Los Angeles Rams! How The West Will Be Won?

I agree, but I'm not hopeful. Let's see what he looks like tonight.

 

Yep. I wouldn't bet my life savings that Goff is going to be a stud, but we've seen flashes. The first half in New Orleans last season was impressive. We shall see.

 

That was the ugliest opening drive for a score. 3 and out, but then a recovered fumbled punt. Then Gurley can't run anywhere as they swarm him, Goff at least makes a few good passes, a fumble into the end zone and a score. So lucky, but the Rams will take it any way they can get it.

 

I thought Goff did an adequate job. Nothing spectacular, but he didn't miss much either. Gurley still has nowhere to run. He better be a catching threat out of the backfield, because this offense line CANNOT run block. At all.

I only caught the first drive for the offense and defense, but they looked pretty solid. I liked the defensive energy. Woods's fumble on the goal line is unacceptable. I thought it was interesting the offense they ran: all quick passes, lots of movement. I wonder if they open up the book a little more with Watkins taking the top off the defense or if this is their plan all season long. It'd be a waste of Watkins, but teams have to respect his ability as a big play maker. It seems like their best bet might be taking small bites with Woods, Kupp, and Higbee, and then taking big haymakers with Watkins every now and then.

I didn't see them all, but how many fumbles in this game from both of these teams? Yikes!

 

The dink and dunk most of the time? It could work just to set up the long pass. The inability to muster a decent running attack would not bode well.

 

They really need to set up the run game with some drop off passes to Gurley, some screens maybe. The O Line is a mess trying to create space off a handoff and Gurley doesn't seem to have a great feel for the off-tackle run plays.

 

Helmets look great, but the jersey isn't coordinated yet.

The offense looks solid! Goff looks above average so far. He's still making some rookie mistakes, but he looks 100% better.

 

Offense giving me a ton of hope for this season. If Goff plays up to the level of a "Game Manager", this team will be vastly improved.

 

Luck >>> Tolzien...but Rams took care of bidniz.

 

No, Luck is still recovering from the poorly handled injury he had. The Colts were missing their best offensive lineman, their star quarterback, and their best defensive back. Even so, the Colts aren't a very good team. Their weapons are mediocre, their line is awful, and their defense is still subpar.

The Rams did extremely well though. The offense looks 100% better and Wade Philips is a defensive guru. McVay can attack in so many different ways. The Rams are going to be underestimated this year, but once teams adjust they'll start losing games again.

 

Colts were definitely short-handed and aren't going to be very good even at full strength, but that was a BEAT. DOWN.

Rams did exactly what you'd hope for them to do against and undermanned opponent and take it to them. Very encouraging performances all around, and we add probably the best defensive player in the league in Aaron Donald back into the fold moving forward.

I was cautiously optimistic we'd get to 8-8 (or better) this season and I feel better about that feeling after one game, but we'll learn a lot more about this team after Sunday against the Redskins. Consistency would be nice.

 

Well looking around the division now and David Johnson just went down (Arizona looked sub-par already), Seattle's offensive line is the worst in football, and the Niners are average at best and awful at worst...

It's not out of the question to think this might be a playoff team as of right now.

 

Solid Week 2. Could have probably won the game, but the defense against the run yeesh. I mean it's one thing if the backup running back gives you some problems because he's a new look, but they were getting gashed up by Fat Rob even before that. I like Fat Rob, I have him on my fantasy team, but he's not a great running back. He shouldn't have given us that much trouble and of course Chris Thompson ran roughshod all over us.

Encouraging game out of Gurley who looked more like the star we need him to be. A couple miscues from Kupp and Goff showing their age, but they're still looking incredibly competent given where we were last year.

Looking at Seattle, Arizona, and San Francisco, there's no reason the Rams can't compete for this division.

 

Fun game to watch... Goff is looking comfortable. Niners need a QB and they will be on the rise. Looking like a rivalry will be resurrected soon and Seattle's dominance in the division is on fumes.

Oh and Donald > Suh.