It’s the difference between franticly trying to figure out what to to, and trusting himself and just knowing what to do.
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WOW!!
What a great read! That was a MasterCard moment article! Love this team, and love our QB Jared Goff!
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I’ll take super at playing QB over super athletic QB any day of the week.
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OTOH, it would be really weird to read that Jared thinks he’s faster than Lamar.
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Yep….and they all don’t fly. Not many are driven by heat. Not all can spit webs and not all can endure space. That’s what has to be understood in these debates…. 
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Mmmmm… yes and no. Yes, he’s even better now at keeping his eyes down the field, but he’s always been way ahead of the curve on that. You don’t get drafted #1 OA as a pocket passer from a not-that-great program if you make a “habit” of dropping your eyes to the rush. He didn’t do that in college and he’s never done that remotely habitually in the NFL. If anything, he had the opposite problem - paying insufficient attention to the rush such that there was a stretch w/LA when he was getting stripped way too often.
Totally agree on the “processing speed” point. Funny what the combination of experience, higher expectations, coaching leadership, and conscientious preparation can do.
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They’re definitely more patient w/young players than most.
Not all super heros need superpowers.
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As a Cal fan I just want to thank you for some of the nicest words ever used to describe their football program.
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I phrased it poorly. It wasn’t an issue at Cal, but it definitely was at the end in LA and in his early days here. And it is not only me saying that, it was a regular criticism of him at the time. He got rattled and skittish when he was pressured and stopped going through his progressions. You can see time and time again where he crumpled before the rush even got to him because he was watching it arrive.
This is not terribly unusual for pocket passers (despite where they were drafted or how good they’re perceived). Even Tom Brady struggled against pressure - specifically of the non-blitzing variety.
And again, I think a major part of it was McVay not giving any ownership to Goff over the offense. Once Belichick showed how to slow McVay’s offense, it was as if the whole thing short-circuited, including Goff’s decision-making.
But I don’t want to turn this into yet another argument on the minutiae of Goff’s former game. I’m trying to give the guy a glowing compliment here. If you saw it differently, fair enough. I doubt anything I say will change your opinion.
Faster, more agile, more elusive, blacker… All would be weird
Aren’t those just heros? 
Jared superpower is his accuracy and making calls at the line to put guys in position to succeed, his field vision. He is a civilian with a chip on his shoulder
Hasn’t Goff the civilian out dueled your favorite superhero twice now when they played ?
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Actually very perceptive. Smart cookie.
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I always prefer a smart cookie over a thrown pretzel.
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Good work. Was trying to work in the pretzel angle myself but gave up.
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Blockquote I’m squeezing so hard trying to help us win, because we all want it so badly. I have to release that a little bit and just do my job, one play at a time. I’m just gonna do my job and not worry about the rest of it.”
This has expanded to the attitude of the entire team.
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Catching up here finally. Good read
Today people have the attention spans of rats. They consume entertainment disguised as news and superficial knowledge in X sentences and cut up podcast clips and soundbytes disguised as deep knowledge.
Quantity does not equal quality. Good writing / reporting like anything in life takes time and investment (craft). Understanding and learning takes time and personal investment.
Hard to find really good and meaningful content out there these days because nobody prioritizes it anymore.
Well said. Draft the right kind of players. Have a little faith in them. Stick to plan. Then open a really good SB bakery that bakes SB cakes for a long time while working hard and enjoying every step of the way.
YUP!
Many people probably still on this board absolutely thought the QuinnTricia way was THEE way to go and stuck by those turds and made excuses for them into year three when it was a trainwreck. It always amazed me that some people thought going to work and being treated that way themselves would NOT have been tolerable or acceptable but somehow altered reality to believe otherwise when they watched their own football team coach and players. SMH
As usual, you get the big picture bro. We’re all a part of the big dance. Every time you walk out on the street you’re a part of a bigger waltz that ain’t just about you.
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