The Detroit Lions are in a good spot right now with their quarterback, Jared Goff. In fact, they’re in what Goff believes to be his sweet spot. He’s in the prime of his career and is regularly in or around the MVP conversation.
Goff just turned 31 years old a couple of weeks ago and is one of the few starting quarterbacks in their 30s in the league right now. Anytime a quarterback hits his 30s, you start to wonder a little bit about when they might regress and when they might retire. You just never know. Luckily, Goff has given us a bit of a timeline.
Jared Goff says to ask him about retirement again in five years
Goff was on the Hot Mics with Billy Bush podcast this week, and Bush asked Goff about how long he wants to play in the league and if he wants to be like Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers and play into his 40s.
“I don’t know. It’s hard, I think about it, but like, it’s hard to know how I’m going to feel in five years.” Goff said. “I’ve been pretty healthy up to this point, and so if that continues, yeah, sure, I could keep going for a long time, but it’s hard to know. And then your family comes into it, and there’s different dynamics, and yeah, but I hope to play for quite some time, but it’s hard to put a number on it right now, and I think in five years, eight years, I might have a better answer for you.
In five years, Goff will be 36 years old. In eight years, he’ll be 39. That’s quite a way down the road. At this point, Goff is under contract with the Lions until he’s 34. The Lions could very well look to give him an extension around that 2027 mark. They could even do it next year as part of his expected restructuring.
On another note, it’s worth mentioning that the Lions appear to be doing their due diligence on quarterbacks who are going to be in the 2026 NFL Draft. That doesn’t mean that the Lions are moving on anytime soon, but it could mean that in five years, they want to go with a younger guy whom they groom for a few seasons. We’ll see what happens, but for now, Goff plans to stick around for a while.
