Player: Jared Goff

Position: Quarterback

Draft Status: First Round, First Pick

Competition for Starting Gig: Case Keenum and Nick Foles

Dynasty Rookie Quarterback Ranking: #1

Goff finished his college career tops on the all-time CAL list in completions, completion attempts, passing yards and passing touchdowns. After finishing with a 1-11 record as a freshman in 2013, Goff led the team to improvements in each of his final two seasons at Berkeley, eventually finishing the 2015 campaign with an 8-5 record and a victory in the Armed Forces Bowl. It was CAL's first bowl win since 2008. 

From an individual standpoint, Goff put up 300-plus passing yards 21 times in his career, including his first three starts as a freshman in 2013. His coming out party was back in 2013 in a loss to the then No. 4 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes, a game that saw Goff put up 371 yards and three scores in a 52-34 defeat.

Goff did find himself under the microscope in 2015 after throwing five interceptions in a surprise loss to Utah. He responded my putting up 26 touchdowns compared to four interceptions in his final seven starts for the Bears. 

Scouting Report

Strengths: Can make every throw on the field, most with velocity. Has a ridiculously strong arm when it comes to down-field passes, displaying elite-level accuracy in the process. His pocket presence is already pro ready after improving in that category over the past couple seasons. 

Weaknesses: Will need to show more consistency when it comes to accuracy on intermediate routes. Sometimes struggles with decision-making and progressing past his first read. Needs to do a better job reading defensive schemes pre-snap. Played 95-plus percent of his snaps from the shotgun in college, which means he's going to have to learn to excel under center. 

2016 Season Expectations

Joining a talent-stricken Los Angeles Rams team that's leading returning receiver Kenny Britt put up less than 700 receiving yards last season. Overall, the Rams receiving group is among the worst in the NFL. Third-year player Tavon Austin might have tallied 52 receptions as a sophomore in 2015, but he gained only 473 yards on those catches. 

The good news for Goff here is that he has an elite-level backfield partner in crime in the form of 2015 rookie standout Todd Gurley, who put up nearly 1,300 total yards and 10 touchdowns in 13 games. This is going to take some of the pressure off Goff to perform at a high level as a rookie. 

It's also going to have an impact on Goff's fantasy stats. With less opportunities to fling the ball around the field, his fantasy numbers will likely take a hit. That's only going to be magnified in the red zone. 

Los Angeles has seven games against teams that boasted defenses that finished in the top-10 of the NFL against fantasy quarterbacks a season ago, including four total outings against the Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks. That's also troubling for Goff's fantasy ceiling as a rookie in 2016. 

Though, there's a decent chance Goff's ability to actually make plays down the field will open things up for this offense. Remember, it ranked dead last in the NFL in passing yards a season ago. 

Based on Goff's scheme at CAL, the production we see from Austin should increase a great deal. The rookie quarterback will do a much better job getting the ball to his young receiver in space, upping Austin's PPR value and Goff's standard fantasy value in the process. 

In standard re-draft leagues, Goff is barely a back end QB2 option. In fact, the best bet here is to see how he performs early and decide whether he's worth a waiver-wire pickup. Without getting too much into detail, a ranking as a QB25 makes a ton of sense here. Simply put, Los Angeles lacks the talent on offense in a division where it's taking on some big-boy defenses. With Gurley at running back, the Rams won't be asking much of Goff in those games. 

Dynasty Expectations

As with every rookie quarterback, there's a whole heck of a lot of moving parts here. How Los Angeles utilizes Goff will play a major role here, as will the team's ability to add elite-level talent around him. Without a first-round pick in 2017 and a second-round pick in 2018, that's going to be incredibly hard for the team to do through the draft. 

We also have to take into account the Rams' division. We've already talked about Arizona and Seattle, but the San Francisco 49ers now come into play here. San Francisco added a bunch of studs on defense over the past two drafts, a clear indication this unit is going to be vastly improved moving forward. This means six games against really good defenses within the division. 

With all this said, we can't really go too far into detail regarding how all this is going to play out three years from now. What we do know is that Goff was the most pro-ready and talented quarterback in the draft. With a strong running game behind him, the quarterback should perform well relatively early in his career. He's a QB1 from the 2016 NFL Draft class and likely the third-best rookie dyno add behind Ezekiel Elliott and Derrick Henry.