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Goff seems to be a streaky player.
Plays great for spells, then come the clunkers. I wish I had more confidence that he would take that next step and be consistent. I fear he is what we've seen.
I don't have much faith in this OL, so that muddies things. Still, Goff has got to be more consistent if this team is gonna go back to the big dance.
And strangely, the clunky moments seem to coincide with the OL unravelling. Like the 2nd half of 2018, when Sullivan declined, Blythe was exposed, and Hav stepped back a bit.
And of course what happened in 2019.
It's so odd that both things would happen at the same time.
Almost as if they were. Connected.
I get it. And yes there is a connection. Thing is, it is quite apparent that Goff is much worse than other quality QBs under pressure. Thats the book on Goff right now. He is great at staying healthy. And part of that is bailing out early and protecting himself even if it means a bad play.
Just go back to the Steelers game. They threw the kitchen sink at him and he folded like a cheap wallet.
Right now, that's what we got. A QB who folds like a cheap wallet against top defenses. And the most concerning thing is I don't think our OL is gonna be good enough this year, especially early on, to prevent that.
Well I have problems with that take. First he doesn't fold, let alone against all top defenses. He was pretty harassed last year and hung in there looking downfield all season. In contrast I have seen Rams pressure get to guys like Brees and Mahomes--Mahomes had two chances to tie or win the 2018 game in the final minutes and ended up throwing 2 INTs...to my eye, because Rams pressure had been getting to him all game.
And in fact when it comes to the widely touted "bad under pressure" stats, he improved at that in 2019, actually. I have seen him ranked either 12th or 13th under pressure for last season, and with the sudden disappearance of the running game and the general OL struggles, that's pretty good, considering.
He did regress in 2019 because it's hard to play behind an OL that is that unsettled (and as you know very few qbs ever do). But then when the OL got a bit better in the final games all of his numbers went up.
In terms of top defenses--in 2017 & 2018 combined, the Rams played 10 top 10 defenses, and were 7-3 against them. But then they could run and didn't start out the season with huge OL stability issues. In 2019, they played 5 top 10 defenses, and went 1-4. Looking at the differences between 2017-2018 and 2019, does that really look like the issue is the qb? Or is 2019 the qb in a bad situation--a kind of situation where few if any qbs do not regress a bit.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/30/2020 08:43AM by zn.
