Glad your ok now, ER.

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I read an article years ago about a young
Roman Gabriel, who had such a gun that he would throw 50 yard bullets.
Not bombs, but bullets. 50 yards. And he had to be coached out of that.

Stafford’s arm is just ridiculous. I hope these Ram WRs and Tight Ends and RBs can hang on to his passes, cause its gonna be an adjustment.

I’m already excited about next year. As a fan, i havent been
this excited about a ram season in a while. And i know
the whole thing may blow up. The Oline may implode, the defense
might regress, etc. I know this isnt the 99 Rams we are gonna see.

But I’m excited to see this QB.

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zn wrote:

You can’t take bait like that so easily.

I mean who is Gottlieb and who are his “sources”?

Meanwhile there are several beat reporters in LA and even national guys based in LA and across 5 years we heard none of this.

And of top of it no one knows Goff better than Holmes, the former Rams chief of scouting who is now the Detroit GM and just traded for him.

Do you trade for a guy with a questionable work ethic?

In fact Holmes turned down an offer for Stafford that included the 8th pick in the draft (from Carolina). If Detroit took that, they would have the 7th and 8th picks in the draft, which is plenty of ammo to go after a qb. Instead he took Goff.

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Well, he said flat-out it came from inside sources,
so if he’s lying thats pretty bad.

What i wonder is, if there is someone in the Rams Org
who is trashing Goff. Thats the issue to me. Not
whether ‘its true’ or not. Just that there
is someone trashing Goff.

Its not very classy if thats whats happening.

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joemad wrote:

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I think Les is in way over his head… he’s like a degenerate gambler trying to play catch up on a Monday Night Football game bet to make for his Sunday’s losses…

He’s gambling the future on an old horse at QB when he had a more than capable QB who was combat proven to win huge games.
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I just dont think any of us can ‘know’ that.
McSnead obviously think they couldnt win a Ring with Goff.
They could come close, but not quite get past the Chiefs, Packers, 49ers.

Maybe they are right. We dunno.

We will have to wait and see.

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If you havent listened to that Gottleib vid above, you might wanna.
Gottleib claims his info came from a coupla sources inside
the rams….says goff’s work ethic wasnt as good as Wolford’s and he didnt take work-ethic cues from workaholic McVay, and Goff didnt take responsibility for bad games, etc.

Either Gottleib is just full of shit,
or some rams people are trashing Goff,
or…i dunno.

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Jalen was fun on this.

Zooey wrote:

Mike Silver’s article reads to me like the work of a guy who has a preference for Goff over McVay on a personal level.

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Yeah, i thought so too.

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These guys are 49er fans. In another vid they called Goff “a day off for the 49er defense.” They said the 49ers ‘owned’ Goff.

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I’m curious who they will trade
the 2024 and 2025 first-rounders for.

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InvaderRam wrote:

maybe he has a carson palmer like resurgence toward the end of his career. he could potentially have another five years left in him.
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Maybe a Jim Plunkett resurgence.

Not a Joe Namath, though.

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In 2017, he had a QB rating of 99.3 — but get this,
he was sacked 47 times. That has got to be some
sort of record.

He had 2 fumbles in 2020.
He had 11 in 2017.

Hasnt been a Low-INT guy.
Usually in that 10-15 range.

5 seasons over 95 QB rating.

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I guess the Legend, John Wolford,
is a back-up QB, again.

His star didnt quite reach Massey level.

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Cal wrote:

zn wrote:

Defenses have successfully pressured Goff with four players — creating less favorable offensive situations downfield — but Wolford’s ability to move demanded more attention with extra rushers. Free rushers couldn’t cover the bootlegs the Rams love to use, because Wolford got into them faster and moved them away from that pressure when needed. Against the Cardinals, whose defensive game plan dared Wolford to throw in an effort to contain the Rams’ run game, McVay appreciated how his entire offense and the quarterback weren’t dependent on successfully running the ball.

I am not that impressed with this writer even though she gets all kind of praise. This paragraph is just dumb.

The Cardinals are not a real play-off caliber defense with talented pass rushers, like the 49ers with Nick Bossa. McVay and the Rams are usually fine against teams like the Cards, but you need real talent, especially on the o-line, to match up against talented d-lines.

I think we all know that here. I just find it frustrating to see this completely ignored from Rodrigue.

Where are the good o-line players going to come from? I’m not sure the Rams even have ONE good player o-line now. They have no cap and, now, have lost some good picks to find those players.

McVay and Snead are getting way too much benefit of the doubt from Rodrigue and other Rams fans.

McVay and Snead have made a number of bad gambles after they lost the benefits of Goff’s rookie deal–the 2019 plan to replace Saffold & Sullivan was lousy, the plan for the 3rd WR this year sucked, and the special teams in 2020 (remember Sloman??) revealed the dangers of replacing talented players with a lottery ticket.

It will be interesting to see what the Lions do this year. They actually have some interesting potential on offense: two good tackles, a 2nd team-all pro Center, a young & talented TE, and a WR in Golladay, who will provide Goff with a big, talented guy who can go get the ball. Goff has never played with a guy like that.

If the Rams have an injury-riddled year that leads to a losing record this year or next, the Lions will definitely be laughing all the way to the bank.

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I think she’s just channeling McVay or some Ram insiders. But who knows.

And i think the Rams, of course, know they need to address
the OLine.

I have zero idea how all this change (coaching losses, new QB)
will turn-out. But I’ll say this purely as a fan
thinking about watching ‘fun plays’ — I am gonna enjoy FINALLY
seeing a Ram QB with a GUN, LoL.

And yes, i know Stafford has made a ton of dum plays
and the expert-reviews on him are mixed. Some think he’s top tier,
some think he’s 2nd tier, some third tier. I guess we’ll find out.

Its all about the OLine after this.

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The Turfshow comment conflicts with some other ones
Ive seen, that said the Rams offer was by far
the best.

Stafford is bringing his dimes to the Rams 🎯 @RamsNFL pic.twitter.com/nh5veulKC9

— The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) January 31, 2021