Jared Goff won’t win NFL MVP this year. He won’t even win Comeback Player of the Year. In fact, he wasn’t even the most improved player on his own team; Todd Gurley was.

Despite those facts, Goff’s improvement and development from 2016 to 2017 was absolutely stunning to watch. He went from arguably the NFL’s worst quarterback as a rookie to one of the most consistent signal-callers in the league this past season.

He had one bad game against the Seahawks, but in his other 14 starts, he had a passer rating of at least 75.8 in each of them, including 10 games with a rating above 93. That’s wildly impressive for a second-year quarterback in his first season with a new head coach and coordinator.

When you compare his seasons using Next Gen Stats’ passing charts, it’s even more staggering how much better he was this season.

As you can see, he improved in every single area of the field except 10-plus yards down the left side. He was very good in that department as a rookie, which made it difficult for him to improve. Otherwise, he was a tremendous deep-ball passer in Year 2 and consistently hit receivers on intermediate routes.