Lions quarterback Jared Goff is chasing a record Sunday night in Houston.
Goff leads all NFL quarterbacks with a 74.9 completion percentage this season and ranks second with a 115.0 passer rating.
Over his past six games, he has recorded the highest completion percentage (82.8) and passer rating (140.1) by a player in a six-game span in NFL history.
At Houston Sunday night, Goff can become the first player in NFL history with a completion percentage of 80-or-higher in four consecutive games, and the first player all-time with five such games in a single season.
“A guy that I had in college named John Shoop was one of my mentors, really the reason why I got into coaching. I still remember him when I was a quarterback at Carolina, he said, ‘Man I don’t know if you guys can go 18-18, but I know you can go one-for-one 18 times,” Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson said.
“And it feels like that’s what’s going on with Jared and (Amon-Ra) St. Brown right now, their connection in particular, but just Jared as a whole, he’s just – each play is its own play and he knows where to go with the football, he’s putting it in a good spot for our guys to not only catch it, but also run after the catch.”