Goff Finishes Strong Week of Practice

Practice Report 11/25: Goff Finishes Strong Week of Practice

Myles Simmons

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After Wednesday’s practice, Rams head coach Jeff Fisher spent a little time extolling quarterback Jared Goff for his performance in the session. The rookie himself described the day’s practice as crisp, and one of the best the team had gone through in some time.
And based on Fisher’s comments, Friday’s practice was more of the same.

“Jared had a really good day — as a matter of fact, had a really good week,” Fisher said. “It’s just that sign of being more and more comfortable in the offense.”

Part of that comfort comes from playing experience. There’s clearly no substitute for in-game snaps, which can lead to increased confidence and decisiveness. But it’s also a matter of Goff having starters reps in practice, so there are elements that carry over from one week to the next.

“There’s a big difference in the last two weeks,” Fisher said. “He knows what to expect now.”

Goff also likely has a better feel for what he is and is not comfortable with in a given gameplan. As the starting quarterback, that allows him to have at least a bit of say in how things develop throughout the week.

“He’s honest about things,” Fisher said. “He’s going to go up and just say, ‘I don’t like this concept. I don’t feel comfortable with it.’ So you take it out of the gameplan. That’s just common sense.”

Still, with the way practice has gone this week — combined with the no-weather elements of a dome setting — Fisher said the Rams may have a chance to open the offense up a bit more with Goff’s considerable arm talent on Sunday.

“We’ve had a good week of practice and we’ve pushed it down the field in practice this week,” Fisher said. “So if we can carry things over from practice into the game, then we should push it down the field.”