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Originally Posted by Nick
Interesting and well-written article. But let me ask you, did the system suddenly just disappear into thin air?
Because last season, Marc Bulger threw for a career high 4,301 yards and 24 TDs with a QB rating of 92.9. Steven Jackson broke out into a star by leading the league and ranking fifth all time in all-purpose yards. Both Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce eclipsed the 1,000 yard mark. |
While those aggregate numbers do look good, if you look at the games individually, you'll see very uneven performances from the Rams offense. They had some very big games (particularly at the end of the year) and some games in which the offensive production was very poor.
In particular, I note that the Rams' scoring average was fairly low given the yardage output and, more importantly, the turnover ratio.
All that said, I would attribute the offense's success more to the fact that it was anchored by extremely talented skill position players, rather than a particular system.