Rams likely to let Jared Goff throw deep more often against high-powered Saints
Gary Klein
Jared Goff took the snap, dropped back and lofted a pass about 25 yards down the left sideline.
It fell incomplete.
Save for a Hail Mary at the end of the game, the second-quarter pass toward receiver Kenny Britt qualified as Goff’s only opportunity to throw downfield in his first start for the Rams.
That situation is expected to change Sunday when the Rams play the New Orleans Saints in the Superdome.
For one thing, it won’t be raining indoors as it was intermittently during Goff’s debut Sunday at the Coliseum. More importantly, Rams coaches who stayed ultraconservative with the No. 1 pick in the draft are expected to open up the playbook.
They don’t have much choice.
The Saints, with quarterback Drew Brees, lead the NFL in total offense and passing offense and rank third in scoring at 28.5 points a game.
The Rams are last at 14.9.
Goff completed 17 of 31 passes for 134 yards in a 14-10 loss to the Dolphins. Nearly all were shorter throws.
Afterward, he said that he would like to make more downfield passes. He reiterated that point Wednesday and said he anticipated increased opportunities.
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