DETROIT (AP) — Jared Goff stood on the sideline wearing a baseball cap in the fourth quarter while his teammates finished off another rout.
Goff threw two of his four touchdown passes to Amon-Ra St. Brown, David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs combined for three rushing TDs and the Detroit Lions beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 52-6 on Sunday.
Just like Goff did when Detroit had lopsided wins over Tennessee (52-14) and Dallas (47-9) last month, he watched Hendon Hooker take snaps to gain experience.
“Normally, this doesn’t happen,” coach Dan Campbell said after pulling most of his starters for much of the final quarter. “It’s a good problem to have.”
The NFC-leading Lions (9-1) have won eight straight and nine of their first 10 games in a season for the first time since 1934.
Detroit’s winning margin of 46 points was the largest in franchise history, and it handed Jacksonville its biggest-ever defeat. The Lions also set a franchise record in total yards with 645, the third most in the NFL in the past 20 years, while allowing 170 by the Jaguars, a 475-yard margin that was the third largest in league history.
The Lions, 1969 Minnesota Vikings and 1973 Atlanta Falcons are the three teams in the Super Bowl era to win three of their first 10 games by at least 35 points.
“Its quite the luxury to have in the NFL to take players out — ever,” Goff said.
“There’s nothing I can do to control that,” Pederson said. “I’ve been around this game for a long time, and whatever is going to happen will happen.”
