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Well, true the Rams had a great o-line back then and Dickerson was Dickerson but I don’t think you need an o-line full of all-pros to run effectively against those fronts when you have a great back. Gurley is a generational talent. He has HOF level skills. He just needs a crease and he’s gone. But the Rams o-line has been so overmatched that Gurley can’t get anything going. He’s constantly being hit in the backfield or at the LOS. And the way defenses are playing the Rams certainly can’t be a surprise to Fisher. He knew coming into the season that the Rams o-line was going to face a lot of 8 and 9 man fronts. He must have thought the o-line would be able to hold up against them. Fisher still figured they would be able to run effectively. I think the o-line isn’t as good as Fisher thought it was going to be. PFF ranks them among the worst in the league. Fisher just overestimated how good his o-line is.
oline is a question mark. i also gotta question scheme and coaching. i wonder how effective boudreau is at coaching this line. i know he’s got a good reputation, but he also has a reputation for sometimes wearing out his welcome. i also have to question if boras is scheming to gurley’s strengths.
and there’s probably things gurley needs to work on himself. i also wonder if maybe losing that weight wasn’t a good thing for him.
also. if robinson is indeed a better fit athe guard then the staff needs a better job of identifying that and making the appropriate change.
He leads a Rams offense that ranks 30th among 32 teams in the NFL, averaging 307.6 yards per game. The Rams are 25th in passing, 29th in rushing.
These numbers, IMO, are based on a mistake. The mistake is, the numbers are season averages which count the 1st 2 games. I argue that they improved so much in so many areas on offense after those 2 games that averages that include them give a false picture. If you look at the last 5 games they are not nearly that bad. The more realistic picture would come from an average of the last 5 games, not all 7 including obviously the 1st 2. In fact the first 2 games are so bad they drag stats down for the season in several categories.
And I prove that with numbers. Here: http://theramshuddle.com/topic/where-does-the-offense-rank-last-3-games/
When you see the differences, they’re dramatic.
i’ll wait until the end of the season, but discounting the first two weeks is also discounting what other team did their first two weeks.
this offense is bad. but i don’t blame keenum. the problem is that atrocious run game.
They played well against Detroit then those three all acted like they had been enjoying london more than getting ready to play.
they more than deserved to get called out. and i will go even further and say they should not be part of any long term plan for this offense.
as soon as spruce and cooper are ready i’m slotting them in. enough of the knuckleheadedry.
for me. and part of this is probably insanity talking.
it’s not about benching players cuz i think we’ll magically improve this year.
it’s about the realization that the offense as it is now is not going to cut it.
i’d bench keenum not because i think goff will be better than case this year. but that in time he will eventually be better. and what better way to get a leg up on next season than starting him now so he can get some experience. WITH THE ASSUMPTION that he looks ready enough. if he isn’t then no. don’t throw him in with the risk that he get himself hurt physically or mentally.
and if i bench quick or britt it’s because i want a better look at how cooper and spruce look. and obviously there will be lumps. but i like their mental makeup. cooper is a former high school qb. spruce is technician. a guy who has maximized his ability. their mental makeup i’m gambling will be better for the rams in the long term than britt and quick – who haven’t impressed me beyond their physical skills. now obviously the coaches see these guys everyday so if they’re not ready then you don’t play them. but i want to see them get more playing time if they are ready.
and obviously you don’t just bench players and g8ve rookies a starting position but you ramp up their reps in practice and eventually in games.
i had my hopes up for britt and quick but i think they are what they were the last three years and not the last three games.
keenum is doing enough considering what he is – a second string qb. i’d actually go as far as to say he is doing more than enough.
i think the problems are lack of a running game, dl injuries, and gross mental errors as the main culprits.
one of my fears on the dline is quinn is just not the old quinn. perhaps the back injury has sapped him of some of his power, flexibility and explosiveness.
i also question the scheme and playcalling, but i really don’t know enough for it to be anything more than just a suspicion.
it doesn’t have to be losing the team like linehan lost the team. like i said i think the players like him. but the team makes dumb mistakes week in week out.
if they don’t make a change at qb then make it somewhere. hold people accountable. if this was just restricted to two players fine. i get it. but it seems to affect everyone. not this week but for the past couple years at least. bench grob. play some of the rookie receivers.
instead it’s the same cast and repeated mental errors.
