The Detroit Lions will host their second home playoff game in the same season for the first time this weekend, as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will come to Detroit for a rematch of the Week 6 game down in Tampa (a 20-6 victory for the Lions.
Amid the buzz around a playoff win and another playoff contest coming with a chance to go to the NFC Championship Game on the line, Lions coordinators Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn can do virtual interviews for head coaching jobs this week. But being as it's obviously a game week too, they will do said interviews in a narrow window on Friday or Saturday. Johnson has two interviews already scheduled, with the Washington Commanders and the Carolina Panthers.
Let's look at some other news and rumors around the Lions.
Jared Goff-$50 million man?
On 97.1 The Ticket Wednesday morning, here's what the venerable Peter King of NBC Sports had to say about what Lions quarterback Jared Goff is in line to get in an upcoming contract extension.
Jared Goff worth big money, says NFL insider @peter_king
— 97.1 The Ticket: (@971theticketxyt) January 17, 2024
"There’s two guys I think this offseason who are going to get paid right up in the $50 million range. And that’s Jared Goff and Kirk Cousins."
Listen here to King's interview w @StoneyJansen https://t.co/QF6n8WlWf0
It's a matter of time, perhaps early in the offseason if we believe his agent, before Goff gets a contract extension from the Lions. Even more so than the average annual value, in terms of new money,the length of the deal is subject to wondering about and it will be telling when it comes.