The Good:
The O Line: tons of open lanes for runs and often a good amount of time for Goff to throw the ball. Fowler Jr - Generated a lot of pressure and made Cam rush throws.
Littleton - best player on D today, and thats saying a lot with Donald out there.
Gurley & Brown - consistently got the yards that were blocked and a few more. I'll look past that fumble by Gurley, as we recovered it, but it would have been disasterous had the Panthers recovered.
Weddle: while he was in there, I thought the whole D played better and McCaff didn't run wild. Heal quickly brother.
The Bad:
Donald: I'm sure he played his gaps but he wasn't producing pressure play to play like his normal self. He's held in a higher regard so average play sticks out. He honestly looked tired on several plays.
JoJo - scares me every time he is back there. Its your job to let it go if its close to the endzone, no brainer.
Goff - Missed many open receivers and seemed locked on guys, open or not. Terrible play where he accepted a loss instead of any easy throw away. Several plain bad throws that should have been picked (and one that was). Rust or not, he was not sharp.
The Ugly:
Peters: terrible penalty and otherwise made zero plays. D-Line: little to no pressure. Little to know run defense. 2 studs on that line should be producing especially against a, at best, average O-Line.
McVays TO's before half: I'm not a coach and don't claim to be, but even I knew it was a horrendous call to be taking those TO's for the Panthers before the half. What in the actual F was he thinking? Nearly cost us in the game in the end.
That said, I'll take the win. First game of the year, on the road, on the east coast, with ZERO preseason snaps. They will need to be so much more sharp next week to stay with the 'Aints, which has me extremely nervous.
GO RAMS!!!
