

— PFF (@PFF) October 16, 2023

20+ yard completions this season:

29 Jared Goff
28
27
26
25 Tua Tagovailoa, CJ Stroud
24 Matthew Stafford
23 Kirk Cousins

— Underdog NFL (@Underdog__NFL) October 16, 2023

InvaderRam wrote:

putting the superbowl aside. i wonder how the rams with goff and all those first round picks would be doing right now. i still like stafford a lot. but i like goff too. maybe it was just mcvay and goff not being compatible. or maybe mcvay and snead we’re just a little too impulsive. maybe an older mcvay and snead don’t make that trade. but they were also desperate to win the big one.

To me, the question needs to be looked at prior to the trade, not in hindsight. It’s too easy to say it was a great trade because the Rams won it all the next season. As in, what was the context at the time? Stafford, as good as he’s always been, had never won a playoff game, much less the Super Bowl. Goff had already helped take the Rams to the Super Bowl just two years prior, and the Rams were still a contender with or without him. He’s also nearly seven years younger, with far less tread on his tires (due to injuries, etc).

Personally, I think the Rams would have been better off keeping Goff, and those draft picks, and working their butts off to help Goff play up to his potential. Two firsts and a third could have yielded a premier edge, LT, corner, etc. In my view, they could have had a sustained run at the Big Dance, instead of a one-off. That was my view going into the trade, and it still holds for me.

Obviously, I love that they won it all, and that can never be taken away from McVay, Snead, Stafford, or anyone else on the Rams. Stafford has proven himself over and over again, and few QBs have ever been tougher. There’s no quit in him. But I’m a greedy fan. I want both/and. Wins and more wins. The whole enchilada plus sustained access to fine dining.

ZN,

I can see that take, and it has merits. It also has “it’s a done deal!” to give it weight.

But I’m stubborn, so there’s that, too.

:>)

Gabriel was the OG for me as a fan. He’ll always be the best in my mind. The Rams just didn’t have enough team speed or electricity on offense during his tenure. No real match-up nightmares on the o-side for other teams to deal with. If we can play what if games, Roman Gabriel wins two or more Super Bowls if he had weapons like Holt, Bruce, Faulk, and Hakim. With that defense and offensive line, he likely doesn’t need all of them.

Bulger doesn’t get enough credit. He was talented, and seemed pretty humble about that too.

Everett’s another one who lacked weapons. With Dickerson on the field, it may have taken just one more guy, one speedy wideout to tip the team over into juggernaut status.

Oh, well, c’est la vie.

zn wrote:

This topic is just going to have lots of different takes from different posters. In my view

for sure.  it’s just interesting to think about.  there are pros and cons to each – keeping goff or trading for stafford.  no wrong answer i don’t think.