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Jared Goff is overrated

I’ve never been a Jared Goff fan. That’s been a lonesome stance to stake as he blossomed under Sean McVay’s play-calling, but the Rams (and Goff) have cooled off a bit, so let’s re-examine the question.

Is the “real” Goff the gun-shooter with the golden arm who dissected defenses the last two years and beat the Chiefs in their epic Monday night shootout, 54-51? Or the skittish kid who floundered his rookie season and this year has lost two of his last three games, beating only the NFL’s worst team?

His low point came against the Chicago Bears in Week 14, when he completed 20 of 44 passes (average 4.