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Jared Goff got closure from Sean McVay, and it helped make him a Detroit Lions hero

LOS ANGELES — His father was a fireman and, in a way, Jared Goff is one too. Consider his career as a quarterback. Time after time, he has gone into a bad situation and ultimately made it better, extinguishing the wrong kind of fire and eventually igniting the right one. "It's not the most fun way to do it, I guess," Goff told the Los Angeles Times in a phone interview this week. "Everyone ...
Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff celebrates a fourth-quarter touchdown scored by running back David Montgomery, not pictured, against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on Sept. 28, 2023, in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

LOS ANGELES — His father was a fireman and, in a way, Jared Goff is one too.

Consider his career as a quarterback. Time after time, he has gone into a bad situation and ultimately made it better, extinguishing the wrong kind of fire and eventually igniting the right one.

"It's not the most fun way to do it, I guess," Goff told the Los Angeles Times in a phone interview this week. "Everyone would love to go and just win, win, win. But it's a very rewarding and fulfilling way to go about it. Proud of myself, certainly, and all those teammates on those teams for being down in the gutter and being able to come out on top."

Check the history. At the University of California, his teams went from 1-11 to winning a bowl game. His Rams went from 4-12 his

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