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Goff

This will be the sixth regular season NFL game played in Germany as part of the league’s international series. It will feature Lions WR Amon-Ra St. Brown, a German-American and the centerpiece of the Detroit offense. Last year St. Brown was fifth in receiving yards and fourth in wideout receptions. The Lions will be looking to bounce back from a relatively disappointing 2025 campaign after losing OC Ben Johnson to the Bears.

The Lions finished with a winning record for the fourth consecutive season, coinciding with the fourth-straight year of 4,000 or more passing yards from Goff. He ends 2025 ranked third in passing with 4,564 yards, and had a touchdown-to-interception ratio of 34-to-7. The veteran quarterback enters his age-32 season under contract through 2028 after signing a four-year extension prior to the 2024 season, giving the organization ample time to return to their previously dominant ways in the NFC North. Furthermore, he should retain the bulk of his primary supporting cast, making it likely he can return yet another QB1 season in 2026. The lack of rushing upside should keep his fantasy stock towards the end of the QB1s, right in line with where he came into the 2025 season.

It sounds like most of Detroit’s regulars will be going against the Bears in Week 18, though perhaps if there’s any long-term concern about a particular injury, a player or two could sit. Detroit has nothing to play for but can still spoil Chicago’s bid to be the No. 2 seed.

Horrendous, down-bad play from Goff, and he was the best quarterback on the field. Max Brosmer was able to avoid the mistakes because the Vikings refused to allow them to happen, and Goff’s five turnovers were too much for Detroit to overcome. With the loss, Detroit is now eliminated from playoff contention. Goff will have a chance to compile some stats in a meaningless game against the Bears in Week 18. Fantasy managers who rostered Goff for this one are going to have to play catch up.

Goff and the Lions were unable to get almost anything going in the first half. They entered halftime with 10 points on the board and things went from bad to worse coming out of the break. Detroit’s only drive in the third quarter was a three-play possession that ended in a safety. In a frantic comeback mode, Goff found his rhythm and put up 14 points in the final quarter of action. He then marched Detroit down the field with time expiring and found Amon-Ra St. Brown at the goal line. Pittsburgh’s defense stood ARSB up and he pitched the ball back to Goff, who dove into the end zone for the game-winning score. The play, however, was called off because of offensive pass interference on St. Brown. Time expired, and with it went most of the Lions’ playoff hopes. The Lions aren’t out of the picture entirely, but they are hanging on by a thread. Goff will remain a mid-range QB1 in a must-win game versus the Vikings next week.

There wasn’t really much Goff did wrong in this one — he only took one sack and managed two red zone strikes to Amon-Ra St. Brown. The Lions converted their two fourth-down gos. The running game was bad and put Goff in big spots that he usually delivered on, and the game turned when Detroit fell apart in the third quarter, as between the sack and a couple rough plays they punted three straight times. Goff corrected course, but couldn’t keep pace with the Rams, who averaged 7.5 yards per play to Detroit’s 6.4. A Week 16 date with the Steelers should keep Goff on the QB1 line.

On a night that saw the Lions score four times on the ground, Goff aired it out for his second 300-yard game of the season while leading three pass-catchers to 75-plus yards on the day. Goff saw five of his receptions go for 25 or more yards on the day, with his longest throw coming on a 37-yard pass to Amon-Ra St. Brown that helped set up a touchdown run by Jahmyr Gibbs on the following play to put the game out of reach. Goff’s lone touchdown pass on the day came in the third quarter on a 12-yard throw to rookie Isaac TeSlaa, who nearly hauled in another touchdown later in the day. It wasn’t the biggest fantasy day for Goff, but he did everything we expected against a porous Cowboys secondary. The Lions continue to fight for their playoff lives and now draw a tough Week 15 matchup against the Rams, where he will profile as a fringe QB1.

Goff lost WR Amon-Ra St. Brown to an ankle injury on the Lions’ second drive. TE Sam LaPorta is also on injured reserve with a back injury. The veteran quarterback handled the situation well, funneling passes to WR Jameson Williams on in-breaking routes over the middle, but the thinned-out pass-catching corps, coupled with the Packers’ pass rush, made it tough sledding. To his credit, journeyman WR Tom Kennedy operated as a serviceable emergency option. Goff is a QB1 in what should be a high-scoring game environment against the Cowboys next week.

It was a spotty outing for Goff a week after his meltdown against the Eagles. The Giants, sporting one of the worst pass rushes in the NFL, hit Goff time and time again, rattling the little-hit Lions QB. He was sacked three times and hit a handful of others and appeared rattled for much of the second half. Goff missed Amon-Ra St. Brown on what would have been an easy red zone touchdown and threw a red-zone interception on another target to St. Brown later in the game. That Goff couldn’t carve up the injury-marred Giants defense is a little concerning. He’ll face off against Micah Parsons and a fierce Packers pass rush on Thanksgiving Day. Goff will be a top-15 fantasy play.

Goff struggled mightily in the second half against an unrelenting Philadelphia pass rush, finishing the game with four balls batted down while completing just two of his final 18 throws. The Lions managed to out-gain the Eagles by 45 yards but were stopped on all five fourth down attempts, the first time they had turned the ball over on downs five times in a game since 2022. The Philadelphia pass rush combined with elite coverage on the back end to make life difficult on Goff throughout, with 107 of his 255 yards accounted for by catch-and-runs from running back Jahmyr Gibbs, while alpha wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown was held to only two catches on 12 targets. The Lions fall to 6-4 and into third place in the competitive NFC North behind the 7-3 Bears and 6-3-1 Packers, the latter of whom they will face off against on Thanksgiving after a home game against the reeling Giants.