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The problems with his game evident during his time at Cal—most notably his severe timing and accuracy issues—showed up in the NFL.
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Goff's historic inefficiency backed up why he needed at least one full year on the bench before he would be ready for the rigors of the NFL.
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When he took the job, McVay inherited Goff and all of his attendant issues.
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McVay had to put a plan in place to overcome his young quarterback's limitations.
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Gurley doesn't need McVay's help... Goff desperately does, and the first significant example of his performance in McVay's scheme provides some hope to Rams fans who had no reason to envision good things from their team's offense last year.
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Is it right to be skeptical of Goff's progress? Absolutely. He's going to be tied to a set of play designs that spoon-feed him McVay's offense in the short term, and the complexity and talent of starting defenses generally demolish such designs over time in the regular season.
I would imagine that those remarks can be assimilated to different narratives.
1. is, that everything wrong with Goff last year was coaching, and he finally has that.
But the writer himself does not subscribe to that narrative. His view is that Goff is inherently deficient, as demonstrated by his play going back to college, and he depends on the coach setting things up for him, and eventually, defenses will catch up with that. He does not see Goff as a good NFL qb candidate. If Goff makes it, according to that view, he will just be a system qb.
2. So that's another narrative. That Goff is just inherently deficient. That's what this guy is saying.
3. Another narrative is that Goff began green but has talent and will progress. This author does not back that narrative. I do, so I just see the author as being harsh and judging Goff wrongly.
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