Yeah but the Rams aren't the only team investing heavily in weapons or paying talented skill guys. It happens all over the league and only one team wins the championship. IMO these takes are myopic.
I can't speak for everyone you're conversing with here, but i read some folks talking about our weapons not being as dynamically explosive or athletic as others. I would agree with that. For example we don't have a Metcalf, Jones, Hopkins etc. Those guys are rare.
I mean you can criticize our GM/personnel dept i guess... for not acquiring one of those type of guys...and criticize many other teams as well. IMO our WR core is very good but we are missing some speed and explosiveness. Should the Rams have just not payed our guys? Should they have let them all walk despite being good and just keep drafting and turning over the roster every year until we corner the market on the transcendent guys?
I think Goff has good enough weapons to be successful (which i assume was your original take) not ultra elite, but we are missing some particular skill sets IMO.
I definitely expect more out of the offense. I'll be the first to admit it. For me, the defense has saved the offense against Dallas, Seattle, and New York - the offense scored 23, 20 and 17 points, and we're paying more money to the offense than the defense. That matters to me personally, because if you're not getting the production from guys like you expect, that's a problem.
The Rams are in the bottom half of the league - below average - in scoring points. On top of that, they've also allowed 14 points - and really, 21 if we count the fumble that Miami returned to the one yard line - out of the 168 points allowed, they've allowed 12.5% - mostly just from the Miami game but still.
I have a problem with the offense, and I think everyone should - McVay clearly does too because he's made a comment after most games saying something like "defense gave us a chance" or "defense played great" along with some variation of "the offense has to do better".
Okay, so what's wrong with the offense? OL? Nope - sacks allowed good, run game, good - eye test, above average. Even in the Miami game, most of the pressure came from blitzing more than they could block, so definitely not their fault.
WRs? Maybe. Kupp has been disappointing this year with some drops - but I think it's a talented and deep group of skill players, and Henderson has been rated near the top of PFF all year (and he's looked that good).
Goff? He's definitely been disappointing at times.
McVay? I don't know. I think Seattle not getting Metcalf involved and not running the ball were bad coaching decisions, because the Rams defensive strength is the pass - so not only did you play to our strength, you did it without your best WR. Do we have a scenario like that? The Miami game, but I would prefer to pass against a team blitzing that much, so it's hard for me to blame him.
I hate crediting a QB with wins and losses. But people do it - and if people do it, QBs have to take the blame too.
But if people have an issue with our WRs, that's fine - I do think Goff needs a legit number one WR.
Hopkins was had for very little, we passed on Metcalf - that tells me this is the WR group McVay wants. So in a triangle of McVay/WRs/Goff, I have Goff as the entity holding the offense back right now. Yes, were 6-3 - but to win it all, we need the offense and Goff to be much, much better.
