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Goff Beginning to Find His Rhythm
Myles Simmons
Rams Insider 06/13/2016
[www.therams.com]
The Rams have completed two weeks of organized team activities, and as they begin their third with a practice on Monday afternoon, rookie quarterback Jared Goff is beginning to feel more and more at home on the field.
“I feel good. I feel like I’ve progressed,” Goff said after Friday’s session. “I feel like there have been ups and downs through the two weeks, but I feel like I’ve gotten a lot better. I’ve learned so much more. I’ve become so much more comfortable.”
Offensive coordinator Rob Boras also said last week he’s noticed the progress the young QB has made over the last two weeks.
“We’ve been real pleased with Jared,” Boras said. “The one thing, I know it’s been said, is he works really hard at it. And he’s a very prideful man. He’s going to only keep getting better the more comfortable that he gets.”
Mastering an NFL offense is no easy task for a rookie quarterback. It’s one requiring patience and an acknowledgement that there are going to be challenges to overcome. And for some players accustomed to a certain level of success, that can be particularly frustrating.
Goff, however, has an even-keel attitude that appears to be an advantage for him when it comes to his learning process.
“I don’t think you can get frustrated,” Goff said. “I’ve said it before — it’s not going to happen overnight. I’m not going to get to where I want to be overnight. No one ever has and no one ever will.
“I’ve only had six practices in the NFL — it’s going to take a few more practices than that to get to where I want to be,” Goff continued. “And then even when you think you’re where you want to be, you keep going. I think it’s just a process. It’s never ending and it’s something that I plan to embrace and take head-on.”
Goff said his pragmatic, practical outlook just comes from his years of experience playing the game at its various levels.
“This is my 15th or 16th year of football, and a lot of these guys — [because] they have been playing for a while — have the same type of attitudes,” Goff said. “Especially for me being new and being a rookie, I understand there’s going to be a lot of learning. [There is] just stuff you’re going to learn from and try to eliminate. Once you do it wrong, you try to eliminate and do it right the next time.
“You’re never going to perfect,” Goff added. “You strive to be, but early on you’re learning a lot and thinking a lot. But, like I said, it’s a process that I’m working on and getting better at every day.”
Boras has taken notice of Goff’s strong work ethic, saying it may be one aspect of the young quarterback that has been a pleasant surprise.
“Just watching him, the way he goes about in the classroom, the pride he’s taken — we’ve all heard how competitive he is. And you feel it,” Boras said. “And those are probably more of the intangible things that are the real pleasant surprises, because we knew the ability he had as a passer.”
Aside from the progress Goff made on the field, last week was a busy one off it for the No. 1 overall pick. On Monday, Goff and the Rams’ 2016 draftees attended an L.A. Dodgers game where the quarterback threw out the first pitch. As a Bay Area native, Goff admitted he’s gotten a bit of grief for donning the Dodger blue.
“But, I’m living in L.A. now, I play in L.A. now — I’m going to embrace the fans and embrace the teams here,” Goff said. “It wasn’t as hard as people made it seem.”
Then Goff signed his rookie contract on Thursday afternoon. Since the latest CBA was enacted in 2011, drafted player deals are slotted, which significantly expedites the process of getting them done.
“I’m excited to get it behind me and focus on football — and really I have been,” Goff said. “I’ve felt like I was a part of the team since the moment they picked me. It was almost a formality.”
After the draftees signed their contracts, all the rookies headed out on a celebratory excursion through Los Angeles. One stop was the Warner Bros. studio tour, during which Goff was photographed on a Harry Potter broomstick at a green screen. The quarterback said he was a fan of the series growing up, but didn’t go under the famed Sorting Hat on this particular visit.
“I did the sorting hat at media day last year,” he said, “and it was Gryffindor, and I was like, ‘I’m not doing it again. It could be something bad.’”
Now as OTAs head into their final week, based on head coach Jeff Fisher’s previous comments, it’s fair to assume Goff will spend time with the first-team offense at some point over the next few days. Should the opportunity arise, the quarterback said, he’ll look to take advantage of it.
“I don’t know what’s going happen. Obviously, again, not up to me,” Goff said. “But, if that happens, I’ll be excited.”
Most of all, Goff wants to do everything he can to stay in the rhythm he’s found over the last few practices.
“Just continue to improve and soak in the playbook, and continue to understand everything and start to make stuff second nature,” Goff said. “I think this week was a good week for me to start to really get in a little bit of a rhythm of things and start to feel more natural, more second nature. Like I said, stuff was starting to click a little bit more. I think just to continue to improve that next week would be great.”
Myles Simmons
Rams Insider 06/13/2016
[www.therams.com]
The Rams have completed two weeks of organized team activities, and as they begin their third with a practice on Monday afternoon, rookie quarterback Jared Goff is beginning to feel more and more at home on the field.
“I feel good. I feel like I’ve progressed,” Goff said after Friday’s session. “I feel like there have been ups and downs through the two weeks, but I feel like I’ve gotten a lot better. I’ve learned so much more. I’ve become so much more comfortable.”
Offensive coordinator Rob Boras also said last week he’s noticed the progress the young QB has made over the last two weeks.
“We’ve been real pleased with Jared,” Boras said. “The one thing, I know it’s been said, is he works really hard at it. And he’s a very prideful man. He’s going to only keep getting better the more comfortable that he gets.”
Mastering an NFL offense is no easy task for a rookie quarterback. It’s one requiring patience and an acknowledgement that there are going to be challenges to overcome. And for some players accustomed to a certain level of success, that can be particularly frustrating.
Goff, however, has an even-keel attitude that appears to be an advantage for him when it comes to his learning process.
“I don’t think you can get frustrated,” Goff said. “I’ve said it before — it’s not going to happen overnight. I’m not going to get to where I want to be overnight. No one ever has and no one ever will.
“I’ve only had six practices in the NFL — it’s going to take a few more practices than that to get to where I want to be,” Goff continued. “And then even when you think you’re where you want to be, you keep going. I think it’s just a process. It’s never ending and it’s something that I plan to embrace and take head-on.”
Goff said his pragmatic, practical outlook just comes from his years of experience playing the game at its various levels.
“This is my 15th or 16th year of football, and a lot of these guys — [because] they have been playing for a while — have the same type of attitudes,” Goff said. “Especially for me being new and being a rookie, I understand there’s going to be a lot of learning. [There is] just stuff you’re going to learn from and try to eliminate. Once you do it wrong, you try to eliminate and do it right the next time.
“You’re never going to perfect,” Goff added. “You strive to be, but early on you’re learning a lot and thinking a lot. But, like I said, it’s a process that I’m working on and getting better at every day.”
Boras has taken notice of Goff’s strong work ethic, saying it may be one aspect of the young quarterback that has been a pleasant surprise.
“Just watching him, the way he goes about in the classroom, the pride he’s taken — we’ve all heard how competitive he is. And you feel it,” Boras said. “And those are probably more of the intangible things that are the real pleasant surprises, because we knew the ability he had as a passer.”
Aside from the progress Goff made on the field, last week was a busy one off it for the No. 1 overall pick. On Monday, Goff and the Rams’ 2016 draftees attended an L.A. Dodgers game where the quarterback threw out the first pitch. As a Bay Area native, Goff admitted he’s gotten a bit of grief for donning the Dodger blue.
“But, I’m living in L.A. now, I play in L.A. now — I’m going to embrace the fans and embrace the teams here,” Goff said. “It wasn’t as hard as people made it seem.”
Then Goff signed his rookie contract on Thursday afternoon. Since the latest CBA was enacted in 2011, drafted player deals are slotted, which significantly expedites the process of getting them done.
“I’m excited to get it behind me and focus on football — and really I have been,” Goff said. “I’ve felt like I was a part of the team since the moment they picked me. It was almost a formality.”
After the draftees signed their contracts, all the rookies headed out on a celebratory excursion through Los Angeles. One stop was the Warner Bros. studio tour, during which Goff was photographed on a Harry Potter broomstick at a green screen. The quarterback said he was a fan of the series growing up, but didn’t go under the famed Sorting Hat on this particular visit.
“I did the sorting hat at media day last year,” he said, “and it was Gryffindor, and I was like, ‘I’m not doing it again. It could be something bad.’”
Now as OTAs head into their final week, based on head coach Jeff Fisher’s previous comments, it’s fair to assume Goff will spend time with the first-team offense at some point over the next few days. Should the opportunity arise, the quarterback said, he’ll look to take advantage of it.
“I don’t know what’s going happen. Obviously, again, not up to me,” Goff said. “But, if that happens, I’ll be excited.”
Most of all, Goff wants to do everything he can to stay in the rhythm he’s found over the last few practices.
“Just continue to improve and soak in the playbook, and continue to understand everything and start to make stuff second nature,” Goff said. “I think this week was a good week for me to start to really get in a little bit of a rhythm of things and start to feel more natural, more second nature. Like I said, stuff was starting to click a little bit more. I think just to continue to improve that next week would be great.”
