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MANCHESTER, England -- With a third straight win in qualifying, defending champion Germany is enjoying a comfortable ride on the road to the 2018 World Cup in Russia.Things just got a bit tougher for England, though.While Englands winning start to Group F ended with a poor display in a 0-0 draw at Slovenia on Tuesday, Germany maintained its 100 percent record after three rounds by beating Northern Ireland 2-0. Only three other teams -- Belgium, Greece and Switzerland -- have opened European qualifying with three successive victories.Goals in the first 17 minutes from Julian Draxler and Sami Khedira gave Germany a commanding lead that was never really threatened in Hannover. Joachim Loew tied Sepp Herbergers record of 94 wins as Germany coach and it couldnt be going much better for the world champions settled team: Three wins from three games, eight goals scored and none conceded.England also leads its group but the displays are hardly encouraging for its fans. Three days after a tedious 2-0 win over Malta, England required a brilliant performance from goalkeeper Joe Hart to earn a point in Ljubljana.One of Harts saves was sensational, when he tipped Jasmin Kurtics header onto the bar off a corner and then clawed the loose ball away from the line in his next movement. Hart also denied Slovenia in two one-on-one chances, gifted by slack England back-passes.Englands national team is in a state of flux, just a few months after an embarrassing last-16 loss to Iceland in the European Championship. Gareth Southgate is in interim charge after Sam Allardyce left as coach last month -- after just 67 days in the job -- following a newspaper sting, and captain Wayne Rooney was dropped against Slovenia because of poor form.Englands young team is still the favorite to qualify from Group F and has a two-point lead after three games.Heres a look at the rest of the action on the final night of qualifiers in this latest period of internationals:---GROUP CThe only team close to Germany is Azerbaijan, which settled for a 0-0 draw against the Czech Republic in Ostrava after opening with two wins.In the other match, Norway defeated San Marino 4-1 in Oslo for its first points in qualifying. There was still time for celebrations for the 201st-ranked visitors, who scored their first away goal in World Cup qualifying since 2001 when Mattia Stefanelli equalized nine minutes into the second half.Norway scored three goals in the final 13 minutes, through Adama Diomande, Martin Samuelsen and Joshua King.---GROUP ERobert Lewandowski struck five minutes into stoppage time to earn Poland a 2-1 victory over 10-man Armenia and keep the team on pace with Montenegro at the top of the group.It was the eighth consecutive qualifier that Lewandowski has scored in, with his latest goal coming three days after a hat trick in a 3-2 win over Denmark.Armenia lost Gael Andonian in the 30th minute after two yellow cards in two minutes. Hrayr Mkoyan netted an own goal to put Poland 1-0 up in the 48th minute before Marcos Pinheiro equalized in the 50th.Montenegro beat Denmark 1-0 away thanks to Fatos Becirajs 32nd-minute goal and is well-placed to challenge Poland and qualify for the World Cup for the first time. Both Poland and Montenegro have seven points from three games.Romania was held 0-0 by Kazakhstan in the other game.---GROUP FSlovenia stayed two points behind England after three games and was joined on five points by Lithuania, which beat Malta 2-0 for its first win in the group.Fiodor Cernych and Arvydas Novikovas, from the penalty spot, scored in the final 14 minutes to leave Malta without a point so far.In the other game, Robert Mak scored two goals and set up the third for Adam Nemec as Slovakia beat Scotland 3-0 to earn its first points in qualifying. 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While Goff and Wentz will forever be linked due to their proximity at the top of the draft, their 2016 situations are anything but apples to apples.Heres a key difference: The Minnesota Vikings didnt offer the Rams a first-round pick for their starting quarterback a week before the season. The Vikings?did do that for the Eagles, which sent Sam Bradford to the upper Midwest and elevated Wentz to the starters role.While the Eagles werent preparing Wentz to start Week 1 until that deal went down eight days before their opener, the fact remains that they did manage to sufficiently prepare him to start -- and play very well -- in September.To hear the Eagles tell it, it wasnt that tough.(Coach Doug Pedersons) system, 80-85 percent of it is just what it takes to play quarterback in the NFL. It would be the same no matter who was in there, said Eagles offensive coordinator Frank Reich after the teams Week 3 victory over Pittsburgh. That other 15-25 percent is the little nuances Doug put in there that work to Carsons strengths. Sam is a pure pocket passer. Youre not going to do as much play-action stuff, as much movement-based stuff with Sam. So when Carson went in there, we added some stuff based around what he does well and what hes comfortable with, but basically the offense stayed the same.At the time of the Bradford trade, people in the Eagles building were saying Wentz was mentally ready for the job, due to the time hed been putting in at the facility since May. They didnt know how that preparation would translate onto the field once the games counted for real, but they believed he was in a position to succeed.Its not too big for him, its not too fast for him, because his mind can process all of it, Reich said.Rams people say the same behind the scenes about Goff. Physically, sources say, they believe he could play now and compete. But theyre reluctant to put him into a game in a situation in which?he might not have success, and its fair to say he has had more to learn than Wentz.First of all, the system in which Goff played his college ball at Cal was not as close to a pro-style system as the one Wentz ran at North Dakota State. And?the circumstances of the Rams 2016 offense are more complex than the ones in which Wentz landed 3,000 miles farther East.Im happy for young quarterbacks when they have success, but we have our own sense of timing here with him, Rams coach Jeff Fisher said in a news conference last week. The quarterbacks are having success because of injuries. As I mentioned last weeek, had we not had the injuries that we did in the league, probably all four of those quarterbacks either would be inactive or backups.ddddddddddddhis offseason, the Rams hired Mike Groh and gave him the title of passing game coordinator. They retained their offensive coordinator, Rob Boras. They also hired Chris Weinke as their new quarterbacks coach. The result of that coaching cocktail is not only a lot of voices in the room and in Goffs head but also a complicated mixture of an offense thats trying to blend what the Rams were doing under Fisher with some of the principles Groh learned while working under Adam Gase in Chicago the past couple of years.A big portion of the passing game this year was different, Rams starting quarterback Case Keenum said in a phone interview Wednesday. Our protections are definitely a little bit different, and combining them with the concepts has been a challenge. Knowing whos hot on a particular play, when theyre hot, the dropback game. ... Theres been a lot of change, and its a lot to process. But I think its working pretty good.Keenum takes responsibility for some of the offensive issues, saying, Ive missed a few throws with some guys running open. The Rams are 30th in the league in passing yards per game and last in completion percentage. Only three teams have fewer touchdown passes than the Rams four.They are 3-1, however, thanks in large part to a defense that has taken away the ball nine times and is holding opponents under 20 points per game. Keenum and the offense have largely protected the ball well, and theyve done enough in spite of the growing pains.So add up the surprisingly strong win/loss start and the fact that this offense is still putting itself together, and you can see why the Rams dont feel any rush to get Goff in there. Its entirely possible hes as ready as Wentz is. But the Bradford trade gave the Eagles a reason to elevate Wentz, and the complexities of the Rams under-construction offense give L.A. reason to worry about Goff having too much on his plate if he does play.Wentzs coaches in Philadelphia are all quarterbacks -- Pederson the head coach, Reich the coordinator and quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo. Wentz is surrounded by people who speak his language, know what hes going through and communicate simply and on his level.Groh and Weinke were quarterbacks, but neither had ever coached quarterbacks in the NFL until this season. Boras is a former offensive lineman, and Fishers background is on defense.That doesnt mean what the Eagles are doing is right or what the Rams are doing is wrong. What it tells you is that the situations in which Wentz and Goff find themselves at the outset of their careers are very different. Its easy to look at what has gone on so far -- Wentz lighting up the league, while Goff rides the bench -- and say they may have been picked in the wrong order, but its important to remember theres a long way to go. A month does not make a career (or two careers). ' ' '