Nick Foles sitting out of Los Angeles Rams OTAs
Nick Foles is not happy that the Los Angeles Rams drafted Jared Goff to solve their quarterback issues and he is protesting.
Despite not doing anything to put confidence in his ability to lead the Los Angeles Rams at the quarterback position, Nick Foles is reportedly unhappy with the Rams drafting Jared Goff.
According to Jim Trotter of ESPN, Foles “has not participated in a team-run training session since the Rams took Goff first overall. The fifth-year pro even skipped the start of organized team activities on Tuesday, and multiple sources told ESPN.com it is because the Rams drafted a quarterback.”
I get it. It is not fun when someone is brought in to replace you. Foles is probably an extremely competitive guy who thinks he can lead the Rams to the promise land. That being said, can he really blame the organization for making this move?
Foles has had one good season in the NFL, and that was in 2013 with the Philadelphia Eagles where Chip Kelly’s offensive system probably inflated his numbers. The past two seasons (one in Philly and last year with the Rams) Foles has been a pretty bad NFL quarterback.
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Last season he completed only 56% of his passes while throwing seven touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Foles did not look like a starting caliber quarterback last season, and pretty much lost his job to Case Keenum down the stretch.
Even if the Rams did not trade up for Goff, Keenum would be the favorite to come in as the starter in 2016, not Foles.
Regardless, Goff is the quarterback for the Rams both right now and in the future, and no holdout from Nick Foles is going to change that.
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