Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff has one major ambition in 2024: to win the Super Bowl.

The Lions fell just short of their ultimate goal when they lost to the San Francisco 49ers 34-31 in the NFC Championship Game. However, they showed they’re not only a playoff contender, but they’re every bit ready to compete for a Super Bowl after leading the Niners by 17 points in the second half.

While speaking on behalf of his collaboration with Jared ahead to Super Bowl LVIII, Goff awarded his offensive tackle with Breitling watches worth $11,500 apiece The 29-year-old quarterback opened up about his aim for the 2024 season along with his thoughts on beating his former team, the Los Angeles Rams, and his offensive coordinator, Ben Johnson, remaining for another season in Detroit.

“Oh yeah,” Goff answered when asked whether his major ambition is to win a Super Bowl next season. “That was how it was this year too.”

The Lions were definitely the Cinderella team of this year’s postseason. While Detroit was expected to be good after flirting with the playoffs last year, they weren’t supposed to come within possession of going to the Super Bowl.

They achieved all of this while capturing their first division title since 1993 and their first playoff triumph since the 1991 season. Their two playoff wins this year were their most in a single postseason since they won their last championship back in 1957.

While the loss to the Niners definitely still stings, as Goff concedes, the Lions made big steps for a franchise that hadn’t been to the playoffs since the 2016 season. In the process of making their deepest postseason run in over three decades, Goff led the Lions to a clutch victory over his former team, the Rams, in the wild card stage of the playoffs.

The win was not only remarkable owing to the Lions’ team history but also because of Goff’s own history with the Rams. Despite leading Los Angeles to a Super Bowl during his time with the Rams, along with three playoff appearances during his four full seasons as a starter, he was dealt to the Lions in exchange for Matthew Stafford.

Goff has certainly matured into one of the finest quarterbacks in the NFL since his debut in Detroit, having back-to-back seasons of at least 29 touchdowns and 4,400 passing yards. But Stafford also won a Super Bowl in his first season as a Rams starter.

Despite being traded by the Rams just a couple seasons earlier, Goff emphasized that winning the game was about the Lions and not about him beating his former team.

“The emotions were there at times,” Goff confesses. “I think once the game kicked off, it was just a typical game. It was so much more about—and I’ve said this so many times—but they made it about me and them and everything with this transaction. But it was so much more about our club scoring our first postseason win in 30-something years. That’s so much bigger than anything that has to do with me.” Goff said it wasn’t about taking “revenge” on the Rams, but rather securing a playoff win for Detroit.

“It wasn’t some sort of revenge game,” explains Goff. “For me, it was about getting a playoff win for our team.”

With the Lions shedding the moniker of playoff losers this postseason, it’s certainly time for Detroit to take the next step.

While the biggest topic surrounding the team will be Goff’s future with the team—he’s entering the final year of his deal at just a $21.7 million base salary, a bargain considering his production and age—the return of Johnson as offensive coordinator ensures the Lions will be a threat for a Super Bowl again entering next season.

Johnson completed interviews with numerous NFC teams, including the Washington Commanders, Carolina Panthers, and Atlanta Falcons. However, one of the hottest coaching candidates is returning to the Lions after leading Detroit to a top-five offensive ranking in 2023.

“Huge,” Goff says of the impact of Johnson’s comeback. “He did have some possibilities, and I think ultimately, for him, the greatest place is Detroit. We enjoy that, so it’s fantastic for me; it’s exciting for the offense and our whole squad.”

Head coach Dan Campbell got some criticism following the Niners defeat due to a couple of choices that saw the Lions go for it on fourth down rather than kick field goals, resulting in Detroit failing both times.

However, he still led the Lions to success they hadn’t enjoyed in decades in just his third season on the job. Detroit has gone from being a three-win team into a 12-win squad in a period of two seasons.

Goff outlines what makes Campbell, who played 11 years in the NFL as a tight end, such a brilliant coach.

“He has a great feel for people,” explains Goff. “He has a fantastic feel for offense, defense, and special teams. He can coach it all. He knows when to push and when to pull. He’s been in our shoes. There’s a lot of respect that goes towards him in that aspect.” Goff deems Campbell a “dynamic leader” and says they “trust” him to the utmost degree.

“He understands what we’re going through,’ adds Goff. “He’s a dynamic leader. He can do it in all sorts of ways, and we all trust him to the 10th degree; he’s the finest.”

With the Lions returning their main players—including wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown and tight end Sam LaPorta—along with the major members of their coaching staff for another run, Detroit will seek to conquer one more obstacle: hoisting the Lombardi Trophy.