that’s why fisher drafted him. his red zone ability.

mcvay did a great job with cousins, but with goff, i think there’s a lot more potential he can tap into.

as good as goff has looked so far there’ll probably be some dips. he’s only 22. but the upside is that he’s only just beginning to scratch the surface.

ya know whose fumbles are worrying me right now? todd gurley. the guy has coughed it up at least once all three games.

ball security!

what really astounds me is that he’s not getting his yards by just dumping it off to his running backs. or on short safe passes to his wide receivers. he’s attacking downfield. aggressive. i’d say one of the more aggressive passers in the league. of course this is just through three games.

his ypa is at 10.1. that’s obscene. those are like aaron rodgers numbers. in fact, the only other players above 9 ypa in the league so far are sam bradford, matt ryan, alex smith, and tom brady. and the youngest of those fellas is sam at 29 years old (soon to be 30 in november). the rest are in their 30s or in brady’s case 40. goff is just 22 years old right now. soon to be 23.

now obviously the competition hasn’t been the stiffest for goff yet. and he probably can’t sustain this level of production. but this guy is 22 years old with 10 games of starting experience. to me it just seems ridiculous.

it’s just a perfect storm of scheme, players, and catching everyone off guard i would assume.

i’m just curious as to how those numbers look at the end of the season. that’s the number i’ll be paying more attention to than anything else when it comes to jared.

If Goff the real deal and turns franchise around, that couldbe Fisher’s most enduring legacy (also added Donald and Gurley on his watch).

respect.

i still don’t think it’s clicked for goff yet…

maybe next year.

hyde’s good. and despite that, the niners have scored 12 points this season. that’s the total for both games.

it would qualify as two steps back if the rams lose this game.

Herzog wrote:

this game tells me much more about Goff than the first two. The first game had an astericks b/c it was Indy. The second had an astericks b/c it was too incestuous. If Goff performs well, on the road, than I’ll know that we have something. If he doesn’t, than there is still hope, but it’s like shit, here we go again.

i actually wonder if mcvay gives it to gurley and sees if he can carry the offense. the niners defense hasn’t given up many passing yards. opposing offenses have gotten most of their yards off the running game.

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wv wrote:

I wonder what Benoit means, by “every play was its own entity” last year?

my guess is the formation of the play totally telegraphed to the defense where the ball was going.

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.

i don’t care what they wear as long as they spank that niner ass.

seriously though. i kinda like the mustard yellow.

i was lurking over at the herd. blue and gold put up some stills of goff. man he missed some wide open receivers.

i can only hope that the game is still just too fast for him. and that at some point the game slows down for him.

yeah. i’m thinking it takes at least until 2019 before it all finally clicks for him. as he plays more and more i’m hoping the tunnel vision goes away. cuz this mcvay offense could be something else.

sorry. going to add one more thing. i think for most qbs their first three seasons they’re still trying to figure things out. then by their fourth year something clicks. that’s just by looking at stats.

and i’m just talking years of experience. not necessarily games started. now some get it a year earlier or a year later but it’s usually around 3-5 years.

zn wrote:

Goff is young and will have “learning experiences” but he has already shown me he’s an NFL qb. The only questions are HOW good will he be, and how long before he becomes however good he will be.

well let’s just say there are no penalties on that second to last drive. which were no fault of goff. and the rams defense is just enough to stop washington on their last td drive.

hey all of a sudden we’re talking about how goff and gurley brought the rams back from a deficit and beat washington.

let’s see how he does thursday and if he learned anything. i’m waiting until the bye week and see where he’s at then.

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it concerns me too. i’m just hoping that at some point the game slows down for him. it’s only been 9 games. if at the end of the season we’re still reading things like this i’ll be more than concerned.

well the cardinals without david johnson will be hurting a lot. so yeah. rams need to make a move now before he gets back. i agree. i think seattle is the best of the nfc west. niners. should beat them this week. if they don’t, it’ll be very disappointing. even with a leaky run defense. those niners have managed 12 points in their first two games… 12 freaking points. and 270 passing yards… for 2 games…

gurley looked promising today. he needs to take care of the ball though. 3 fumbles already this season. he can’t keep coughing it up. as poorly as he ran last week, he’s still good for 7th in rushing. so far. he’s gotta keep getting better.

the only thing that worries me is the rams are inexperienced. goff. only 9 games starting experience. mcvay first time head coach. 31 years old. there’s going to be a lot of inconsistency. that could hurt as the season goes on. palmer and wilson are veterans. they’ve been in their respective systems for years. so i expect a lot more consistency from them. i don’t know what to expect from a goff/mcvay led team yet. it’s only been 2 games.

they should be better than the niners. it just depends on how much losing david johnson hurts the cardinals. i think seahawks are not reachable. hopefully, next year.

PA Ram wrote:

I gotta get used to these late games.

Even the London game is a 1:00 EST scheduled game. I hope that helps the players. I hate that they have to play the London game. I believe they are the 2nd most traveled team(in miles) this year–next to the Raiders. Last year they were first. I read that the London miles are more miles than the Steelers will travel with all their games combined. It doesn’t help. I know Kroenke loves London and has investments there but how about giving the team a break?

didn’t i read that the rams were going to play somewhere in china at some point?

i think that might be closer for the rams than london… so there’s that.

i didn’t realize they were the most traveled team last year. that combined with also traveling from st. louis to los angeles. wow. that’s a lot of miles.