[Elvis]

Everyone does realize Gurley had 4 carries and Tavon had bubble rap on him? The first team O'line looked good, that is most important. This team will move the ball this year.

This is right. And we've seen none of Gurley running routes or Tavon's more extensive route tree that we have seen in practice.

So while there is reason for hope, i'm afraid 4 years of bad offense has me pretty skeptical. Still, i can't wait to see what happens in the real games...

[Elvis]

The Rams have the worst passing offense in the NFL for 4 and now this will be 5 straight seasons.

What did I miss? Is the season over? Or is that the sky falling on your head?

The number one pick in the 2016 draft will be sitting at the far end of the bench at the first regular season game.

As will the #2 pick...

[Elvis]

Merged this with the Riddick thread, seemed similar enough topic-wise...

[Elvis]

The Rams have the worst passing offense in the NFL for 4 and now this will be 5 straight seasons.

What did I miss? Is the season over? Or is that the sky falling on your head?

I miss the sky status report embedded in a poster's avatar on another forum lol... Some here will know who/what I am referring to.

Steve was great...

[LARams_1963]

Everyone does realize Gurley had 4 carries and Tavon had bubble rap on him? The first team O'line looked good, that is most important. This team will move the ball this year.

We'll see, Gurley will be facing 8 man fronts all year as the Rams literally don't run passing plays beyond 10 yards.

Sooo..same as last year then? He faced loaded boxes constantly and did pretty darn well. Also I don't think he was 100% last year. As far as the passing game, honestly, I can't see the passing game be any worse, so that's a plus too!

[BuiltRamTough]

The same coaches that are coaching Goff are coaching Keenum and Mannion.

Just saying.

[aeneas1]

if goff doesn't pan out???? ha ha, good grief, the guy has played less than 2 games worth of snaps and thrown just 49 passes, with a bunch of scrubs at his side, but it's time to weigh the impact in the event he doesn't pan out? oh my... goff won't see the field this season and will be in street clothes because he's now the 3rd stringer? good grief... here is what fish said:

"He's much better now than he was when we started. He has made significant progress. He's comfortable. He understands things. He has progressed. We know what goes on in the practice field and in the meeting rooms, his understanding and his grasp of everything. He's confident with it right now. He's not ready, but he's really, really made significant progress. You know, I think it's going to take a little bit more time. That's not to say he can't be a two or start, but if were starting right now, I'd probably have Sean (Mannion) as the two. Because it's all about being patient with him. He's not frustrated or anything. He took some hits. He got hit pretty hard last week, and Sunday was a tough day for him, which you guys didn't see. But he did everything he needed to."

anyway, it sure does seem that fish has mangled the qb sitch headed into the 2016 season, especially considering the lack of snaps he gave goff with the 1s in 4 preseaon games, and throughout practice... you have to wonder if he's still hurting over being forced to draft and start young, and this time around he's going to do it his way (even tho young helped the titans improve their previous year's 4-12 record to an 8-8 record and made the pro bowl in the process)...

hard to believe the rams could face a qb scenario in which a backup was given the team to start the season, proved ineffective and was replaced by a guy who has thrown 7 nfl passes and looked average through two preseason stints, who was also ineffective and replaced by a first overall pick rookie who wasn't ready to play... being a rams fan takes some serious stones.

[Will0120]

Google Riddick. And yes, put weight on what he says.

And so I did:

"Louis Riddick (born March 14, 1969) is a former American football safety in the NFL from 1991 to 1998. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the ninth round of the 1991 NFL Draft. He played college football at Pittsburgh. He also played for the Sacramento Surge, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Oakland Raiders and Orlando Rage in his playing career. After his playing career ended, he became a pro scout for the Washington Redskins for four years before being promoted to Director of Pro Personnel. He was hired by the Eagles as a pro scout in 2008. He was promoted to Director of Pro Personnel on February 3, 2010.[1] As of September 2013, he is an on-air talent for ESPN.[2]"

He doesn't seem super different from a bunch of other players turned scouts turned analysts. What is different about what he says vs. the other analysts?

[Rams the Legends live on]

The problem is Fish is Fish. His idea of the QB position is throw it against the wall and see what sticks. In his first year as a head coach 1994 he ended up using 2 QB's who ended up with multiple starts. Of course he had Billy Joe Tolliver, Bucky Richardson, and Cody Carlson. Of course his QB's were not note worthy but from day one Fish showed he would name 2 different QB's as the starter in season and see who sticks. He was named the head coach with only 6 games left in season and went from Bucky to Billy Joe, back to Bucky. Which we as Rams fans know and have seen he has done as well here.

1995 he drafted Mcnair, who I believe we can say is to date the best QB he has ever had. Like with Goff, McNair did not see the field day one he however did see two games in his first year. McNair backed up Chandler who had went 1-8, while Mcnair had gone 2-0. Fish had to also use 3 QB's that season in McNair, Will Furer, and Chandler.

1996 Chandler was his starter and went 6-6, McNair saw the field and went 2-2.

1997 McNair who he drafted was named the starter and went 8-8.

1998 McNair again the starter and goes 8-8.

1999 McNair the starter and goes 9-2 and goes to the super bowl.

If his past is indicative of how Goff will go. We can plan on him seeing the field for a couple games this year. Will need a good 3 years under his belt before Fish feels safe enough to make his guy. An 5 years in the Fish system before he makes a winning difference on the field.

Fisher does not develop QB's in a timely manner. His philosophy for football is a slow down the game approach, run the ball and play defense. Slow the game down so is a game of inches instead of yards. His philosophy for his game plan is the same way he approaches his development for QB's. In the meantime he is always willing to use anyone and everyone on his depth chart at QB switch back and forth in season seeing who could possible stick.

[TomSlick]

Fisher does not develop QB's in a timely manner. His philosophy for football is a slow down the game approach, run the ball and play defense. Slow the game down so is a game of inches instead of yards. His philosophy for his game plan is the same way he approaches his development for QB's. In the meantime he is always willing to use anyone and everyone on his depth chart at QB switch back and forth in season seeing who could possible stick.

Hence, his abundance of winning records and deep playoff runs.

What's done is done. I'm optimistic that this team will reach the promised land of playoffs this season. Case is our guy, Boras/Groh will run the O, Gurley will stun us with amazing plays...Got to be optimistic going into the season. Ripping when appropriate is fine, I do it with relish, but the season is on now. Game 1 coming up...Fisher, babe, now is the time, year 5, produce this squad into winners.