EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Moments after an intense two-hour practice where he was chased around by Detroit Lions defenders, veteran quarterback Jared Goff chased his toddler daughter around on the same practice field on Monday afternoon.As Goff enters his 11th season, the five-time Pro Bowler has felt more appreciative of sharing these training camp moments after practice with young Romy Isabelle and his wife, Christen.Now that everything is set -- his future, his money, and his team is in place -- the 31-year-old is looking to the help Lions get over the hump to return to the postseason and potentially bring home a Super Bowl.And fatherhood has helped him keep that perspective that time is valuable as Detroit hopes to bounce back from a disappointing 9-8 season."Yeah, makes it fun when it's over. I get to see her and yeah, it's really fun," Goff said. "It's really cool. Something you've always dreamed about as a player, having your child here and her being able to enjoy it. I know she probably won't remember these days, but I know I will."More so than any mechanics or techniques, Lions coach Dan Campbell feels that Goff has grown over the past seasons with his "urgency" to win now, with his family routinely present throughout training camp.Goff and most of the Lions starters will not play in the preseason opener against the Cincinnati Bengals this week but could see some action against Washington on Aug. 22 ahead of the season opener against New Orleans on Sept. 13."It's the mentality, the urgency, the leadership, the, 'Hey man, let's go.' We cannot accept anything less than the best. He wants to be the best in the league, and he wants to run the best offense in the league," Campbell said. "And to get there, we've got to go, we don't have time. That's where I really feel him growing. And every year I felt more of an urgency out of him in that regard, more command, more leadership and that has to come organically. It can't be forced on somebody, it can't. And so that's great to see out of him."Goff credits that seriousness to age, maturity and previous experiences in the NFL. He wants to erase that feeling of missing the playoffs for the first time since 2022 after back-to-back 12-win seasons."I think it's just human nature. You start realizing where things can slip and you don't want to allow that to happen," Goff said following Monday's practice. "And the older I get, the more I'm learning and trying to stay on that type of stuff, but yeah, it's good that it's noticeable."It's not necessarily something I'm conscious of every day, but I think it's maybe just overall a little bit more of that mindset this year."It's no secret that Goff is on the back half of his career, but backup rookie QB Luke Altmyer has also been attentive to how detail-oriented he still is, since the start of training camp. That professionalism continues to rub off on his new teammates."Doing things at a high level, consistently day after day. Doing the mundane things, the ordinary things at a very high level," Altmyer said. "He makes the ordinary look extraordinary. And I try to master that as well, this position, and during camp it can get pretty mundane and ordinary and he does the things, the little things at a high level, over and over again."Goff spent the first five seasons of his career with the Los Angeles Rams, after being selected first overall in the 2016 NFL draft, and is heading into his sixth season in Detroit.He recently joined NFL legends Peyton Manning and Tom Brady as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to win 13 games in a season for multiple franchises and is one of six quarterbacks in NFL history to log 100 touchdown passes with multiple franchises.But he hasn't thought about how much longer he wants to play. His focus is on helping the Lions get back on track right now."No, I'm right in the middle of it. No, I haven't," Goff said. "I think I said this other day, until I don't feel like I can help a team win a championship. And I think that's going to be a long time."
