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If Goff had done the following
1) Hit Cooks when he was on the run and gotten that pass over the Peterson for the TD rather than thrown the int
2) Hit Cooks in stride deep for the TD rather than forcing him to slow down and catch that 57 yarder
3) Had he hit Robert Woods wide open on that 4th down play for the easy TD
and there are other plays ... people would also be talking about Goff
Goff has to do his part if he wants to be mentioned with the best
I think the night Goff had, he did his part.
Right this minute, without being perfect, Goff is playing like he's among the best. I think Waldman mentioned him and Mahomes as his highest graded QBs this year...unless I'm mistaken and misheard that. If he's not getting that type of recognition from the masses, that's more on them and their slowness to recognize than on Goff.
He can do better for sure, there is room for improvement. But if he consistently did all of the things you're talking about, his name would change from Goff to Rodgers.
I'm all for having high expectations but let's keep it in perspective.
Waldman has what I consider the best draft guide on QBs out there. He calls it his Rookie Scouting Portfolio.
He had Mahomes and Goff as his 2 highest graded QB over the last few years respectively. I do remember that he loved Russell Wilson coming out in 2012, so I don't know when he started doing the RSP.
I do know that he was raving about Mahomes last year as a very special QB. Waldman is doing a lot of I told you so stuff right now. He's kind of funny about it on twitter.
And obviously, Waldman is a big Goff advocate. He's got a lot of faith in Goff being really good.
This suggests that nowadays it takes about a year for (starting caliber) qbs to get up to speed as pro players after playing in a college Air Raid.
Don't it.
And keep in mind that even though Waldman admitted he was wrong about Goff and the time it takes coming from an air raid system, he did say when Goff was drafted that he should sit his first year. He doesn't believe rookie QBs should start except in rare occasions. Waldman also never bashed Fisher for Goff's problems as a rookie, he focused more on Goff not being ready due to the air raid stuff. At first I thought Waldman was dead wrong on Fisher, but I think the biggest takeaway was that you just don't start rookie QBs unless the conditions are ideal and that include the system they played in in college and the supporting cast they have on the team that drafts them.
NFL teams feel enormous pressure to start their new toys at the expense of ruining them. I am more convinced than ever that all these people who say you gotta play them and let them learn on the job are flat out wrong.
~ max ~
“The consciousness of good intentions disdains ambiguity.” - Alexander Hamilton
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/17/2018 02:44PM by max.