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This OL, receivers and lack of running game will make him look like a clown back there.

I hate to say it, but I do believe the Rams have a better chance of winning with Case Keenum. This doesn't mean they will win a lot, but even a couple extra games is something, especially for Jeff Fisher`s job security.

How well does it bode for Jeff Fisher if:

Goff plays so poorly in this horrible offense and looks like a colossal bust? The media and fans will have a field day on him (not that they aren't already)

Goff suffers a significant injury?

The Rams lose almost all their remaining games with Goff as the starter?

And for the Rams and their future:

You put a young kid in there that gets beat up both physically and mentally and his confidence takes a serious hit?

Either way the Rams lose whether you put him in or not. I do think you have to put him in there at some point, but right now I`d be very hesitant. If this OL will stop playing like crap and pick their game up, I`d do it.

I follow your reasoning here but I have to disagree.

First, as an aside, how is it even possible that the Rams offense is worse than the disaster of an O they trotted out there last year? Boggles the mind.

Anyway for me the analysis is really simple: there is no upside to continuing with Keenum; there is some potential upside to switching to Goff.

You mentioned some downsides but to me they are not compelling. The injury risk is always present. I don’t think that justifies keeping your future franchise QB in mothballs. What if it takes two more years to get the OL good? Should wait until then to play him?

His losing confidence is another potential downside. That could happen but he also seems like a very confident young man. He lost a lot early in college and that did not deter or discourage him. I don’t see why being on the Rams would be any different.

OTOH, if you play him, maybe he shocks the world and justifies why they traded six picks for him in the first place. At the very least, he gets some experience for next year. The path forward has to be the one that actually has some upside.