Ok fine. And btw I try not to do this because I don't particularly enjoy bashing on our QB. There's a difference IMO in observing where he came up short (which I have on many many occasions not like anyone's interested in hearing it though of course) and posting mean shit against him. This is not something I feel good doing so remember that you asked.
Let's start with a list based on 2020 passer ratings courtesy of
the football database.
Rogers. No brainer.
Watson. No brainer.
Mahomes. No brainer.
Allen. No brainer.
Tannehill. Top ten
best performances under pressure this year.
No argument with the first five on the list.
Brees. No brainer.
Brees 5 or 10 years ago? Yes. Not the 2020 Brees. His arm was shot. The Saints had to bring in Taysom Hill or Jameis Winston for long passes. Brees couldn't have made many of the throws that Goff made against the Packers, he simply doesn't have the arm anymore. His 3 picks in the playoffs against the Buc could all be attributed to a weak arm. So hard pass on the 2020 version of Brees.
Wilson. No brainer.
No argument.
Cousins. Top ten
best performances under pressure this year.
No. His team missed the playoffs and he's underachieved most of his career, which leads me to believe he wouldn't have done much with this team. His last game with McVay as OC, with the playoffs on the line, two quality WRs and two quality TEs, he laid an egg and they missed it. Has come up short in far too many important games. I don't care what his stats say this year.
Brady. No brainer.
Probably some improvement, but not as big a gap as you think given his age and declining arm. Brady played this season with a stout OL, three WRs better than any on the Rams, and a HOF TE who can still play. And still, Brady struggled for about the first 2/3 of the season. He wouldn't have had the same performance with the Rams current offensive talent, and given Goff's history, he would have had a better performance with the talent Brady has at his disposal.
Carr. Top ten
best performances under pressure this year.
Carr, at his best, is as inconsistent as Goff has been the last two years, which is not Goff at his best.
Jackson. Top ten
best performances under pressure this year.
Jackson is a running QB, but he's never been as good a thrower as Goff is. He certainly would have had more rushing yards than Goff, but that's not what most of us are looking for in a QB.
Herbert. Less
time to throw per snap than Goff.
Herbert did good, but I think its a reach to say he would have done as well or better than Goff with the Rams roster this year.
Rivers. Less
time to throw per snap than Goff.
I'll give you this one. He should be in the HoF in five years.
Stafford. Top ten
best performances under pressure this year.
Stafford has plenty of history, and physically he's more talented than Goff. Still, he had one of the most dominant receivers in NFL history for several years and has had at least a few where he had more talent around him than Goff has now, and what does he have to show for it? Does he have even one playoff win? So what makes you sure he'd be better than Goff on this team?
Mayfield. Had more time throw per snap than Goff but adds mobility.
I could see Mayfield being about as good as Goff with this team, given what he did in Cleveland this year, although he had a better line and at least equal if not better skill position players in some spots. The mobility helps, sure, but we already knew Goff wasn't mobile before he took his first snap with the Rams. Are we going to start dinging him for lack of the same now?
Minshew. Less
time to throw per snap than Goff.
You need to give me more than "less time to throw per snap" to convince me that he would have done better with this Rams offense than Goff this year. Some people are putting their hopes in this guy because he might shake loose when Trevor Lawrence gets drafted by the Jags. But you need to give me something more affirmative than what you have to convince me he would have done better than Goff with this team.
Fitzpatrick. Less
time to throw per snap than Goff.
There's a reason Fitz has played on about 11-teen teams in the NFL now, and it's because he's never been a consistent starter over any reasonably long period. Put him in with what Goff had this year and/or last, and he probably struggles as much and probably more, based on Fitz's own history.
Murray. Had more time throw per snap than Goff but adds mobility.
Had better WRs than Goff too, and a decent RB and still finished behind us in the division. Mobility is about the only thing he has on Goff right now, and if you neutralize that, he isn't nearly as effective. Goff, obviously, has never had to rely on mobility.
Roethlisberger. Less
time to throw per snap than Goff.
Again, another guy living off past glory. Ten years ago, this is a no brainer. But in 2020, Ben faded BADLY down the stretch and was God-awful at home in the playoffs, turning the ball over four times including 3 picks in the first half and digging his team into a huge hole they couldn't get out of ... against a Browns team that saw it's starting secondary get wiped out by Covid and pretty much had to practice during the week by zoom calls. Not going to give you this one at all.
Trubitsky. Probably would have struggled more than Goff.
Agreed.
Ryan. Top ten
best performances under pressure this year.
Probably, with a caveat in that Goff has never had a receiver as dominant as Julio Jones to throw to. How much better would Goff have been this year if you had dropped a Julio Jones into the lineup but kept everything else the same?
