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Goff has never had the full starting oline in front of him as Keenum has.
He's never been out there with Kendricks and Britt as receivers.
He's never been out there with Gurley and very little with BC.
The Keenum/Goff comparison is not being made on an even basis.
Yes, Goff is still learning and isn't processing as fast as he will be.
Yes, he's made some mistakes.
But he can never get into a rhythm when every other pass is dropped or Williams and co. are letting defenders have free runs at his back.
I don't want to run down our starter just to make Goff look better but the fact is that last night when Keenum got pressure he didn't look any better than Goff has.
He threw one duck up under pressure and took a sack. Fortunately for him, his duck landed safely rather than having a defender near it, but it wasn't good.
IMO, the Rams haven't given Goff or us a chance to see yet what he would look like with a chance to settle in with the whole 1st team offense.
He's been asked to win the job from Keenum, by doing more with less. And predictably, it hasn't happened.
You and I disagree on this.
The problem with that approach is, all you base it on is what you see in some series in preseason games.
And that is not what coaches are considering.
There's not just the normal adjustments to game speed and so on that a rookie qb has to go through...with the Rams offense, he has to call protections, call audibles, and factor in sight adjustments when receivers run routes.
Is he up to speed on all that? You would only know if you were a coach watching the game film. Being with the 1s would not make any difference when it came to this mental side of the Rams qb game.
And truth is my overall impression of him when he played in the preseason so far is a kid who is still thinking and not just confident and just playing. On top of it, every camp reporter says he is just not ready. That's a long list of guys writing separate unrelated accounts who are just saying what they see.
Given all that, I don't think repping with the ones would in itself speed up the process. In fact my impression is he won't get time with the 1s until he is ready in every aspect of the game, including the mental dimension none of us are in a position to judge.
Cosell commented on Goff recently. He watched both Goff and Prescott. They cut the offense down for Presscott. He is essentially singing Mary Had a Little Lamb. In comparison, said Cosell, "Goff is being asked to play Mahler."
I just figure the coaches know and will act accordingly.
