The Rams are seemingly waiting it out on their franchise (?) QB."

WhiteSections 2019 offseason2019 free agency2019 NFL DraftFull ArchiveLibrary 2019 NFL calendar2019 Rams regular season sched2019 Rams preseason schedMasthead Community Guidelines NFL Odds StubHub ✕2019 Los Angeles Rams OffseasonLos Angeles Rams Head Coach Sean McVay on an extension for QB Jared Goff: “We haven’t really gotten in depth about it yet.”New Los Angeles Rams Jerseys Stitched ,62commentsThe Rams are seemingly waiting it out on their franchise (?) QB.CDTShareTweetShareShareLos Angeles Rams Head Coach Sean McVay on an extension for QB Jared Goff: “We haven’t really gotten in depth about it yet.”Los Angeles Rams QB Jared Goff passes the ball against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LIII, Feb. 3, 2019.Brett Davis-USA TODAY SportsLos Angeles Rams HC Sean McVay spoke to the media today at the NFL annual league meeting in Phoenix and touched on a potential extension for QB Jared Goff.His remarks were, to be blunt, remarkable.Now it’s only responsible to note this is the head coach. Not the duo who is primarily responsible for contract negotiations in Rams Chief Operating Officer and Vice President Kevin Demoff and his Special Assistant Tony Pastoors and not General Manager Les Snead. So perhaps there’s a bit of incredulity to apply here, but it is worth noting how unusual this is.Remember that the Rams signed EDGE Robert Quinn to an extension after just three seasons. And WR Tavon Austin. And most recently RB Todd Gurley. So clearly they’re open to signing their top picks to extensions before hitting Year 4, though both DL Aaron Donald and DT Michael Brockers both played through their fourth season before getting extended. LB Alec Ogletree didn’t get an extension until he was midway through his fifth season only to get traded a handful of months later. And OL Greg Robinson never did get a new deal before being traded to the Detroit Lions.Halfway through Jared Goff’s contract, here’s how an extension is shaping upLos Angeles Rams QB Jared Goff throws a pass against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 4, Sep. 27, 2018.Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY SportsWhat’s most interesting is the unknown factor of the next collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Goff is all but certain to have his fifth-year option applied before the May 3 deadline. That means his deal will expire after the 2020 season which is when the CBA expires as well. The last CBA completely changed the landscape for NFL contracts by limiting rookie deals severely while expanding the salary cap more than $57m per team since it was finalized. The next CBA could well change things yet again which might affect the Rams’ approach to an internal deadline to re-sign Goff.But having inked Donald to a deal last year, Goff is now the biggest piece of unfinished business on the contractual stage where the lights are going to shine brighter this year following an appearance in Super Bowl LIII. And with so many starters departing this offseason and next, Goff is going to become even more central to the Rams’ success or lack thereof in the future.Suffice to say, discussions of Goff’s extension aren’t going away anytime soon.Los Angeles Rams vs. Minnesota Vikings 2nd Down, second guessing: The Professor’s review The Breakout GameNo Aqib Talib? No problem.In Goff, we trust.Minnesota Vikings QB Kirk Cousins torching the Los Angeles Rams secondary? No problem.In Goff Taylor Rapp black jersey , we trust.Missing a crucial field goal at the end of the game? No problem.In Goff, we trust.In what will go down as the career breakout game for QB Jared Goff, the Rams beat the Vikings, 38-31, in a thrilling Thursday night nationally televised game, upping their record to 4-0.The Rams have, through their history going back to days of the great Norm “The Dutchman” Van Brocklin and most recently Kurt Warner, had some great quarterback performances. The performance by QB Jared Goff was for the aged ranking right up there with the great ones.While there was a boatload of purple and yellow, the Rams fans were louder and finally had a home field advantage which had the Coliseum rocking. From my location in the same seats my father had high up in the Coliseum since 1946, I could see every long pass developing watching the ball be perfectly placed into either WRs Cooper Kupp, Robert Woods or Brandin Cooks hands. Touchdown Rams!I haven’t seen a performance like that since WR Harold Jackson caught four touchdowns from QB John Hadl against the Dallas Cowboys. But there was a difference. Jackson was wide open, and even I could have made that those throws. In this game, the looking off of the safety and the pinpoint accuracy were a thing of beauty harkening back to the days of QB Joe Montana torching the Rams. Yes, that’s how good Jared Goff was. Montana-like.His five touchdown passes could never have been accomplished without the unsung heroes: LT Andrew Whitworth, LG Rodger Saffold Taylor Rapp Jersey Mens , C John Sullivan, RG Austin Blythe and RT Rob Havenstein all of whom deserve as much credit for Goff’s success as Goff. This offensive line through four weeks has provided him a pocket and plenty of time for Jared to make these throws. They were outstanding in this game as well.But as good as the offense was under Goff, the Rams still have more work to do to make it to the big game.The Rams’ special teamsNot counting either Kupp or KR Blake Countess, the Rams’ special teams were absolute garbage. K Sam Ficken missed a gimme field goal which would have iced the game. Unacceptable (and clearly the team agrees having replaced Ficken with Cairo Santos). P Johnny Hekker shanked a punt, his second of the year, at a crucial moment the Rams needed a kick to land inside the Vikes’ 25-yard line. Terrible.Grade: FThe Rams’ defenseThe Rams’ secondary got torched by Minnesota QB Kirk Cousins while WR Adam Thielen solidified his role as one of the best receivers in the game. Yet when it counted most, the Rams’ defense came through by holding the Vikings to field goals on two key drives. DT Aaron Donald finally got his sack, two of them in total, and coming off the edge DT Ndamukong Suh got his first as well. The Law Firm of Johnathan Franklin-Myers came up with huge strip fumble which sealed the fate of the Vikings leading to the victory formation at the end the game.As I said in my preview, the Rams defense didn’t need to be perfect, just good enough. They accomplished that.They still need consistency at the edge rusher position and better play in the secondary, but the Vikings had the fourth-rated pass offense in the league coming into the game. To say that the Rams would be able to totally shut them down was foolhardy. The Rams defense got the job done.They did enough.While I still have some concerns, the Rams’ defense is getting better each week, Playing without Talib and an injured CB Marcus Peters not 100% percent, the current secondary unit will improve over time.Grade: B-The Rams’ offenseHow can I honestly write an article second guessing the Rams offense after that game?The scheming by Head Coach Sean McVay getting the wide receivers match upped with LB Anthony Barr in man-to-man coverage was ingenious.And with Goff making the proper reads Taylor Rapp Jersey Cheap , looking off the safety, and throwing darts for touchdowns, the Rams’ offense was on fire.But I do have a criticism.THE RAMS PUNTED TWICE.Grade: AThe X-FactorsIf you’re living in Los Angeles and you’re not at the Coliseum watching the Rams live, your missing an exciting team and event.The crowd was loud, raucous, the Coliseum was rocking and rolling.It made a difference.You could feel it. Sense it. It was a playoff atmosphere.Sitting with my son, I was reminded of what my own father must have thought about me with his crazy, fanatic son that he unleashed onto the NFL world. Sitting in those same seats we shared together, my own son jumped into my arms five times screaming, “Touchdown!” The feeling we shared of pure joy and astonishment at what we were witnessing is what creating memories that last a lifetime are all about. After that game, there’s no doubt our Rams legacy started by my father will continue with my own son.Its still early in the season and our Rams have a long way to go, so we should temper our enthusiasm just a bit. But, as a diehard I can’t stop this wonderful feeling I have because I know this team will only get better.We have a championship-caliber team.Final Grade—B+