zn wrote:

QBs don’t win comebacks by themselves (ever) but they HAVE TO come through for them to work.

it never happens all at once. and it’s probably not accurate to point to one game or another as a turning point.

but i think goff showed me something this game. it wasn’t the best or most dramatic comeback i’ve ever seen. maybe a touchdown would have been the exclamation point i was looking for.

but dang. like it’s been said. on the road against a divisional opponent with an insanely loud crowd. against a superbowl winning hof caliber qb who kept coming up with big plays. and goff came through. without cooks and kupp. knowing he needed to score because the defense kept giving up points.

and no. it wasn’t just him. incredible play by the oline. blowing up holes and keeping goff clean. gurley was gutsy. and let me be frank. i saw the replay. and he got the first down. it never should have gotten to that fourth down qb sneak. but the rams couldn’t challenge it because they had no timeouts. so i fault the coaching staff for that. it could have really bit them in the ass.

goff became more of a leader in this game i think. his teammates already believed in him. but it’s wins like these which really galvanize that belief. so calm and collected when the game was on the line. but you saw that competitiveness boil over at the end when he converted. it was good to see.

as for the defense. the rams are getting pressure from suh and donald. but in my opinion. they need someone else who can finish off plays besides those two. they can’t do it by themselves. at this point. i seriously hope peters gets over his injury. talib comes back in the last half of the season. and that ogbo can contribute just something. even as a situational pass rusher. just something please.

but more than that. the run defense was worse. i don’t know how they fix it. but they gotta fix it. 190 yards on almost 6 ypc. not acceptable. i’m officially worried.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by InvaderRam.

zn wrote:

Return of Obo also looms.

Cal wrote:

This defense looks like it could use Quinn’s speed on the edge.

But Quinn only has 1 sack through 4 games. And he has 0 forced fumbles. I’d guess he’s still not close to the same player he was pre-back surgery.

probably never will be but still far better than what they have right now.

there is still ogbo… but i’m not gonna get my hopes up.

Zooey wrote:

Robert Quinn the top rusher. It’s too bad the Rams couldn’t hang onto him.

so the cap space that was cleared by cutting quinn. who was that used on?

i won’t be too bothered if the rest of the nfc west sucks for the next decade.

wv wrote:

A number of those teams near the top, on that list are not having good years defensively. I dunno what that means.

at some point you actually have to get to the quarterback.

someone correct me if i’m wrong but opposing qbs have been torching the rams even when throwing under pressure. so something’s not working.

part of it is just facing some really good qbs lately. and injuries.

but maybe it’ll balance out. maybe the defensive backs and linebackers will start making some more plays with the opposing qbs playing under such duress. i don’t know.

goff mcvay partnership. rams cannot let these 2 go.

fisher was right. the head coach qb relationship is so important.

zn wrote:

A key one is his innate ability to make “wow” passes into tight spaces–passes with a lot of finesse and touch and micro-accuracy in terms of where the ball ends up, but at the same time they’re high velocity throws. It;s like he can throw a line drive with touch at the end.

yeah. he’s a precision qb with some arm strength. and i think he can get even a little bit stronger.

yeah. and the sacks should start coming. but i wonder how many of those pressures were coming from the edge.

i feel like ebukam has been a disappointment. i think he gives good effort. but he hasn’t even produced many pressures much less sacks. it’s all coming up the middle. which says a lot about donald and suh.

i was intrigued by suh lining up outside. i wonder how that experiment works out. but mostly i’d like to see the outside linebackers step it up.

well 10th isn’t bad. but it isn’t great either.

i’d expect teams to start blitzing more. i’ll be interested to see how goff reacts if they do.

i can only hope that barron coming back for the defense is a good thing. then hopefully ogbo is on his way back.

i feel bad for earl thomas. i really do. but i hope the rams stomp the seahawks next week.

yeah. his accuracy is next level.

not only can he hit the receiver in stride. he can hit the receiver in stride where only the receiver can make a play on the ball. he can hit the target within the target.

combine that accuracy with his footwork. and his toughness which he’s displayed since his days at cal.

and he seemingly has this desire to continually get better. he’s beginning to learn the playbook inside and out. to the point that he’s just seeing and reacting instead of thinking. but he seems thirsty for even more. i want to see that manning-like obsessiveness over football. i see signs of it, but it’s still too early to tell.

and he’s only 23 years old. will turn 24 in october. he can get stronger. my guess is he won’t physically reach his peak until 2020. some guys develop later physically. and he must be one of those guys.

i gotta say. i’m surprised. i didn’t think he’d be this good. and who knows? maybe he comes back to earth a little as the season goes on. but shoot. at his stage of development (and coming from that college offense at cal) it’s a little startling that he’s developed this fast. and you wonder how high his ceiling actually is. the more and more he sees as he keeps playing, he will sharpen his skills that much more. it’s only his second season in the same system. he’s seemingly learned so much more about this offense in one offseason. how much more can he absorb in another offseason after having gone through another season of getting live action reps?

should be interesting.