There’s been so many things that we’ve heard about Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff throughout the years. Stuff like he’s the worst against pressure, he makes one crazy bad decision per game and he can’t play in inclement weather.
It’s that last one that we really want to look at because right now the forecast for the Lions vs Packers game on Sunday is a rainy one.
So the question here is can Goff still do his thing in the rain? We’ve been told a lot that he can’t, so we went back and looked at every game of his career to find the ones that he played in the rain and we found three games. Here’s what they looked like.
Rams vs Commanders in 2020
When you play in Los Angeles for much of your career, you don’t see a ton of rain. There was literally no rain game before this one and this one was in Maryland and it definitely rained. Here’s how Goff performed in that game.
21-30 for 309 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. 70% completion percentage and 111.7 passer rating. Rams won 30-10.
Lions vs Packers in 2021
One of the first games that Jared Goff played with the Lions. This was actually his second game with Detroit to be exact. The Lions did lose this game 35-17, but I have to tell you that at the time Goff seemed like 50 times worse than he actually was. It was almost as if we were all overreacting a bit.
26-36 for 246 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. 72.2% completion percentage and 97.7 passer rating.
Lions vs Steelers in 2021
Everyone hates this game. This was the 16-16 tie that seemed like it just lasted for three days. Jared Goff was playing hurt in this one and wound up not even playing the next week. The Lions strategy was to pass as little as possible because Goff was having a hard time throwing. They eventually had to just do it though and it was by far his worst game in the rain.
14-25 for 114 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions. 56% completion percentage and 67.6 passer rating.
It feels like there should be more rainy games, but that’s it. I know, I was shocked too. There were games where I was sure it rained, but the weather reports, video and reports around the games clearly showed it did not rain.
With everything that we see here, I think it’s safe to say that Goff can play pretty well in the rain. I also think the Lions are built to run the ball and that the rain should hopefully have no impact on their offense.