Jared Goff has improved by every measurable statistic over last season, from deep passes to overall completion percentage. His resurgence has the Rams sitting at 5-2 with the league’s No. 1 scoring offense and 12th-best passing attack.

The offense has opened up with Sean McVay calling the plays, leading to bigger running lanes for Todd Gurley and far more open receivers for Goff. He also added a unique wrinkle on Sunday against the Cardinals by utilizing Goff’s … speed?

Goff isn’t a fast player by any means, but he showed off his wheels against Arizona on this zone-read play that went for a 9-yard touchdown.

After the game, Goff said he’s been pleading for McVay to call that very play for a while now, and he finally got his wish at the end of the first half. Needless to say, Goff didn’t disappoint McVay by executing it to perfection, catching the defense by surprise.

“I’ve been begging him to call that for a long time now. For a few weeks, [I kept] going ‘Call it, call it, call it,’” Goff said with a laugh. “And so when it came in I was like, ‘Alright, here we go.’ Sure enough, the read was there and we blocked well downfield and I was able to punch it in.”

Goff was put in harm’s way a bit at the goal line when he took a shot from the Cardinals defenders. He said after the game that he’s fine and his hand is “just a little swollen,” but that’s not the type of contact you want to see your franchise quarterback taking in the midst of a breakout season.

It got the job done, of course, but don’t expect to see Goff rushing for many more touchdowns this season.

It was the second rushing score of his NFL career, and the last time he found the end zone on a read-option play, he was in college. Goff said he ran one in when he was a freshman at Cal, but he’s obviously not the most mobile quarterback, so his rushing abilities have been contained in the NFL.

“What did it look like? I don’t think it looked very athletic out there,” Goff said with a laugh. “I got up and didn’t really know what to do with the celebration, so I kinda threw it to the center there.”

Goff and the Rams will have an extra week to rest and recover from Sunday’s win as they enter their bye before coming back in Week 9 to take on the Giants on the road.