Is a mobile QB the future of LA Rams offense?

With the recent news that the LA Rams picked up QB Devlin “Duck” Hodges from the Pittsburgh Squealers, er, Steelers scrap heap discard pile, I’m just wondering/speculating/musing aloud here that perhaps this move portends a bit more is afoot with the future of the Rams offense than just picking up a bargain-basement camp arm on a futures contract.

Uncomfortable Truths Department: This year’s Rams offense ranked in the bottom third of scoring offenses in the NFL (Per ESPN, the 23rd-ranked scoring offense). It desperately needs an injection of some sizzle, some zing, some playmakers.

The Duck move just might be foreshadowing a move LA Rams head coach Sean McVay envisions toward a future offensive scheme that relies less on a pocket passer quarterback and more on a dual-threat, bootleg-capable, mobile QB. After all, that does seem to be the trend in the NFL now. And it appears as if the Rams are not moving in the direction of a pocket passer. If you haven’t noticed, the Rams quarterback room has one pocket passer (Jared Goff) and three mobile quarterbacks (John Wolford, Bryce Perkins, and now Devlin Hodges).

Perhaps they are subtly moving in the direction of an offense that relies less on Goff’s arm. . . and maybe even an offense that relies less on Goff, period.

Let’s be real – Duck offers no competition for Goff and probably only marginal competition for backups John Wolford or Bryce Perkins. I think the Rams might have liked what they saw from the RPO plays and bootlegs installed in their offense for the one game Wolford played in. this season. The offense seemed snappier, crisper, less predictable – if only for one game.