Jared Goff had 258 DYAR this week. It was by far the best game by a quarterback in Week 2, nearly double what Daniel Jones had against the Broncos and what Russell Wilson had in overtime against the Cowboys. In fact, Goff’s 334-yard, five-touchdown performance was one of the best quarterback games in Detroit Lions history.
Pending the addition of opponent adjustments later in the season, Goff had the No. 2 DYAR game by a Detroit Lions quarterback since our numbers began in 1978. He only trails what Scott Mitchell did against a very good Vikings defense in Week 13 of 1995, when he had 288 DYAR on 30-of-45 passing with 395 yards and four touchdowns.
Two of the top 10 games for the Lions were Goff just last year. Surprisingly, only one of the top 10 games belongs to Matthew Stafford. In case you are wondering about the relatively unimpressive 1995 Scott Mitchell game listed below, it has a very strong opponent adjustment for playing that year’s 49ers.
Top QB DYAR Games for Detroit Lions, 1978-2025
Player
Year
Week
Opp
DYAR
PaYd
Cmp
Att
NY/P
PaTD
Int
Sk
S.Mitchell
1995
13
MIN
288
410
30
45
8.2
4
1
3
J.Goff
2025
2
CHI
258
334
23
28
11.9
5
0
0
G.Danielson
1978
15
MIN
257
352
26
33
10.7
5
1
0
J.Goff
2024
11
JAX
255
412
24
29
14.2
4
0
0
S.Mitchell
1995
4
SF
247
291
28
42
6.4
1
0
3
M.Stafford
2015
12
PHI
247
337
27
38
8.1
5
0
2
J.Goff
2024
15
BUF
244
494
38
57
7.9
5
0
3
E.Hipple
1981
7
CHI
232
336
14
25
12.5
4
0
1
G.Danielson
1984
13
GB
226
305
24
33
9.2
3
1
0
S.Mitchell
1995
14
CHI
222
320
26
38
7.9
3
0
1
Here’s a further look at Goff and the best and worst players of Week 2 by DYAR.