After a disastrous rookie season and a breakout campaign in 2017, Jared Goff quickly went from being called a draft bust to a system quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams. Both of those narratives have gone by the wayside (for the most part) this season with Goff putting up big numbers and consistently making excellent throws.

He’s third in passing yards (3,547), fourth in touchdown passes (26) and third in passer rating (113.5) among all quarterbacks, staking his claim as an MVP candidate. Pro Football Focus has graded him highly this year, too, adding to his impressive third season.

Through 12 weeks, he’s PFF’s third-best quarterback with an overall grade of 92.1. The only players above him are Drew Brees (95.6) and Patrick Mahomes (92.3), both of whom are MVP candidates, as well.

Jared Goff has been a sight to behold this season. You can talk scheme all you want, but the fact of the matter is that Goff has the most big-time throws of any quarterback this season (29). Those are throws that require special ball placement and timing down the field and there’s no scheme that can ‘fake’ them.

At this point, calling Goff anything less than a great quarterback is wrong. He’s proved all season long that he deserves to be in the conversation as one of the 10 best in the game today, if not the top five.

PFF’s grading system isn’t perfect and it doesn’t necessarily represent the best way to rank players – Todd Gurley is the No. 14 running back, for instance – but it does show where Goff slots in among the top passers in the NFL.

He has all the makings of a perennial Pro Bowler and eventual Super Bowl champion.