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Rams great Eric Dickerson: Sean Mannion should start over Jared Goff
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Rams great Eric Dickerson: Sean Mannion should start over Jared Goff
- Thomas Lott Omnispo
Updated at 2:41 p.m. ET
If the Rams were going strictly off numbers produced in college, then Sean Mannion would have an argument to earn the starting job over former No. 1 overall pick Jared Goff.
Both had good numbers in college, having at least one season with 35 or more touchdown passes, both had 4,000-yard passing seasons and both succeeded in a very good Pac-12.
It will never happen though because of the money Goff is making and the cachet that comes with having the No. 1 overall pick on the roster.
But that will not stop former Rams great Eric Dickerson from saying he would start Mannion over Goff from game one.
"For me, my guy that I would start the season with would be Sean Mannion," he said on "The Herd with Colin Cowherd" Friday afternoon. "I've been saying that since last year, give him a shot, you drafted him, he was great at … Oregon State, playing in a pro-style offense. He's a big guy, he's got a great arm.
"I was at practice early last year before I got kicked off the sideline, and I was standing next to some of the guys, I said, 'He can throw it, he really can throw it,' and I said, 'Why they don't play him?' They said, 'The money.'"
Mannion stands 6-6 and weighs 227 pounds. He completed nearly 65 percent of his passes in college while throwing for more than 13,000 yards and 83 touchdowns. Since getting drafted by the Rams, he has played in two games, but has completed 9 of 13 passes.
In the meantime, Goff went 0-7 as a starter in 2016 and completed less than 55 percent of his passes while throwing seven interceptions to five touchdowns as a rookie.
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