Lions' Jared Goff: Chip on My Shoulder From Rams Trade 'Will Never Leave Me'

There will be no shortage of storylines for Sunday's playoff game between the Los Angeles Rams and Detroit Lions, especially since the two quarterbacks were traded for each other in 2021.

And Jared Goff hasn't forgotten.

The Lions signal-caller said there is "of course" still a chip on his shoulder from Los Angeles' decision to trade him to Detroit to land Matthew Stafford.

"I think it'll never leave me, and I think that's a good thing," he added, per ESPN's Eric Woodyard.

It wasn't a one-for-one trade, as the Rams sent Goff, two first-round draft picks and a third-round draft pick to the Lions for Stafford.

And they would surely do so again, as Stafford led his new team to a Super Bowl title in his first season as a starter. Goff also led Los Angeles to the Super Bowl during the 2018 campaign, but his team lost to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.

"He deserved better than the way that it all went down," Rams head coach Sean McVay said of Goff and the trade. "I'll acknowledge that. And I think he knows that too. And I'm not afraid to admit to those things, but I think we're all better being able to look back on those things. And I do have more appreciation for him as time goes on."

Goff now has the opportunity to eliminate his former team on a national stage in the postseason and become a Lions legend in the process.

Detroit hasn't won a playoff game since the 1991 season and hasn't hosted a postseason game since the 1993 campaign. Both of those things can change Sunday if Goff plays like he has for much of the season.

He completed 67.3 percent of his passes for 4,575 yards, 30 touchdowns and 12 interceptions while leading the Lions to an NFC North crown.

And he apparently did it all while being motivated by a chip on his shoulder.