Jared Goff is making history seemingly every week. After beating the Packers on Sunday and throwing a couple of touchdown passes with no picks, he has become the only quarterback in NFL history to throw for at least 14 touchdown passes with zero interceptions through six games.
Before that, he was the only quarterback to have 12 touchdown passes and no picks through his first five games of the season.
So far this season, Goff is top 10 in most passing categories, and he’s played in one fewer game than the other guys ahead of him. He’s passed for 1,788 yards (7th), 14 touchdowns (5th), and no interceptions (1st) while completing over 67 percent of his passes. He’s on pace to finish with career-bests in touchdowns and yards, and he has the third-best yards per attempt number (8.0) in his career.
Goff is playing at an MVP level and everyone has been put on notice.
Everyone except Pro Football Focus, however. The popular — or unpopular if they’re disrespecting your team, of course — grading system ranked its top 10 NFL quarterbacks before Week 8, and Goff barely cracked the top five.
That’s right, the guy who should be the MVP favorite is ranked the fifth-best quarterback in the NFL ahead of Week 8. The disrespect honestly needs to be studied.
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— PFF (@PFF) October 28, 2026
PFF has Joe Burrow, Brock Purdy, Josh Allen, and Dak Prescott (how?) ranked ahead of Goff through seven weeks, which is absurd given the fact that he’s been playing the best football of his career and has 14 touchdowns to zero interceptions. People seem to be forgetting that he hasn’t turned the ball over this year.
Goff should be top three on this list, if not No. 1.
Not even a record-breaking start to the season can get him the respect he deserves.
How Jared Goff compares to the 4 QBs ranked ahead of him
With Goff being No. 5 on the list, it begs the question: how good have the top four been?
Let’s compare.
- Joe Burrow (6 games): 1,653 yards, 15 TDs, 3 INTs, 71.7% completion rate
- Brock Purdy (7 games): 1,748 yards, 15 TDs, 4 INTs, 69.2% completion rate
- Josh Allen (6 games): 1,504 yards, 9 TDs, 4 INTs, 66.7% completion rate; 8 rushing TDs
- Dak Prescott (7 games): 1,851 yards, 13 TDs, 5 INTs, 65.2% completion rate
Goff has the second-most yards in that group, and he’s played in one fewer game, he has the second-most touchdowns, the fewest interceptions, and the third-highest completion rate. And he’s leading a team that’s going to compete for the NFC North title.
The Lions’ gunslinger compares favorably to the top four and should probably be ahead of Burrow and Prescott, while you could argue that Allen and Purdy have been the best quarterbacks in the league not named Goff.
The MVP chants will be raining down from Ford Field for the rest of the season, but some members of the NFL media will remain asleep to them.
If Goff played in New York or Los Angeles, he’d be the MVP favorite right now.
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