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Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff has received a ton of criticism of late for his recent poor form, including that from his own coach, Sean McVay. Recently, the 34-year-old shot-caller was asked about the possibility of benching his star QB, and for his part, McVay provided a rather lengthy explanation about the current situation.
When asked straight up if he was considering benching Goff, McVay sort of deflected:
“If I thought it was going to be the best thing to just take a deep breath and step away, then I’d say, maybe,” McVay said, via Mike Florio of NBC Sports. “But not in either of those situations, because both of those reflected kind of having an opportunity where there was enough plays made to get back in it. The Dolphins game, maybe a little bit different, but I thought it was important to be able to play through some of those things, learn from it, especially just based on some of the things that they were activating defensively.
“Yesterday that was never part of the consideration nor was it really for Miami, to answer your question.”
While McVay denied any plans of benching Goff prior to Sunday's loss to the San Francisco 49ers, he did seem to imply that this might become a possibility moving forward. McVay did his bit in trying to somewhat defend his franchise quarterback's recent poor play, but it is also worth noting that his statement here is not exactly a vote of confidence for Goff.
The Rams will be back in action on Sunday to face off against the Arizona Cardinals, and it will be interesting to see if Goff will still get the nod to start in that one.
