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.