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Saguaro
Goff is going to have to succeed longer to get the same respect as some other QB's.
That's just the way it is. That first season was so bad, and so many people invested themselves in declaring him not just a bust, but a joke.
Combine that with the change in the team, and coaching staff, and people can find plenty of ways to credit someone or something else besides Jared for the difference.
Aaron Rodgers (I'm not saying Goff is Rodgers) didn't even start until he was 25 and had watched 3 years of pro ball from the bench.
Goff is 23 and will turn 24 in October during his 3rd year at the helm.
The prime years for a QB are generally older than for other positions, unless athleticism and running is their strength.
Most pocket QB's hit their peak between 27 to 34.
That, to me, means Jared Goff might still be 4 or 5 years from being as good as he's eventually going to be.
He'll get there. It'll be great. The respect will come. I'm certain of it.
Where I am going to look for improvement is in close game/clutch situations. The Rams as a group need to improve in that area--the NFC has too many top teams to expect to dominate everyone. But along with the team, Goff needs to improve there too. That kind of improvement I think only comes from experience playing. I agree that the completion percentage and qb rating ought to be better this year. Cousins took a leap in efficiency when McV became the coordinator, and it's obviously completely reasonable to expect the same thing with Goff in his second year in the system.
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