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HighPlainsDrifter
Look, I'm not going to defend the Rams' braintrust over this QB thing. I wanted Wentz to begin with, but it's much too early to make judgments on their choice. But the way that the two quarterbacks are being handled now is a direct result of their experiences on their way to the NFL. What was expected of Wentz at the collegiate level was much closer to what would be expected of him at the pro level than that of Goff. All of the talk that Goff was the most pro-ready quarterback in the draft was clearly mistaken. The Rams weren't the only one making that mistake. Virtually everyone was making that mistake. He might not have been the second or even the third most NFL ready quarterback. I just think it's too early to declare that the Rams' handling of Goff has been disastrous to this point. Now, in all honesty, I'm not confident that the Rams have the people in place to make this transition as efficient as it can possibly be. Maybe they do. I hope they do. But I don't really have a good feeling about it. But the disparity in where the two QBs are at this point is less about the handling, and more about them being badly misjudged coming in.
I was with you up to the red bit. I don't think the Rams DID make that mistake. They knew what they had in Goff in terms of preparedness. In fact if I recall the argument made by media folks about why Goff was presumably pro ready was a bad one--namely that he played against a higher level of competition compared to Wentz. I doubt the Rams fell for that. In fact Snead has made long commentaries before about switching spread qbs to being pro qbs.
On the blue bit. I personally vote differently. I am confident the Rams have the people to handle qb development. Unless the only reason Mannion was better in the summer of 2016 than he was in the summer of 2015 was because he coached himself.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/21/2016 04:46AM by zn.
