Here’s a little stat that could probably win you some money on a bet…
Jared Goff was the NFL’s most accurate quarterback in terms of ball placement in the red zone in the 2020 NFL season. Goff certainly isn’t the first name that springs to mind when thinking about hyper-accurate quarterbacks in the condensed field, but the new Lions quarterback did that better than any other QB in 2020 for the Rams.
Using data from Sports Information Systems (SIS), analyst Brad Congelio charted just how well Goff was on target inside the opposing 20-yard line.
Alas, Goff was below the average line outside the red zone. Goff is in the same range as Jimmy Garoppolo and Lamar Jackson, though still ahead of the man he’s replacing in Detroit, Matthew Stafford. The new Rams quarterback was more accurate outside the red zone, however.
The Lions fans who coveted Tua Tagovailoa might not want to look in the lower-left quadrant, i.e. “the bad zone”, where the Dolphins QB was way out on an island in his rookie campaign.
