Lions Beat: Team still trusts QB Jared Goff

Nov 09, 2021

Jared Goff, QB: Not to belabor a point here, but Goff’s March contract extension more or less tied him to the Lions for two seasons (so, 2021 and ‘22). The outs would be Lions GM Brad Holmes finding a trade partner — good luck! — or cutting Goff with a post-June 1 designation next summer, eating $20 million and finding a new starter. In the latter case, a rookie-QB contract or bridge-QB deal plus Goff’s dead money would about equal Goff’s current ‘22 contract.

But all the financial topics ignore that the Lions still trust Goff to help them weather this stretch, however long it lasts.

Related players: David Blough

Fantasy Impact:

There's been plenty of talk about the team moving on from Goff and even making a mid-season switch to Blough a few weeks ago, and then again after the team gets off the Week 9 bye heading into Week 10. But based on this story, the team is tied to Goff for the 2022 season as well. The Lions, with a high pick, seem likely to draft a QB next spring.

yesterday

Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson officially Out for Week 12

Adam Schefter

yesterday · 4:12 PM EST

Cowboys list TE Jake Ferguson as out for Sunday’s game vs. Washington due to his concussion.

Related Players: Luke Schoonmaker

Fantasy Impact:

This puts Schoonmaker more or less in TE streaming consideration, but there are far better options this week, which puts him low on the totem pole.

Eagles WR DeVonta Smith officially Out for Week 12

Mike Garafolo

yesterday · 4:04 PM EST

Eagles ruled out WR DeVonta Smith (hamstring) for Sunday against the Rams.

Related Players: A.J. Brown, Jahan Dotson, Johnny Wilson, Dallas Goedert

Fantasy Impact:

It's a bit of a crapshoot as to who the "WR2" on the offense will be, but now that he's ruled out, Brown and Goedert should get a nice boost to their bottom line. That would lock Goedert into a no-doubt TE1 role in Week 12.