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Rams43
(On Goff's progress and performance)
“I think like we talked about yesterday, just good decision making. I thought he did a good job playing within himself. One of the better plays that I thought he made was actually when I put him in a tough spot on the keeper on that third one where (Oakland OLB Khalil) Mack is right in his face – he does a great job of throwing it away. That’s a great play that maybe nobody notices because it was the only play. That’s being a good decision maker and that’s where you look at yourself as a coach and say, ‘Let’s try to avoid plays that that’s the only play the quarterback can make.’ But, to his credit, he did an excellent job taking what the defense gave him and I put him in a tough spot and he made it right and got us back to where that was the only decision to be had. The third down and short tells me a lot where he hits (WR) Sammy Watkins on the crossing route because he gets choppy at the top of his drop – we had a little bit of push from the pocket from the right side, he shortened up his fourth and fifth steps, stepped up, slid, kept two hands on the ball and then throws a nice, accurate throw where it’s only going to go down in the books as a four-yard completion on the shallow cross, but that’s good quarterback play right there. That’s being a good decision maker, that’s playing in the rhythm and timing of the offense that we want and those are the type of things that over time start to demonstrate that maybe it doesn’t go where you’re writing it because the result is not as flashy. But, when you watch it snap in and snap out, that’s being a good decision maker, distributing the football, getting different guys involved and those are some of the plays that you feel best about because that’s playing the quarterback position at a high level, both from above the neck and then the execution as well.”
Not naming beat writer names, but merely an illustration of how they and we fans might misread a player's performance. We shouldn't take the non professionals opinions too seriously, IOW. Certainly not as gospel.
Most of what passes for writing now is just sensationalized trash intended for mass consumption and doesn't bear rigorous scrutiny or critical analysis. It's designed for the two minute attention span.
So it goes.
