LA Rams: Matthew Stafford, zip, injuries, birds and QBees

Test of time no match for random injury

A year ago, the team was willing to take on the risk of going with two untested arms into the 2020 season because Jared Goff was very durable and the difference between Goff and Wolford was substantially less. Goff has more experience in the pocket and won games, Wolford had far more mobility and what was believed to be a deeper throw.

The Rams also had undrafted mobile quarterback Bryce Perkins in emergency reserve. At the time, the belief was that should something happen to Goff, Perkins would advance to the roster and backup Wolford. That is not what happened, not in the least. What happened is that Wolford took over for Goff, and Blake Bortles returned from the Denver Broncos practice squad to backup Wolford. I’m sorry, but that planning stunk then and still does now.

If the Rams want to feature a pocket passer, and clearly that is the case because Matthew Stafford is even less mobile than Jared Goff, then the organization should embrace that decision by having at least one pocket passer in the quarterback room for training camp this year. Why burden the team with learning two completely different styles of offense?

Whether or not you are nodding your head in agreement is not the point of this one. You can disagree and I’m happy that you do. But if you do, do you really want the LA Rams to go with Stafford and Wolford and the only QB’s on the roster? Do you believe that the team truly put itself in the best position to win at quarterback, or do you see some risk to the plan as is?

Now, let’s see what the LA Rams can do about shoring up the back QB role.