Breaking: Jared Goff Silences Critics, Campbell’s Praise Speaks…
The Detroit Lions pulled off one of the most improbable wins you will ever see in the Week 10 game against the Houston Texans, and it was improbable because they had to overcome a terrible performance from quarterback Jared Goff.
Goff tossed a whopping five interceptions over the first three quarters, including three in the first half and two in the third quarter. The Lions won anyway, making them just the second team since 2012 to snatch a victory when a quarterback threw five or more picks. Adding to that, teams were just 9-141-2 in the Super Bowl era when a signal-caller has thrown five or more interceptions in a game.
Lions head coach Dan Campbell was a guest on “Costa & Jansen with Heather” on 97.1 The Ticket on Tuesday and no doubt had a glass half full view of Goff’s performance, with Campbell saying Goff didn’t “play a bad game.”
“He’s doing exactly what we’re asking him to do, so I’m not worried at all,” Campbell said. “I thought he played pretty good.”
Goff had an equally rosy outlook on his Week 10 showing.
“I honestly didn’t feel like I was playing all that bad, and I was seeing things well,” Goff said. “I was throwing it well. I had some unfortunate things there early, but I’ve been through a whole lot worse than that. I’ve been to the bottom. Mentally I’ve been to the bottom. Some unlucky plays isn’t going to throw me off my game.”
The bright spot for Goff was that he didn’t fold and was able to make the plays the Lions needed him to late in order to pull out the win over Houston.
While absolutely nobody should be hitting the panic button on Goff after one game, we would still call it a bad game. Nevertheless, you have to love Campbell standing behind his guy, even in the face of a historically poor performance.
Goff will be in a great bounce-back spot in Week 11, as the Lions will host the lowly Jacksonville Jaguars at Ford Field on Sunday.
