Case Keenum was downright horrendous in his team’s Week 1 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, and he knows it.
When asked about his performance in the 28-0 blowout, Keenum admitted he was not seeing the field well.
“I was seeing ghosts,” the Los Angeles Rams quarterback said, per ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez. “I was seeing things that weren’t there. I wasn’t trusting myself and my abilities. I tried too hard. I just have to let the game come to me, take what the defense gives me, trust my teammates — they do a great job — and get the ball out of my hands to the right place.”
It would be difficult to say enough bad things about the way the Rams played on Monday night. Keenum completed just 17 of 35 passes for 130 yards and two interceptions. L.A. only had 185 yards from scrimmage the entire game and never got into the red zone. Going forward, Keenum has vowed to trust his teammates more.
“Just trust what you see and let it fly,” he said. “That’s what I’m going to do — I’m going to trust. That’s a word I’m going to use this whole week — trust. That’s trust my protection, that’s trust my mechanics, my rules, my footwork, and trust what I see, trust the guys out there, get the ball into the hands of those guys that can make plays.”
Rams head coach Jeff Fisher seems determined to not rush No. 1 overall draft pick Jared Goff, as Fisher said the team’s quarterback situation is not going to change despite the abysmal season opener. For Goff to not be starting, the report we heard during the offseason must be true.
Everyone — Fisher included — has to know Keenum is a below average quarterback. A few more performances like Week 1 and the Rams will have no choice but to make a change.
