[aeneas1]

From this untrained eye, its seems like Stafford is more aggressive. More willing to throw downfield. If he makes a mistake he doesn't change what he does. He'll still attack the defense. He has less fear. Goff seemed to get tentative, afraid to make a mistake. And he still made mistakes.

football is a funny game....

stafford regularly ranked near the bottom in average depth of pass throughout most of his years with the lions, that changed in 2019 when the lions brought in bevell from the seahawks (a team that made a living throwing down field with wilson) - in one season stafford went from ranking 34th in avg depth of pass (2018) to 1st with bevell in 2019... he ranked 8th in 2020 and currently ranks 8th thru week 6.

conversely goff went from ranking 8th in avg depth of pass in 2018 to 27th in 2019 and then 35th in 2020.

[snackdaddy]

When they gave that contract, I'm sure the expectation was that he hasn't reached his ceiling. He came off a couple pretty good years so why not think that? He wasn't even 25. If he's going to be a franchise quarterback you gotta lock him up if you want to keep him for years.

But never got better after that. In fact, he regressed. The book on him is that pressure will rattle him into mistakes or playing too conservatively. Basically playing scared to make a mistake. He didn't do anything to change that perception.

He's still young enough to turn it around. But playing Detroit just might damage his chances and maybe ruin his career. He's a guy who can perform at a high level if he's got good coaching and supporting cast. He's also a guy who can look bad when everything around him is bad.

[SoCalRam78]

Rams would be a bad team this year with Goff. Like under .500. Stafford is elite.

[Elvis]

Last year Detroit averaged 23.2 offensive points per game, The Rams averaged 21.4

This year Detroit is 17.7 and the Rams are 29.6.

So Detroit is down 5.5 while the Rams are up 8.2, so basically Stafford is 1 TD per game better than Goff if you look at it like that...

[HellRam]

Rams would be a bad team this year with Goff. Like under .500. Stafford is elite.

Peculiar comment.

This Rams team overall is more talented then the 19/20 teams and even then we never had a losing a record with McVay/Goff. Don't see why that would be case now. Especially considering this year we've had one of the easier schedules in recent memory. After week 8 we will have only played 2 teams with a winning record. And Tampa had many key players out when we played them.

That said....Staff is doing his part as he should based on current circumstances.