Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff generated headlines when he said during a recent podcast appearance that he felt some Detroit media members “relish in negativity” regarding their coverage of the franchise.
Goff insisted during a Tuesday chat with ESPN’s Eric Woodyard that he’s experienced “a ton of positivity” since he officially joined the Lions in March 2021.
“It may have got twisted a little bit, as things do,” Goff explained about his original comments. “I was speaking in reference to the question I was asked at that press conference. I was answering that question. I was not saying there aren’t any positive news, I wouldn’t really know, but they have been positive to me. I was saying that I think sometimes, some of the people, enjoy the negative news and I don’t think that’s necessarily specific to Detroit.”
Specifically, Goff referenced during the podcast and while speaking with Woodyard how the 29-year-old was asked ahead of this past January’s NFC Championship Game about the number of star players featuring for the San Francisco 49ers. Earlier that month, Goff helped the Lions earn their first playoff victory since January 1992.