Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff did one thing within the Lions’ divisional-round victory towards the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that solely Tom Brady and Corridor of Famer Peyton Manning completed earlier than.
In accordance with John Breech of CBS Sports activities, the previous Los Angeles Rams star turned the third QB to put up 14 wins for a number of franchises.
He could make extra historical past if the Lions upset the 49ers in San Francisco within the NFC Championship Sport, turning into the fifth QB to steer a number of franchises to the Tremendous Bowl. The opposite QBs who did this are Brady, Manning, Kurt Warner and Craig Morton.
As of Monday, FanDuel lists the Lions as a seven-point underdog. Nonetheless, Goff claims the staff’s confidence stays excessive.
“I do not need to say this arrogantly, however we anticipated to win the primary recreation (within the wild-card spherical towards the Los Angeles Rams), we anticipated to win this recreation,” Goff mentioned postgame, through ESPN’s Eric Woodyard. “And now we get to go to a recreation we anticipated to be in towards a extremely good staff at their place — and we’ll come into it anticipating to win. It’s going to be a troublesome recreation, but it surely’ll be enjoyable.”
Goff may rise to the event once more. This postseason, he is second in passing yards (564), third in passer score (111.8) and tied for fourth in passing TDs (three). San Francisco is thirteenth within the league in passing yards allowed (213.1).
Regardless, the previous No. 1 general choose has salvaged his profession. In 2021, the Rams dealt Goff to Detroit, and he went 3-13-1. Now, he is on the verge of main the franchise to its first Tremendous Bowl look, capping off probably the greatest turnarounds in NFL historical past.
