Without a doubt, 2021 was the most challenging for Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff. After Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay had more-or-less given up on Goff and LA was knocked from the postseason, Goff was traded away as soon as possible. He went from Pro Bowl, Super Bowl quarterback to throw-in for a franchise quarterback trade—where he wasn’t the franchise quarterback.
Then he landed in Detroit, a city that was ready for a fresh start, but highly skeptical that Goff was anything more than a bridge to an eventual rookie quarterback to lead the franchise into the future.