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Torry was slobbering all over Donald. Said he has everything, reached the top, and doesn’t slack one bit, keeps learning every day. Said AD will be in the class with Deacon and Merlin. The all time great Rams.
drool. the greatest ram i’ve ever seen.
They are working on him reacting more quickly on progressions post-snap, especially against unfamiliar or unexpected coverages.
i think pre-snap is where he struggles. and even post-snap it’ll take awhile. it’s gotta be different with live reps as opposed to practicing it.
but i think he’ll eventually get over that hump. like i said almost every qb goes through something like this it seems like.
i don’t think it’ll be anything permanent.
it was also a different era.
what i would be curious about is where they ranked compared to other qbs of that era.
overall brady ranked ninth that season compared to goff’s eight ranking. ben was ranked 21st.
or better yet on those slumps how much lower was his rating compared to his average that year and compare that to how much lower goff’s slumps were compared to his overall average last year. and do the same for his completion percentages.
this really shouldn’t be all that shocking. running backs who carry the load as much as gurley has – their bodies eventually break down. he’s played four years. hopefully, he got another three left.
unless you’re barry sanders this is to be expected. smith went through it. faulk went through it early in his career and again toward the end of his career.
it’s just something that has to be managed. the rams knew it. i don’t think that means extending him was a bad move. they just need to manage it, and hopefully, he makes it another three years. it looks like they have a plan, and i have full faith that todd will do everything he can to be as healthy as possible for as long as possible. whether he does or not remains to be seen, but he was worth the money. if anyone can be worth that amount of money. he’s one of the best players in the league.
i agree when mcvay talks about not depending so much on todd at the beginning of the season. his overall touches don’t seem all that bad, but the bulk of those touches came in the first half of the season.
for example, last season he had 200 touches in the first half. 115 in the second half. they should cut those first half touches down to about 130-140 touches. now does this mean for certain that his knee issue won’t flare up? no. but the chances are better that he’s able to finish stronger in the second half and hopefully the playoffs.
in 2017, his splits were 172 in the first half. 171 in the second half. so he actually had more touches for the whole season but didn’t peter out like he did in 2018.
i’d still reduce his touches to like around 300 for the season, but also make sure that they are spread more evenly from beginning to end.
