In a story that is becoming all too familiar after the draft, Jared Goff’s name joins the likes of Devante Parker and Teddy Bridgewater in ones that did not want to come to Cleveland.
Jerry Goff, Jared’s dad and a former major league catcher was recently quoted saying in an interview with TSN 690 in Montreal:
“There was a time … we had a really good feeling he was going to end up in Cleveland, which isn’t — nothing against Cleveland, it’s fine.
That would have been great; just to get drafted and go anywhere is fine, but when you compare the two, just logistically, [me] being an hour and 45 minutes plane flight away from L.