LA Rams: The direction of the Rams offense lies in the hands of Jared Goff

Jared Goff must have a better second year in order for the LA Rams to be relevant. The team cannot afford another mediocre year.

Last offseason, the LA Rams jumped up in the draft to grab Goff with the first overall pick to solidify the face of the franchise. That decision ended up being a shaky pick as Goff took awhile to fully develop from college to the NFL level and struggled in his first season.

Goff finally got the starting nod in week 11 until the rest of the season and looked horrendous with a QBR of 22.9 in his seven starts.

Many look at Goff as a bust but is that a fair ruling? The kid only has one year of experience under his belt, we cannot put him up with Ryan Leaf and JaMarcus Russell.

The Rams as a whole were bad and when your only option is to chuck it off to Gurley in the flats, then you have a problem. Don’t get it wrong, Goff was bad, but you have to cut him some slack.

Goff was tormented in the backfield with 26 sacks in only seven games. That is 21 fewer sacks than Russell Wilson, who leads the league with 47 sacks. That’s ridiculous in that time span!

Unfortunately, when you’re the quarterback of a losing team and you look awful; the blame tends to focus on you.

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The Rams front office finally made a smart move this past offseason with the firing of Jeff Fisher which should’ve happened last offseason.

In the hiring process, the focal point was to revamp the offense which would lead to the Rams being the talk of Los Angeles again.

The hiring of Sean McVay and his spread scheme should ultimately lead to a better season for Goff and the entire offense. Goff played in the spread scheme in college so he should have more comfort and a better mindset on the field.

The additions of Robert Woods, Cooper Kupp and Gerald Everett should supply Goff with more weapons that should spread the field, than just relying on Todd Gurley and Tavon Austin.

In all, Goff is going to have a bounce back year and going to lead the resurgence of the Rams offense. Even Gurley shares this sentiment, via NFL.com,

"He definitely had a great OTAs, great minicamp. Coaches have been doing a good job with him. Just his preparation, him being there all day, he’s been great so far, man, so I’m definitely looking forward to (the season)."

Goff won’t do what Derek Carr did for the Raiders but he’ll show the NFL why he went number one overall.

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The future of the LA Rams offense is heading nowhere but up. Although Goff had a disappointing rookie season, we can expect much more out of him next season.