Jared Goff has been one of the best quarterbacks in football for multiple seasons now, the Lions are 9-1 and Super Bowl favorites, and the national media still won’t give him his respect. Detroit’s done waiting for permission.
Jared Goff is putting up historic numbers and sitting top-three in the MVP race, yet somehow every bit of praise comes with an asterisk. The Lions quarterback can’t catch a clean compliment even when he’s playing some of the best football of his career.
If the Lions were undefeated right now, Jared Goff would be the consensus MVP favorite. Nothing about his play would change — just the narrative around him.