apparently 4 protesters died at the storming of the capitol building. one shot directly in the chest. within a couple hours of that protest starting and ending.

although yes. they were woefully underprepared. it’s a farce.

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zn wrote:

Is he overcoaching Goff to the point of analysis paralysis?

i do sometimes wonder if mcvay is a control freak. maybe he needs to let goff just grip it and rip it.

rams defense finishes number 1 overall in yards allowed. and guess what? they finish number 1 overall in points allowed! even including the points given up by special teams and offensive turnovers.

that’s awesome. number 3 in rushing yards allowed. number 1 in passing yards allowed.

passing defense. number 1 in ypa. number 2 in passer rating. number 2 in sacks.

rushing defense. number 3 in ypc.

wow. a great defense.

lastly. i hope goff comes back. no way rams win in the playoffs with wolford behind center. he was serviceable. but no way you win in the playoffs with just serviceable. hopefully, goff is healthy. hopefully, the defense continues to play great. and hopefully, the rams can make a run in the playoffs.

happy new year, everybody.

zn wrote:

Okay. I’m not sure the degrees of difference between qbs are big ones though. I think there’s guys who can often (not always) handle it (Brady, Wilson) and then everyone else–with maybe nuances of difference between and among everyone else.

But with minor differences I think we’re saying more or less the same thing, so, no board war. Of course if Ozone is right (post before mine) the scheme factors into this too. Right now the scheme looks like it’s easy for some defenses to shut down. Could be.

jourdan rodrigue wrote an article. either yesterday or today. describing how mcvay went from scrapping any kind of a vertical passing game to going almost exclusively horizontal. i wonder if defenses have figured it out and are sitting on these short routes.

https://theathletic.com/2287161/2020/12/28/jared-goff-john-wolford-thumb/

i don’t know if i can copy and paste the article. it’s a paysite.

the Rams re-worked their offense this season to operate more efficiently. They wanted to minimize low-probability air-yards plays downfield, have lots of low concepts for high-efficiency plays and minimize turnovers. That's all they are asking for, is to not turn the ball over.

— Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) December 27, 2020

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Zooey wrote:

Wilson is better than Goff.

yeah. it’s not a question of toughness or will to win here. wilson is just a better qb than goff. he’s a hall of famer. he’s one of the best in the last 10 years or so. it’s not a question of if goff is as tough as wilson. wilson’s an elite qb.

Zooey wrote:

Yep. They had good starting position frequently.

And they didn’t turn over the ball. The Rams, crucially, did turn it over on a drive that would have ended in points.

And they stuffed the Rams twice from inside the one.

Ball game.

several key plays.

1. darious williams misses an interception i think in the first quarter. right in the bread basket. and i’m pretty sure he takes it to the house if he doesn’t take off running before securing the ball.

2. goff throws an interception in the second quarter that most likely takes 3 points away from the rams.

ok. right there that puts the rams up 16-6 going into the second half.

3. rams get stuffed two times and fail to score a td from the 1 yard line. i think that was the third quarter?

4. seahawks. wilson leads seattle on a clutch td drive to ice the game.

that’s 24 points right there.

Eternal Ramnation wrote:

Imo the coaching since the Pats game has completely collapsed. These guys just aren’t ready to play maybe the pandemic taking its toll or injuries but they just don’t look sharp. How many times did Goff have to get them lined up? Drops , blown coverages missed tackles missed blocks idiotic play calls over and over. They used to be known as a well coached team now they look like a team that doesn’t practice.

every team has to deal with the same problems though. i don’t know. it’s all been very depressing.

having said that they have a real good chance to go 11-5…

oh wait. goff broke the thumb on his throwing hand…

zn wrote:

Looking just at INTs, the 9 in 13 games = an INT percentage of 2.2%. Tomorrow when all of today’s stats are in it will be possible to say where that would rank in the league. It won’t be high but it won’t be one of the lowest either.

it would still rank 21st. it’s too many turnovers.

this is pretty clear i think. even after taking out those two games.

with those 2 games, he ranks 23rd.

ypa ranks 21st

passer rating ranks 26th

this is all including today’s game.

is he as bad as those rankings suggest? i don’t think so. i think he’s better than that. it’s frustrating for sure. but there’s better days to come for goff.

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Hram wrote:

I dunno Invader. It seemed like around 1/3rd of the game we gave them the ball between the 40 and 50 yet still held them to 20 points. I think the defense played great.

if they get at least one turnover. let’s say that dwill int drop that probably goes in for a td. if they don’t give up that huge td at the end when the game was still in the balance. then i’d say great.

but they played good. good enough. but the offense played like crap.

Hram wrote:

Defense played great.

they played good. i wouldn’t say great. but they played good.

offense was terrible. absolutely terrible. left at least 10 points on the board. at the very least.

this sucked. this totally sucked.

zn wrote:

Like, did Kurt just watch the Jets game and then act like the only issue in that game was the qb? And then leap to conclusions about the entire season?

i think when defenses are able to shut down the play action goff does tend to struggle.

but i also agree with you. i think this whole offense struggles. the oline. mcvay. it’s not just goff. the problem is then these get compounded by turnovers on top of that.

goff’s rating with play action. 102.0.

without play action. 87.9.

zn wrote:

Turnovers, turnovers, turnovers. If I could only pick one thing to fix, among all that has bothered this offense (and special teams) this season, and that I believed would get the Rams on their way to a deep playoff run, that would be it.

yup.

when the running game isn’t clicking this offense stalls. i think that includes the oline, goff, and the playcalling.

all three of those components rely on the play action offense working.

that’s just my opinion.

zn wrote:

Rams to wear long-awaited new uniform combo vs. Jets

ok. so i thought that there were only a couple color combinations that they were allowed? isn’t that what they said a year ago?