Seriously though only 3/11 defensive starters and it showed right from the outset. Great first drive and Goff has to sense that pressure and needs to protect the football. Goff had a high number of fumbles in college and not to beat a dead horse, but small hands don't help in those scenarios. The interception was a wounded duck and IMO, I feel once it became 21-0 McVay was upset so featured Malcolm Brown on Goff's final drive with only one pass play called, kicked the FG and then sat Goff who was in there with the 2nd string offensive line with the exception of Havenstein.
Once the Chargers brought in their 2nd unit offense I knew the Rams would get back into the game because the 2nd & 3rd team defense for the Rams was out there all night, for example, who in the hell is Andy Mulumba? He was not drafted or a high profile UDRFA and the guy played on every series with the exception of the first, unreal. Also Joyner & Countess got torched on the first TD and for the most part, Joyner looked really bad, but the defense as a whole did not play well until the playing field was leveled.
Is Sean McVay turning Sean Mannion into Kirk Cousins 2.0? IMHO, McVay is not going to be the type of Coach that sticks with his QB no matter what. Now I might be wrong and McVay might change during the regular season, but Goff's gaffes led to 14 points and either McVay had seen enough or maybe he was thinking by bringing in the second unit the Chargers would too in order to give the defense a break as well. Either way, Goff needs more reps and maybe against the Packers with most starters sitting, he'll have Goff play longer, either way I will be interested to see what happens come September Morn.
I knew Coons would miss the 30 yard FG because he hit the 53 yard FG and IMO, the Chargers first team played much better and deserved the game. I'm am hoping the Rams can get everyone healthy on defense and clean up making mistakes on offense. The wide receiver unit is actually a strength now, so that is a good thing and I do hope Hemmingway is okay, but the Rams have depth at that position with Harkey & Wilson too. Justin Davis is a find, but he still needs to work on ball security as he bobbled the ball once and could not turn it lose on one play because he was keeping two hands on the football so a big gain was reduced to 6 yards because of not being able to secure the rock.
DT Casey Sales worth keeping on the PS as the guy never quits and is the only defensive lineman that made a play donning horns. Chargers blitzed far more than the Rams, but Rams have only two sacks or so this preseason and that is a concern IMO. Overall I'm thankful the score evened out a bit and there is still plenty of work to do as many of us forget McVay took over a 4-12 team. I'm not upset he did not stick with Goff, I'm trusting McVay knows more about Quarterbacks than yours truly.
BTW, OT Darryl Williams has played extremely well this preseason and will make the team along with Center Austin Blythe, Guard Cody Wichmann has some nice run blocking as well, but quite frankly, Pace Murphy got beat badly and if he and Michael Dunn switched jerseys, could you really tell the difference? In fairness, Dunn outplayed Murphy albeit a smaller sample size.