Rams’ Home Opener Delayed After Goff Gets Lost In Tunnel Again

Sunday’s game between the Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints was delayed as team officials searched for missing Rams quarterback, Jared Goff, who disappeared on his way out of the tunnel.

“It’s my fault. I’m normally pretty good about making sure Jared knows where he needs to go and what he needs to do,” said head coach Sean McVay while speaking to reporters in the postgame press conference, adding, “I tried letting him handle things on his own today. That was a mistake.”

After McVay was hired in 2017, it didn’t take long for Goff to show improvement in his ability to arrive at the field before kickoff. McVay’s presence was so impactful that Goff would go on to miss just one game during the 2018 season, when he showed up 45 minutes late to a matchup with the Seahawks because he couldn’t remember where he parked his car.

“It’s not that he’s stupid,” said Mcvay of the former first-round draft pick who once admitted during an episode of HBO’s Hardknocks that he didn’t know which direction the sun rises and sets. “He just needs someone in his ear to say ‘Hey number sixteen, once you exit the locker room, just keep walking straight. Don’t go through any doors, don’t get scared by the noise coming from outside. You can do this.” 

While McVay’s methods have paid dividends, some in the media have questioned whether Goff will always be one brain fart away from showing up at California Memorial Stadium, home of his alma mater, the California Golden Bears, on game days.

“Don’t write him off,” said McVay, as he stood up from the table and prepared to leave. “You may not see it, but Jared has the potential to become the kind of player who can go an entire 16-game season without receiving a DNP for forgetting the team plays on Sunday. He just needs time to develop.”

At press time, Goff was nowhere to be found.