LIONS QB JARED GOFF QUOTE SHEET
November 7, 2023
On if he prefers Gene Wilder’s or Johnny Depp’s version of Willy Wonka after dressing as him for Halloween: “Yeah, Gene Wilder and I was quite upset that (my fiancé) didn’t want to stay consistent with me, but it worked out good. It was fun.”
On if the bye week serves as an opportunity for players to self-scout like Lions Head Coach Dan Campbell mentioned it was for the coaches: “Yeah, you reflect on it. I think they kind of show us the facts and the reality of where we’re at, both good and bad. There’s a lot of good to be had, but there’s a lot of stuff that we can work on. And I think he pointed it out, the red zone, and we’ll just continue to take care of the ball better. That’s what you’re always trying to do and will continue to be points of emphasis.”
On what Lions Head Coach Dan Campbell’s goal of playing their best football in the month of December means: “Yeah, just keep on trending upwards. I think we’ve been doing that for most of the year and we had a little setback in Baltimore, but really been trending upwards and have been getting better. And hopefully still a lot of room to get better as the season goes on.”
On if there is still ‘meat on the bone’ for what the offense can do: “Yeah, I think so. I think there’s a lot of meat on the bone, both for offense and defense. I’m sure they’d say the same thing where we feel like maybe the Carolina game was a complete game, but other than that, I don’t know if we’ve really had one, and how do we get closer to that as the season comes to an end? And no reason to not start this week and try to put together a complete game this week as well.”
On if he ever looks at which upcoming opponents on the schedule are considered weaker: “No, we’re trying to beat the Chargers this week.”
On what stands out about the Chargers’ defense: “Yeah, good front, really good front. Good at every level, good front, good backers, good backend, really talented, fly around. Obviously, (Chargers OLB Khalil) Mack and (Chargers OLB Joey) Bosa are the guys you’ve got to be really worried about and what they can do in both the pass game and the run game. But yeah, all those guys are really good. (Chargers LB) Eric Kendricks is a hell of a player, (Chargers LB Kenneth) Murray (Jr.), (Chargers S) Derwin (James Jr.). I played a lot of those guys a handful of times and they’re great players.”
On his initial assessment of Lions WR Donovan Peoples-Jones: “Yeah, he looks great. He looks great. He’s doing a good job acclimating himself and excited to play with him.”
On what it means to have Lions C Frank Ragnow back: “Yeah, certainly just gives us that continuity that we’ve been used to with those guys throughout training camp and the majority of the season. And getting (Lions G) Jonah (Jackson) back after he’s been able to heal himself up, should be fresh and good to go, and same with Frank.”
On where the Chargers’ pass rush ranks against other units they have already faced: “Yeah, I don’t know, up there though. They’ve got two guys who can go, two guys who can get after the quarterback and their sacks numbers represent that.”
On if he did anything with Lions WR Donovan Peoples-Jones over the bye week to speed up his acclimation period: “No, I texted him and told him if he needs help, I’m here to help him, but I think he’s a smart guy. He’s picking it up. And yeah, we’ll move as quickly as he can pick it up, but yeah, he’s been handling it well.”
On if he needs to say anything to the team to keep them motivated or if they are still locked in after the bye week: “Yeah, we’re still really hungry and for a lot of reasons. I think one of them is we know we can play better, and we can finish games a little bit better and put together a complete game on every facet of the game. And as well as we haven’t done anything yet. Yeah, we’re 6-2 and feel good about it, but not even at the halfway point. We still have nine games left and have got to do a lot more, better stuff if we want to be playing late into the playoffs.”
On if there is a reason for their uncharacteristic red zone struggles: “Yeah, just simple execution and doing what we’re supposed to do. Yeah, I wish it was one thing that we could clean up and fix, it’s not. It’s just execution and we know what the answers are and being able to do things a little bit better.”
On if there are any special emotions going back to play in California this week: “No, I don’t think there will be emotions. No, it’ll be fun to play in front of a lot of my friends and family and have a lot of people going to this game, but no, it’ll be just a normal game. It’ll be cool to be back in that stadium.” | |
