As it stands, the Rams are in a comfortable position to make the playoffs, but I don't see them joining their fellow LA teams as champs for 2020. The Chargers at 4-9 have as good a chance. The issue is Jared Goff sucks. I used to be a fan, well for 2 years at least, but he has regressed badly since making the Super Bowl. He barely belongs in the NFL at this point. Every game he misses wide open targets, misses the most basic throws that any NFL quarterback should be able to make, let alone making any the passes elite QBs could make. They don't let him throw deep anymore, mostly only short out passes for precious, coddled Goff. They design plays for him to have everything super easy for him to make a play, yet he still fucks it up. The one thing he is good at is turnovers, not just INTs but fumbles. The motherfucker has no fucking pocket presence whatsoever, nor the good judgment to ever fucking cover up the ball when he's being sacked. All this has forced the Rams to become a boring running team. Their running game is decent but not dominating enough for a deep playoff run. What's especially frustrating is the Rams are strong in every other area but QB. The O and D lines are doing great after an awful 2019 for both. The defense is as good as it's been in 20 years. On offense, they got a top rate receiving crew (they get open but it doesn't matter). On special teams, the punter is a game changing weapon on his own. True, the fg kicking game has been an ordeal this year, going on their 3rd kicker, but the latest one has settled in enough for some confidence there, fingers crossed. Other than that, Goff is the one big fucking kibosh on any hope of success. Sure, some teams have won it all with average QBs, but those QBs had the competency and intelligence to play smartly and not throw away any games on their own like a motherfucking dumbshit Goff.
I know it may seem a big uncouth to complain when some other teams are struggling with far worse QB performances, say Cam Newton for example, but Jared Goff does really fucking sucks. By the way, it was only slightly satisfying to beat a diminished Pats and diminished Tom Brady this year. It was far better than losing, but hardly any kind of make up for losing the last matchup. The NE game is a good example of the Goff problem. They won 24-3, but one TD was on defense. Goff's line was
................C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT SACKS QBR RTG
Jared Goff 16/25 137 5.5 1 1 1-5 46.8 74.9
5.5 yds/att will not cut it. NE had a tough day scoring and their 3rd down stat of 3/13 fits, but LA was even worse at 3/14. His longest completion was for 25 yards, Newton did better than that, and usually when Goff gets a long completion stat it's because of the yards after catch. The Rams defense and running game won the game. The one bright spot for Goff was he only turned it over once.
The only shot the Rams have is to rely on the power of 2020 to bring misery to every other city's major sports fans for the year.
To be fair, I have no reason to believe Goff isn't a splendid person off the field, but on it he SUCKS.
/rant over
Go Rams