""I have to take this," Goff said, while walking inside the house."
""At the time, their reputation ... the Lions, hadn't had a lot of success, and that wasn't a mystery. Even I was thinking, 'He's being cast off in a way,'" said Cam Croteau, Goff's childhood friend who was at Goff's home that day."
""Once [Lions head coach] Dan Campbell called him and kind of told him his vision, he was all-in. From then on it was, 'OK, we're gonna get this thing right.' It wasn't like 'poor me.' It was 'let's get to work.' It took him about two minutes before he was locked in.""
On Jan. 30, 2021, Jared Goff received an urgent call at his Hidden Hills, California, home and soon learned he had been traded from the Los Angeles Rams to the Detroit Lions for Matthew Stafford. The deal was the first direct swap of former No. 1 overall picks in NFL history. Friends at Goff's house said he responded by embracing Detroit and Dan Campbell's vision, shifting from feeling cast off to being focused on rebuilding. Goff's tenure with the Rams included Pro Bowl selections in 2017 and 2018 and a Super Bowl appearance following the 2018 season.
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