Jared Goff, Baker Mayfield meet again in a matchup of castoff QBs who found success with new teams
October 19, 2025
Jared Goff and Baker Mayfield were picked No. 1 overall in the NFL draft two years apart, had postseason success with their teams, got traded and revived their careers in new cities. They’ve become the standard for castoff quarterbacks. Goff and Mayfield go head-to-head Monday night when the Detroit Lions host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a potential preview of the NFC championship game. There’s a lot of mutual respect between the two quarterbacks. Goff led the Los Angeles Rams to a Super Bowl in the 2018 season — they lost to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.