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Lions report card: Jared Goff, coaching fuel Detroit’s magical win vs. Rams

The Detroit Lions edged out the Los Angeles Rams for their first postseason win since the 1991 season. Detroit led for nearly the entire game, and although Matthew Stafford nearly led one of this patented comebacks, the Lions walked away winners for several reasons.

Let’s get into by handing out positional grades in our Wild Card Weekend report card.

Quarterback: A

What a night for Jared Goff. During a week he admittedly had to bury some emotions about facing his former team, Goff was cool as a cucumber. His final statline is one of an elite quarterback and far better than any other playoff performance of his career .