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9er8er
If Goff is really so far away that not even an organization that literally risked everything on him can see their way to putting his name on the marquee over (and this is the critically important part here) Case Keenum's in their prime time return to LA against their arch rival, what does it truly say about the wisdom of risking everything on this guy in the first place?
If Goff was really the transcendent talent worthy of what they gave up to get him, you should expect him to be doing the kinds of things those players do. Like Russell Wilson, for example, did when he forced his way into starting game one as a rookie over Matt Flynn and Tarvaris Jackson. At least like Winston and Mariota did last year in overcoming similarly weak competition.
If it's true that Goff is still not close to winning the job, that's disturbing news indeed. Shouldn't be dismissed so cavalierly as "everything is fine because we've seen some things we like." That's mostly just confirmation bias at work. There's no escaping a reality that the regime that put it all on the line for him still thinks Case Keenum is their best QB four months, a training camp and three preseason games later.
Well, let's be fair here, 9er8er.
Just for the sake of a little perspective...
Keenum HAS had a damned fine preseason game string of performances.
Here are his PS stats... [
www.nfl.com]
Those are beyond respectable, man. And they were against the opposing team's 1's.
Including last night vs the '15 Bronco #1 D. In their house.
So it's not as if Goff is stuck behind a QB that's exactly struggling, himself. Just the opposite.
Let's give this some time to sort itself out, before we panic, shall we?