When the Rams had a better offense it was full of three wr sets with a good speed guy and a line capable of blocking.
Agreed. The problem behind all that was first losing Cooks too, because in 2020 McVay elected to play more 12 sets and in 12 you remove a WR for a TE. And the TE in question (Everett) doesn't move the bar at all.
So the offense needs a 3rd weapon, which is not a change from last offseason. We discussed the mediocrity of Reynolds last year and the board was right about that. We have discussed Everett forever and the board was right about him too. Those two guys are a big part of the reason we saw such dropoff even with our other issues but I guess as a staff and org you gotta play them and give them the opportunity seeing as how we didn't have any better options.
I'd have thought by now that Rams fans would realize how McVay and Snead like to play the media.
How quickly we forget how they dodged all the Gurley questions about the knee, and health in general
It's totally possible they are being 100% transparent here and Goff has a lot to prove, but they also could be totally f$%ing with everyone and laughing at the idea that they are moving on
Neither would surprise me, in fact I think I'd be more surprised that they are being transparent
I think they are entertaining a June trade of Goff. At that stage you want to let people know he's available and try to sell his value a bit to see what the market is. That press conference just felt like that to me.
That plus the fact we're at a disadvantage in competition with the 9ers, Saints, Patriots etc for the top vet QB options on the market leads me to think our original discussions of secondary options like Minshew and Darnold might be on point. But even those guys could quickly be out of our price range if there's too much competition.
If there's a silver lining here it's that a June trade insulates them a bit. By that I mean they still have Goff as a fallback if things don't go their way. IMO that is where they're at. And all that aside I do think this press conference insinuates that McVay is done with Goff but it wouldn't be the first time a coach has to keep a guy around for another year due to contract and you never know maybe they get back on the same page if things go that route. So for those who are hurt badly by the thought of the Rams moving on there's still a long way to go here.
I just feel it is wrong to move on from Goff because there is no one out there better than Goff that we can get and keep the CAP manageable.
We don't know that to be true. They could move up into round 1 and take a QB and we have no idea how that will work out. We can project it and all but you just don't know.
Goff has been disappointing, but even disappointing Goff is a middle of the pack starting QB.
I agree with this and it's why I'm also of the mind that keeping him is wise. Even if you pull his job and make it an open competition you still have his value and stand to gain by him getting his shit together. Because then even if he and McVay are done you can trade him with rebuilt value.
