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Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff fully accepts that head coach Dan Campbell won't let last year be forgotten.
The Lions slipped from being the top seed in the NFC for 2024 to finishing fourth place in the NFC North at 9-8 and missing the playoffs in 2025. Goff and company know the division won't get any easier in 2026, so using last year's pain as fuel only makes sense.
“I think that’ll be a part of it, but I can understand why there will be an emphasis on it,” Goff said during "The Brad Galli Show" on Monday. “Whenever you come in fourth place in your division, and get embarrassed in a lot of ways in some pretty big games, it’s not hard to find that motivation and that grit.”
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The losses mounted with one-score defeats against the Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, Los Angeles Rams, Pittsburgh Steelers, Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles. That all came after three convincing wins to open the season, which means the Lions had a 6-8 stretch to evaluate hard.
“You know, I think it’ll come pretty natural to us,” Goff said. “We’re used to putting a lot better product on the field than we did last year, and we intend to do that.”
Goff could easily do his part since, he has been on a tear in recent years, including 2025. He completed 68% of his passes for 4,564 yards and 34 touchdowns versus eight interceptions.
If Goff does more of that in 2026, the Lions have a shot to climb out of the NFC North cellar this year. The Lions will need him for that more than ever with running back David Montgomery gone and now running back Jahmyr Gibbs being away over contract talks.
Goff hasn't been expected to carry an offense himself in Detroit, but the game changes if both halves of the Sonic and Knuckles tandem are gone.
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