Do you think Goff has a chance to beat out Mannion and Keenum in camp?
If so, it's a non issue right?
I think in a pure competition, no, I don't think Goff gets the full playbook by the first game. I think Keenum still wins.
Mannion as I've said a bunch of times should be traded because they won't develop him well enough to be a solid backup and Keenum is worth it and that allows disproportionate snaps to go to Goff, a good thing. Keep Foles this year and pick up a late round QB next year...
But give Goff a chance to learn and then play using the full playbook. The rookies who came in and were successful tended to have easier schedules (Andrew Luck's was barely (.400) which is nuts). Ours is likely to be around .540. That's no joke. Our schedule is frankly...just not funny...it's a Game of Thrones wedding...
It's possible he could earn the spot by game one, but the point would be that he should have to earn it...and they're repeating the Foles mistake. He's gonna look GREAT in practice. Foles looked great in practice, so good they extended him before he played in one game.
When the goal is to get the rookie ready for game one...then it's not a question of him winning the job, it's a question of how much of the playbook is open and how comfortable the OC can feel calling certain plays in certain situations. With 3 division games in the first 4 games and 3 road games in the first four... This offense needs the entire playbook and then needs to focus on mistake free execution. It's asking a lot of a rookie to beat 3 division opponents, 2 of which are on the road with a partial playbook.
