Does one blown obvious PI call change the entire narrative on Goff?
Goff came out like gangbusters in 2018, then the Detroit game happened right after the BYE. He and McVay's system got exposed especially with Gurley getting hurt and not being the same guy anymore. Goff after the BYE was not the same guy performance wise. His numbers were dramatically worse after the BYE than before. Before the BYE Goff's passer rating was 113.5, after the BYE it was 74.8. A closer look at the numbers is eye opening, before the BYE 26 TD and 6 INT, after the BYE 6 TD and 6 INT. Thats a compelling argument that he just wasn't the same performance wise.
The playoffs started with a home game against Dallas. Goff was below average in that game with a 74.4 rating with 0 TD and 0 INT, as the Rams running game with mostly Anderson and help from a rested Gurley carrying the day.
The next game was probably Goff's finest hour of his career as he brought the Rams back in NO with a gutsy performance to get the Rams to the SB. But what if the refs make the obvious call on Nickell Robey-Coleman? The Saints mostly likely win that game. Goff's seasons is over and no one is saying stuff like, "yeah, but Goff got us to the SB so he good enough to get a team to the SB."
Anyways, thats how I see Goff. He was playing great before the 2018 BYE, got exposed after the BYE, especially without Gurney being otherworldly anymore, then played 3 playoff games in which he wasn't much in 2 of them (Dallas, Pats), but played inspired in the other one that could have very easily been a loss.
From that point on, in 2019 and 2020 he proved to McVay (and me) that he just wasn't good enough to win a SB, and really needs to be carried to get to one.
In full disclosure, I was a huge fan of drafting Goff in 2016. I was on his bandwagon the year before he was drafted. But I am a seeker of truth above everything else, and truth be told, Goff just isn't a very good QB. He's has fatal flaws that you can't win with in the long run.
~ max ~
“The consciousness of good intentions disdains ambiguity.” - Alexander Hamilton
