Jared Goff is getting some attention.
Last time, detroit lions The quarterback left the field after completing the NFL version of a complete game. Goff completed all 18 pass attempts in Detroit's Week 4 win. seattle seahawksset a new mark for passes without completions in one game. Goff broke the record held by Kurt Warner, who completed all 10 of his passes. arizona cardinals against houston texans Back in 2005.
Goff will play Sunday against the Cardinals, dating back to Detroit's Week 3 win over the Cardinals. dallas cowboys By completing 19 consecutive passes, he is now six away from the NFL record of 25.
More notable than Goff at the pinnacle of that feat may be the four quarterbacks who currently share that record: Marcus Mariota, Philip Rivers, Nick Foles and Ryan Tannehill.
Tannehill completed 25 consecutive passes in two consecutive games in 2015, and Mariota completed 25 consecutive passes in two consecutive games in 2018. Foles and Rivers completed 25 consecutive passes in a game during the 2018 season, Foles vs. Washington, and Rivers against the Cardinals that season.
But offensive coordinator Ben Johnson said Goff's easy throw to open Sunday's game against Dallas “wasn't even in my thought process.” reported detroit free press this week.
“No, I'm playing ball,” Johnson said.
But considering how Johnson describes his quarterback, that record may have come naturally.
“He knows exactly what we want,” Johnson said. “He knows what looks bad. He knows why each play is called and the Premier's take on that play, but he also knows what can cause us problems. I mean, just his general awareness of how to do things right now when I'm not timing things very well.”
