You're all wrong about Lions QB Jared Goff's play in cold weather, like really wrong

I got sent this tweet a bunch on Sunday night because I once again had to tell people that cold weather and gloves had nothing to do with Goff's performance. Yes, Goff has a sub 60% completion percentage as a passer in cold weather in his career. But, and it's a big but, we're talking about 19 games here. Five of which were when he was with the Rams. Three of those were very early in his career. Two in his rookie season and one in 2018. What about as a Lion? What about things that have happened during this decade?

Jared Goff's stats in cold-weather games as a Lion

Goff has played 12 games in weather below 50 degrees since coming to the Lions. In those games, he's thrown a combined 2,778 yards, 15 touchdowns, and four interceptions. He completed 64% of his passes. Someone now has to tell me why this is bad, because I'm just not seeing it.

The gloves thing doesn't make any sense either. He's worn the gloves in 11 games in his entire career, going back to Cal, and has 2,205 yards, 11 touchdowns, and six interceptions, and completed 60.4% of his passes. I get that this is not super great, but it's also not the end of the world.

The Lions lost on Sunday for way more reasons than cold weather and gloves. Goff and his receivers were off, the offensive line couldn't stop anyone from penetrating and getting pressure, the Lions couldn't run the ball, and they had some pretty bad play calling on both third and fourth-and-managable. That's what happened. Nothing element-related.

This story was originally reported by A to Z Sports on Nov 18, 2025, where it first appeared in the NFL section. Add A to Z Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.