Jared Goff's Career Arc and Impact on Detroit Lions

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00:00Here's the reality on Jared Goff.

00:02His rookie season, he looked like he might be the worst player

00:04to ever be selected first overall in the history of football.

00:08That's how it looked.

00:09Then Sean McVay showed up, and you go, okay, McVay's great,

00:13but also Goff did have pedigree, so maybe give Goff some credit.

00:16And then we rewrite history,

00:18because I watched Jared Goff get ranked in front of Jalen Hurts

00:20somehow on these lists, because L.A. moved on from Goff

00:24because they didn't think they could win at a high level with him.

00:26We pretend like that didn't happen.

00:27And he's now played four seasons in Detroit.

00:32And it's very easy to figure out which one he played without Ben Johnson

00:36because it is easily the second worst season of his career.

00:4037 touchdowns, 12 picks, 4,600 yards,

00:43and completing 72.5% of his passes.

00:46That's how he ended his time with Ben Johnson.

00:50Before Ben Johnson got there, 3,200 yards,

00:5419 touchdowns to eight interceptions,

00:56completing 67% of his passes.

00:58His QBR, his passer rating,

01:00all as bad as they could have possibly been.

01:04I just, I don't think I'm willing to bet on Jared Goff.

01:08And if you want to bet on the Lions,

01:11so I've made a list, Lacey,

01:13of teams I'm considering as my Super Bowl pick,

01:15and Detroit's on it.

01:16Okay.

01:17But they're also the first team I can tell you

01:18I'm going to cross off that list

01:20because I can't bet on Jared Goff.

01:21Well, I'm with you in the sense of

01:24I just don't believe the OC and DC

01:26are going to live up to that expectation,

01:27and Jared Goff is turnover prone at times

01:30when he struggles.

01:31Go back to that game against Houston.

01:33They win that game, right?

01:34But he throws five interceptions

01:35against a very good defense.

01:38Coordinators can elevate a quarterback

01:39to a different level.

01:40And I'll make a similar assessment.

01:44Cincinnati, when they made it to the Super Bowl

01:46a few years ago, right?

01:47Losing organization, right?

01:49That makes it to the pinnacle.

01:50They don't win it, but then they get back

01:52the following year to the AFC Championship,

01:55don't win it, and look at where they're at now.

01:57Now, granted, injuries played a part in that,

02:00but still, that's another example

02:02of a losing organization

02:04that made it to the pinnacle,

02:05couldn't win a Super Bowl,

02:07and now they regressed to a point

02:09where we're hoping they could bounce back

02:11to where they were just a few years ago.

02:13When you look at Dan Campbell

02:14and you look at Detroit,

02:15it's like they had their window.

02:17That's the way I believe it.

02:18You got as much out of Jared Goff

02:21and that passing attack

02:22as you possibly could with Ben Johnson,

02:24and you couldn't get to a Super Bowl,

02:27and now you're expected to get back there again

02:29with a new OC, and that's where I say no.

02:31I think what's interesting, too, for Detroit

02:33is how this season begins, Joe.

02:36If you take a look at those first six games,

02:38four of them are on the road.

02:40Green Bay, Baltimore, Cincinnati, and KC.

02:43The gauntlet.

02:44I mean, to go through all of these changes

02:47while playing a very, very difficult schedule,

02:50it's not going to make life easy.

02:53Now, some of it could also come down

02:55to how you feel about the rest of the North, right?

02:57The thing is, it's a division that it's not hard

03:00for anyone to find a different team.

03:03You might not find the same team.

03:04Maybe you like Green Bay.

03:05Maybe I like Chicago.

03:06Maybe another person likes Minnesota,

03:08but you won't be hard-pressed to find a different team

03:13to like other than Detroit.

03:14That's when it's very difficult to play

03:16in a deep division like they're in.

03:18And that's why I think the 10.5 is right there.

03:20I think whoever wins it is going to be 10-7 overall.

03:23I think it's going to go back to the days,

03:24like we said, black and blue division.

03:26I think it's going to be 10-7 overall.

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