My main point, though, is that no matter what Goff might have absorbed above the shoulder pads ... whatever that might have been ... there's a good chance that at least some of it was completely lost by having to be in mere survival mode all the time.
Most of what Goff learned, I'm guessing, was an introduction to the physical realities of the NFL game. The physical toll it takes. The effort it requires. The ability level of the players. The speed of the game. That sort of thing.
Kind of like when the Metrons forced Kirk to throw-down with the Gorn on that famous episode of
Star Trek. In this case, Fisher and Boras were the Metrons; the Seahawks and Patriots, et al, were bigger, faster and angrier versions of the Gorn. Kirk eventually used his massive intellect to build that cannon that stopped the Gorn; before that, though, he was in pure survival mode.
It's like my posts about Prescott. Does anyone really think that Dak - who I actually thought Fisher was going to go after, considering the man-love he had for McNair's ability to throw and run - would have been Rookie of the Year playing for the Rams last year?
As well as he played last year, the truth is Dak spent most of last season in what amounted to the NFL equivalent of a Barcalounger. Lots of built-in comforts that Goff just didn't have.
Make sense?