I've pointed this out before, but it is important to acknowledge:
Goff is 21 years old.
Wentz and Prescott are both 23 years old.
It matters. At these younger ages, every year brings a level of physical brain development (I have a very close friend who is an expert on this), and of physical development.
Goff needs to add some strength and weight. I saw him get knocked around pretty good in preseason. A little more strength and another 10 pounds will help that.
I will also add that while Palmer nicely says the Rams are a "very good" team, I beg to differ. They are very average. And their WR corps is less than average and has everything to do with why the Rams are only average.
I do think the Oline is developing, has depth, and is going to be quite solid by years end assuming no mass injuries.
I have NO idea how Goff will ultimately turn out. I do know that a rookie QB can have a great 1st year, and then he never gets much better. Luck. RG3. Sam Bradford all come to mind.
So while comparisons are difficult, and some here bristle when I use the Favre/Rogers comparison, how about the Kitna/Palmer comparison? Point being that it certainly helped Palmer to sit and watch for a year, and he attests to that. And he's had a good long career that could have been even better if he didn't suffer some serious knee injuries.
In the end, rather than predicting the outcome 3 years from now, I prefer to wait and see. But I'm not about to second guess the Rams staff for deciding that Keenum gives the Rams the better chance to win for the moment. They aren't blind; they know that Keenum is really a back up level QB talent. But at the moment he starts mostly because he knows the offense so well and because he knows what he's seeing in front of him better. Plus, my math says that he has won 5 out of the 7 starts he's had with the Rams, including the last 2. I suspect that at some point, Fisher will decide that Goff knows the offense well enough, and seems to have a better sense of NFL D's, that he'll take over as starter because his size and arm talent and arm quickness are clearly superior to Keenum's. Of course, should the Rams go on a winning streak, even on a 2 out of 3 kind of path, he's not going to mess with success and he shouldn't.
