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Why Lions fans felt every word of Jared Goff's dad about Detroit's turnaround

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A quarterback and city that understand the challenge of struggling before success.

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Jared Goff's grudge toward the Los Angeles Rams has waned with time. He admitted as such ahead of the fourth clash against his former club.

However, the star quarterback ostensibly hasn't just released any bitterness he once felt. Goff sounds thankful for the blockbuster trade that sent him from Los Angeles to the Detroit Lions in 2021, and so has his father, Jerry.

ESPN's Eric Woodyard wrote a great feature piece about the day Jared got rerouted to Detroit, among other "untold stories," ahead of the Lions-Rams tetralogy.