SUMMARY
- Lions quarterback Jared Goff had a heated exchange with sports commentator Skip Bayless ahead of the NFC Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers.
- Jared Goff has had an impressive run in the playoffs, achieving a completion rate of 74.3% and leading in the playoffs with 564 yards, three touchdowns, and no turnovers.
Jared Thomas Goff is a famous American football player who plays as quarterback for the Detroit Lions in the NFL. He previously played for the Los Angeles Rams who selected him in the 2016 NFL Draft. He was traded to the Lions in 2021 and in 2023 he led them to their first division title after 30 years.
Recently the Lions quarterback was in a controversy with famous sports columnist and commentator Skip Bayless. He previously worked as a commentator on the ESPN2 show First Take along with Stephen A. Smith. He left the show in 2016 and debuted on his show Skip and Shannon: Undisputed which aired on Fox Sports 1.
Bayless has a reputation of engaging in feuds with players and he lived up to it again while messing with Jared Goff ahead of his NFC Championship game against the San Francisco 49ers. But the Lions quarterback did not take this lightly and had an angry reaction to the ESPN Veteran over his comments.
Goff’s reaction to Skip Bayless’s comments
In an interview with 97.1 The Ticket when the host Doug Karsch was about to ask him about Bayless’s comments, the 29-year-old Lions star stopped him right away. He said, “Nah, I don’t care about anything [Bayless] says,” Goff said. “You can stop now. Anything those guys say on daytime TV, you can skip over that.” Implying his zero interest in Skip’s comments about him or his team.
He was in no mood for haters or any critics messing with his head before one of the most important games in his career. Jared Goff has had a brilliant run in playoffs till now he completed 74.3% of his passes and topped in the playoffs for 564 yards, three touchdowns, and no turnovers. He also earned a brilliant passer rating of 111.85.
What did Bayless write about the Detroit Lions?
On January 22, 2024, Skip Bayless wrote a provoking post about the Detroit Lions on his X handle. He wrote, “Congrats, Lions. You have won the right to get blown out at San Francisco. But hey, great year.” As soon as this post went viral, fans were seen discussing it.
Congrats, Lions. You have won the right to get blown out at San Francisco. But hey, great year.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) January 21, 2024
Bayless made this controversial remark and it seems like the Lions star has handled it perfectly. Jared has become the first Lions quarterback to win more than one playoff game since Tobin Rote did in 1957. It will be interesting to see how he performs in one of the most important games in his career against the 49ers on Sunday.