Do not expect the Lions to trade Jared Goff this offseason, or ever, it’s almost impossible
Jared Goff is playing really well. Why would anyone want to do this?
There are some things that you just can’t believe you have to write when you get into doing this type of job. But I should not be surprised.
At one point in time, there were Detroit Lions fans who wanted to bench Matthew Stafford in favor of now-Saints head coach Kellen Moore. Now we have stuff like this:
The Detroit Lions won’t trade Jared Goff. In a lot of ways, they couldn’t even if they wanted to
What are we doing here? Just to recap, Jared Goff is second in passing yards, second in touchdowns, fifth in completion percentage, third in passer rating, and second in lowest turnover rate in the NFL. Some Lions fans want to replace that with a guy who’s played a few good quarters for the Packers.
Look, it’s simple. You have to get over the small and dumb stuff. You’re wrong. Your team has one of the best quarterbacks in the league. They won’t trade him because he threw one bad interception after over a month of not throwing one. We’re talking about a guy who’s thrown seven interceptions this year. You’d think he’d thrown 20 the way some people talk about him. The Lions aren’t trading that.
The reality is that they just can’t for two reasons. The first, and most important, is that Goff has a no-trade clause in his contract, and he’s probably not waving it unless some bad breakup happens and he asks out. That’s not likely. The relationship between him and Lions head coach Dan Campbell is still very strong.
The second is that the economics of it are just insane for the Lions. If they were to trade Goff after the season, we’re talking about a $40 million-plus in dead cap. It would only open up a little over $25 million in cap space. It’s just not worth it. And again, he’s playing really well, so the point is moot.
The smarter move would be for the Lions to hang in there with him, restructure his deal in 2026, and open up a ton of cap space, and then use that to help rebuild his offensive line. He got stuck with a rough one this season, and he got sacked more than in any other season in his 10-year career.
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