When the Los Angeles Rams drafted Stetson Bennett in the fourth round of the 2023 draft, they had to accept that the decision would draw the most attention of any pick that the franchise has made since their last first rounder and also the most recent quarterback drafted, Jared Goff in 2016. And therefore that put more pressure on Bennett to succeed than any pick since Goff.
In many ways, Goff and Bennett couldn’t be more different as prospects. Goff went first overall and Bennett went 128th, implying that one of them is supposed to carry the franchise to a Super Bowl and the other is merely fighting for any job in the NFL.