NOTEBOOK: Goff makes NFL history with perfect game vs. Seahawksthe first quarterback in NFL history to attempt more than 10 passes in a game without throwing an incompletion. Goff was as perfect as you could be throwing the football Monday night in Detroit’s 42-29 win over Seattle, as he finished 18-for-18 for 292 yards with two touchdowns and a passer rating of 155.8.
And that performance didn’t even earn Goff a game ball from head coach Dan Campbel
“Yeah, well, I just gave the game ball to somebody else so I feel awful right now,” Campbell said with a smile after the game. “Well, I knew he played a heck of a game. I did not realize he was perfect. I did not know he was literally 18-for-1
“But I knew he played really well – you could feel it – and he really found his rhythm early, and I thought he was seeing the field, played with rhythm, he had to move a little bit in the pocket.”8.l.
the first quarterback in NFL history to attempt more than 10 passes in a game without throwing an incompletion. Goff was as perfect as you could be throwing the football Monday night in Detroit’s 42-29 win over Seattle, as he finished 18-for-18 for 292 yards with two touchdowns and a passer rating of 155.8.
And that performance didn’t even earn Goff a game ball from head coach Dan Campbell.
“Yeah, well, I just gave the game ball to somebody else so I feel awful right now,” Campbell said with a smile after the game. “Well, I knew he played a heck of a game. I did not realize he was perfect. I did not know he was literally 18-for-18.
“But I knew he played really well – you could feel it – and he really found his rhythm early, and I thought he was seeing the field, played with rhythm, he had to move a little bit in the pocket.”
Goff made all the right reads and checkdowns and tight-window throws to keep the offense churning all night to the tune of six touchdowns and 42 points. He even caught his first career touchdown on a 7-yard trick-play pass from36-of-41 passes (87.8 percent). Over any two-game span since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger, this ties for the second highest completion percentage any quarterback has had when attempting at least 40 passes.
“Never. I don’t think I’ve ever done it,” Goff said of having a perfect passing game in his career. “I knew I did it in the first half last week, so I was aware of it then, and I was kind of aware of it today – middle of the third quarter, I was like, I couldn’t think of on
“But then I threw the one out of bounds that ended up being offensive pass interference, and I was like, ‘Does that count?’ I didn’t know if that counted or not. But yeah, I didn’t.”e.turns out that play has been in the playbook for years, but was brought out special on Monday and they were able to run it when Seattle gave them the defense they were looking for.
“We call it the ‘Alcatraz,'” Goff said after the game. “We have these plays in the gameplan a lot, and they don’t always just come up. It has to be the right scenario for them and the hook-and-ladder was the perfect scenario for it, and so was the Alcatraz tonight. When they get called, you get a little excited in the huddle, but you’ve got to get the right look for it, and we did. So, yeah, it’s fun.”
But why is it called Alcatraz?
“I don’t know. Ben (Johnson) called it – it’s been called Alcatraz for two or three years now,” Goff said. “I guess I’ve never asked him why. There probably is a reason. I probably should know it; I just don’t know.”
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