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Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Tavon Austin has a pretty simple plan when it comes to his team’s offense in 2016. He wants them to go from worst to first.
When asked about the plan for next season, Austin told ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez the following:
“To be the No. 1 offense in the league,” Austin said Saturday. “Last year, we was 32. So we have to be way better than that. I feel like we put our defense in so many tough situations last year. For us, if we just keep moving forward and move that 32 up to No. 1, we should be good.”
For those curious, though, Austin doesn’t expect to see the Rams go from feeding running back Todd Gurley to being a pass-first offense.
“Oh no, definitely not. Definitely not. Todd’s definitely going to get his carries. And that’s just how it goes. But it’ll kind of balance out a little bit. Everybody will touch the ball here and there.”
The offense looked solid during the first half of Saturday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs specifically, but the passing numbers weren’t great. Between Case Keenum and Jared Goff, the Rams threw for just 125 yards.
To go along with that, this was the only team in the NFL to average fewer than 300 yards per game of total offense last season, while also ranking last in the league in passing yards per game with 175.3. A turnaround of any massive nature would involve Keenum and/or Goff airing it out early and often this season.
It’s easy to forget that early on in training camp head coach Jeff Fisher was pretty adamant about the fact that believes Austin can top the 100-catch mark this coming season. It’ll be pretty interesting to see how he’s utilized in the offense this year, especially with Gurley still expected to see all the work that he can handle.
Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Tavon Austin has a pretty simple plan when it comes to his team’s offense in 2016. He wants them to go from worst to first.
When asked about the plan for next season, Austin told ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez the following:
“To be the No. 1 offense in the league,” Austin said Saturday. “Last year, we was 32. So we have to be way better than that. I feel like we put our defense in so many tough situations last year. For us, if we just keep moving forward and move that 32 up to No. 1, we should be good.”
For those curious, though, Austin doesn’t expect to see the Rams go from feeding running back Todd Gurley to being a pass-first offense.
“Oh no, definitely not. Definitely not. Todd’s definitely going to get his carries. And that’s just how it goes. But it’ll kind of balance out a little bit. Everybody will touch the ball here and there.”
The offense looked solid during the first half of Saturday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs specifically, but the passing numbers weren’t great. Between Case Keenum and Jared Goff, the Rams threw for just 125 yards.
To go along with that, this was the only team in the NFL to average fewer than 300 yards per game of total offense last season, while also ranking last in the league in passing yards per game with 175.3. A turnaround of any massive nature would involve Keenum and/or Goff airing it out early and often this season.
It’s easy to forget that early on in training camp head coach Jeff Fisher was pretty adamant about the fact that believes Austin can top the 100-catch mark this coming season. It’ll be pretty interesting to see how he’s utilized in the offense this year, especially with Gurley still expected to see all the work that he can handle.
