I read an interesting article on Zak Prescott (who if anyone remembers, was my absolute favorite QB in the draft and before the blockbuster trade hoped the Rams would spend a 2nd rounder on him). It was by Rich Gosellin who is simply one of the best.
He says that essentially Zak was a perfect fit in a perfect situation. Stable coaching and stable OC system. All-Pro Oline, fantastic rookie RB, All-Pro WR, terrific future HOF TE, and an offense designed around Romo and his movement abilities and that essentially (my words) Prescott is a Romo clone. Add in that he was a college Senior, played a zillion games in the nations toughest conference and so everything perfectly clicked. Ideal situation.
What did Goff come into? A mess. An Oline for the ages.....in all the wrong ways. A Kindergarten Kops offense run by a rookie OC who had NEVER run an offense on any level. Pure unadulterated CRAP for WRs. Butter fingered TEs. A 2nd year RB who had a horrible year (for whatever reason). And, Goff had never run a Pro style offense and was a very young junior. And an HC who had completely lost it; he had no idea about 21st century NFL offenses. Team had just moved and all kinds of disruptions as a result. In other words: the exact opposite of the circumstance for Zak Prescott (not at all saying that Goff would have done what Prescott did).
The other major issue is what I already said: this stuff of Goff being NFL ready might be true in a sense, but NOT if that involved a horrible team, horrible coaching, and being asked to completely learn not just a new offense but learn a whole new offensive style from the Air Raid system he had played in in college.
In some ways Goff represents what we constantly hear NFL HCs and GMs lament: because of the style of offense colleges now play, QBs are simply not being developed for the NFL type offenses. This means there is going to be a steep learning curve in most cases and it is going to take more time to develop these young QBs.
I never heard any analyst doubt Goff's arm and skill set. He has the talent. But he didn't have the knowledge, and he is having to learn a whole new way of playing the game. Since he is not a scrambler or runner, but is a pure pocket passer, then he can't make plays on his own like Wentz or Prescott or Wilson. So until he learns more, and gets better players around him, and the OC/HC builds the offense around what he CAN do, and not what he CAN'T do, he is not going to succeed.
I think McVay knows this and as much as Goff can ever become (for the better or the worse), McVay can get it out of him. But much of depends on Snead getting the right players.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/24/2017 05:24AM by RockRam.
