LOS ANGELES -- In reacting to the Los Angeles Rams' handling of Jared Goff, the pessimists point to recent history, noting that each of the past five quarterbacks taken first overall started his first NFL game, and that four of them (Matthew Stafford, Cam Newton, Andrew Luck and Jameis Winston) have already made the Pro Bowl. The optimists frequently point to Aaron Rodgers, like Goff a Cal product, who spent his first three seasons on the bench and then blossomed into arguably the game's best quarterback.
Ex-Rams QB Jim Everett: Jared Goff 'will be pressed into duty'
