Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff is not simply hitting the mark this season. He is shattering it.
Goff leads the NFL in completion percentage (74.9%) via his first eight video games. If he maintains this tempo, he’ll break the report former New Orleans Saints QB and future Corridor of Famer Drew Brees set in 2018 (74.4% in 16 games).
“Nobody in NFL historical past has come near what Brees was doing late in his profession,” Professional Soccer Speak’s Michael David Smith wrote Thursday. “At the very least not till Goff this yr. Over his final six video games, Goff has accomplished 82.8% of his passes. Nobody else in NFL historical past has ever accomplished greater than 80% of his passes over any six-game stretch.”
In fact, Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson is not letting Goff take many photographs downfield, creating simpler throws. Per Pro Football Reference, he is averaging 6.5 air yards per try, tied for twenty ninth within the NFL.
Nevertheless, air yards do not matter a lot when a QB constantly strikes the ball.
“ESPN has a brand new metric referred to as precision move charge, which measures how typically QBs hit their receivers in stride and in vary of their torso,” wrote Bill Barnwell Thursday. “The league common since Week 3 is 53.6%. The second-placed metric is [Philadelphia’s] Jalen Hurts, at 62.9%. Goff is at 75.8%. That is an unreal degree of accuracy. He is hitting each pass-catcher within the fingers.”
Goff’s precision is a key cause the Lions offense is tough to cease. Detroit (7-1) ranks first within the league in factors scored (32.3) and seventh in yards (369.6).
As of Thursday, FanDuel Sportsbook provides Goff the fourth-best MVP odds (+800) behind Kansas Metropolis Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes, Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson and Buffalo Payments QB Josh Allen.
Even when he would not win the award, that does not take away from his accomplishments.
When the Los Angeles Rams traded Goff to Detroit in March 2021, his profession appeared at a crossroads. Now, the 2016 No. 1 decide is on the verge of breaking NFL data and will assist the Lions hoist their first Lombardi Trophy.
