If McVay *didn't* trust Goff on that third-down call before Z's final FG ... then why in the wide world of sports did he trust him in this (below) situation?
From Vinny B's article:
***They did it with Goff, a Marin Catholic High and Cal product, throwing for 255 yards and two touchdowns and moving the chains with some big-time third-down completions to keep eventual scoring drives alive.
None bigger than when the Rams faced a third-and-11 at their own 11 early in the fourth quarter while leading 26-24.
Backed up near their own end zone, it would have been easy for Coach Sean McVay to play it safe, smash the ball into the middle of the line and punt it on fourth down. Instead, he put the situation in Goff’s hands by calling a pass play. Goff responded with a perfect throw to Robert Woods for 19 yards, a first down and fresh new outlook. That drive, incidentally, resulted in a Greg Zuerlein field goal that put the Rams ahead 29-24.
“That was a big-time play for us,” McVay said. “It ended up leading to points. We put ourselves in a bad situation with the offsides and then we ended up having a bad run on second down. Robert ran a great route. Jared delivered it in the timing and the rhythm of the play and it ends up leading to a big conversion on third-and- long. Those are the kinds of things you have to do to go beat an excellent Dallas Cowboys team on the road.”***
