I was shocked myself, I figured there was no way anyone would ever take that contract in a million years. Besides, trading qbs isn’t that common.He also said that the trade to Detroit came out of the blue....so someone is not aware of his surroundings it seems because he can't ever see it coming. If you're being asked by the team to restructure and you say no...how can you be blindsided by the trade?
Goff may be okay to stay there knowing he will be taking his lumps the first two years or so because I like that front office and I believe in year 3 they are going to be a contending team.I watched the whole game because I wanted Goff to do well. He has a lousy team around him and would be wise to seek a trade any way he can. Goff won't last there for 11 years like Stafford did.
Actually Goff was doing pretty well until the 4th and 1 at the GB 25 on the first series in the second half.Now that the game has been played...we know why McVay went away from Goff. He's a good QB...But HE has to make himself better. He can sling it with the best...but...from what I saw last night he has the same problem...pre-snap reads...and playing under a pressure rush.
Once Green Bay adjusted...Goff was in trouble...especially not having the receiving corps he had with the Rams.
I like Goff...but he has to make himself better. I'll say the same thing I said when he was a Ram..."I wonder how much time Goff spends in the film room preparing for the defense he faces".
If you want to be better you gotta put in the work. When Green Bay dialed up the pressure...Goff was lost.
That contract for Detroit isn't that bad.I was shocked myself, I figured there was no way anyone would ever take that contract in a million years. Besides, trading qbs isn’t that common.
Flipside:Jared is a good QB. The problem is he needs a supporting cast, i.e. decent OL play and a strong run game. On the flip side, constantly playing from behind will make any QB look bad. The problem with the Lions is their crap defense who can't stop anyone. Give Jared a decent OL, run game, and good defense, and he can be that 2018 type of QB once again.
With two first round picks in the next two years, Holmes can build that defense and OL quickly. I think if Campbell can be patient with Goff they have a QB they can build around. Once they get Decker off of IR they can move Sewell back to RT than it will give them Decker and Sewell at OTs and Ragnow at C which is a very good start on building that OL.
Detroit has 4 picks in the first 3 rounds (2 first, 1 second and third). Holmes knows how to draft having been with the Rams since 2003 and named director of college scouting in 2013. So Brad has seen both how to draft well and how not to draft well that's why I expect the Lions to be a completely different team in 2023.
Look how Snead turned things around in LA. IMO Holmes could very well do the same in Detroit. Building a team starts in the FO that's why teams like the Jets will be doormats for a long time. They had a good QB and didn't even know it. They don't understand that even the best QB needs a team around him to be successful. Look no farther than Stafford to see the truth in that.
When the Rams beat the Bucs it will be a statement win. It will put the entire NFL on notice that there is a big dog in the house. Remember, the Rams are built much like the Bucs who chewed up KC and spit them out in the Super Bowl. It's why teams like KC, Baltimore, and AZ will tank if they lose their QB. But the Rams can keep rolling with either Wolford or Perkins. The QB only needs to play well and not lose the game for this team to stay in the hunt.
See my statement above about wet balls.Flipside:
Jared is not a good QB. Not good enough, anyway.
Sorry, but I don't get the fierce desire to see something in Goff that just isn't there. Backbreaking, unforced turnovers are his special. The fumble had nothing to do with anything but the snap exchange and Goff was lucky he didn't have another fumble recovered by GB when he literally dropped the ball.
And when he needed to make a play, he put it on the numbers to a defender.
Goff lead the NFL in turnovers his last two years. This wasn't an anomaly.See my statement above about wet balls.
In his 5 years with the Rams - I do not remember him ever dropping a snap exchange (it could have happened but it is rare) and never saw him just drop the ball on a pass play. But then again, we got lucky and almost never played in the rain with Goff.
The majority of Goff's turnovers last two years was and I hate to keep harping on him - Blythe's guy putting pressure on GoffGoff lead the NFL in turnovers his last two years. This wasn't an anomaly.
And Rogers was playing in the same conditions.
What am I missing? I'm not a Goff "hater"... I'm just looking at what's in front of us.
Nah. I'm good over here dude. They can have that QB. We upgraded.So far JG is goin toe to toe with Rodgers, boy if he beats the packers, a) packer fans and the media will lose their shit, and ,b) Ram fans and media will be givin McVay the side eye.
Actually Goff was doing pretty well until the 4th and 1 at the GB 25 on the first series in the second half.
Should they have gone for a FG or ran up the middle instead?
Then GB got a TD to make it 28-17 then Goff fumbled a snap (bad hands by Goff on a wet ball) and GB went up 35-17 and then Goff just dropped the ball (no pressure really just slipped a wet ball out of his hands) and then GB started dialing up the pressure and Goff did a bad decision on 4th and 2.
So really if it wasn't for a slippery ball that Goff fumbled twice - Goff wasn't playing poorly until the 4th and 2 interception late in the 4th qtr. (But don't get me wrong - fumbling twice in back to back series just because the ball was wet reflects very poorly on Goff's ability to play in poor weather.)
He’s a Motown Millionaire living large on Rambucks. Seems that big contract set him up for life. That Rams franchise is very charitable.Some random dude in Michigan...Very charitible dude. If you hit him hard enough, he'll share anything with you....