Goff Dishes on a Variety of Subjects
By Roy J. Akers-www.skyviewsports.net
Jared Goff is receiving many NFL accolades from pundits, scouts and league personnel and he should. After less than a week of the Lions training cap, Detroit’s Jared Goff has a new contract that pays him wheel barrows of money and respect he did not earn in LA. How good was Goff’s 2023 season? Matthew Stafford still has four of the top five seasons in Lions history. Goff had one heck of a campaign where the team made the NFC Championship game for the second time ever.
Goff talks to the press including Sky View Sports
On if he has noticed an increase in energy from the defense: “Yeah, for sure. Certainly, it’s a new personnel over there, but yeah, they’ve brought the energy and they’ve done a good job of getting where they need to be and doing their thing. It’s still early, and they’re still learning, as are we on offense but yeah, it’s been fun to see and fun to compete against and I think (Lions Defensive Coordinator Aaron Glenn) AG’s doing a great job.”
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Training Camp: Goff on the Depth Chart for WR’s
On what he is seeing from the receivers on the bottom of the depth chart: “Yeah, there’s a space open there. You know, we lose (Broncos WR) Josh (Reynolds) in free agency and there’s some catches to be had, so there’s someone that’s going to step up that’s going to continue to make plays, and I think they’re all battling right now, doing a good job, and I’m enjoying watching them compete.”
Training Camp: Being on the Same Page as Ben Johnson
On how he would explain what ‘starting at 401’ means from a quarterback’s perspective: “Yeah, no doubt. I think like today, we’re talking about what we want to do in a two-minute drill, and me and (Lions Offensive Coordinator) Ben (Johnson) are pretty deep into the playbook as far as what we want to run, and our offense is – the players are able to make those adjustments really quickly without having to install it necessarily, having the meeting time, so yeah, we’re able to kind of do some stuff on the fly on the field, and it allows the speed of learning to go a little faster.”
On the potential of this offense: “Yeah, there’s a ton of potential. There always is. We’ve got a lot of good players, good coaches, great offensive line, obviously, and great skill players. So, a ton of potential. We know the sky is the limit and we’re excited.”
On if he feels like he is entering his prime coming into training camp: “Yeah, I think I may have said that a year or two ago. I feel like I was entering my prime and hopefully am smack dab in the middle of it now, but yeah, I feel good and feel confident in the guys around me, and they feel confident in me and it’s a good place to be.”
On what it is like to enter training camp knowing it is about this year’s team and not the franchise’s past: “It feels good. We don’t have to answer those questions anymore about trying to snap any streaks or anything like that, so it does feel good, but we’ve got bigger goals, and we are excited to try to obtain those.”
On Lions Offensive Coordinator Ben Johnson always evolving as a coach and if they are already working out wrinkles: “Oh yeah, back in the spring, there’s a ton of stuff that we even did last year that we can tweak and get better at, but yeah some new stuff certainly in the spring and into training camp, stuff that we will play around with and see if it works, and probably use a lot of it.”
Training Camp: Big Year for Jameson and What Goff Sees Early
On what Lions WR Jameson Williams can bring to the game now that he can take more snaps: “Well he’s a guy that can score in one play and you’ve seen it quite a bit in his career. He gets the ball, he scores quite a bit, but yeah, he just continues to get better. It’s exciting. His consistency has raised a ton, and he knows what time it is for himself and our team, has come to work really well, and he’s done a good job.”
On if it is fun to have Lions WR Jameson Williams’s style of football in the offense and what it does for the offense: “Of course, yeah. It becomes more explosive. If he can obviously stay healthy like he has been and be on the field for us the way he has early in camp, it’s a whole new explosion of our offense, and he’s fun to throw to.”
Other Offensive Observations by Goff
On what Lions RB Jahmyr Gibbs’s ceiling is like as a pass catcher: “He’s kind of a ton better at that too, you can see he’s been working on it. He really has. His hands and his route running has improved pretty significantly, and I know we plan to use him in a lot of ways.”
On if the secondary feels and looks different from the last few days: “Yeah, for sure. I think the new personnel, the new energy, I think they all are different in a lot of ways than a lot of the guys we had last year and want to prove that. So, they’ve done a good job up to this point. It’s only been three days, but it’s been fun to compete against.”
On the emphasis of operating at a new tempo with this offense: “Yeah, that’s always the emphasis, I think especially early on in camp. You want to get in and out of the huddle, you want to get through your checks quickly because once the game comes around, you don’t want to be getting delay of games and moving slowly, so you try to push that now and really get ahead of that and stay on top of it and I thought we’ve done a good job. We’ve had some lulls in the last three days of our tempo, but it’s my job to make sure there aren’t any.”
On what his impressions are of Lions QB Hendon Hooker: “Yeah, he’s done a good job, man. He really has. He continues to get better and he’s a lot of fun to have in the room.”
On how it helps to have contract extensions done before training camp to start the season in stride: “Yeah, it certainly does. Not having any of those distractions or narratives going on, I guess, certainly helps me to focus on what matters, and yeah, it’s been good.”
On who has the most swag on the offense: “Oh man, I’m going to get in trouble. Probably (Lions C) Frank (Ragnow). Frank or (Lions OL) Graham (Glasgow). Yeah, those guys bring it every day. Yeah, the camo, the Birkenstocks, they do a good job.”
On if he can see himself being as comfortable with Lions WR Jameson Williams on a deep ball as he is with Lions WR Amon-Ra St. Brown: “Of course, oh yeah. It’s just reps, I’ve been saying that since he got here. It’s just reps, just amount of time and a matter of time. He and I continue to get on the same page and continue to work towards that, and like I said early on in camp, he’s done a great job, and we just keep on growing and improving.”
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Roy J. Akers is a multi-media reporter and covers several sports for www.skyviewsports.net