Yessir, improvement continues, even if it is not always linear! Very happy to see Rams football again "for the first time".
Re: being "overly simplistic"-- I think you'll occasionally just give your conclusion without also including your reasoning
in that particular post. So, occasionally, casual readers might think that you haven't reasoned it out deeply. For example, a summary of your post would be:
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"Offensive scheming has allowed Goff to shine by simplifying his progression and emphasizing his talents, similar to the early success of Austin Davis".
Now all that is true, but you could have only said the above without the further observations regarding setting up deep passes, recognition that confidence-building plays helped Goff develop a rhythm, and of course the conclusion that you were pleased with Goff's performance but without a lot to see clearly yet, etc.
I think that without expounding on your "read", I probably would have misjudged you as well and not thought deeply about how game planning contributed to Goff's success. And of course, I might have pinned on you a prediction of a Davis-like trajectory had you not disclaimed it beforehand.
One thing I didn't mention is that I happen to disagree with some of it! Due to watching a previous quarterback's tendency to "lock onto" a player pre-snap, I've grown sensitive to other QB's tendencies to give away pre-snap information. I suppose it might have been "planned movement", but one thing that really stood out to me was that Goff was almost always moving his head about, perhaps examining short left here and deep right there before the throw. I did NOT get the impression that he was always taking his first read, simply because he appeared to be scanning the field. It may have been planned that way, I don't know, but if I were a DB I might miss a step trying to read that greenhorn QB's eyes and allow a receiver to break free. And I think it did happen.
But regardless of whether I'm being overly optimistic of Goff, you gave a solid explanation of *why* to temper one's expectations, which I appreciate.
