with sean mcvay as washington’s offensive coordinator, they went a combined 1-3 from 2015 to 2016 against dallas. he’s gotta be very familiar with that team although i don’t know how much their defensive personnel has changed.

cousins did well. he had a passer rating over 100 in 3 of the 4 games.

zn wrote:

This year, to me, is about a talented qb getting seasoning and experience and maturing. I won’t take the highs as exclusive evidence of where he’s at any more than I will take any lows as “final evidence” of anything. I won’t be disappointed by 8-8 or proclaim that he is a mature veteran qb if they go 9-7. So while Goff HAS shown he has a tremendous amount of raw talent, this is still year 2 of a qb who started out far greener than most. Given all that if he ends up with more TDs than INTs and a qb rating in the 90s that will be better than anyone expected before the season. And frankly I think that’s what will happen.

i think i’m kinda thinking the same thing.

i’m not too concerned with the outcome of the game itself. i think the defense is what it is. the cowboys offense will be too much. i think the defense is going to need a bit of an overhaul next offseason.

i’m more interested in seeing how goff does this game as well as going forward. we should have a pretty good idea where goff is by the bye week. that should be a large enough sample size, so the next four games will be telling.

and then that’s where it gets even more interesting. goff will hopefully continue to play out the last nine games and get much needed experience. defenses will adjust and he’ll have to adjust to them. but also most important is that he’ll go into his second offseason with mcvay and first full offseason as well with some of his teammates such as (hopefully!) sammy watkins as well as the rookies. i expect big strides to be made then. as he’ll have one season under his belt in the new system and will have a list of things that he and his teammates can really focus in on and improve.

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i wasn’t totally paying attention, but it seemed like they got most of their pressure later in the game when arizona pretty much gave up running the ball. and it was still a close game at that point. it just wasn’t going anywhere. and at least a couple of the sacks. i think they were doing it with a 3 man rush.

dallas right now is ranked second in sacks.

arizona defense just broke. wow. rams are gonna have a tough time stopping this offense.

arizona looks good. i thought they were in trouble without johnson. defense doing a good job on dallas so far.

Zooey wrote:

InvaderRam wrote:

either way i hope they wear each other the crap out.

no serious injuries but i hope they’re both just exhausted at the end. let arizona soften them up for the rams.

Define “serious injury.”

Would a high ankle sprain for Prescott be a problem?

no that’s fine. just nothing involving the brain or that would require major surgery.

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so then what’s the problem? is it the linebackers? i’m really wishing right now that the veterans had played a little more during the preseason to iron this out.

either way i hope they wear each other the crap out.

no serious injuries but i hope they’re both just exhausted at the end. let arizona soften them up for the rams.

nittany ram wrote:

He made it into a big deal because he knew the players would react this way. He’s fanning the flames to whip his supporters into a fervor. He wants the country divided.

Growing the ‘us vs them’ dichotomy is his political strategy. It’s how he’ll get re-elected.

this. i fully believe this is his true intention.

i will say this. to my untrained eye he is ahead of where sam bradford was when he was where goff is at.

his pocket presence his ability to see the field seems better than where bradford was in year 2. but it’s hard for me to say for sure because they’re in 2 completely different situations.

in terms of arm talent i think it’s no question that he has more talent than any ram i’ve seen which goes back 22 years.

the only questions for me are his ability to process information. defenses are going to start getting a book on him. they’ll look for weaknesses. how does he respond to that? will he be able to recognize what they’re trying to do to him and make adjustments? and what of his leadership abilities. i actually am not too worried about him. the sense i got of him at cal was that he was an exceptional leader. i know he wasn’t voted captain, but this is a league where you have to prove yourself. i think the veterans were wary of him, but depending on what he shows them this year, i have no doubts that they will rally around him. i think next offseason he’ll also really get a chance to bond with his receivers. that trust and bond will grow even stronger.

another question i have is his ability to deliver when the rams really need him to make a big play. not toughness. i actually think he’s about as tough as they come. but what of his nerves when the rams need him to make plays?

the last question is longevity. that’s something that won’t be answered for a long long time. you just never know. this game will grind people down to nothing. we’ll just have to hope he’s lucky and that the rams continue to put the right people around him.

i do admit though. i may have underestimated this guy. can’t say for sure. i’ll have to reevaluate at the end of the 2018 season. but i’m encouraged by the fact that as good as he’s played so far i still don’t think it’s even really all clicked for him yet. i think a lot of what he’s doing right now is based purely on his natural throwing ability and instincts.

and they’re all young 25 or younger.

they got a chance to really grow together.

opi. dpi. roughing the passer. could be left to interpretation.

a clock running down to zero can’t.

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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.