No Robert Woods a huge test for Rams Goff, McVay

The Los Angeles Rams have been fortunate in missing the injury bug until now. How will head coach Sean McVay and quarterback Jared Goff adjust, as Week 12 brings the New Orleans Saints to LA for another critical NFC match-up.

Injuries are inevitable, and the Los Angeles Rams have a big one with wide receiver Robert Woods out for a few weeks with a shoulder injury. As Woods became a number #1 receiver for quarterback Jared Goff, his injury will force head coach Sean McVay to move the targets around, getting other names involved.

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Don’t forget earlier this season, Goff and rookie wide receiver Cooper Kupp were an on-field coupling as the two established a rhythm defenses soon keyed in on. In the last few weeks, Woods became a preferred pass catcher in McVay’s offense.

Who is that player in Week 12 and moving forward?

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One name fans keep waiting to hear and see with some regularity is Sammy Watkins. Also, as Minnesota was able to demonstrate, shutting down running back Todd Gurley was problematic for the Rams. Will McVay now get his right ends involved more? During the off-season, it was easy to imagine second year man Tyler Higbee emerging as a weapon in the Los Angeles offense.

That really hasn’t materialized as it was imagined given what we saw in Washington.

The Woods injury will either expose the Rams as too single dimensional, or force LA onto another page of the Los Angeles offensive game plan.

Either way, beginning tomorrow against the New Orleans Saints will go a long way to show the Rams can get more of the roster involved beyond what has become the usual names fans have become accustomed to over the last 10 games.

The Los Angeles Rams have been fortunate in missing the injury bug until now. How will head coach Sean McVay and quarterback Jared Goff adjust, as Week 12 brings the New Orleans Saints to LA for another critical NFC match-up.

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