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Is that Goff's tentativeness seem NOT to indicate fear or the loss of confidence of the type that is so common with young QBs.
Max has an article transcript that gets at some of this from the coach's perspective (
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The Rams staff found that Goff was a quarterback with bad habits but not a broken psyche. According to Dilfer, it was a blessing that Goff started only seven games behind the 2016 team’s Swiss cheese offensive line; it put a cap on the long-term damage that the quarterback could incur. “We’ll use an analogy here—all he got were rub burns,” Dilfer says. “He didn’t get any gashes that are going to develop massive scar tissue.”
In this case, scars would have amounted to mental blemishes rather than physical ones. Olson says that many young quarterbacks who are exposed to poor protection for extended periods start to stare down the pass rush. They hear footsteps and see ghosts. Despite Goff playing behind a group that allowed the second-most sacks in the NFL (49) last fall, Olson says that “we didn’t feel like that was something we were concerned about.”
I'm just trying to capture the sense that Goff sometimes shows hesitation and tentativeness while NOT showing fear!
Well, i dunno. I WILL say that Goff is kinda...unique..in the pocket. He moves in ways that seem a bit odd to me. But then i saw that in his college vids. I dont know that its a 'problem'. There's just something a bit strange to ME about his pocket behavior. I havent figured out whether its good or bad though, LoL.
He's very light on his feet. Have you noticed that? He's like sugar ray leonard back there sometimes. Bouncy, glide-y, Goffy.
What i like best is how he can throw on the move. He's special in that sense, i think.
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