The Facts: Goff, coming off a trying rookie season, has been working with noted quarterback coaches Tom House and Adam Dedeaux.
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House and Dedeaux run 3DQB, a quarterback training facility based in Los Angeles. And one of their many notable clients are Tom Brady and Matt Ryan. Matt LaFleur, the Rams' new offensive coordinator, spent the past couple of years as Ryan's quarterbacks coach and is happy to see Goff receive similar instruction. "I've seen the benefits," LaFleur said while meeting with Rams reporters on Thursday. "What those guys do is pretty valuable, and it's not always obviously with the time constraints that we can work with these guys. And I think they offer some things that maybe we can't as coaches, from just a strength and conditioning standpoint in terms of how these guys train and keep their core strong, keep their shoulders strong. ..." LaFleur, who began his new job on Monday, indicated that Goff is still "experimenting" with his offseason program and that working with House and Dedeaux took place before LaFleur even joined the Rams. Goff, the No. 1 overall pick in 2016, supplanted Keenum as the Rams' starter in Week 11 and struggled over his last seven games, all of them losses. During that stretch, Goff had the NFL's fewest yards per attempt (5.31), fourth-worst completion percentage (54.6) and fourth-lowest touchdown-to-interception ratio (0.71). Again, Goff needs to improve. And it appears he's putting in the work necessary to do so.