One thing every NFL team can be thankful for in 2016
By John Buhler
Los Angeles Rams: For better or worse, Jared Goff is the starting QB
The most boring team in the NFL just got a whole lot more interesting. Or not. Regardless, No. 1 overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft quarterback Jared Goff out of Cal is the Los Angeles Rams starter the rest of the way.
Goff lost his first NFL start 14-10 to the surging Miami Dolphins in a rare rainy day in Los Angeles. He wasn’t bad, but wasn’t good either. Either way, it was a good first NFL game for the Goff era of Rams football.
The Rams offense is so archaic that it the team that was once exciting on HBO’s Hard Knocks has become an absolute snooze-fest. With the Rams rapidly falling out of the NFC Playoffs picture, this team needed a spark to keep interest in Los Angeles with its recent relocation to the West Coast.
No matter how Goff plays this season, he is the future of Rams football and Case Keenum isn’t going to start again this year. If you can’t be good, be interesting. The Rams are great on defense, but are now interesting on offense thanks to head coach Jeff Fisher finally deciding to go with Goff at quarterback.