Lions' Jared Goff has no regrets over 4th-down mishaps in NFC title game: 'That’s who we are'

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With each day that passes since the NFC Championship Game loss to the San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff knows the sting will hurt less and less. 

It was a crushing defeat, one that saw Detroit own a 24-7 lead heading into the second half, but ended up falling to San Fran, 34-31, to fall just short of a Super Bowl LVIII appearance. 

"I think the further you get away from it, the easier it is to sleep at night and deal with those thoughts and what not," Goff told Fox News Digital while discussing his partnership with Jared Jewelry. "But, yeah, I think right after the game there’s always those plays you want back. You always want a few throws back, always want a few plays back. But that’s every game, and you deal with that win or lose. Typically, when you lose, those thoughts happen a bit more. 

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Jared Goff, #16 of the Detroit Lions, drops back to pass against the San Francisco 49ers during the first half of the NFC Championship football game at Levi's Stadium on January 28, 2024, in Santa Clara, California. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

"I think it just didn’t go our way that night. We played well in the first half and not so well in the second half, and they did. They earned it, they’re a great team. We just didn’t finish off the game, unfortunately, and sometimes it goes like that."

The plays fans and analysts kept coming back to when discussing the NFC title game were the calls by head coach Dan Campbell to go for it on multiple fourth downs in the second half, which ultimately led to turnover on downs and 49ers points.

Campbell's Lions went for it 34% of the