Notes: Metric shows Jared Goff was nearly the most-clutch QB in 2023

Whereas the nationwide narrative on Jared Goff stays comparatively blended, the Detroit Lions have by no means wavered of their religion of the franchise quarterback. Whether or not it’s been basic supervisor Brad Holmes insisting Goff was by no means thought-about a bridge quarterback, coach Dan Campbell telling Goff, “you’re ok for Detroit,” or the monster $212 million contact Goff signed this offseason, the Lions clearly consider their quarterback will make them a championship.

And an fascinating statistic from Carter Donnick appears to again up Detroit’s religion in Goff considerably.

Donnick created what he calls a “clutch rating.” Whereas he doesn’t reveal his full methodology, Donnick claims he collected 22 completely different quarterback stats for 2 conditions:

Third and fourth downs in video games the place the rating is inside 14 factors
Any down within the fourth quarter when the rating was inside 10 factors

When combining all of the stats in these conditions, Goff got here out with the second-best clutch rating, solely behind Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. Have a look:

To supply some extra direct context to this stat, contemplate Goff’s rankings within the following stats:

Fourth quarter passer score: 102.0 (sixth)
Fourth quarter completion share: 72.2 (second)
Third down passer score: 99.5 (tenth)
Third down touchdowns: 9 (t-Seventh)

That mentioned, Goff was really notably poor on fourth downs, going simply 11-of-27 for 100 yards, one landing, three interceptions, and a passer score of 24.2—rating 35 out of 39 quarterbacks with at the very least 5 passing makes an attempt on fourth down (although it’s price noting Patrick Mahomes was thirty eighth with a 1.7 passer score on fourth down). That mentioned, changing fourth downs on 11 of 27 passing makes an attempt (40.7%) isn’t that far off from the league-wide common conversion price on fourth down passes (43.1%).

General, Goff continues to show that statistically, he deserves to be within the dialog of top-10 quarterbacks.

A cool little nugget of information popping out from the NBA Draft: Lions second-round decide Ennis Rakestraw and Pistons first-round decide Ron Holland each come from the identical highschool.

A video for all of you card collectors on the market:

Congrats to former Lions security Glover Quin for being inducted into the New Mexico Sports activities Corridor of Fame: