Todd Gurley said after the Rams’ 45-6 loss to the Ravens, “Thank God it’s Thanksgiving, so hopefully we forget about this loss by Thursday.” He and the Rams would probably like to forget more than just this loss, though – specifically the entire month of November.
Los Angeles’ offense has been anemic the last three weeks, putting together the worst stretch of three games since Jeff Fisher was head coach. This month, the Rams scored two offensive touchdowns, 35 total points (seven of which came on defense) and only had more than 300 yards of total offense once – and just barely (306 vs. Pittsburgh).
They went 1-2 in November, effectively ending any hopes of making the playoffs. It was a collective team effort, or lack thereof, but Jared Goff is the quarterback, so a lot of the blame falls on him.
His performance this month was particularly bad. Here are his numbers from the last three games, going all of November without a single touchdown.
- 59-for-96 (61.4%), 628 yards, 0 TDs, 5 INTs, 58.9 passer rating, 4 fumbles
His zero touchdowns are alarming, considering he’s never gone three straight games without a touchdown pass in his career. Granted, he should’ve had two touchdowns against the Bears – Cooper Kupp fumbled at the 1-yard line and Josh Reynolds had a TD called back due to a pre-snap penalty – but those two touchdowns wouldn’t have excused his poor play.
To put his last three games into perspective, it’s the first time since Nick Foles in 2015 that a Rams quarterback went this long without a touchdown pass while having at least 18 attempts in each game. It’s just the 12th time in franchise history that a player has gone that long without a touchdown pass, too.
The longest such streak in Rams history is four games, which was done by Foles and Norm Van Brocklin.
Goff has had a rough 2019 season, and the offensive line is partly to blame, but at some point, he has to overcome the subpar blocking up front. They’re not the only reason he’s thrown zero touchdown passes and five interceptions, also fumbling it four times in his last three games.
The season isn’t completely lost just yet, but with the way Goff and the offense are playing right now, there’s almost no hope for Los Angeles to do anything down the stretch.