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I tried that, but the context of how bad Arizona's defense was/is, along with how dominating the Rams offense had been against them previously, compared to how poorly the results were offensively, doesnt resonate. Seems to me that the only context that matters was Goff could do no right, and Wolford could do no wrong.
These dropped passes? What ones? The passes that were thrown poorly and missed wide open guys? How about the great catches that were made? Woods made a great catch on the sideline, Everett of all people made a great catch of a pass behind him, and Higbee was wide open, but the ball was thrown so poorly that he had to stop to catch it, a well thrown ball may have been 6. Funny how that works, how "context" get left out. As for the fumble, the shame there was that Wolford had failed at the goal line on the previous possession, ended up only getting 3. So they ran Akers instead, and he coughed it up. Context indeed. Defense scored 9, ST saved 3. The offense literally didnt need to do anything.
I thought there was more than just the bad TD drop by Everett, but that was the only one, so I shouldn't have pluralized it. You're also ignoring every reason I gave for why I felt it was a decent performance: first career start, missing Kupp, playoffs on the line. If there's another QB whose first start came with this much pressure, I'd be surprised.
It's odd that some people bash Wolford for this game more than they did Goff who had much worse games. And none of those were his first career start.
And I want to be clear: the only reason I'm saying he played well is because of the situation and pressure. But in saying that, any time Goff put up Wolford's numbers after the INT (not including it), I've never bashed Goff for that performance.