Pride of Detroit
Here are the five biggest Detroit Lions takeaways from Jared Goff’s appearance in Netflix’s ‘Quarterback’ season two.
Netflix dropped season two of “Quarterback” this week, so we binged it as quickly as possible to give you the biggest takeaways from the Detroit Lions and Jared Goff’s 2024 season.
Here are five things I learned from the seven episodes of the docuseries.
When Goff was traded from the Rams to the Lions in 2021, it was widely reported that the quarterback was relatively blindsided by the move. The line of communication wasn’t great between Goff and coach Sean McVay, and it’s clear that impacted Goff. Since then, McVay has admitted he regrets how he approached it, and Goff has basically said he’s moved on.
But when the topic came up again on “Quarterback,” it was clear Goff is still not really happy with how that all went down.
“I think for me, ultimately, it was the fact that there was not a conversation had and there wasn’t like a, ‘Hey, we’re thinking of moving on’ type of thing. There was nothing,” Goff said. “You wish that it wasn’t such a blindside, and you wish that there was some sort of maturity, I guess, to have that conversation and to be able to let me know what’s going on and how things went down and why this is happening.”
Calling out the lack of maturity of McVay? Yeah, he’s still a bit salty about it (and understandably so).
There’s a great moment caught during the Lions’ epic comeback victory over the Houston Texans.
Goff is in the midst of a terrible game in which he threw five interceptions, but down 23-7 in the third quarter, he wasn’t giving up. Cameras caught him in the huddle saying to no one in particular that he wanted the play “wasp.” Mind you, there is no microphone in his helmet. Ben Johnson can’t hear him. But, sure enough, the Lions' offensive coordinator thought it was the right time for that play, too, and called it in. It was a double-move route to Sam LaPorta, and it resulted in a huge gain that sparked Detroit’s comeback:
“Ben and I do see things a lot similarly,” Goff said. “I kind of have an idea of what’s coming next. Sure enough, he sent it in. He can’t hear me, but I’m trying to speak it into existence, and when your play caller’s good and you and your play caller are on the same page, typically good things happen.”
Not only does this speak to the good chemistry Goff had with Johnson, but it also illustrates how strong Goff’s “feel” for the offense itself is. Hopefully, that carries over with new offensive coordinator John Morton.
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