PARAM wrote:The thing is nobody is calling him elite. Even the most homeristic of Ram fans knows he's got room for improvement. But Aeneas' point is nobody has played better than Goff the last 2 seasons and looking at everything....the numbers, the record and the postseason appearances...….I don't know if anyone can honestly say another QB has outperformed Goff. Maybe Brady? And like some have said, he's improved every season so if it continues, he soon will be elite.
The idea he played bad in the postseason is over stated. He had a bad Superbowl (but so did the OL). Against Dallas the run game dominated so he didn't have to pass all over the place and in New Orleans, he may have played the best game of his career all things considered......the environment; the importance of the game; the fact he had to bring the Rams back and finally, the plays he made towards the end of the game.
He's a top 10 QB today. He may even be a top 5 QB right now. Elite will come in due time.
In the final 8 games he underperformed against Detroit, Chicago, Phil, Dallas, and the Patz.
It wasn't all him by any means but he was part of it.
I don't see the point in acting like that didn't happen. At the same time I keep reiterating that many good qbs have faltered that way in their 3rd year. I assume he will not only improve and become more consistent, but also the very fact that he played below average in those games will motivate him even more to improve.
Dallas? Completed 53+% for 6.64 yards per attempt, with no INTs but also no TD, and a qb rating of 74.4---all below his gold standard numbers for the year. Same with the other 4 games I mentioned.
Blazing numbers are not everything if you can't sustain it. So choosing a different (and to me) more valid criteria for measuring progress, his inconsistency in the final 8 games directly means (as you say) that he has room to improve. In THAT sense, which qbs outperformed him? Those who did not become that inconsistent at the end of the year.
There's of course no denying the top performances from the first half of the season...in fact all that was magnificent, and great to watch. But to me there's also no denying the inconsistent patch at the end. At the same time I absolutely believe he has the talent and mental make-up to put that kind of thing behind him, and to sustain top performance levels more consistently, as many good ones have before him (because--again--being inconsistent that way in year 3 is not a rare thing with good qbs.)
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