Rightfully, Jared Goff Ranked Higher Than Lamar Jackson: Here's Why
Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff is rightfully ranked higher in the annual NFL Top 100 list than Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson.
In the annual list, the Detroit veteran signal-caller comes in rated at No. 66 overall, while Jackson is rated at No. 72.
Goff, 28, is coming off one of the best seasons of his career working with offensive coordinator Ben Johnson.
Last season, Jackson threw for 2,242 yards and scored 20 total touchdowns (17 passing, three rushing) in 12 games.
Jackson's stock lowered when he missed the final stretch of the season dealing with a PCL injury, as the Ravens were eliminated early in the postseason by the Cincinnati Bengals.
Entering 2023, there are question marks regarding the Ravens' offensive weapons, despite adding Odell Beckham Jr. this offseason.
For Goff, Detroit's general manager, Brad Holmes, has stocked the offensive roster full of weapons that will all but ensure Goff has better statistical numbers in 2023.
"It’s certainly getting better at the things that we didn’t do very well," Goff said at training camp, when asked about the offense orchestrating new plays or fine-tuning old plays from 2022. "And then, it’s finding out what are some new things that, maybe we will do well, that we didn’t do as much of last year and finding out what type of offense we are going to be and ultimately, what type of team we’re going to be overall.”
Johnson is considered one of the best young offensive minds in the entire NFL.
With another offseason and training camp to fine-tune the offense, Johnson and Goff are poised to have the Lions' offense scoring a significant amount of points this season.
"It feels like it’s an offense going into year two. The conversations that are being had, particularly from the guys that were here last year, are what we talked about in the springtime, it’s less learning concepts," said Johnson. "It’s now understanding the answers to the problems, because every play call, defenses present problems and now we’ve got the solutions. We’re a lot quicker getting to those solutions than what we were, so we have made a step forward and that’s really with the vets."
