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better prospect than winston and mariota?
i like it.
on football outsiders they rate goff’s chances as slightly below mariota and just above aaron rodgers. wentz and winston not rated highly while russell wilson was.
but i agree with that post that says you need long term stability. whether you like fisher or not i feel like they’re almost obligated now to extend fisher. give goff stability so that he can develop properly.
my favorite player on the rams. here’s to a great year leading the offense next year.
set the standard, todd!
it will have been nearly two years since his acl injury. he should be at full powers for the start of the season.
for example look at doug martin in his first and second years after acl injury.
by the way, mack, i don’t know about all these different offenses and whether a wco can work or not without a mobile qb. but i did have a preference for the mobile qb. just having that extra dimension that defenses had to account for was appealing. wentz’s experience working under center was appealing to me.
but the choice has been made, and i see a lot of merit to picking goff. now i can’t go into detail like you can about why it will or will not work. i just have a hunch. ya like that? i just got a hunch that it could work. that’s all i got. but what you say is very interesting even though i’ll never understand the nuances of it. it’s something that will be in the back of my mind as we watch how the next three years or so unfold.
or who knows? maybe fisher gets fired. and the rams hire sean payton as the new head coach! ha!
well comparing this team to recent superbowl winners, the best comps i can come up with are the baltimore ravens and the seattle seahawks.
great defenses coupled with great backfields.
on one hand you have russell wilson who in addition to being a great passer has the added dimension of being able to create with his feet.
on the other hand you have joe flacco who is more of your traditional pocket passer. adequate mobility but nothing to write home about.
can the rams have a great defense? well some of the pieces are there. they took a little bit of a step back, but if quinn can get healthy again and ogletree can get healthy and be an upgrade over laurinaitis at middle linebacker, then the chances are good if they can add another piece (free safety!) in the next couple years.
how about gurley? i think he has a legitimate chance to be special. i think we have all seen glimpses of it already. so it depends on him staying focused and healthy. and i also think there’s a good chance he’s even stronger and faster than he was last year. so do i think he can be better than lynch or rice? yes. but he’s gotta actually do it. so we’ll see.
goff is probably more like a flacco. more of a pocket passer. can he be as good or better than flacco. well you figure the rams are thinking he will be since they traded up to the number one pick. i think he can. i think his instincts in the pocket look special. but that was in the bear raid system. he was also playing from behind a lot. so who knows?
some other factors have to come into play too. like can the rams find that slot receiver that so many teams covet these days? seattle has one of the best in the business. i keep repeating this, but i remember how effective the offense looked when bradford, jackson, and amendola were all healthy and on the field at the same time. and i’m sure that’s what fisher was thinking when he selected cooper. sounds a lot like a julian edelman type. a qb/rb/wr weapon who excels in the slot. cooper is said to not have the best hands but neither does edelman. but he could totally be that safety blanket that goff will need.
anybody seen this guy in interviews? he talks like he plays. full of energy. his enthusiasm just oozes through. i’m really rooting for this guy.
brian randolph too. that guy’s a character, but he’s also a tough hard worker.
michael thomas interview:
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/videos/sports/college/southern-miss/football/2015/07/23/30561083/here’s brian randolph.
and actually against az and seattle last year they won 3 of 4 games. they need to find a receiver this year for goff. a safety blanket. i’m wondering now if cooper can be that guy. if he can then rams could be ok.
but again i do wonder if the rams would be better off with a guy who can use his legs more.
then again there’s always a tradeoff.
PA Ram wrote:
I wonder if the Pharoh Cooper pick is Tavon’s future replacement. They seem to have similar games and Tavon is going to get costly. I wonder if they looked ahead at that with this pick.That was the first thing that went through my mind when I read Pharoh described as a Swiss Army Knife. I like Tavon, but there is a salary cap. And, well….
Well they just picked up Tavon’s 5th year bonus so he’s with them through 2017.
It is possible though, I think, that Cooper learns enough of the Tavon role to fill in for those times when TA misses a couple of games.
But at the same time Cooper is something TA is not nearly as good at–being the traditional slot receiver in the Amendola or Hakim role (not that he is identical to those 2 players in terms of skills). Or in the Baldwin role in Seattle. TA never really worked out to be that.
i didn’t think of that but yeah. if he could be like an amendola or a welker type slot receiver that would be great. be that kind of safety blanket that goff will need.
bradford, jackson, and amendola would look so effective at times together. tavon was supposed to offer that but never panned out. mabye fisher is thinking cooper can fill that amendola role…
yeah i can dig that.
