If the season ended after week 10, Detroit Lions would be No. 1 in the postseason for the NFC. Their Week 11 opponent, the Jacksonville Jaguars, would have the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

After an emotional road win in Houston against AFC South-leading Texas on Sunday night, there’s a natural thought that playing the worst team in the league to this point — in Detroit, no less — could be a ‘trap’ game.”

The Lions are aware of the trap game phenomenon. However, quarterback Jared Goff doesn’t seem too concerned about this particular edition of the 8-1 Lions falling victim to looking past the 2-8 Jaguars.

“Yeah, we have a mature group. There’s not much that needs to be said,” Goff told reporters Wednesday. “We have our own standards that, no matter who we play, no matter what their record is, we have our own things that we want to prove and improve, and I think that’s the biggest battle right now, is to keep improving and knowing that we need to improve even if we can win some of these close games.”

Goff hasn’t posted good passing numbers over the past three weeks, all wins, but the Lions haven’t needed him to throw for big numbers. The Pro Bowl QB sees the Jaguars as an opportunity to get back to the track that made him the NFC Offensive Player of the Month in October.

“Obviously last week wasn’t as explosive as we wanted it to be,” Goff said as part of a longer response. “So, yeah, getting it back on track, I think he’s absolutely right and that starts this week for us.”

This article was originally published on Lions Wire: Jared Goff explains why the Lions won’t get caught in a “trap game” against the Jaguars