Jared Goff accomplishes dubious playoff feat last reached by Tom Brady in Rams wild-card win over Seahawks
didn't start the ' playoff win over the -- a game he wasn't sure he'd even play in due to being le s than two weeks removed from thumb surgery. The Rams made Goff active for
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Jerome Robinson Jersey 93.1 rating) in the Rams' 30-20 victory over the Seahawks -- becoming the first quarterback to complete under 50% of his pa ses and win a playoff game since during the 2016 NFL season. Brady completed just 47.4% of his pa ses in a divisional round win over the in January 2017, later leading the to the Super Bowl.Goff, Brady, and Tim Tebow are the only quarterbacks since
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