also. if you look at brees’ stats after that year, he actually took a couple steps back before becoming a truly elite qb.

i wouldn’t be surprised to see goff take a couple steps back before he truly establishes himself. especially as mcvay puts more responsibility on him going forward.

we’ll see.

zn wrote:

“He has to keep studying and keep it going. But it’s only going to get him better,” said wide receiver Robert Woods. “For him to start off like that, with McVay and this new offense, and deliver as he did, I think it’s just a great start for his future.”

zn wrote:

“Really just kind of understanding the intent of the play calls – where he can almost kind of predict some of the calls that are coming in based on the situation that he’s got so much ownership on,” McVay said. “Here’s our priority third down calls in this area, red zone, some of our priority first and second down calls.

“In a lot of instances, he’d probably be able to tell you guys that before the play has come in, he’s able to kind of predict that because we are so much on the same page, and I think that’s only going to continue to grow as we get more experienced together with our coaches and with Jared.”

zn wrote:

He does some other things, but the word was they do the same things over and over but from different looks, ATL saw this and adjusted so they didn’t see a new formation or motion and expect a different route concept and they had our guys covered. Credit to the defense.

zn wrote:

Goff goes into 2018 able to focus on the nuances of his mechanics and his offense- not learning the basics of them. That’s a big difference for him.

goff needs to keep pushing himself. mcvay will keep pushing him and he’ll expand the offense.

should be interesting to watch.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by InvaderRam.

they need to focus on defense this offseason. i question tagging watkins.

not sure if they actually have or not but his career production suggests they shouldn’t be doing that.

i’d try to sign him for a couple years for a lot less money.

let him walk if he doesn’t like it. spend all my cap space on trying to bring back my defensive players who actually have performed.

glad the rams didn’t decide to not hire a qb coach.

goff although not the rams’ best player. he’s their most important player. hopefully, this’ll be a good partnership.

i saw on his bio that he coached ryan tannehill at miami.

looks like he made steady improvement under taylor with taylor also taking over playcalling duties in 2015 before he left.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by InvaderRam.

snowman wrote:

Watkins caught eight touchdowns, but outside of that statistic, he was underutilized. I don’t know why. Maybe not enough ball to go around to three good receivers, maybe Gurley was just too good to ignore, maybe Goff needs to improve his reads and be able to find him more often. I dunno. McVay’s offense in Washington included a very good TE. I would rather have a better TE in the starting lineup than Watkins. If we can afford both with re-signing Donald, Tru, Sullivan, and others, then great. If cap space becomes an issue, i would not re-sign Watkins.

yeah i’d rather the money be spent elsewhere. re-signing sully or another veteran center. trujo, joyner, and donald. depth on the defensive line.

there’s a lot of youth and potential at the offensive skill positions. higbee actually flashed a little at the end. still young. everett. i think thomas or reynolds can be a deep threat. kupp will get way way better than this year. i can feel it. and while he doesn’t do the same things watkins does, he can possibly free up the other receivers to fill that role.

watkins is a luxury. he didn’t show me enough to warrant giving out a big contract.

zn wrote:

So I would say that around 58 M is enough to sign Donald, Joyner, and Watkins if they want.

i’d rather have trujo than watkins.

lyser wrote:

Rams did not play their best game.

Falcons had a good plan and executed it cleanly. They are going to be a tough draw for anyone in this tournament.

they were focused the entire game. the tackling was crisp. they didn’t make errors. falcons can’t count on teams making those same errors the rams did though.

but yeah. they were definitely prepared.

yeah. like i typed in the chat room. losing is not a prerequisite but experience is. mcvay and goff. both young.

even when brady won in his second year. belichick was playoff tested. he had been a head coach for awhile. even as a defensive coordinator, he’d been to and won superbowls.

when roethlisberger won the superbowl, cowher was a veteran head coach.

too much inexperience i think. that and two turnovers. that did the rams in. bad tackling. falcons were laser focused the entire game.

positives. goff flashed. he definitely flashed. some of the throws he made were phenomenal.

bobby woods showed up. what a great signing. donald played well.

but man. hopefully, this is just the start. hopefully, there’s many more playoffs to come in the mcvay era.

obviously, the winning helps and everything. but i’m telling ya. it’s been building slowly – a rams following that is.

Zooey wrote:

zn wrote:

Gaining experience at losing playoff games is not a foundation for anything but more losing.

You know, I’ve always wondered about that.

I’ve always questioned whether losing is a necessary learning experience, or if it’s just something losers tell themselves to reset their optimism for next season. What, really, is learned by losing? Not to drop a pass? Not to lose your grip on a runner’s ankle?

Roethlisberger won a SB his second year at QB. Warner and Brady won their first year.

Just sayin’.

yeah that’s just something losers say.

you can definitely learn some things from losing but it’s not a prerequisite to winning.

nice. i hope the rams mug jones all day.

100 million for 10 years???

why wouldn’t gruden take that job?

• This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by InvaderRam.

if the rams lose on saturday, i’ll be devastated.

happy new year!

may it be better than the last one.