Rams extraordinary talent allows for Jared Goff to be just a good quarterback

The Los Angeles Rams have assembled some incredible talent the last two years, but as quarterback Jared Goff enters year three, is he part of that talent class or just a good quarterback, which may be all LA really needs.

It’s hard to find anyone with anything negative to say about the Los Los Angeles Rams. That’s a fair statement as to date, they have been what most have projected them to be. One word you probably hear most is “balanced” and that is one thing hard to ignore.

General Manager Les Snead and head coach Sean McVay have put together a team that is awfully good on both sides of the football. It’s a star-studded type of roster, especially on defense. The quality of that roster touches every part of the team including special teams.

But with all that, with the type of team where a dominating performance can come from the defense or the running game, it’s quarterback Jared Goff who may best be descirbed as just “good enough.”

He doesn’t, or at least hasn’t needed to be or even asked to be anything other than workman like, and on this type of team that completely OK.

Good enough, is OK.

But what if he needs to crank it up? What if Goff needs to actually carry the Rams? Is that something he can do?

Even in the NFC West, a division Los Angeles won last season and likely wins in 2018, Goff is probably the second best quarterback behind Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson. The Seahawks need Wilson if they are going to win games, with the type of team the Rams have, I ask how critical Goff is in that same role.

Now don’t misunderstand, I’m not saying two QB’s like Goff and backup Sean Mannion are interchangeable, because the preseason proved they are absolutely not. But if you switched teams and put Goff in Seattle and Wilson in Los Angeles, are the Seahawks any better or the Rams any worse?

It’s a very reasonable question if you wonder how good Goff really is, or maybe isn’t.

Ultimately, the Rams only need Goff to be good enough because the supporting cast is at least that good or better. It could make one wonder what a quarterback like Wilson or any top-5 QB would do in LA with the offensive talent currently assembled.

The Los Angeles Rams will go far because of players like Todd Gurley carrying the offense, Aaron Donald achoring the defense, and because of a coordinator like Wade Phillips, and ultimately McVay calling the plays. knowing that, Goff only needs to be good enough on Sunday to not get in the way.