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First as a long time and often long-suffering Rams fan, it's a good time to be a fan. But after watching a lot of qbs this weekend and thinking a lot about the end of the season and the Super Bowl last year, Goff's play concerns me, and not just for this one game. I really am starting to wonder what his ceiling is. Part of it is just the inconsistency, not just game to game, but even series to series. Sometimes he can be deadly accurate and put the ball in the perfect spot (like that on the run strike to Kupp against the Vikings - right over the defenders, perfect spot).
But then there are some other games = quite a few, where the accuracy goes, especially on the deep ball or where he just misses open receivers, check downs or 2nd read. There's the tendency to lock on a receiver, and worse, the difficulty with pressure (see Chicago, SB, etc). Granted every qb struggles some under pressure, but the best - Brees, Brady (ugh), Rodgers - seem to rise above it. Goff has shown flashes, too, though, like the KC game and NO playoff victory. Maybe the SB was just too big for a young qb, and losing Kupp + whatever was going on with Gurley + McVay frankly getting outcoached - he wasn't the sole issue. But the Patriots clearly knew they could rattle him by switching looks and by applying pressure.
The Rams will go as far as he can take them. It usually takes either a great qb (lots of examples) or a truly awesome defense (Ravens, Bucs, Giants, come to mind) to win a SB. Our defense is going to be Ok, but not close to elite, in my opinion anyway ( we were, what. like 19th in yards per game last year). In week one - some of it was rust, hopefully, but Goff's rating was below Darnold, Allen, even Garopollo. I just wonder at what point does an elite, or let's say even a very good to great, qb show more consistency, more of the dominant play that you see with the top tier qbs? Other young qbs seem to flash it (Mahones, Wason, etc). I don't know if Goff has a Brady/Brees/Rodgers ceiling ( I have doubts), a Ryan/Rivers level (which wouldn't be terrible), or more a Stafford/Flacco sort of trajectory.
Just really curious what other fans think, especially after we made a long-term commitment to Goff.
But then there are some other games = quite a few, where the accuracy goes, especially on the deep ball or where he just misses open receivers, check downs or 2nd read. There's the tendency to lock on a receiver, and worse, the difficulty with pressure (see Chicago, SB, etc). Granted every qb struggles some under pressure, but the best - Brees, Brady (ugh), Rodgers - seem to rise above it. Goff has shown flashes, too, though, like the KC game and NO playoff victory. Maybe the SB was just too big for a young qb, and losing Kupp + whatever was going on with Gurley + McVay frankly getting outcoached - he wasn't the sole issue. But the Patriots clearly knew they could rattle him by switching looks and by applying pressure.
The Rams will go as far as he can take them. It usually takes either a great qb (lots of examples) or a truly awesome defense (Ravens, Bucs, Giants, come to mind) to win a SB. Our defense is going to be Ok, but not close to elite, in my opinion anyway ( we were, what. like 19th in yards per game last year). In week one - some of it was rust, hopefully, but Goff's rating was below Darnold, Allen, even Garopollo. I just wonder at what point does an elite, or let's say even a very good to great, qb show more consistency, more of the dominant play that you see with the top tier qbs? Other young qbs seem to flash it (Mahones, Wason, etc). I don't know if Goff has a Brady/Brees/Rodgers ceiling ( I have doubts), a Ryan/Rivers level (which wouldn't be terrible), or more a Stafford/Flacco sort of trajectory.
Just really curious what other fans think, especially after we made a long-term commitment to Goff.
