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People get enamored with his ability to run. There's no doubt he can run circles around Goff. But at the end of the day, when you can combine rushing and passing, Goff was simply more productive and that wasn't because Jackson was injured. Goff on a per game basis averaged more yards and TDs and was a more accurate passer than Jackson.

Jared Goff was way more productive than Lamar Jackson but I guess it makes a difference whether you run fast or not.

I guess than the issue with Tua is they knock Goff for having a strong supporting cast so shouldn't Tua be knocked as well? What about Tua only being successful with McDaniels? Goff gets knocked for Ben Johnson after Goff was only suppose to be successful because of McVay. Geno Smith has never been this successful at any point in his career. He was a failed starter who turned journeyman QB and then at 32 just found it? Smith also started to decline the 2nd half last year. Carr gets run out of Vegas after struggling with alleged offensive guru Josh McDaniel the same way Goff got ran out of LA.

They had Kirk Cousins 9th, Tua 11th, Carr 14th and Smith 15th. I would say Goff is ahead of those. I would also debate Goff over Stafford who was 12th given Stafford's age, injuries and his severe decline last year but I can see Stafford bouncing back. They also have Watson 13th. That one is more of a question as to whether will regain his former form.

Stafford is now 35 and an old 35 at that. He did not look good at all last year when healthy. It's funny PFF didn't think highly of Stafford until he went to the Rams. PFF in 2019 had Goff ranked 1st in the NFL in big time throws and now he's just a game manager. These analysis seem to change wildly.

"In the 10 seasons in which Stafford has logged at least 300 dropbacks, only three times has he ranked within the top 10 quarterbacks in PFF passing grade. He's never ranked higher than sixth. More often than not, Stafford has been solidly in the QB8-QB16 range, whether looking at grades or efficiency as measured by expected points added (EPA) per play." Cole: Buyer Beware for teams banking on extraordinary quarterback play from Matthew Stafford | NFL News, Rankings and Statistics | PFF Now they have Stafford ahead of Goff despite Stafford having one of the worst years of his career. I can't help but think if Stafford was still a Lion and Goff had this season on the Rams they wouldn't be reversed in rankings.

"The most notable nugget of Dan Campbell’s morning news conference came when discussing Goff. This is a quarterback who made two Pro Bowls and took the Rams to a Super Bowl before joining the Lions. And yet, Campbell said he believes Goff is even better now. “We ask him to do a lot more, in my opinion, than what they were actually doing out there,” Campbell said. “They had a lot of pretty good pieces out there as well, as we know. Damn good defense, all of those things. But I just feel like — I know from speaking with him and then watching him really over the last two years … we put a lot of things on him where I am not so sure that was ultimately what they were doing.” Don’t read that as a slight. It wasn’t. Campbell genuinely believes Goff has matured as a QB, leading to strong play while carrying more on his plate. Goff agrees. “I think as you get older and get more mature in the league that happens, and I’d certainly say so,” Goff said Tuesday. “I think I said that a handful of times last year, that I thought I was playing the best football of my career and plan on continuing to do that.” When Goff was traded, the narrative out of L.A. was that Sean McVay’s offense got the most out of Goff, and the limitations in his game forced the team to move on to Matthew Stafford. But now that Goff has had a Pro Bowl season with a new franchise, while having more of a say in the offense, taking better care of the football and taking on more of a leadership role, that narrative might need to be put to rest. Viewed as a stopgap by fans when he initially arrived in Detroit, Goff now has the respect of the locker room and quarterbacked a top-five scoring offense last season. Campbell noted Goff’s strong grasp of the offense, the protections, where the issues are, how to check into better looks — all the things that come with time as a QB. General manager Brad Holmes said there have been internal dialogues about a contract extension. The Lions simply feel he’s on top of his game. “I think he has settled in with us,” Campbell said. “He has gotten very comfortable with what we want to do. … Everybody knows what he came from and that wasn’t the easiest thing. … He hung in there, and I think what you are seeing is a guy who just put his head down and went back to work and worked on what he could, tried to improve on what he could, and now his confidence has really grown, and along the way he has matured as a quarterback.” https://theathletic.com/4586957/2023/06/06/lions-minicamp-observations-jared-goff?source=user-shared-article Campbell's comments had nothing to do with OTA and never mentioned what shape Goff was in. This was an observation made over two years with the team and his play on the field bears that out as well.

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Yeah the tweets posted literally said none of that.

Looks like Meadows rolled on fatty.

Campbell is more candid than other coaches and he mentioned specifics in where he things Goff is better.

They were woke guns.

I would pay $10 to any coach who went to the podium with a picture of Patricia in clown makeup on their shirt.

The Texans have literally nothing on his wish list.