LIONS QB JARED GOFF QUOTE SHEET

November 13, 2024

On Lions Head Coach Dan Campbell saying that he would like to see better offensive efficiency in the second half of the season and if he agrees with that: “Yeah, I think so, and I think the last three games are kind of indicative of that. I think the Tennessee game was somewhat of an outlier, but when we weren’t in the red zone, we weren’t really moving the ball down the field and then Green Bay, just conditions and whatnot, we weren’t able to be as explosive as we wanted to, and then obviously last week wasn’t as explosive as we wanted to. So, yeah, getting that back on track, I think he’s absolutely right and it starts this week for us.”

On how much heat the Jacksonville defense can bring with Jaguars DE Travon Walker: “Yeah, they’re good, they’re really good up front. They’ve got good players all over the place and I think they’re a very talented defense and are still putting things together. But we’ve got a lot for respect for those players over there. We practiced against them a year or so ago, and seeing them up close and in person, they’re a great team.”

On how he keeps the team motivated in games that could be considered trap games: “Yeah, we’ve got a mature group. There’s not much that needs to be said. We have our own standards that, regardless of who we’re playing, regardless of what their record is, we have our own things that we want to prove and improve on, and I think that’s the biggest battle right now, is to continue to improve and know we need to improve even though we’re able to win some of these close games.”

On his comments after the game on Sunday to Lions Head Coach Dan Campbell about being different and what makes the good teams he has been on different: “Yeah, every team’s different. I think my notion there was that the adversity we’re built for is different than every other team in the League, and I think I said it after the game, the team – it is, it truly is. There are a lot of good teams in our League, but you’d be hard pressed to find some who have been through what the core group of this team has been through, so in a game like that where you dig yourself in that big of a hole, knowing we’re built for that and built to come back in those instances.”

On what he likes about having Lions RB David Montgomery more involved in the passing game: “Yeah, he’s got great hands. I think both those guys can do that, we throw it to (Lions RB Jahmyr) Gibbs and him and I thought the screen he caught the other day was a great play. But yeah, early on in the year we were able to hit him on a couple checkdowns and he was able to make some plays happen, so any time we get the ball in either of those two guys’ hands, but certainly in David’s, it’s a good thing.”

On if he felt that nothing would stop the team other than themselves after the game at Houston: “Yeah, I think so, and that’s a really good team – Houston is. But yeah, I think we dug ourselves in about as big a hole as you can dig it and still have a chance to come back, and we knew when it was 10-point game or whatever it was, 13-point game, we had a chance, we knew that. We knew it was a two-score game and felt good, we never really wavered, and I never wavered, I never lost confidence, felt like I was seeing it well, but things didn’t go our way for some of the day, and then that fourth quarter we kind of figured things out.”

On if he learned anything about himself from his performance at Houston: “Those ones are hard, those ones make you a better quarterback, and I think back to the Chicago game last year, when things kind of aren’t going your way and finding a way to win in the fourth quarter, and yeah, I feel like I became a better player through that and mentally tougher and the whole thing.”

On if winning in the manner that they did at Houston can be beneficial: “Yeah, sure. I think it was a very adverse game, win or lose. But yeah, being able to learn lessons on the winning side of things is certainly a lot easier. But yeah, I think either way, there’s a million things that we can improve on, that I can improve on, that we’re going to have to improve on if we want to continue on the trend we’re on.”

On the team being able to improve on the fly: “I don’t know about that. We’ve got a lot of work to do and today it started. I thought we worked really hard today and were intentional and our walkthrough was great. Yeah, we are very intentional about not being fooled by being 8-1 and knowing that we’ve got a ton of things to improve on. And like I said, we have to.”

On fans chanting his name during a serious situation at a Detroit Pistons game: “I’ve got no idea what you’re talking about, sorry.”

On his relationship with University of Michigan QB Davis Warren: “Yeah, Davis is awesome, I met him years ago. Shoot, I might’ve been in high school, he was young, at the Elite 11, and then I met him again when he was in high school going through his stuff he went through in high school, and then I was out throwing with him years ago. We threw with the same trainer, and I was like, ‘That kid’s good. Who’s that?’ And they were like, ‘Actually, he missed a year because of leukemia and now he’s got to go to prep school.’ And I’m like, ‘Shoot, man, whoever gets him is lucky to have him.’ It’s fun. I’ve texted back and forth with him, it’s fun that we’re both in the same state now representing the teams we do. Yeah, I’m rooting for him, he’s a good kid and I root for him.”

On what the Jacksonville defense does that gives offenses challenges like they did in their last game: “Yeah, they had a great plan, they really did for Minnesota and were able to create those turnovers and play really sticky man coverage most of the day, and yeah, they did a good job. Like I said, they’ve got really good players over there.”