02-13-2019, 04:08 PM
(02-13-2019, 04:03 PM)Joelist Wrote: It's interesting when you look at how the Pats grounded the Rams offense. It was a combination of changing how their DL attacked to counter the Rams proclivity for stretch plays, having the defense change its set after the 15 second mark so Goff had to read it on his own and everyone was under strict orders not to read and react in which took the playaction out.
The Rams needed to counter themselves by going spread offense four wide or alternately full power run.
Yea, Goff got exposed more than anything in my mind. Taking away the outside zone running game had a lot to do with as well. They did a great job hiding the Goff issue all year by having McVay talk him through things at the line, but the Patriots weren't the first ones to kind of key in on that. Going in to next year, if you can't train him to read then you go Chip Kelly style tempo to get to the line and snap before 15 seconds left on the play clock.
