Lions coach - Jared Goff 'better' QB than when he was with Rams - ESPN

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell delivered a bold claim during Tuesday's mandatory minicamp session, calling Jared Goff «a better quarterback» in Detroit «than he was there» in Los Angeles — despite leading the Rams to a Super Bowl appearance in 2018.

Campbell says he's witnessed maturity in Goff, now 28. as he enters Year 3 with the Lions. Goff officially landed in Detroit after being traded in January 2021, along with a slew of draft picks, in exchange for Matthew Stafford.

After ending 3-13-1 in 2021, Goff led the Lions to their first winning season since 2017 as the team finished 9-8, winning eight of their final 10 games.

«He hung in there and I think what you're seeing is a guy who just put his head down and worked on what he could, tried to improve on what he could, and now his confidence is really, it has grown, and along the way, he's matured as a quarterback,» Campbell said. «I mean, he's a better quarterback than he was there in my opinion because he can do more things. He's mentally on it.

»We've come light years ahead of where he was two years ago," he continued. «He's got a real good grasp of what we're doing, where the issues are, where the problems are and that's something that we really wanted him to get good at and he wanted to get good at and he's worked at it, and he's improved.»

Campbell described Goff's mindset going into this year as «comfortable» after settling in the past two seasons.

He's coming off a season where he set the franchise record for the highest touchdown-to-interception ratio (4.14) after passing for 4,438 yards with 29 touchdowns to just seven interceptions. At one point, Goff completed 324 consecutive passes without a pick, which is the fifth-longest streak in