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How Jared Goff, Kevin Hogan and other Bay Area rookies are faring

The gap is closing, but Jared Goff is looking up at Case Keenum on the Rams' first depth chart.

The No. 1 overall draft selection out of Cal could potentially launch into the starting quarterback role, as every top-pick quarterback has done since Jamarcus Russell with the Raiders in 2007. Two weeks into training camp, though, Goff is tabbed as the backup."I've said this since we orchestrated the trade and on draft day and beyond: He's going to play when he's ready to start," Rams coach Jeff Fisher told USA Today after Monday's practice. "And I really don't know when that is.