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greg roman offense. only thing i know about him is that he coached under harbaugh for many seasons from stanford to the niners. very run heavy offense.
it’s probably mostly a matter of learning the terminology. i can’t imagine the concepts being so vastly different. it’s probably just learning the verbiage.
i think he’s a lot like steven jackson. lots of little minor injuries that slow him down, but for the most part, he’s able to play through them. i think the foot injury was a little fluky. so i think he’ll play around 14 games a season. maybe miss a couple games here and there. but the guy plays through injuries. and sometimes really well.
in terms of caliber. i think he’ll be to an odell beckham what steven jackson was to marshall faulk at running back. not quite at that elite level but close enough and a legit number one receiver. and like jackson, he’ll get nicked up. but he’ll play a solid number of games with very solid production.
And Watkins is that age, too. So they have a young corps of talent right there.
Really…wow.
The Rams did a LOT with the offense since January.
it’s funny. well not so funny considering the head coach is offensive minded. but still. if these moves work out, they really only will have to address the offensive line next offseason. most of the needs will actually lie on the defensive side. cornerback, outside linebacker, and defensive end. which is funny cuz this defense could be something else. providing donald returns of course.
I will be looking for who can make a play. I won’t be too critical of mistakes.
i wanna see everett and kupp make plays.
No, think about it, it’s using resources. Tavon used 2015 style in an offense dominated by Watkins means more space for Tavon, which means more big plays.
i agree he’ll use him in spurts the way he was used in 2015. sure. he’s there. might as well. i’m talking about volume. why invest that much time into using him when he’s most likely gone in a year?
he’s going to use guys at his disposal sure. but he’s got to balance that with installing his system. invest in the guys who are going to be here past just this season. tavon’s saving grace is most of these guys are young and inexperienced. kupp and everett who are very much in mcvay’s plans are rookies. we don’t know how long it will take for them to adapt. with kupp i doubt it takes very long. they might very well be busts in which case mcvay will have to go to tavon.
He’s not going to get a lot of touches, maybe 4 or 5 a game – plus punt returns.
tavon in 2015 got 104 touches not including special teams. that’s 6.5 per game. i’m thinking maybe about 52 touches this season.
Big plays. Touchdowns.
well. the big plays will be for watkins. for gurley. tds will be for watkins. gurley. higbee. everett.
there’s only so many touches.
when they got watkins to open things up underneath. i believe it’s for gurley. woods. kupp. higbee. everett.
again. my only hesitation to fully invest in this prediction is that kupp, higbee, and everett are largely unproven. austin has at least done it. and watkins could get injured.
A lot of people are saying Watkins means Tavon is gone. That’s probably true, after this year (they can’t lose him this year because it would mean a 5 M cap hit). There’s a big however coming, but, my take all along was that it looked like McVay wanted Tavon to be DeSean west, and that that wasn’t going to work–Tavon is not a pure receiver in that mold.
But now? Tavon, for one year anyway, doesn’t have to be DeSean west. They have that now in Watkins. He can be Tavon 2015–back when he was a multiple hybrid player, not a pure receiver.
i wasn’t thinking this year. and i believe snead when he says he isn’t up for a trade ONLY because watkins hasn’t even signed a long term contract. IF watkins signs long-term, then tavon is gone. by trade or by cut.
and yeah. i immediately thought watkins plays the desean role. the explosive downfield threat. but more than that he could be the number one receiver desean isn’t. he brings more to the table than a desean in my opinion. IF he’s healthy.
and i think he can get back to being healthy. dez bryant had 2 foot surgeries i believe, and he came back. i think watkins can too.
also. and not trying to think too far into the future. let’s say goff is a bust. well next year they sign cousins, and he’s got a ready made supporting cast waiting for him in los angeles. possibly as good as what he had in washington.
so i guess watkins is not just a number one, but he’ll be the guy to go deep like a desean jackson?
also tavon’s days are numbered. i don’t care what they say. they need to trade him.
i also hope he can stay healthy, and they sign him to a long term contract.
