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Jared Goff’s 74.9% completion rate has him on pace for the NFL record
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Jared Goff’s 74.9% completion rate has him on pace for the NFL record

No quarterback in NFL history has ever completed three-quarters of his passes in a season. But Lions quarterback Jared Goff might do it this year.

Goff’s completion percentage is 74.9 percent this season. If he completes his first pass Sunday night against the Texans, he’ll be exactly 75.0 percent for 2024.

The NFL record for completion percentage in a season is held by Drew Brees, who completed 74.44 percent of his passes with the 2018 Saints. Brees also has the second-best completion percentage in NFL history at 74.34% in 2019, and the third-best percentage at 72.01% in 2017. No one in NFL history came close to what Brees was doing late in his career.

At least, no one until Goff this year. Over his last six games, Goff has completed 82.8 percent of his passes. No one else in NFL history has ever completed more than 80 percent of his passes in any six-game stretch. It’s been an outstanding run for Goff this season, and his accuracy is one of the reasons why the Lions are the best team in the NFL right now.