The Houston Texans face a tough matchup this week with Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions.

While Goff was once seen as a throwaway in the Matthew Stafford trade to the Los Angeles Rams, he has arguably become the better player of the two at this point in their careers.

Goff has become one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, which hasn’t gone unnoticed by Texans coach DeMeco Ryans.

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“With Goff, I think he’s very well coached,” Ryans said. “He does a great job of protecting the football. He won’t give you many opportunities to get the ball. He is very intelligent, makes great decisions with the ball. They are an explosive offense, but what stands out about him is that when the explosive isn’t there, he does a great job of getting the ball to the ball so their team can continue to produce positive yards. So that’s one thing that stands out about their whole team. They don’t make many mistakes. They will make you beat them and they will play clean football. So Goff has done a great job of getting completions regardless of the defense. He just takes what he’s given, and he’s done a really good job of that, just keeping the offense going.”

If the Lions offense is going to play at a high level, the Texans defense needs to step up and match the energy. If they can do that, the Texans might have a chance to pull off an upset.

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