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Carmen Vitali
NFL Reporter
It’s time we have a conversation, kids.
The MVP conversation — in which Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff belongs firmly.
It’s only eight weeks into the season, so I’m not making declarations he will win it just yet — especially when Lamar Jackson is telling everyone else to hold his beer week-in and week-out.
But Goff has come such a long way from his days as the Los Angeles Rams’ No. 1 overall pick, which is saying a lot. Offensive coordinator Ben Johnson has unlocked something in Goff that has him not only playing the best ball of his career, but the best ball of pretty much anyone in the league right now.
In the Lions’ past four games (all wins), Detroit has scored more touchdowns than Goff has incompletions. He has an 84% completion rate in that span, which is the highest of any qualified quarterback and there’s more.
Not only is he incredibly accurate, he’s not doing it on checkdowns and short passes. He leads the league in yards per attempt average at 11.7 over the last four games. He has an average passer rating of 142.6 in that span.
Since the 1970 merger, he’s now joined Aaron Rodgers (2011), Kurt Warner (1999) and Roger Staubach (1971) as the only players to record a passer rating of 140 or higher in three consecutive games. Rodgers and Warner won MVP in those seasons.
It’s an incredible amount of production that has Goff’s stat line of 128 of 174 for 1,610 yards, 10 touchdowns and four interceptions on the season.
Perhaps Goff’s most impressive feat came last Sunday, when Goff and his OC Johnson dismantled Brian Flores’ defense in Minnesota. Goff started with 15-straight completions, two weeks after going a perfect 18-for-18 in their revenge game over the Seattle Seahawks.
“We put a ton on his plate this week,” Lions head coach Dan Campbell said on Monday of Goff. “We put a ton mentally. We asked him to do so much, particularly on third down, because this is such a unique…
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