INDIANAPOLIS — Jared Goff has said he wants to stay with the Detroit Lions for the long haul.
And while Brad Holmes didn’t say much about the next steps for the starting quarterback entering a contract year. The Lions general manager said the two sides are on the same page about where they want to go from here on those discussions, though.
“No, we haven’t really weighed that into any of our decision-making,” Holmes said at the scouting combine when asked about the rush to re-sign Goff.
Goff is entering a contract year, as previously stated. The veteran quarterback is scheduled to make $21.7 million in salary, counting $31.7 million against the cap.
And in the world of ballooning contracts for quarterbacks, Goff’s once tippy-top deal ranks him 17th among the league’s highest-paid signal-callers.
His next deal is expected to bump him back into the upper echelon of quarterback contracts, with most expecting his eventual new pact to pay him north of $45 million per season. Spotrac projects Goff’s next deal at four years, worth $180 million, which would be right at that anticipated $45 million per season figure.
Goff has proven worth the risk since the Matthew Stafford trade to kick-start this regime’s rebuilding work in Detroit. And he’s found a home with this franchise, not to mention under Holmes, the executive who has continued to pound the table and support Goff.
The Lions have gone from 0-10-1 to one of the league’s hottest teams, coming within 30 minutes of protecting a three-score lead from reaching their first Super Bowl.
“It’s not up to me,” Goff said after the season ended. “I love this place, and we’ll see what happens as time goes on here. But yeah, I love this place, and love Dan and all the coaches love and all my teammates. It’s out of my hands. It’s up to my representatives and obviously the people upstairs (in the front office).”
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