could the raiders sue if the chargers did move back to san diego?

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probably pointing out the obvious here but just rewatched the first half. 10 of their first 13 points were directly off special teams mistakes. and while you could argue the first touchdown could have been avoided had the defense stayed mentally tough, the second score which was a field goal couldn’t be helped short of getting a turnover.

so the game very well could have been 24-3 by the end of the half. that’s still no excuse for what happened in the second half.

i’ll say this though. i might be reading too much into it, but sonofbum looked pissed at the end. even during mcvay’s locker room speech, he looked very displeased. hopefully with the long week he can iron out some things cuz dallas will be a much tougher test.

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zn wrote:

Before the Rams’ Week 8 bye, they’ll face the Seahawks, Jaguars and Cardinals. Bigger challenges await. But we can expect Goff to be up for it.

yeah them and the cowboys. next 4 weeks will be telling.

but man he looks good. it’s hard not to get ahead of oneself.

kurt’s right. if they played in this era of football, they would have set records beyond reach. 700 points in a season? maybe.

they were ahead of their time.

zn wrote:

Except you just listed the WRs.

Last night the guy who spelled Gurley at RB was Tavon.

i did mention gurley. he was the first guy i mentioned.

long-term. tavon is not going to be here to spell gurley. for now? well sure. what else are they going to do with him? use him on jet sweeps? sure. and i understand that just the threat of him running the jet sweep can cause a defense to hesitate.

still. he’s got 40 yards from scrimmage and zero tds on the season. he’s becoming obsolete.

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tavon’s done.

i think all that is just coach speak. as soon as they can get rid of him they will.

there’s only so many balls that can go around. gurley, watkins, woods, kupp, everett… eventually he’ll be the sixth option on this team. maybe not now but soon he will be. there’s not much use for him anymore.

goff on the season. approximate numbers. 70% completion rate. 10.1 ypa. 800 yards passing. 5 tds. 1 int. 118 passer rating.

defense looks horrible. is sonofbum’s streak gonna end?

road game against a divisional opponent. goff is still young and inexperienced. i wanna see more than anything else gurley take this game over. i want everyone to forget about carlos hyde because gurley just absolutely dominates the niner defense.

zn wrote:

Most encouraging, the Rams have 12 recorded completions of 20-plus yards—second to only the Patriots—equaling their total from Goff’s seven starts last season.

wow. that’s encouraging. i mean i’m guessing that’ll open things up for gurley. and on top of that they’ll be less vulnerable to mistakes that eventually happen when you have to string together long drives.

zn wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

whereas with mcvay you don’t know if it’ll be run or pass or where the qb will go with the ball. there’s more deception. that’s my guess anyway.

IF that’s what he means.

And even if he means that, IF that’s true. You would have to show me. The Rams got a lot out of play action last year and by definition that means that you don’t really know what they’re doing from the formation. I will say this.

btw I don’t think that’s what he means.

looking back it maybe he means plays are more conceptual. rather than being its own play. meaning if you learn the concept you can apply it different plays. or different formations…

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zn wrote:

The designs are intricate but, for the quarterback, the reads are not. If the look is this, throw here; if it’s that, throw there.

as goff plays more. sees more defenses. the plays become ingrained in his memory. his reactions will be quicker. he’ll be able to go from his first read to his second read quicker.

but it’ll take time.

my expectations are that he throw for over 60% on the season. ypa over 7. throws for double digits tds and more tds than ints.

zn wrote:

How many plays was it?

Because…pictures can dominate our perceptions, so sometimes you have to count.

My guess is that the only pics that went up were the “didn’t see open receivers” pics.

How many of those in reality in the game? How many where he DID see the receivers?

It’s always better IMO to do a real count and give percentages.

i think it was 3-4. i know. not that many. but i said missed some open receivers. i wasn’t trying to make it out to seem he was playing horribly. like i said before. going into the fourth quarter his ypa was excellent.

but the other thing that should be noted. i don’t think blue and gold was trying to make goff out to be some bust. he also made a point to say that goff made good decisions as well. just pointing out mistakes. mistakes that i’m sure goff has seen and will store away for future reference.

i’m hoping in a couple years he will make defenses pay. meaning. instead of dropping 20 points on a defense like this, he’ll be dropping 30+ points. that’s when we’ll all know that it’s clicked for him.

the rams should win this game i don’t care how bad their run defense is.

hoyer and that niner passing offense has to be the worst in the league.

let me just add to that.

i think i’ll be able to say for sure if he belongs or not by the bye week.

as far as how good he can be? assuming he belongs i don’t think we’ll know until his fourth year. so that’ll be 2019.

overall i’d have to say though that goff did alright. even if he was missing receivers, through the first three quarters he had a 70 percent completion rate at over 10 ypa. his qb rating was at approximately 130.

and the drive before the last they were in position to score another td and then the penalties.

we’ll see.

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