Veteran quarterback Jared Goff wasn’t supposed to play against the Atlanta Falcons Friday night in Detroit’s preseason opener. Head coach Dan Campbell had planned to give Goff the night off. But as soon as Goff found out the starters along the offensive line were playing, there was no keeping him out of the lineup.
“He came to my office and said, ‘I want to play,'” Campbell said after Friday’s 27-23 loss to Atlanta. “I said, ‘you’re not playing’ and he said, ‘if they are playing, I’m playing.’ So, I said, ‘ok, you’re playing.’
“I appreciate that about him. He went out there and ran that offense. I think it’s about trust. He trusts them (the offensive line), I trust him, and I trust that o-line, and I trust Ben (Johnson) is going to put them in the right situation.”
Goff only played a total of 10 snaps in Detroit’s preseason opener Friday, but he was able to navigate the starting offense 79 yards in those 10 plays, while completing 3-of-4 passes for 47 yards for a 113.5 passer rating. The starters got in the end zone on a 9-yard D’Andre Swift run. It was an efficient drive, something we’ve seen from Goff and this offense all camp. He’s been really sharp.
“Didn’t want those guys out there without me,” Goff said after the game about playing alongside the starters upfront.
Veteran left tackle Taylor Decker said when he heard what Goff did, it fired him up, along with center Frank Ragnow and the rest of the offensive line. That says a lot about the teammate and leader Goff has become in Detroit.
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