September 12, 2019 08:41AM | Registered: 10 years ago Posts: 3,752
Status: HOF Inductee
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I have been trying not to get into any back and forth, back and forth.
I think the trend is real, not merely an artifact.
Going back to the Detroit game, I said at the time that he didn't look right to me in that game.
I meant "not right" just looking at him on the bench. Pale, and a distracted look on his face, like he was dealing with something.
I thought maybe he was sick or something.
But that was just that game. And we don't know of any physical issues, so that's not it.
Here is where I'm at right now -
it's just a theory:
Goff came in to the league not really ready from a scheme standpoint to be an effective NFL starter - the whole Air Raid QB thing.
Fisher and company couldn't do anything about that.
But then McVay came along and he instantly found ways to make Jared more effective. Played to his strengths, introduced concepts a bite at a time.
And Goff responded to that and played great at times within those limits.
I can remember when teams were just trying to stop Gurley because they didn't fear Goff. It's actually a testament to how well Goff began to play that DC's changed their focus and now try to stop Goff instead.
So he's up against that now, and he's going to have to expand and grow, or he'll fail.
I start out with a bias in favor of Jared. He's "my guy". So naturally I'm going to be a little more patient than some others.
But what are we going to do? What's the alternative to being patient? The Rams have cast their lot with Goff for years to come.
We can "raise red flags" all we want or run around with our hair on fire, but this is our QB.
I think some of your concerns are quite justified. I see it, too.
Goff isn't going to ever "look" like Mahomes or Watson, because he's not instinctive and dynamic in that way. But he can beat them sometimes.
He has his own traits, as McVay says, and McVay likes him.
And the two to them are going to continue to work on maximizing those traits.
I don't see any reason yet to believe that he can't be a high level QB for the Rams, and win it all. We
almost got there last year.
And I don't see any reason why he has to do it this Sunday or else. That's an artificial deadline.
Why panic?
Let's see where he is at 25, 26, 27, 28.
I'm putting this out there, but I don't really care.
I've made my peace with the idea that other people are going to see Goff differently. So what?
I get to watch him every Sunday and see if I'm right and that's good enough for me.
Ramily!
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