November 06, 2018 07:18AM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 12,232
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Goff was outstanding yesterday. Aside from an incredible play by the LBer to pick that slant off, he was darn near perfect.
He threw for 391 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Some of his throws were SICK.... that one Higbee dropped was unreal. He had two to Cooks that were unreal.....ELITE level QB play....and yes, I'm talking top 5 in the league stuff.
This game was lost by a defense that doesn't look together. Peters and Joyner were downright putrid. The first TD by Kamara was a clinic in Keystone Cops tackling...
I don't agree with you on those last two drives. I'm actually riding a high that I'm finally rooting for a team that has the guts and determination to come back...on the road....against a HOF quarterback with the some of the leagues very best skill players.
Asking whether a qb comes through in crunch time in a 4th quarter comeback situation is its own, very important, completely different question.
I don't see how it's possible to see the last 2 drives any differently than Max did. Though we all have opinions.
The team DIDN'T come back on the road, it almost did.
They did display heart coming back from 21 down. That makes it similar to the regular season 99 game against the Titans.
But we want Goff not missing what are for him easy throws in the last couple of minutes in crunch time. Their only 3 and out of the game was in those 2 series.
And I say that as someone who backed Goff early and stayed with him steadfastly the entire time since he was drafted.
I'm a huge Goff guy myself. I love his game. As far as I can see there is apparently only one significant hole in it right now. Performance in crunch time. Yes, I know he has done some stuff like the Seahawks game last year, but he needs to show more.
The question I have is how much is on him and how much is on McVay. I believe strongly that McVay still has problems in the red zone. Does McVay lock up in the red zone? And by extension does he also lock up in crunch time? I'm just throwing darts here. But I do wonder how much of Goff's issues in crunch time are on Goff and how much are on McVay. It may be a bit of both.
That first bad throw to Woods was clearly on Goff. But the 2nd down run to Gurley looked like a lock up by McVay. And the 3rd down pass made no sense at all. Why was it even a consideration? Surely McVay could have dialed up something better than that. And Goff had plenty of time to go deeper with the ball.
They are a combined 56 years old. They are clearly the youngest HC / QB tandem in the history of the NFL. It's way too early to say it won't get much better.
~ max ~
“The consciousness of good intentions disdains ambiguity.” - Alexander Hamilton
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