Saturday open thread: Will Jared Goff have a career year?

Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty ImagesThere isn’t any single player on the Detroit Lions more under the microscope this season than quarterback Jared Goff.

But Lions general manager Brad Holmes believes confidence will best serve Goff this season.

“I will say,” said Holmes, “I do believe the confidence that he has going into this year has been a big difference. And I always felt that he was a confident kid, he’s always been a very mentally tough kid.”

The Lions will need Goff to be at his best in order for Detroit to take a step further in this rebuild under Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell. And there’s one ESPN staff writer who wouldn’t be surprised if Goff were to set career highs in both…