DETROIT -- The cold Michigan air sent a chill through Jared Goff.
It was March 2021, and the former Los Angeles Rams quarterback had just hopped off a flight from California. Days prior, the Rams and the Detroit Lions completed a trade that sent Goff to Detroit in exchange for longtime Lions QB Matthew Stafford. For historians, the swap marked the first time No. 1 overall draft picks (Goff in 2016, Stafford in 2009) had been traded for each other in the common draft era.
For Goff, the move represented a chance at redemption.