Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff is set to face off his former team, the Los Angeles Rams, on Sunday in the wild-card round of the NFL playoffs but says the game isn’t about him or his personal feelings.
The Rams sent Goff to the Lions in January 2021 via a blockbuster trade for quarterback Matthew Stafford. On Wednesday, Goff was asked by media members if there was extra motivation for him to face his former team.
“No, no. I think … no,” Goff told reporters Wednesday. “I so badly want to win a game for this city—win a playoff game for this city—that hasn’t had one in so long. We got a home playoff game for the first time in so long. That’s so much more important than anything personally for me.”
