TOUCHDOWN @robertwoods! I 👀 the BOB & WEAVE

— Torry Holt (@BigGame81) September 23, 2018

just loved the way gurley iced that game at the end.

and then to top it off brown came in and pounded them for good measure. that’s some running game the rams got there!

on the other hand the lack of an edge rush really has me worried. my only hope is ogbo can contribute in the second half of the season. yikes!

zn wrote:

Per source tests on CB Marcus Peters Achilles were negative. Calf strain. MRI coming.

could still be out for weeks. maybe more.

important game. well. not a crucial game. but it will be telling.

lose and the rams become just another team in non-rams fans’ eyes.

barely win and the rams, and they’ve taken care of business. one of among several contenders.

blow the chargers out, and the hype machine just went over the top. media will be fawning over this team. opposing teams’ fans will seethe.

does it matter? should we care? will it even be accurate?

no. but i do care. i admit. a little bit. i’m a petty man.

also. i’m nervous. i fear that the rams’ outside pass rush will be exposed this game. likewise, i worry that goff doesn’t get the wide open pockets he enjoyed the first two games and regresses a little bit.

i’ll really just be happy with any kind of win.

….

but i wouldn’t mind seeing a convincing “statement win”.

Agamemnon wrote:

I rate Goff in the top 15. There are probably less than 14 QBs I like better. He will get better. I think his arm has gotten stronger since college. I give a lot of credit to his team and his coach.

i agree with this. for one season. for the next ten years? i’d rank him higher.

but yeah for one season. i’d rate him top 15.

so i’m to assume that he didn’t coach from 2013-14?

zn wrote:

wv wrote:

I wonder if Goff can ever be as good as Kurt?

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I think he can be better. It’s possible IMO.

Not by a lot but still.

Goff has some refined things to his game Kurt didn’t have.

i don’t know how good he can be.

is he a system qb? i guess he is. i mean he’s not a transcendent qb in the mold of an aaron rodgers.

he’s going to be reliant on a strong supporting cast to be successful. but that’s probably true of most qbs in the league. shoot even warner needed that.

very few qbs who can truly carry a team by himself actually exist. those are true unicorns. although mahomes might be that. but even then he’s also got a stellar supporting cast along with a very good head coach/playcaller in reid.

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wv wrote:

I’ll be curious to see how Rivers attacks this D.

i’m guessing no quick passes, so the pass rush is going to get tested.

this is where the d can really start to carve out a reputation. or fall back down to earth.

zn wrote:

That last post…the first few minutes are strictly about Goff.

And Dilfer nails it about as well as anybody.

yeah. i saw that video and thought about posting it.

i think the anticipation thing is the biggest thing. he sees things unfolding and gets the ball out quickly.

but as he plays and gets more reps i think he’ll get better and better.

one thing about mahomes. that guy is just a freak. his mental game is phenomenal in the few games i’ve seen. in my novice opinion of course. he’s like an aaron rodgers to me. precocious. he’s got that twitchy mind like dilfer says.

again. it’s still too early to tell. gotta collect more data on him. i think week 8 will be a good time to gauge where goff is.

still. that ypa number is exciting. he’s aggressive. yet he looks so relaxed out there. his completion percentage might not be where other qbs are. but i think the most important thing is his aggressiveness. his decision making. the offense looks explosive. and he might not have even hit his stride yet. he’s still a little off. ya know.

and i don’t know if not having a preseason made a difference in him being a little rusty. the fact is that he does look a little off but also flashes a lot. will he be like this over the course of the season or will he continue to peak toward the end of the season? will other qbs taper off as the season progresses? i guess we’ll find out.

on a side note. on that interception. i might be projecting here. but i understood what he was thinking almost. third and long. you don’t have a kicker. i gotta think if gz was healthy, he throws it away.

zn wrote:

A lot of that is playcalling and offensive design but the qb has to execute.

his accuracy and anticipation. i haven’t seen it in a rams qb in a long time.

bradford was accurate but i don’t think he had exceptional vision. i think goff does. and i think that helps him in the intermediate areas where there’s more going on. it’s not like the deep passes where you’re just aiming for a target. you gotta be able to navigate all the congestion and find the open man.

goff looks good doing that. and even when the guy isn’t open he’s so accurate he’s still dropping it in there.

there were passes this past weekend where my jaw just dropped how accurate he was.

so i think he’s got bradford level accuracy but also trumps him in pocket presence and vision.

it’s exciting.

i just want to say thank you, ag. i love these. i’m gonna download the whole season.

on the downtown rams podcast jake made a good point. and i think this has been mentioned on this message board numerous times but his experiences at cal helped him in ways bradford could not prepare for. that is facing intense pressure from snap to snap. in some of those videos you see goff making throws with traffic in his face but his body language is so calm. i remember bradford back in the day looking a little panicked because he didn’t have the huge pockets that he enjoyed in oklahoma.

that goes along with what pa just wrote. he reminds me too of warner the way he stands in there.

also. despite him looking rusty. he still finished yesterday throwing for 75% accuracy and he could easily have had 2 more touchdowns. he hasn’t peaked yet but that’s a good thing. as long as he’s playing his best football at the end of the season that’s all that matters.

also.

rams rank

7th in total offense

3rd in total defense

offense did well. goff was sharp. or at least sharper than the week before.

defense pitched a shutout.

and yet. i think they can play better. much better.

that’s a little weird to say. but i think it’s true. they haven’t played particularly strong teams. and when they go up against teams like the vikings, they will have to play a lot better than they have…

but i think they will.