What's next for Los Angeles Rams after trading Jared Goff for Matthew Stafford?

[FrantikRam]

Context? When? I mean, he went pass heavy a few times, but I don't recall the health of the RBs that day or if for whatever reason the D that day was just keying on the runs or executing better at stopping our runs.

I guess I'm asking was he forgetting the run game or was it just not there?

I suppose it's partly both, but I also don't see Goff as being all that limited. McVay just comes from that Gruden school which has a remarkably exacting standard for QBs

In a lot of post game press conferences when he's gotten asked about the run game (or lack thereof) McVay has mentioned over the years about game plans and taking what the defense gives you.

Against Tampa we didn't even think about running the ball. Sometimes that's just the plan.

 

[RocknRam29]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHynIJk4mvw

 

[Reddog99]

I feel a lot more confident in Whitworth coming back for 2021 after that video. That's awesome

 

[Ballhawk]

Was there no one open on deeper routes, were they just not called or was the qb reluctant to throw them?

Or there wasn't enough time for the play to be successful? Stafford's ability to run around and buy time should help the deep routes develop when the pass rush gets past the line.

 

[Ramstien]

Or there wasn't enough time for the play to be successful? Stafford's ability to run around and buy time should help the deep routes develop when the pass rush gets past the line.

I believe a new Center will also help tremendously.

 

[PhillyRam]

He definitely needs upgrades from what they had this yr.

We had no TE play after Higbee had his elbow issue as Everett remained an enigma.

No deep threat hurt as we all know since the offense became more horizontal than vertical, and of course the interior line collapsing on every 3rd & long didn't help.

BTW, look no farther than Brady. Look at how many pundits claimed Brady was washed up last yr because he no longer could push the ball down the field. "Experts" claimed his arm was dead.

So Stafford will need upgrades in these areas even if he is a generational talent. Obviously Brady needed upgrades to bounce back...and he did.

Supporting cast matters.

 

[BonifayRam]

We do need that speedster. We have a QB with all the arm we could want. Now we need a receiver he can't overthrow.

Are we really sure that we do not have several here now under contract that is capable of having enough speed to open up that unknown part of McVay's playbook?

 

[Mackeyser]

He definitely needs upgrades from what they had this yr.

We had no TE play after Higbee had his elbow issue as Everett remained an enigma.

No deep threat hurt as we all know since the offense became more horizontal than vertical, and of course the interior line collapsing on every 3rd & long didn't help.

BTW, look no farther than Brady. Look at how many pundits claimed Brady was washed up last yr because he no longer could push the ball down the field. "Experts" claimed his arm was dead.

So Stafford will need upgrades in these areas even if he is a generational talent. Obviously Brady needed upgrades to bounce back...and he did.

Supporting cast matters.

The lack of TE and RB production in the pass game was a result of the increase in pocket pressure where McVay went to max protect FAR more often than he did in 2017-18. With Goff being such an immobile QB compared to the rest of the NFL... he needs an offense more akin to what Brady runs. As well, I think that McVay underestimated how much coaching Goff needed still and I REALLY like that the Lions are bringing in Mark Brunell to coach him up.

Honestly, the one thing I'm most critical of McVay with has to do with his lack of fully utilizing the 2 TEs that he has. There are teams that we could have just punished because the TE deep seam was there all freaking day and it was just so badly underutilized.

That said, I think a number of things will change in the O with Stafford who is more mobile (like Rodgers obviously, not Lamar). One aspect I'm really looking forward to is a return of the RB dump off in the flat as well as much more of the deep in/seam pass to the TE.