First off I did not blame Gurley for anything. I like him and want him to succeed. What I said was that I am actually more concerned by what I saw from Gurley than what I saw from Goff as far as having long term success.
I do no think this makes the Goff argument ineffective if anything is strengthens the Goff argument.
Point 1: If a talented RB cannot find success in a bad system how can a rookie QB playing the hardest position on the field expect to succeed in a bad system.
Point 2: Great young running backs almost always finds success early in their careers where as young QB's almost always struggle to some degree because of the complexity of the position. There are many more examples of great young RB's having success on bad teams than Rookie QB's. Many great QB's in NFL history have struggled as rookies and early in their careers where as almost all of the great RB's find some of their greatest success in their first few years.
Last years Gurley was not good and I do attribute much of that to the system. However it makes me question if Gurley is an elite back because quite honestly I expect that an elite RB should be able to rise above the situation of being on a bad offense much more so than a rookie QB with no experience in a pro style system with a struggling ground game.
This is a multi layered concept though because if Goff were a veteran QB my expectations would be different.
It's not just you a lot of people put blame on Gurley for last year. But no that doesn't strengthen the arugument when you say Goff Didn't have this and Goff didn't have that. When the running back have to play with all those same pieces too.
I can use the Argument that Goff made Gurley ineffective because defenses wasn't afraid of him. I can say Goff let down the oline because he didn't know where to go with the ball. I can say Goff let down his receiv ra because he was either too afraid to throw the ball or waited to long to throw the ball.
In my opinion Gurley right now is an elite back. He got hit at the line or behind the line more then any other running back last year and how many fumbles did he loose. How many times was he actually tackled for a lost. In 1 game he had more yards after contact then he had rushing lol. That is an elite back on a terrible team.
Let's talk about all these Great QBs that we seem to wanna think Goff is going to be just because he is starting off bad. These great QBs had a very good to great offensive line had hall of fame receivers and hall of fame running backs.
If Goff had played even a little bit better if he showed opposing defensive coordinators that he could recognize a blitz or throw a deep pass that don't land out of bounds or don't fumble every time he got hit then Gurley would have performed better the team would have been better. So you saying you see more to worry about from Gurley then Goff makes me wonder
