Goff, Wentz Are Forever Linked but Bound to Be Separated by Cruel NFL Reality

CHICAGO — One day, we might look back at this draft and say: Jared Goff never stood a chance. 

He will play for a coach in Jeff Fisher who believes offense is 100 handoffs a game. Passing game? What’s that? They sell those at Costco? Goff will also enter the nastiest, cruelest division in football, one that possesses two superpowers in Arizona and Seattle. Good luck, young Goff.

One day, we might look back at this draft and say: Carson Wentz got lucky as hell.

He went to Philadelphia, the second overall pick, right after Goff, and he goes to a place where he has a real chance. A real chance. Sam Bradford is an injury-prone, pouty baby crying his way out of the city. Wentz, unlike Goff, will play in an offensive system not run in the Mesozoic era. He will play in a division that has no dominant team.

There have often been two destinies like this, intertwined, one name mentioned in concert with another. The way Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf are, and will be, forever. The Goff-Wentz comparison likely won’t be that dramatic. After all, I don’t expect one of them to spend time in the hoosegow the way Leaf did and the other to become one of the greatest as Manning would.

Yet it remains unlikely both Goff and Wentz will have success. It’s possible but unlikely. There is a more likely outcome.

Goff will struggle, not because he can’t play, but because of where he’s going. And Wentz will prosper, not because he’s more talented, but because it’s a far better situation.

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