The Detroit Lions made a significant move on Wednesday, restructuring Jared Goff’s contract in a move that clears up $15 million in cap space in the immediate, but pushes that cap hit across the next three years evenly. While it may represent a longer investment in Goff—a quarterback with a lot of accomplishments, but also someone who has gone through some serious struggles in the past two seasons—it also could have been a necessary move.
Regardless of your thoughts on the move, there were a lot of opinions and takes out there that may have been a little misguided.