Allen Park — When the Detroit Lions traded for quarterback Jared Goff last year, general manager Brad Holmes and coach Dan Campbell figuratively handed the veteran quarterback the keys.
The brass wanted to instill a sense of ownership from the jump, but owning a house doesn't immediately make it home. That takes time, familiarity and the right people to ease the transition from one to the other.
And while Holmes and Campbell have said and done all the right things to express the franchise's faith in the two-time Pro Bowl quarterback, it's been rookie offensive coordinator Ben Johnson who has truly been able to harness Goff's sense of ownership entering his second season with the Lions.