Lions final grades: Assessing Detroit’s performance on offense in 2025

This is the first installment of a three-part series grading the 2025 Detroit Lions, who finished 9-8 and missed the postseason for the first time in three years. Today’s story will cover the offense. We’ll touch on the defense in Part 2, and Part 3 will focus on special teams and the coaching staff. Quarterbacks: A- Having a nuanced conversation about Jared Goff is difficult. His supporters point to the box score, and it’s tough to argue against the numbers. Goff finished his 10th professional season with 4,564 yards (second in the league) and 34 touchdowns (second) on a completion rate of 68% (fifth), and his eight interceptions, among the 20 quarterbacks with at least 450 dropbacks, were...