by BobCarl 4 years 4 months ago Total posts: 4296 Joined: Mar 08 2017 LA Coliseum Superstar Correlation b/w Goff Performance and Gurley Usage is Remarkable POST #11 aeneas1 wrote:if the rams have to play catch up late they're not going to ride gurley (or any back), they're going to throw the ball, such is life in the nfl.My thinking is yes they're gonna throw the ball ... but it is a lot easier to throw the ball when the opposing defense is FORCED to play 8 in the box ne supra crepidam sutor iudicaret by AvengerRam 4 years 4 months ago Total posts: 8686 Joined: Oct 03 2017 Lake Mary, Florida Hall of Fame Correlation b/w Goff Performance and Gurley Usage is Remarkable POST #12 TOPIC AUTHOR aeneas1 wrote:the rams faced a lot of less than stellar defenses in the games gurley had 15+ carries, in fact only 1 of the 6 defenses faced currently ranks in the top half of the league in offensive points allowed, and against that 1 defense (chi) gurley had his most carries of the season yet goff posted a lowly 69.9 qb rating and threw for just 173 yards.moreover against a lot of these less than stellar defenses gurley was able to pad his carries given the rams took big leads and were then able to run the ball a lot (sea, ari, atl, nor), as a team the rams averaged 30 carries a game in those outings vs just 21 per game when gurley didn't have 15+ carries.anyway, all of that said, i'm with you, make gurley a focal point of the offense again for crying out loud, especially given the very mixed signals on this "management" stuff, play the guy, run the guy, throw to the guy.Exactly. Clearly, it’s easier to keep Gurley in the game, rather than going pass happy, against a weaker defense and with a lead. When that happens, we see the best of Goff, which is pretty darn good. I guess the only thing that surprised me was just how big the statistical disparity is for Goff between balanced games and Gurley-lite games. Night and day, really. by aeneas1 4 years 4 months ago Total posts: 16894 Joined: Sep 13 2015 Norcal Hall of Fame Correlation b/w Goff Performance and Gurley Usage is Remarkable POST #13 to me it looks like the rams offense has just has struggled against the better defenses this year, all the way around (mcvay, goff, the oline and the running game) - but things have gone much better for the offense against the lesser defenses... the rams are 6-2 against defenses that rank in the bottom half of the league in offensive points allowed, and 1-3 against top 10 defenses. by Hacksaw 4 years 4 months ago Total posts: 24523 Joined: Apr 15 2015 AT THE BEACH Moderator Correlation b/w Goff Performance and Gurley Usage is Remarkable POST #14 It seems intuative that ANY team would / should fare better against weaker competition. With the rare exception of match-ups, desperation and dare I say it, , certain officiating crews.It also looks like the Rams need to run TGII more. GO RAMS !!! GO DODGERS !!! GO LAKERS !!!THE GREATEST SHOW ON TURF,, WAS by snackdaddy 4 years 4 months ago Total posts: 9657 Joined: May 30 2015 Merced California Hall of Fame Correlation b/w Goff Performance and Gurley Usage is Remarkable POST #15 BobCarl liked this post BobCarl wrote:Vikings lost to Greenbay once already ... so chances are good they lose again.But we need the Rams to defeat the 9ers and also win their other two games.Where would that leave us in the tie-breaker?Every scenario I could try on the playoff machine had the Rams owning the tiebreakers. Head to head with Minnesota, Green Bay or Chicago. 3 way ties have the Rams owning the tie breakers. A 4 way tie with GB, MN, Chi and the Rams at 10-6 gives the Bears the division and us the wild card. All that is assuming Seattle or SF secures the first wild card. As much as we need some help, out situation isn't as dire as we think. We could lose 1 out of the next 3 and make it anyway. 1 Reply 2 / 2 1 2 Display: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by: AuthorPost timeSubject Sort by: AscendingDescending Jump to: Forum Rams/NFL Other Sports Rams Fans United Q&A's Board Business 15 posts Apr 18 2024
by AvengerRam 4 years 4 months ago Total posts: 8686 Joined: Oct 03 2017 Lake Mary, Florida Hall of Fame Correlation b/w Goff Performance and Gurley Usage is Remarkable POST #12 TOPIC AUTHOR aeneas1 wrote:the rams faced a lot of less than stellar defenses in the games gurley had 15+ carries, in fact only 1 of the 6 defenses faced currently ranks in the top half of the league in offensive points allowed, and against that 1 defense (chi) gurley had his most carries of the season yet goff posted a lowly 69.9 qb rating and threw for just 173 yards.moreover against a lot of these less than stellar defenses gurley was able to pad his carries given the rams took big leads and were then able to run the ball a lot (sea, ari, atl, nor), as a team the rams averaged 30 carries a game in those outings vs just 21 per game when gurley didn't have 15+ carries.anyway, all of that said, i'm with you, make gurley a focal point of the offense again for crying out loud, especially given the very mixed signals on this "management" stuff, play the guy, run the guy, throw to the guy.Exactly. Clearly, it’s easier to keep Gurley in the game, rather than going pass happy, against a weaker defense and with a lead. When that happens, we see the best of Goff, which is pretty darn good. I guess the only thing that surprised me was just how big the statistical disparity is for Goff between balanced games and Gurley-lite games. Night and day, really. by aeneas1 4 years 4 months ago Total posts: 16894 Joined: Sep 13 2015 Norcal Hall of Fame Correlation b/w Goff Performance and Gurley Usage is Remarkable POST #13 to me it looks like the rams offense has just has struggled against the better defenses this year, all the way around (mcvay, goff, the oline and the running game) - but things have gone much better for the offense against the lesser defenses... the rams are 6-2 against defenses that rank in the bottom half of the league in offensive points allowed, and 1-3 against top 10 defenses. by Hacksaw 4 years 4 months ago Total posts: 24523 Joined: Apr 15 2015 AT THE BEACH Moderator Correlation b/w Goff Performance and Gurley Usage is Remarkable POST #14 It seems intuative that ANY team would / should fare better against weaker competition. With the rare exception of match-ups, desperation and dare I say it, , certain officiating crews.It also looks like the Rams need to run TGII more. GO RAMS !!! GO DODGERS !!! GO LAKERS !!!THE GREATEST SHOW ON TURF,, WAS by snackdaddy 4 years 4 months ago Total posts: 9657 Joined: May 30 2015 Merced California Hall of Fame Correlation b/w Goff Performance and Gurley Usage is Remarkable POST #15 BobCarl liked this post BobCarl wrote:Vikings lost to Greenbay once already ... so chances are good they lose again.But we need the Rams to defeat the 9ers and also win their other two games.Where would that leave us in the tie-breaker?Every scenario I could try on the playoff machine had the Rams owning the tiebreakers. Head to head with Minnesota, Green Bay or Chicago. 3 way ties have the Rams owning the tie breakers. A 4 way tie with GB, MN, Chi and the Rams at 10-6 gives the Bears the division and us the wild card. All that is assuming Seattle or SF secures the first wild card. As much as we need some help, out situation isn't as dire as we think. We could lose 1 out of the next 3 and make it anyway. 1 Reply 2 / 2 1 2 Display: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by: AuthorPost timeSubject Sort by: AscendingDescending Jump to: Forum Rams/NFL Other Sports Rams Fans United Q&A's Board Business 15 posts Apr 18 2024
by aeneas1 4 years 4 months ago Total posts: 16894 Joined: Sep 13 2015 Norcal Hall of Fame Correlation b/w Goff Performance and Gurley Usage is Remarkable POST #13 to me it looks like the rams offense has just has struggled against the better defenses this year, all the way around (mcvay, goff, the oline and the running game) - but things have gone much better for the offense against the lesser defenses... the rams are 6-2 against defenses that rank in the bottom half of the league in offensive points allowed, and 1-3 against top 10 defenses. by Hacksaw 4 years 4 months ago Total posts: 24523 Joined: Apr 15 2015 AT THE BEACH Moderator Correlation b/w Goff Performance and Gurley Usage is Remarkable POST #14 It seems intuative that ANY team would / should fare better against weaker competition. With the rare exception of match-ups, desperation and dare I say it, , certain officiating crews.It also looks like the Rams need to run TGII more. GO RAMS !!! GO DODGERS !!! GO LAKERS !!!THE GREATEST SHOW ON TURF,, WAS by snackdaddy 4 years 4 months ago Total posts: 9657 Joined: May 30 2015 Merced California Hall of Fame Correlation b/w Goff Performance and Gurley Usage is Remarkable POST #15 BobCarl liked this post BobCarl wrote:Vikings lost to Greenbay once already ... so chances are good they lose again.But we need the Rams to defeat the 9ers and also win their other two games.Where would that leave us in the tie-breaker?Every scenario I could try on the playoff machine had the Rams owning the tiebreakers. Head to head with Minnesota, Green Bay or Chicago. 3 way ties have the Rams owning the tie breakers. A 4 way tie with GB, MN, Chi and the Rams at 10-6 gives the Bears the division and us the wild card. All that is assuming Seattle or SF secures the first wild card. As much as we need some help, out situation isn't as dire as we think. We could lose 1 out of the next 3 and make it anyway. 1 Reply 2 / 2 1 2 Display: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by: AuthorPost timeSubject Sort by: AscendingDescending Jump to: Forum Rams/NFL Other Sports Rams Fans United Q&A's Board Business 15 posts Apr 18 2024
by Hacksaw 4 years 4 months ago Total posts: 24523 Joined: Apr 15 2015 AT THE BEACH Moderator Correlation b/w Goff Performance and Gurley Usage is Remarkable POST #14 It seems intuative that ANY team would / should fare better against weaker competition. With the rare exception of match-ups, desperation and dare I say it, , certain officiating crews.It also looks like the Rams need to run TGII more. GO RAMS !!! GO DODGERS !!! GO LAKERS !!!THE GREATEST SHOW ON TURF,, WAS by snackdaddy 4 years 4 months ago Total posts: 9657 Joined: May 30 2015 Merced California Hall of Fame Correlation b/w Goff Performance and Gurley Usage is Remarkable POST #15 BobCarl liked this post BobCarl wrote:Vikings lost to Greenbay once already ... so chances are good they lose again.But we need the Rams to defeat the 9ers and also win their other two games.Where would that leave us in the tie-breaker?Every scenario I could try on the playoff machine had the Rams owning the tiebreakers. Head to head with Minnesota, Green Bay or Chicago. 3 way ties have the Rams owning the tie breakers. A 4 way tie with GB, MN, Chi and the Rams at 10-6 gives the Bears the division and us the wild card. All that is assuming Seattle or SF secures the first wild card. As much as we need some help, out situation isn't as dire as we think. We could lose 1 out of the next 3 and make it anyway. 1 Reply 2 / 2 1 2 Display: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by: AuthorPost timeSubject Sort by: AscendingDescending Jump to: Forum Rams/NFL Other Sports Rams Fans United Q&A's Board Business 15 posts Apr 18 2024
by snackdaddy 4 years 4 months ago Total posts: 9657 Joined: May 30 2015 Merced California Hall of Fame Correlation b/w Goff Performance and Gurley Usage is Remarkable POST #15 BobCarl liked this post BobCarl wrote:Vikings lost to Greenbay once already ... so chances are good they lose again.But we need the Rams to defeat the 9ers and also win their other two games.Where would that leave us in the tie-breaker?Every scenario I could try on the playoff machine had the Rams owning the tiebreakers. Head to head with Minnesota, Green Bay or Chicago. 3 way ties have the Rams owning the tie breakers. A 4 way tie with GB, MN, Chi and the Rams at 10-6 gives the Bears the division and us the wild card. All that is assuming Seattle or SF secures the first wild card. As much as we need some help, out situation isn't as dire as we think. We could lose 1 out of the next 3 and make it anyway. 1 Reply 2 / 2 1 2 Display: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by: AuthorPost timeSubject Sort by: AscendingDescending Jump to: Forum Rams/NFL Other Sports Rams Fans United Q&A's Board Business