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And I still blame Blythe for a lot of that decline.Last year's offense:
4014 passing yards (13th in NFL)
20 passing TDs (26th in NFL)
6.5 net yards per attempt (16th)
372 points (22nd in NFL)
This year:
4141 passing yards (6th in NFL)
36 passing TDs (2nd in NFL)
7.3 net passing yards per attempt (2nd)
416 points (6th in NFL)
Let's not forget how gross our offense was last year. 20th in yards per attempt, 22nd in passer rating. This year, we're 3rd in both. Last year, the Rams were tied for 12th out of the 14 playoff teams in passer rating, 11th in yards per attempt. In other words, the Rams had one of the worst passing attacks out of any team that made the playoffs.
In 2020 it was the defense and running game that lifted the team to the playoffs. This year the Rams passing game is its strongest asset and has lifted the Rams to 1st place in spite of a defense that fell from no 1 to middle of the pack, injuries to the RBs and outside of Matt Gay, not so hot special teams.
There has not been a reversal in the decline of Jared Goff, the player. They were going to move on from him anyway. If they hadn't done it last year, that's what would be dominating the board conversation again. They got someone to take on his contract and they got an upgrade, substantial, by the numbers.
That is very true but I wish McVay would have pumped up Goff after the GB game last year so that they could possibly have gotten Stafford for less than 2 1sts. Instead - he says ... Goff is my QB .... right now.
i think it's worth it for mcvay because he looked miserable last season. his tough love approach to goff didn't work and actually made him play worse. he just couldn't work with goff anymore. not sure what happened there.
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That is very true but I wish McVay would have pumped up Goff after the GB game last year so that they could possibly have gotten Stafford for less than 2 1sts. Instead - he says ... Goff is my QB .... right now
Was it in place or was it in the works? I still say that pumping up Goff would have been better no matter what.it was already a done deal.
you don't think holmes and snead were having a lot of chats about stafford before that game? there's no way he says that if the deal wasn't already in place.
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Do we now give Stafford a humongous contract though?Just a reminder, we had to throw in an extra first to get out of cap hell and the massive Goff contract.
So it's not just Goff vs Stafford, it's
Goff and humongous contract vs Stafford and reasonable contract.
So yeah, trade was definitely worth it IMHO
He can really win me over if he pulls a Tom Brady and says $20M is enough... and he doesn't want a $40M contract. After all he is one of the big bonus babies that got the huge rookie deals that are no longer given out to #1 picks.
True to an extent, but some of his decision making looks rookie-like at times. I thought that was a big reason for the trade, to have a vet that didn't do that crap and who McVay could trust to make good decisions and not baby him. Now we have a guy who if he doesn't baby, will occasionally go wild and shoots us in the foot.2 of Stafford’s poorer performances came against teams in his former division…GB and Vikes…possibly familiarity. Sean got a bit obsessed early in the year with overusing Stafford and forgetting about the run game…that cost the team and Stafford personally with INT’s and sacks against. Henderson was not going to be the answer, but Michele is a bell cow type back, and has been a godsend. Every now and again I worry about empty backfields when we are backed up near our end zone, which bit us again against Vikings. I believe if Sean continues to establish Michele, Matthew can continue his hero ball escape from Detroit mentality and become the playoff QB we all know he can be.
You are walking a high wire with any QB going empty on your 10 yard line. Why let the defense off the hook trying to defend the run?True to an extent, but some of his decision making looks rookie-like at times. I thought that was a big reason for the trade, to have a vet that didn't do that crap and who McVay could trust to make good decisions and not baby him. Now we have a guy who if he doesn't baby, will occasionally go wild and shoots us in the foot.
That is why I am disappointed... I didn't think I would have to hold my breath when he drops back to pass inside our 20 like he was a first yr 6th round pick.
Yeah but that one interception where he was throwing to the right sideline, the receiver was open.You are walking a high wire with any QB going empty on your 10 yard line. Why let the defense off the hook trying to defend the run?
To be quite honest, he can pull me off if he signs for 20m and allows us to strengthen further.He can really win me over if he pulls a Tom Brady and says $20M is enough.