Jared Goff's future isn't up for debate anymore.

The Detroit Lions signed Goff to a massive four-year contract extension worth $212 million, tying him to team through the 2028 season, two sources close to the negotiations have confirmed to the Free Press. The deal calls for $170 million guaranteed.

Goff, 29, had one year left on the extension he signed with the Los Angeles Rams in 2019, after he led that team to a Super Bowl appearance. He was scheduled to make $27.9 million next season, including a $5 million roster bonus due the third day of the league year.

The Lions acquired Goff and three draft picks from the Rams in a 2021 trade that sent Matthew Stafford to L.A.

Stafford led the Rams to a championship in his first season as quarterback, while Goff struggled at the outset of the Lions' rebuild.

The Lions went 3-13-1 in Goff's first season in Detroit, adding to the perception Goff was a bridge quarterback keeping the seat warm for someone not on the team. But Goff led the Lions to a 9-8 record in 2022 and 12 wins and a playoff appearance last season, when the Lions won their first two postseason games since 1991 and reached the NFC championship game.

"When he came to us, I always had belief," Lions general manager Brad Holmes insisted after the season. "So, him doing what he did this past year or even the year before, it’s not a surprise to us. I just know how he’s wired. I know the talent he has, I know the leadership he has, I know his mental and physical toughness, I know what he’s made about and I think his peers, and definitely his teammates recognize the same things. So, just happy that what he’s done and just couldn’t be more proud of everything he’s achieved."

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Goff had one of the best seasons of his career in 2023. He finished second in the league in passing (4,575 yards) and completed a career-high 67.3% of his attempts. He threw for 837 more yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions in the playoffs, when the Lions beat the Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Goff was serenaded by fans with chants of his name.

He said in January that fan support helped make last year a "really special" season.

"With that being said, it was two games short and I wish I could be standing up here today talking about getting ready to play in the Super Bowl and we all feel like we should be," Goff said at the time. "That’s a good thing, that we think we should be and we know we belong. But yeah, it’s been a fun year, it’s been a lot of learning, a lot of growing and really special group to be a part of."

The Lions will enter 2024 as one of the favorites to win the Super Bowl, led by an offense that finished top-five in points scored, and total, passing and rushing yards.

Along with Goff, the Lions return leading receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, top tight end Sam LaPorta, leading rushers David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs, most of their offensive line and coordinator Ben Johnson, who has called plays the past two years.

Goff said after the season he hoped to stay in Detroit long-term, and that signing a new market-level deal was "just how the league goes."

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Currently, five quarterbacks average more than $50 million per season, all of whom signed extensions or restructured their contracts within the past year: Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert, Lamar Jackson and Jalen Hurts.

Three more quarterbacks — Russell Wilson, Deshaun Watson and Kyler Murray — played last season on deals that averaged more than $45 million annually.

Contact Dave Birkett at dbirkett@freepress.com. Follow him @davebirkett.

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