And thats ok.
And I do agree with you that there are multiple reasons for his poor performances. Its also not lip service when I say there are other factors. (yeah, I read that, and yeah, I know who you were talking about, there are only about 3 posters with this stance)
1. Interior pass rush, wanna fluster a pure pocket passer like Goff, pressure him up the middle. That was the way to rattle Brady as well. The Rams have to fix the center position. I've been begging for a OC for, what?, 3 years now? Its almost criminal.
2. Lacking Gurley. He was an all world back catching and running and he was the defenses first priority. Its no wonder Goff "has regressed" since 2018. Gurley was a shell last year and gone this year. I think Akers can be very good, but Gurley was elite.
3. A deep threat that gets separation. Any of the Rams can get deep, but can they get deep with a step? Probably not. There is more to NFL football than pure, unadulterated speed, but it doesn't hurt at times.
4. The new offense. The Rams have done less 11 personnel and more 12 and even 13 stuff. Goff has always thrived in a more wide open up tempo offense.
So yeah. Its not all Goff. Or maybe it is and thats all lip service. But that leads me to my main point:
I've been saying for literal weeks now that I think he is processing things too slowly, making poor reads and taking too long at the LoS. Well apparently McVay also thinks Goff isn't seeing what he should be seeing out there. I'm not going to attempt to read into that, or make stuff up to "fit my narrative" or misconstrue what McVay was saying.
I have a theory that I have zero proof of. I think after McVay came out and criticized Goff and said those turnovers cannot happen, Goff got way too conservative with the ball, stopped throwing at what he thought were too tight of windows and just started to get gunshy. When that happens, you are done out there, things are happening way too fast. You cannot be indecisive. Goff looks cooked. At least this season. He needs to clean out the cobwebs.
Don't waste your time looking back, you're not going that way. - Ragnar Lothbrok