Nothing went right his rookie season, for lots of reasons (and not just the 1 or 2 reasons some focus on while neglecting the other reasons).
So we don't count anything from 2016 as part of a pattern.
And.
The problems in Denver and Chicago do NOT reduce to the weather.
Focusing on just those 2 games forgets about the Detroit game which was played in a dome.
So Goff had 3 games this year where he played below his normal level. What do those 3 games have in common?
1st they were all on the road.
2nd the defense did things he and the offense were not used to seeing.
* Goff said Denver was the hardest D to decipher he has played. Not a top defense overall but they have a top secondary and a top pass rush.
* Patricia's defense in Detroit is not a top one but he had extra days to dial up a gameplan full of things Goff and the offense had not seen. In fact Spielman (the best game analyst we've seen this year) kept pointing out all the things the Lions D was doing that came from having a very detailed and unique plan against the Rams offense.
* The Chicago D is obvious, it can both cover and pass rush while subtracting the run.
This is the lesson I take from that. Goff is still relatively young and so is not yet an experienced "has seen it all" level qb. You can throw him off. My bet is that with more seasoning those kinds of "off" games--which happen to EVERY qb--will be fewer and further between.
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