The Los Angeles Rams felt like their offense wasn’t reaching its true potential in 2020 with Jared Goff as their quarterback. It’s why they traded him and two first-round picks to the Lions for Matthew Stafford.
The improvement was immediate, and the difference between the Rams’ third-down offense in 2020 and 2021 was undeniable. Warren Sharp put every starting quarterback on a chart that shows their conversion rate on third down and the percentage of their passes that were thrown beyond the first-down line on such plays.
Goff was last in throws beyond the sticks and had the third-worst first-down conversion rate among all quarterbacks last season. Stafford was first in both categories, throwing past the sticks on about 60% of his third-down attempts and converting more than 50% of the time.
