All targeted their primary playmaker......#1 threat....the guy I'd like to say scores the most TD's...the most.
Most of these QB's...rather...all of them....made their coordinators....IMO...of course....and this has been proven...the players MADE the offense...not the other way around.
Good points....though...
Goff did target his #1 guy, Robert Woods, and Woods produced for us. Watkins might grow to be our #1 WR if we keep him, but Woods was the clear #1 WR this year.
I disagree that those guys made their coaches and made their offenses. Belichick has had multiple QBs step up while Brady was out. Marty S. won everywhere he coached, even Cleveland. Bruce Arians is Bruce Arians. Whisenhunt has done well as an offensive coordinator outside of Pittsburgh.
It's pretty silly claiming that Goff should be credited with making the offense at this point in his career. Nobody would credit Tom Brady with making the New England offense in his second year in the NFL. Give Goff a decade, and we'll see what people say about him.
Regardless, the point is that the first playoff start is always difficult for a young QB.
I still say, McVay put the game in our QB's hands.....near perfect conditions....started slowly...and wasn't quite on his game....some passes missed.....or were a lil off target...not allowing receivers to gain yards after the catch....and my #1 peeve...complaint...crap that's still got me ticked (besides helping me throw away my top ROD $$$$ winner)....was the lack of targets to Watkins...over say, Higbee (I could add his bestie, Kupp here as well, Woods too)....and lack of touches to Gurley...inaccurate passes downfield....inaccurate passes on the move...in near perfect conditions (only complaints is/were the field, but many would say, wrs have the advantage in this scenario...I'd agree)....45 passes...and all those garbage time stats in the 4th quarter....the things PFF & QBR rate poorly on....yet 13 points...vs the Falcons...I guess their defense is good/fast...whatever....they aint getting any worse that's for sure...that team is put together...they looked faster.
McVay shouldn't have put the game in our QB's hands when the other team was defending the pass well but not the run. Further, Watkins didn't earn more targets. He could have caught a TD on 4th down, but he didn't come up with a well-thrown ball. He could have caught another TD when we got the ball back, but he let a bomb go right through his hands.
Contrast that with Robert Woods who made a number of key catches, including the diving catch on the ball up the seam. Woods earned targets. He played like a #1. Watkins did not. As for Gurley, he was great in the running game but had the worst day I've seen him have in the passing game.
