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David Deacon
Goff has not shown that he can handle the pressure and make the throws..
Yes he did. You make several interesting points and it's an honest analysis but I am putting pressure (so to speak) on this one point.
It is not true that JG universally caved under pressure. In fact there are several games in the last 3 years where the Rams won and the qb came through under pressure, not the least of which was the NFC Championship game in 2018. Since PFR started keeping pressure stats, it's easier to follow this. For example in 2020 Arizona brought 16 pressures--the 4th most in the last 3 years--and the Rams offense ate them up.
The games where that did not work, it was usually the case that the opposing DL was capable of attacking and dominating the Rams OL. Stafford himself isn't always good under those conditions. In 5 games where he faced 10 or more pressures in 2020, Stafford came through in 2 of them.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/27/2021 11:39AM by zn.
