zn wrote:

This is Goff’s first year with this level of control over the offense. Prior to this, he was McVay’s puppet doing whatever his earpiece told him to do. Now he has more control and has a much longer leash. He’s still a work in progress learning to read defenses. But when you put his play into that context, Jared is doing very well and will only get better with experience.

Goff is a true franchise QB in every sense of the word. Snead chose right between Goff and Wentz. Goff continues to validate the Ram’s choice and is every bit of a franchise QB. This has allowed the FO to build a complete team around him on both sides of the ball. Everything points to Goff becoming a complete QB and having a very long and successful career.

i think goff’s ceiling is a top 10 caliber qb. he’ll never be consistent enough or good enough against pressure to be a top 5 qb.

he’s in his fifth year. i think he’s getting ready to plateau. but that’s not a knock on goff. he’s a good qb. and the chances of finding a top 5 qb to replace goff are just not realistic. he can take the rams to a superbowl. well. he already has. but he can get us to one and win one. it’d be cool if it was this season.

he really stuck out this last game.

i really like this running attack.

brown and hendo are both solid and tough.

burgess looked good today. but i’m bummed about his injury.

i hope a’shawn plays.

Agamemnon wrote:

Rams could use the help.

i’m hopeful. i thought i read somewhere that when the coaching staff at detroit was overhauled robinson became a casualty due to system fit.

who knows? but this is a massive massive dude. he’s got length. he’s powerful. he’s only 25 years old.

zn wrote:

Terrell Lewis played the first 14 snaps of his career last week & it was good to see him out there. Used a long-arm on his best rep. His reaction afterwards is about how close he was to a sack. I’ll be watching him closely going forward. Rams DL could use an edge to emerge.

wow. the speed and the power and the explosion. just seems different compared to any of the other pass rushers the rams have. i hope this works out.

zn wrote:

Does Donald make that list?

he has to finish his career first. he’s less than halfway there.

longevity is the only question with donald at this point. but everything else is there.

but i’m not an expert or anything. i just watch donald, and i find it impossible to believe that there are 10 defensive linemen out there who are/were better than him.

i saw that you listed 8 so far. 2 of them being merlin and deacon. it’d be wild if donald made that list. that’s crazy. and i’m sure youngblood would make some people’s lists.

zn wrote:

That’s insane to me. I never, ever believed it was possible for a interior defensive lineman to be this productive.

now there are some great dlineman to have put on a rams uniform. just crazy that donald belongs in the same conversation as them.

nittany ram wrote:

Rams defense is 4th in the league in yards per game and 3rd in points per game.

it’s nuts. i didn’t even realize.

not only that but they lead all teams in ypa allowed. they are tied for the lead in sacks (pittsburgh does have a game in hand so second assuming pittsburgh gets at least one sack in that game). third in passer rating allowed. second in passing yards allowed.

i still feel like the tackling could get better. their run defense is not stout. but if the front seven can keep putting pressure on the qb, this pass defense should be real good.

my biggest disappointment is not seeing as much lewis as i would have liked. but understandable that the rams would want to ease him back in.

polite flashed.

reeder flashed lots.

this defense needs reps. especially with no preseason. i’m more interested in what the defense looks like the second half of the season.

aaron donald. always a pleasure.

last week i said they should have won easily. so i’m not making any predictions.

i will enjoy watching goff though. i’ll enjoy watching the return of akers and the rams rushing attack.

and i hope to see some terrell lewis.

ahhh. the greg roman offense. he was with the niners too when harbaugh coached. i like his rushing attack. glad to see mcvay borrowing from him.

zn wrote:

Since Noteboom went down, Rams have not run a single power, long or short trap. Edwards just cannot pull it off, sorry for the pun. Also, screen game down, Edwards cannot hit moving targets as well. However, he’s been solid otherwise. Noteboom needs to stay healthy.

interesting.

wv wrote:

I dunno, but i just think this is what the Rams Offense looks like when you take away the run. The Giants took away the run. And when that happens, all those short passes by the rams dont amount to much.

right now i’m thinking it’s one of two things.

either mcvay has no plan for when the rams run game is stalled.

or mcvay knows the oline can’t hold up if they go too pass heavy.

the other possibility of course is that goff needs the run game to thrive. i don’t think that’s the case though. goff looked good today.

Zooey wrote:

And I’m no expert, but when I was watching Goff, it appeared he was going through his progressions.

i saw the same thing, and the announcers kept mentioning it.