You know - a trend in my posts are consistently stating that Goff was terrible in the first half in a lot of games especially in the games we lost and always started to get better in the second half but couldn't quite make a comeback.
Is Goff not preparing correctly before the game and starts to loosen up by the second half. I just don't know why Goff was consistently like that this year.
Well, that was the trend in 2020 for sure. And the slow start was on both sides of the ball. The defense had their 1st half struggles also and were unstoppable in the 2nd half of games.
As to the why for Goff? Well, that's why we've got over 1,000 posts and running here. To my eye, Goff is at his best when they run up-tempo offense. More shotgun, more moving pocket, attack mode. So I'm not sure why the need for the slow it down, run the clock, take snaps from center with basically 7 step drop after play action which nobody is fooled by any more...
The oline just isnt physical. Good, bad or otherwise, they arent going to blow people off the ball, particularly the interior. They're at their best using motion vs power, and with an RB who has great vision, some holes are their for the taking. But my lord is that line easy to blow thru with an inside bull rush. So if I had to choose between McVay and Goff, I'm sticking with McVay every time, however his offensive scheme and play calling leaves me quite perplexed. When they (Goff in particular) look bad, it just seems like they are playing in to the strength of the D.
So for me its easy, I'm an admitted Goff homer, and think the up-tempo high octane fits the personnel much better than the more WCO ball control offense Mac has seemingly chosen to run
