The SI 50, No. 14: Jared Goff

[RS12]

Those who are reserved about Goff’s future will say that Cal’s “Bear-Raid” spread-style offense, led by head coach Sonny Dykes, provided Goff with too many easy openings and stressed college defenses to their breaking points in ways NFL defenses have mastered. But Goff was eager to insist at the combine that the transitional issues are overblown.


“There's obviously going to be a transition and I think it happens, but there’s a transition with every quarterback coming from college to the NFL,” he said. “So I’m excited for it, honestly. I think I did a lot of stuff in college that does translate well and again there’s a lot of stuff I need to improve on. ... All the dropback pass stuff we did is included in the NFL. The third-down stuff is a lot of shotgun nowadays. You see teams move more towards shotgun, and I’ve been doing that for a while. But at the same time, I’ve been training under center for a while. About six weeks, not a while, but enough where I feel comfortable with it.”

http://www.si.com/nfl/2016/04/05/nfl-draft-jared-goff-scouting-report

 

[AKATheRake]

This kid played behind a terrible o-line. If you look at the constant pressure he faced game in and out you'll realize why he had to play out of the shotgun. Still had no time to throw.

Goff's pocket presence and release are as good as it gets. Question his toughness? Eluding and taking licks all game. Runs when he has too.

Can't make all the throws? Wow! got to see the velocity on those deep balls and the intermediate throws where he has no time.

He's too small? 21 yrs old, 6'4" at 215 lbs. Yeah 10-20 lbs in an NFL weight room.

His decision making is incredible under pressure. His WR's are terrible and that defense consistently gave up points game in and out.

Here's footage against UCLA where Goff is bombarded with pressure.