These sacks are of the crushing variety and this is part of the reason coops being overused it's basically the only reciever he can anticipate where he will be even under duress.
Stafford is what 35 and getting lit up and look at just the pressures yesterday then the sacks.
Goff was sacked 33 times for a high at a young age and how many of those did we bitch that he was holding it way to long. Stafford is at 20+ and the season isn't halfway yet he is on pace for almost 70 plus sacks. I hate that the Stafford Goff conversation is even a thing anymore and I love Goff. The Superbowl erased any and all comparisons. We have to move on.
Did you guys hear Mcvay yesterday besides the coach speak you could see he was upset. Like visibly upset not anger but like about to cry lol cause Stafford is getting absolutely crushed can't be taken for granted that he gets up and plays even when he wasn't sacked shot after shot. When a coach says we need to get him help that's the signal of front office do something cause seasons over if you don't. Let alone I'm concerned about long term if this was Brady 3 years ago he probably retires!!!!
McVay can look in the mirror to some extent here. He allowed himself to enter a season short on OL and the injuries fucked him. We discussed this OL room at length during the offseason and it was clear we were a little bit short on talent. Having that one more real player in that room would be a big difference right about now.
But also he can blame himself for abandoning the run. He is not a guy who believes in it. He's also not like Martz thank God but he is definitely a guy who prefers to dictate to defenses through the air not on the ground. And if he wants Stafford to survive he is going to have to make himself run the goddamn fucking football.
Running it vs Dallas would have kept us in it longer. Still probably a loss but you never know. Either way allowing them to get a few big stops and bully you into quitting on the run game is ridiculous. But with McVay it seems like he needs to get to a certain anger level before he goes all in with the run. And maybe I'm wrong but I think by the time he's done reviewing Dallas he'll be where he needs to be.
Question is whether the players can deliver it. It does go back to that. But I think we have some guys who can open run game holes if the entire offense is focused to do that as a gameplan. And I think Carolina is about to get that gameplan. They've been better than Dallas vs the run but overall are a worse defense, average vs the run and bottom third in points allowed. So I think the Rams are about to play a good game up front.
