Jared Goff Clarifies Comments on Detroit Media Negativity, Focuses on Future Success

Jared Goff clarified his comments from earlier this month about the Detroit media being too negative.

DETROIT — The quarterback of the Detroit Lions, Jared Goffclarified on Tuesday his comments from earlier this month about the Detroit media being too negative.

Jared Goff (photo) clarified his comments from earlier this month about the Detroit media being too negative. Cooper Neill/Getty Images

“There’s been a lot of positivity. It may have gone a bit awry, as things do. I was speaking in reference to the question I was asked at that press conference.“Goff told ESPN. “I was answering that question. I wasn’t saying there’s no positive news, I really don’t know, but it’s been positive for me. I was saying that I think sometimes some people enjoy the negative. news and I don’t think it’s necessarily specific to Detroit.

“I was talking about our local guys, but I think that’s the way of the world,” he added. “I don’t want to be really great right now, but it wasn’t necessarily specific to Detroit, it was the world media, the sports media, certainly the NFL media and the rollercoaster that is and what sells clicks. But, yeah, maybe I should have been a little more specific with that.”

Goff made his comments after presenting a $50,000 check to local nonprofit Give Merit’s FATE program to help increase the high school graduation rate.

Earlier this month, Goff expressed on Willbo’s “Trading Cards” podcast that the Detroit media can almost “enjoy the negativity” sometimes due to the franchise’s lack of success over the years. He was referring to a viral question posed by a member of the Detroit media before the NFC title game, where addressed the perceived talent gap between the Lions and the San Francisco 49ers.

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Seven Lions players named to Pro Bowl for the 2023 season, which was the most since 1964, while offensive tackle Penei Sewell and wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown also received AP All-Pro honors of the first team.

“I’m like, I probably need to leave here real soon because I hope to be in Detroit for a long time, but I have this issue with our local media where sometimes they almost like to bask in the negativity“Goff said on the podcast. “And maybe that’s what generates clicks and what sells, but it’s no longer what they need to live.

“Hey guys, we have a good team. We’ve had success. We can be happy about that, we can celebrate it and not have to write about how we’re constantly the underdogs,” he said. “No, the teams are going to be targeting us now. We won the division and all that. “I’m probably overthinking it in my head and it’s the chip on my shoulder and the competitor in me.”.

After helping the Lions reach their first NFC Championship Game since 1991, Goff hopes the media covering the team can now stop focusing on those past failures. ​​and embrace the new era of the franchise.

Goff helped the Lions win two playoff games in a single postseason for the first time since 1957while winning their first division title in more than three decades, but no one is satisfied.

During Tuesday’s event, which took place two days before Detroit prepares to host its first NFL draft, Goff also gifted a pair of Lions superfans with a special watch and recognition from Jared Jewelry for his loyalty, while surprising Elton Moore, the team’s longtime director of security, who is retiring in May, with a “retirement” gift.

Goff became emotional as he was brought on stage after developing a close bond with Moore following his trade from the Los Angeles Rams for Matthew Stafford in 2021.

The former number one pick has been able to make his way in Detroit gaining and developing close bonds with guys like Moore. While Goff enters the final year of his contract, has expressed interest in remaining in Detroit and hopes to accept a contract extension. But until that happens, his attention remains focused on what she can control.

“I’ve been doing it for nine years and I’m used to it. Obviously I appreciate the support from my teammates, but it’s been easy,” Goff said of blocking out the noise related to his potential contract extension. “Just focus on what matters and try to get better and try to help our team win games, advance further than last year and hopefully be the last team standing at the end. That’s all I’m thinking about “.

“We have a lot of work to do,” Goff told ESPN. “Expectations are high, but internally, our standards are rising and our expectations are rising, and we have goals and things we want to do. “It’s not like we’re going to show up and start winning again.”

2024-04-23 22:11:08
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