Potential WR Trade Targets

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Reinforcements at WR would be great, but I think a bigger issue is with the scheme and the calls. See the chart below on the success out of 11 personnel versus 13 personnel.

Maybe we should be a running team and McVay should be leaning more into what's working best.


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Puka as TE3. Send Tutu deep so he doesn't even need to block. A few play actions deep to Tutu will keep the DBs honest.
 
Sure hope so but everything I have read suggests he is close to starting his 21-day-practice-window.

May still be multiple weeks before he is game-ready.
Most teams don't open the practice Window unless you're pretty close. That's why guys like Garrett have been on the shelf even though they anticipated he'd be back sold around now.
 
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Most teams don't open the practice Window unless you're pretty close. That's why guys like Garrett have been on the shelf even though they anticipated he'd be back sold around now.
Hope that's the case with Garrett, Ferguson and Turner ... sooner-the-better ... three difference-makers
 
...when his secondary receivers struggled to gain any separation, outside of one 40-yard catch from Tutu Atwell."

Funny how Tutu was only fast and elusive on that one play...

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Fans of Tutu can't seem to get offer the fact that he just isn't used like that by the Rams. Don't know how many years of proof is needed for this, but I'm well beyond convinced he's simply a very limited role player in this offense. I don't try to understand it because the results speak for themselves.

Fans like you can't seem to understand that it doesn't matter who the #3 WR is.
The #3 simply won't get looks.

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Stafford just locks on to Puka every play. He doesn't even seem to look anywhere else. Reminds me of Kupp on the SB winning drive.

Is this a McVay scheme issue or is Stafford just jittery and looking for his security blanket?
In the first half Stafford targeted Puka 7 times and the rest of the receivers 7 times.
In the second half he targeted Puka 5 times and the rest 6 times.
Look around the NFL. The star #1 WR on any passing team gets the most targets.
JSN has 70 targets in Seattle. The #2 (Shaheed) has 30. Kupp has 27. I don't hear Seattle fans whining they're throwing the ball to JSN too much!!!!

I agree with Rmfnit. Running is the key. We've got 2 studs back there. Use them. And use them more in the passing game. They only got 2 of 25 targets. They need to see more than that. In the first half we ran the ball 5 times. In the 2nd half 22 times. Which half did the offense look like a good offense? Right. The 2nd half.

The other thing is 13P. I read somebody said "they need to run 11P but they can't right now". That doesn't have as much to do with WRs as it might seem. The key to their 13P success was they could run, they could pass or they could shift to an 11P formation out of 13P because Ferguson was so versatile. They finally had Klare in there yesterday. He had 1 offensive snap in the previous 7 games. Perhaps they will begin using him in the same way they used Ferguson. I hope so because that will only make them stronger once Ferguson and Adams are back.

McVay will figure it out
 
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They finally had Klare in there yesterday. He had 1 offensive snap in the previous 7 games
The team always brings their rookie TE's along slow, so we can bitch about what a shitty pick he was for as much of the season as possible.
 
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Another WR is certainly an option, but I'm just throwing out there that there might be another one:

We could become a run heavy team.
I know that's blasphemy to a lot of Rams fans who have embraced the pass to set up the throw strategy.

Rams are averaging 4.7 yards per rush. Good for 5th in the league.

Nearly half of all of Stafford's pass attempts were to Nacua. I said it before and I'll say it again, if they're making 11, 12, 13, 14 pass attempts to him every game, logic tells you that he's not going to make through the season uninjured (again).

Maybe flip the pass/run ratio to 60% run, 40% pass. Obviously, our offensive line is good. Feed them with more running. An OLineman would much prefer to line up and surge forward - winning the battle with the man in front of him, than be back peddling at the snap, looking around for anyone that might get to Stafford.

Just a thought.
It’s a passing league. The rules favor it.

Our rushing game is amazing, but would it be as effective at 60%?
 
It’s a passing league. The rules favor it..

Our rushing game is amazing, but would it be as effective at 60%?
Not every week or even every half, but yesterday it was 22-11 in the 2nd half. That's 66%. 33 plays, 191 yards, 14 points and Stafford was 7 of 11.
 
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IMO - Your window with Stafford is short, you give up what you need to in order to get a solid #3 (Thomas, Downs), both of whom are young enough to move into the #2 role when Adams leaves, thus using the draft pick to fill a need going forward anyway. Push your chips in.