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http://www.dailynews.com/sports/201...t-a-best-case-scenario-for-rams-qb-jared-goff
Does Matt Ryan represent a best-case scenario for Rams QB Jared Goff?
By Jack Wang, Los Angeles Daily News
Photo by Hans Gutknecht/SCNG, file
If Angelenos need a reason to head to Exposition Park, consider this weekend a potential glimpse into the future. On Sunday, the Rams will try to beat the Falcons (7-5) and quarterback Matt Ryan, the most oft-cited pre-draft comparison for rookie Jared Goff.
Last October, NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah — a former scout — polled five personnel executives around the league about Goff’s pro potential. All five picked Ryan as the most analogous example.
Executive 1: Matt Ryan
"He's a pure, tall pocket passer. I liked (Sam) Bradford a little better coming out (of college), but he reminds me a lot of Matt Ryan."
Executive 2: Matt Ryan
"He has a tall, skinny frame and plays with a gunslinger mentality. He's not as reckless as Jay Cutler, but I do see a lot of similarities to Matt Ryan at Boston College."
Executive 3: Matt Ryan
"Everything that I find out about him background-wise reminds me of Matt Ryan. They're both very accurate passers with good size."
Executive 4: Matt Ryan
"He reminds me of Matt Ryan, but has much better arm strength. Watch his touchdown throw against Washington. It was a big-time throw."
Executive 5: Matt Ryan
"This might seem like it's out of left field because they come from totally different offenses, but (Goff) reminds me of Matt Ryan. Ryan was coming out of pro system at Boston College and Goff is in a pure spread system. Because of that, the transition will be a little tougher for Goff. Talent-wise, they're very similar."
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...ts-best-nfl-player-comp-for-cal-qb-jared-goff
The same man played a role in scouting both. By 2008, when the Falcons took Ryan third overall out of Boston College, current Rams general manager Les Snead had spent over a decade in Atlanta’s personnel department. A year later, the team promoted him to director of player personnel, a job he held for three years before jumping to St. Louis.
After the Rams (4-8) selected Goff first overall in April, Snead pointed out the former Cal star’s “natural instinct to anticipate,” and to make the progression to his second and third reads.
“People who can do it as fast as he can,” Snead said then, “I don’t want to say you are born with it, but mom, dad, God — somehow there is a DNA that comes natural.”
The Rams took their time trying to incubate that natural ability, sitting Goff for the first nine games of the season. He has since started three games, losing all of them by 48 combined points but showing flashes of his promise along the way.
Goff has a career passer rating of 70.0, completing 53.7 percent of his passes for 509 yards, four touchdowns, and three interceptions. These are not impressive numbers, but they hew closely to what Ryan did in his first three career starts: 511 yards, two touchdowns, and two picks on a 53.1 completion rate — good for a passer rating of 77.0. (Unlike Goff, those starts came at the beginning of the season.)
Now in his ninth season, Ryan appears on track to make his fourth Pro Bowl, boasting a 112.3 passer rating that beats his previous career high by 13.2. He leads NFL starting quarterbacks in yards per pass attempt (9.2) and ranks third in touchdown passes (27), all while throwing just seven interceptions.
Dan Quinn, the Falcons’ second-year head coach, didn’t watch Ryan’s early development up close, but noted similarities in his and Goff’s tough, competitive natures.
“I like the athleticism, where he can get outside the pocket to go create,” Quinn also said of Goff. “I saw strength in the arm on some of the deep balls, the touch to go underneath — those are the first things that jumped out to me.”
Fisher mentioned some of those same traits when asked about the Ryan-Goff comparisons.
“But Matt’s played a lot of years,” he added. “Won a lot of games.”
Eighty-two, to be exact. Goff, meanwhile, is still looking for his first.
Does Matt Ryan represent a best-case scenario for Rams QB Jared Goff?
By Jack Wang, Los Angeles Daily News
Photo by Hans Gutknecht/SCNG, file
If Angelenos need a reason to head to Exposition Park, consider this weekend a potential glimpse into the future. On Sunday, the Rams will try to beat the Falcons (7-5) and quarterback Matt Ryan, the most oft-cited pre-draft comparison for rookie Jared Goff.
Last October, NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah — a former scout — polled five personnel executives around the league about Goff’s pro potential. All five picked Ryan as the most analogous example.
Executive 1: Matt Ryan
"He's a pure, tall pocket passer. I liked (Sam) Bradford a little better coming out (of college), but he reminds me a lot of Matt Ryan."
Executive 2: Matt Ryan
"He has a tall, skinny frame and plays with a gunslinger mentality. He's not as reckless as Jay Cutler, but I do see a lot of similarities to Matt Ryan at Boston College."
Executive 3: Matt Ryan
"Everything that I find out about him background-wise reminds me of Matt Ryan. They're both very accurate passers with good size."
Executive 4: Matt Ryan
"He reminds me of Matt Ryan, but has much better arm strength. Watch his touchdown throw against Washington. It was a big-time throw."
Executive 5: Matt Ryan
"This might seem like it's out of left field because they come from totally different offenses, but (Goff) reminds me of Matt Ryan. Ryan was coming out of pro system at Boston College and Goff is in a pure spread system. Because of that, the transition will be a little tougher for Goff. Talent-wise, they're very similar."
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...ts-best-nfl-player-comp-for-cal-qb-jared-goff
The same man played a role in scouting both. By 2008, when the Falcons took Ryan third overall out of Boston College, current Rams general manager Les Snead had spent over a decade in Atlanta’s personnel department. A year later, the team promoted him to director of player personnel, a job he held for three years before jumping to St. Louis.
After the Rams (4-8) selected Goff first overall in April, Snead pointed out the former Cal star’s “natural instinct to anticipate,” and to make the progression to his second and third reads.
“People who can do it as fast as he can,” Snead said then, “I don’t want to say you are born with it, but mom, dad, God — somehow there is a DNA that comes natural.”
The Rams took their time trying to incubate that natural ability, sitting Goff for the first nine games of the season. He has since started three games, losing all of them by 48 combined points but showing flashes of his promise along the way.
Goff has a career passer rating of 70.0, completing 53.7 percent of his passes for 509 yards, four touchdowns, and three interceptions. These are not impressive numbers, but they hew closely to what Ryan did in his first three career starts: 511 yards, two touchdowns, and two picks on a 53.1 completion rate — good for a passer rating of 77.0. (Unlike Goff, those starts came at the beginning of the season.)
Now in his ninth season, Ryan appears on track to make his fourth Pro Bowl, boasting a 112.3 passer rating that beats his previous career high by 13.2. He leads NFL starting quarterbacks in yards per pass attempt (9.2) and ranks third in touchdown passes (27), all while throwing just seven interceptions.
Dan Quinn, the Falcons’ second-year head coach, didn’t watch Ryan’s early development up close, but noted similarities in his and Goff’s tough, competitive natures.
“I like the athleticism, where he can get outside the pocket to go create,” Quinn also said of Goff. “I saw strength in the arm on some of the deep balls, the touch to go underneath — those are the first things that jumped out to me.”
Fisher mentioned some of those same traits when asked about the Ryan-Goff comparisons.
“But Matt’s played a lot of years,” he added. “Won a lot of games.”
Eighty-two, to be exact. Goff, meanwhile, is still looking for his first.
