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i gotta say. i totally disagree with kellerman’s assessment in particular.
his argument is that lt or a mack could play inside and do what donald does but not vice versa.
a bunch of horse hockey.
no way lt or mack could do what donald does from the defensive tackle position. the defensive tackle position as i understand it is one of the hardest positions in football – maybe next to only the quarterback position. one only has to look at the number of dominant defensive tackles in the league compared to the number of dominant edge rushers in the league. you can find edge rushers in the later rounds. normally, you find a defensive tackle capable of being dominant and he won’t make it past the second round.
the strength and speed of donald can’t be matched. and as to the argument that he couldn’t play other positions? no way. he could play any of the linebacker positions or defensive end and dominate. the reason you don’t put him there is because he’s too valuable at the defensive tackle position – a position most players can’t play much less dominate the way donald does.
just look at the athletic numbers he put up at 285 pounds. imagine shaving off 20-30 pounds off that frame and what his agility and speed numbers would look like then. at 6’1″ 255 pounds and playing off the edge where he’d have to deal with less traffic? he’d be unstoppable. at 6’1″ 255 pounds and move him back to middle linebacker and put some big honking space eating tackles in the middle like the ravens did with ray lewis? he’d be a nightmare.
now try and imagine putting taylor or mack or lewis inside at the defensive tackle position. they’d get eaten alive.
maybe the only guy who i think could rival donald is jj watt. just a mutant of a human being. incomparable really. but has dealt with injuries the previous 2 years. he’s healthier this year though and is putting up numbers again.
donald is only 5 years into his career. so it’s too soon. but he’s doing things that are transcendent right now.
I expect 40 years of consistent Super Bowl contention. I would think a championship every second or third year would be reasonable, right?
exactly. i don’t think we’re asking for too much.
ok. maybe “all” was a little too much.
yeah. goff would seem to be the worst example of the league adopting the spread. rather, the speed with which he’s adapted to playing in a pro-style offense is the story to me. it’s a credit to both goff and mcvay that they’ve come this far so quickly.
mahomes would seem to be a better example of how the league has transitioned to a spread offense. you get a traditional wco guy like reid adapting to the player instead of vice versa. or a trubisky. both of whom play primarily in shotgun.
makes me wonder how or if other young qbs could have made that transition the way goff did.
I never take McVay’s offense for granted. Its such a well-executed, well-orchestrated scheme. (Especially when Kupp is healthy). I mean the high level of execution AND the beauty of the scheme.
The execution delights me. They dont drop balls. They dont fumble. They dont throw INTs. They go where they are supposed to go. I swear. I remember back when Montana and Walsh were carving up ram defenses. And i would just shake my head at the damn perfect execution of Montana, Rice, Craig, Rathman, etc. This offense reminds me more of the old 49er offense than the GSOT.
i think this offense is less vulnerable than the gsot.
maybe i’m wrong. but it’s definitely more balanced. maybe partially because of the new rules. but goff is less prone to getting bulgerized in an offense as balanced as this rams offense.
and i still don’t think we’ve seen the best. gurley, woods, and cooks have a lot of tread left on the tires. hopefully, kupp comes back next year healthy. but goff is just now starting to scratch the surface of how good he can become. i honestly don’t think he’s there yet. like i said. there’s only one other qb i’d take over goff right now. that’s mahomes. that guy is on another level. he reminds me of aaron rodgers. he’s that good. but it won’t be any knock on goff if he can have a career similar to that of brees.
quarterbacks typically don’t peak until around their age 29 season. goff is in his age 24 season. he’s got four more seasons after this one before he hits his age 29 season. what will he look like then? or even what will he look like in 2021 – his age 27 season? gurley will be 27 and hopefully in the prime of his career. cooks will be in his age 28 season and still under contract. robert woods will be 29 and should still be under contract. kupp’s contract ends in 2020. so i don’t know what happens there.
the gsot in 2000 when they were arguably at their greatest before warner went down with an injury. faulk was 27. isaac was 28. torry was 24. kurt was 29.
one problem i see though is replacing whitworth. he won’t be around by then. so how do they replace him? is noteboom the answer? i hope so. he can’t ask for a better situation learning under whitworth and being coached by kromer. he’ll be in the last year of his rookie contract in 2021.
hopefully, the rams can stay relatively healthy. and if noteboom can provide continuity at left tackle, the next 3-4 years could be fun.
of course. the rams also have to re-sign goff for all this to work. hehe.
