Accuracy is always important, it's what's going to turn those toss ups into INT when he's throwing to different receivers. He also needs to learn how to protect himself, but the accuracy is always important. I guarantee he's not satisfied with 60%, he was more accurate last year (he was also dinking and dunking a lot last year which helps).. It's a weakness in his game, he doesn't have very many but it's a weakness. To suggest that he shouldn't really bother is silly. Wentz is a second year QB, not some vet with 10 seasons under his belt, there is a LOT for him to work on. I can hit him on things like his foot movement if you'd like, but I'm not. There's a LOT of room for both QB's to grow if they want to be consistent and not a flash in the pan.
I don't give a freak what the average fan thinks, if the average fan is anything like the average American (or person for our international friends) then they're dumb as crap. They measured using science, the numbers say what they say. Goff was always highly regarded for his ability to fit the ball into a tight window, that was a plus of his in college, it's something he's shown he can do in the NFL, where are you getting this idea that Goff can't make any particular throw? He can literally make every throw he needs.
Here's a good example.
Passer rating for QB's completing passes behind the LOS: League Average is 88... Wentz is 90.1, Goff is 114.
Passer rating for QB's completing passes within 10 yards: League Average is 87... Wentz is 93.5, Goff is 99.3
Passer rating for QB's completing passes between 10-20 yards: League Average is 85, Wentz is 119.4 (his money distance), Goff is 82.1 (this is also his favorite place to throw the ball away, so in the middle his rating is 104, it's the sides that get hurt because he throws the ball away, but that's not a major sticking point, because Wentz is still better at these distances). This is also where Goff needs to work the most, hitting the sidelines in the 10-20 yard range, important for comeback games.
Passer rating for QB's completing passes beyond 20 yards: League Average is 80.6, Wentz is 81 and Goff is 90.9.
Goff can make any throw he needs, the biggest thing he should work on is sideline throws between 10-20 yards. Development. Wentz can make any throw he needs as well, the biggest thing he should work on are deep passes and working the right side of the field (he's much better throwing to his left vs Goff who seems to be fine throwing to the right or left).
I don't know why you keep bringing up Cal, Goff is playing better than he did at Cal, and that's backed up by stats as well. Goff has constantly gotten better each year since he was in high school. And That is why it's said his ceiling is higher. The problem wasn't that McVay didn't trust Goff to make those throws it's that he trusted him too much. He was passing when he should have been running. McVay doesn't constantly put the ball in Jared's hand if he doesn't trust him. You'd be better off trying to claim that McVay doesn't trust Gurley than Goff.
That was a failure on several different parts, including Goff. As he develops he'll get better at it, he started his throwing motion literally a second too late. That's going to happen sometimes in games, sometimes the defense makes a play, and the defense made a play. I don't like that it was a passing play, I knew as soon as Long got behind Goff it was going to end badly I was just hoping we would jump on the ball, but we didn't. Sucks. I believe nobody was open, but as Goff was going to throw Watkins was getting there, it was just too late.
The O-Line. They got zero push on the Gurley run which resulted in lost yardage, and then zero push second down which Goff had to bail out and turn a sack into a 3 yard gain to get back to the original LOS. I wasn't a big fan of the 3rd down call personally. But you're right, it's a team game still.
That player was sitting in the medical room and wont see the field until next year. Can't help your team if you're on the sideline. Next.
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Accuracy.
