Lions Star Makes Strong Comments on QB Situation After Jared Goff's Playoff Disaster

Detroit Lions QB Jared Goff is appropriately under fire for his poor play in Saturday night's surprise Divisional Round defeat to the Washington Commanders. There are legitimate questions about his ability to lead this team to a Super Bowl, though he still enjoyed one of the best seasons of his career.

While the roster might look a lot different in 2025 than it did now, Goff is almost assured to be back thanks to the four years remaining on his contract at an average of $53 million annually. Given that, it's only logical that the organization would express confidence in the veteran's ability to win on the biggest stage.

His teammates also seemingly support him. All-Pro center Frank Ragnow spoke to the media after the loss and declared his belief in Goff.

Lions C Frank Ragnow Publicly Supports QB Jared Goff

Ragnow has now been Goff's center for four years. During that time, Detroit has gone from a perennial laughingstock to an NFC juggernaut. The Lions only have one NFC Championship Game appearance to show for it though, indicating debate about Goff's viability is fair.

Nonetheless, Ragnow doesn't want to hear any criticism the four-time Pro Bowl signal caller may face.

"I will ride with Jared Goff until the day I die," Ragnow told reporters. "Any aspect of life, football, it doesn't matter what it is. One of the most standup human beings, players, leaders, you name it. I'll always have his back."

To his point, the locker room clearly rallies around Goff, whose typically stoic nature is complemented well by Dan Campbell's brash personality. He threw for the second-most passing yards in the league (4,629) and led the team to 15 wins, so the Lions can at least achieve success in the regular season.

The playoffs might be a different story. Goff was thoroughly outplayed by Jayden Daniels and turned the ball over four times, marking the second straight year that he was beaten by a young QB in the postseason (Brock Purdy).

Detroit will undergo a standard offseason process of internal evaluation, figuring out what went wrong and how to improve. Even if Ragnow doesn't want to admit it, improving Goff's play in January should be a focal point of discussion.

The Lions' defense shoulders plenty of blame. Not everything was Goff's fault, and he's not the one who called a bizarre Jameson Williams trick pass play that ended in an interception. As one of the NFL's highest-paid players though, Goff needs to elevate his struggling teammates.

There's still time for him to prove he's the right guy. As long as teammates like Ragnow believe in him, there's a chance. Yet with each passing failure, that belief could dwindle and begin to crack the successful foundation Campbell has built.

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