Written by Paul Ladewski at San Francisco Examiner
Jared Goff always did look good in Cal blue and gold. The first pick in the NFL draft didn’t look too bad in Los Angeles Rams blue and yellow on Thursday, either, even if the colors weren’t quite the same
Truth is, Goff would look a lot better in 49ers’ red and gold right now. In many ways, the franchise needed him. Their fans wanted him. If the quarterback turns out to be anything close to Aaron Rodgers, another Cal star who got away, the Niners will rue the day they sat on their thumbs and allowed it to happen.
It won’t take long for Santa Clara to get its first glimpse of what might have been. The Rams will be there for week one’s late Monday Nighter.
Think the NFL doesn’t have a sense for drama?
“I look forward to it,” Goff said. “I’ll work hard. Hopefully, I’ll play some.”
Two hours into the whirlwind, Balls was almost as tired as Goff as he followed the kid from room to room at the Auditorium Theater. He was escorted to one interview after another, answered many of the same questions with the words “awesome” and “excited” over and over again. One lackey even called him “Carson” as in Wentz, who went to the Philadelphia Eagles one pick later.
What will Goff buy with his millions? A sports car? A mansion? A small island?
“A massage chair,” Goff said with a wry smile after some thought.
If Goff seemed overwhelmed by it all, nobody could blame him. Finally, he tilted the Rams ballcap on his head, put his head down then rubbed his weary face with his hands in the corner of a room.
“Yeah, I’m excited it’s over,” Goff said. “I’m happy it’s behind me. At the same time, it’s only the beginning, only the beginning of what I hope to be a long career.”
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