{"id":8249,"date":"2019-12-23T20:59:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T20:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=8249"},"modified":"2019-12-23T20:59:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T20:59:13","slug":"theres-no-easy-fix-for-rams-in-2020-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/theres-no-easy-fix-for-rams-in-2020-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s No Easy Fix for Rams in 2020 Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We come to maybe the two most hotly\ncontested issues facing the Los Angeles Rams in 2020. You already\nknow what they are,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TODD GURLEY<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Gurley has appeared in 14 out of 15\ngames this season and is having his second worst campaign as a pro.\nHe\u2019s averaging 3.9 yards per carry and, barring a 211-yard\nperformance Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals, will go without\nhitting 1,000 yards for only the second time in his career. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last time was 2016 as he was\nhampered by Jeff Fisher and one of the worst offenses in the history\nof the league. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How much of this year\u2019s downturn\nis Gurley\u2019s health and how much is the Rams\u2019 sub-par offensive\nline? \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s both, but mostly it\u2019s the\nline. As the team leaned more heavily on Gurley late in the season,\nhe started to look more like himself. Maybe 85 percent of his self,\nbut that\u2019s still pretty good. Gurley can obviously carry that kind\nof load and Sean McVay was na\u00efve to put him on a pitch count early\nin the season. Either Gurley can go or he can\u2019t and you deal with\nit. That\u2019s all there is to it. Is he going to be the same guy he\nwas in 2017 and early 2018? Probably not, but he\u2019s still scored 14\ntouchdowns this season. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no moving on from Gurley\nyet. His cap hit is too high and the idea that you could work him in\nwith other running backs throughout the season only kept him from\ngetting into any kind of rhythm. McVay, as I mentioned in Part 1,\nneeds to add a fullback. He needs to spend his picks on offensive\nlineman and he needs to open the season with Gurley as the focus of\nthe offense. Because even a less explosive Gurley has still been\npretty good. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JARED GOFF<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When you look at the ultimate\nreasons the Rams missed the playoffs, the O-line, the misuse early of\nGurley, the defense\u2019s blown plays, there\u2019s still one guy that can\ntake most of the blame for the team\u2019s 8-7 record and it\u2019s Goff.\nIf he\u2019d played better, they\u2019d be in the mix. The interception\nSunday that the 49ers returned for a TD was all on him, 100 percent\nand McVay made that clear coming out of the locker room after\nspeaking to the FOX sideline reporter. They knew the coverage that\nthe 49ers were in. They knew where the ball could go and couldn\u2019t\ngo and Goff still made the bonehead play. He threw another pick that\nwas dropped that would have sealed a 49ers win on the Rams\u2019 last\nscoring drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like Gurley, there\u2019s no change to\nbe made here. Goff just simply has to get smarter and better. Sure,\nthe offensive line wasn\u2019t what it could be, but QBs on good teams\nhave to deal with that from time to time. Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady\nhaven\u2019t always stood behind brick wall lines, but they\u2019ve not had\na season like this. The Goff we saw in the Super Bowl last season was\npretty much the guy we got in 2019. That\u2019s simply not good enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, he\u2019s young. Yes, he shows rare talent and accuracy and there\u2019s a reason he was a first round pick. But he must simply be smarter and get better. There was no excuse for his performance this season and he must take it upon himself to rectify it or he\u2019ll be one more lost quarterback on the NFL\u2019s trash heap in three seasons when his contract enables the Rams to move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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