I get your logic Merlin, really, I do. But I tell you what, we better know what we have before week 8, because every defense that we play against will surely know. There is plenty of film on what McVay was doing in Washington and will want to do with the Rams. It obviously won't be completely identical, but it will definitely be close to what resembles Washington's offense.
It will be an up and down roller coaster of events this year with everything that has taken place. But, I trust and feel that our coaching staff has a very good idea of what we are going to look like on both sides of the ball; even now.
From what I'm seeing these guys look like they're going to need time to settle in on the OL. Just too many questions and defenses are going to attack them. Same deal at QB, I love Goff but the kid might get beat up a bit early on while things settle and we'll have some rookie moments undoubtedly. I wish I could say the run game was ready to go, but like everything else we just don't know.
That roller coaster you insinuate (which I agree with) is going to result in a crazy swing of positive and negative among the faithful week to week. So even though we should see an improved offense, which I think we can bank on of course, these guys are going to be a work in progress through much of the season. Week 8 is just a guess, a milestone I think we can look at as a last resort, where good or bad we'll know what we have for sure.
Remember the league changes around week 6. That's when the pretenders start to fall. I've seen plenty of teams and offenses look good in the first quarter or so of the season only to get exposed over a bigger sample size. Our own Rams, as a matter of fact, that started 5-0 in STL were a good example of that. As I said, we're gonna have to strap in.
