I don’t really blame QBs for strip sack fumbles. You have to expose the ball in order to throw it, and if your arm gets hit when you are cocking to throw, that’s just a good play by the defense. I do blame Goff for the fumble when running, though. If he’s going to tuck and run, he’s got to secure the ball.

I completely forgot about Bradford. I liked Bradford, but it’s really hard to rank him since he played on some of the worst teams I’ve ever rooted for, and suffered some injuries. I’d like to see what Bradford could have done on this team. I’d guess he would be better than Goff, but who knows?

I will grant that Everett’s phantom sack is the most ignominious moment in Rams’ history, but he could make every throw.

We have different ideas of “will to victory.”

I see that as an incidence in which the team is not performing well, and the QB makes plays he shouldn’t make, beyond the range of expectation. Yes, Goff has led drives that set up wins, but he did so with mostly clean pockets and mostly open receivers. Goff’s not BAD. I’m not advocating turning the page at QB like Herzog is. I think he IS good enough to win a Super Bowl. I don’t think he’s going to ever win an MVP, let alone get inducted into the HOF. Or start a Pro Bowl. Or end a season in the top 3 QBs.

In my life:

1. Warner
2. Bulger
3. Everett
4. Goff

I dunno. Chris Miller was good, but played on bad teams, and had his best years elsewhere. I leave Gabriel out because I was a kid and it was the first football I watched, and so I can’t say, really. He was a god to me, but I can’t evaluate anything. So… I give Goff 4th place. He might pass Everett in my estimation, but that’s where I rank him now. He’s good enough. I just think it’s pretty obvious at this point that he’s also capable of screwing a game up, too. He might have screwed up today’s game. He sure didn’t do enough to win it.

49ers may have Sherman back as well. Not telling what he has at this point, but he would be an addition to an already good secondary. The 9ers are among the best against both the rush and the pass, so they can frustrate the Rams (as they have done in the past). This game is no gimme, though it’s hard to imagine the 9ers putting up much offense against the Rams, either.

They had an extra week to prepare and recover, and their backs are against the wall. They have 6 losses right now, and can still tell themselves they have something to play for. A loss to the Rams basically finishes them, as it means their only path to the playoffs comes through other teams collapsing.

This is a talented team with a very good head coach.

I think a win here by the Rams will be underappreciated by the national media, and a loss overblown. The Rams should win this game, but – (I’m not a betting guy and don’t follow the spreads and such) – if I had to put money on this game, I would hate to give up seven points in order to bet on the Rams. I think the final score will be closer than that.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Stumbled upon this site today.

https://portside.org/

wv wrote:

I just think its who McVay is. I think the media thinks of him as a gunslinger but he’s not. He just seems like a very sound offensive mind, but he’s not like Don Coryell or somethin. Run the ball. Short passes. Lots of quick screens. Focus on execution.

Plus i think he knows Goff’s weaknesses and he is not about to risk strip-sacks.
He’d rather trust the Defense, with Donald, Ramsey and company.

At some point, down the road, in the playoffs, in the fourth quarter, on third and long, the game will be in Goff’s hands. We’ll see what happens.

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Yeah, I think it’s an adjustment. I think he would be happy to throw deep a couple of times a game, but 1) they don’t have a traditional deep threat WR. They’re all footwork guys with precise routes and good hands. 2) the dirtier Goff’s jersey, the less effective he is. He’s not Kurt Warner. So McVay does what works. And this works.

InvaderRam wrote:

love watching this defense.

but mcvay has to stay aggressive. i know he trusts the defense. but he can’t keep putting them in bad situations. there was a point where the rams could have put this game away, and they literally almost gave it away.

rams are 5th in total offense but only 17th in scoring. are they just not finishing drives?

Yes, that’s the main area of concern for me, too. Not finishing. I can’t put a finger on it, but they don’t seem as potent offensively as I expected them to be with the healthy, maturing OL.

However, the Rams seem to be improving. And their defense will keep them in games.

On my drive to the hardware store this morning, a guy on NPR, who is a political expert, was explaining that the problem with young people is that social media for some reason invites political extremism, and that’s why youngsters are in favor of medicare for all.

11 fractured ribs.

Good lord.

I am taking the under on this game.

I think this stacks up to be pretty even, and a good, close game, assuming turnovers balance out.

What I don’t like is the Rams’ placekicker, whoever that is this week.

So Skip Bayless’ position is that Brady has turned the ball over a bunch recently, so he’s sick of that, and he will come in to this game resolved to not let that happen this time. Meanwhile, the last time Goff played in Florida, he turned over the ball a lot, so that’s bound to happen again since this game will be played in Florida, too.

I want that guy’s job.

Seriously, these guys just get on TV, and fight each other based on some scripted talking points ahead of time. There is no actual football insight. I hate this crap. (No offense).