Jared Goff Fantasy Football Week 1: Stats and Projections vs. Saints

Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions will meet the New Orleans Saints -- whose pass defense was ranked fourth in the league last year (179.2 yards conceded per game) -- in Week 1, on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.

Thinking about Goff for your DFS lineup, with his next game versus the Saints? We've got stats and info for you in this article.

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Jared Goff Week 1 Fantasy Football Projection

• Matchup: Detroit Lions vs. New Orleans Saints
• Game Date: September 13, 2026
• Game Time: 1 p.m.
• Projected Fantasy Points: 16.9
• Projected Passing Yards: 256.53
• Projected Passing TDs: 1.99
• Projected Rushing Yards: 0.15
• Projected Rushing TDs: 0.00

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Goff 2025 Fantasy Performance

• Ranked 11th overall and ninth at his position, Goff accumulated 297.1 fantasy points (17.5 per game) in 2025.
• Goff picked up 34.0 fantasy points -- 23-of-28 (82.1%), 334 yards, 5 TDs, 0 INTs -- in Week 2 against the Chicago Bears, which was his best game last year.
• In another good fantasy showing last year, Goff finished with 26.5 points -- 34-of-54 (63%), 364 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs in Week 16 versus the Pittsburgh Steelers.
• In his worst game of the year -- Week 17 versus the Minnesota Vikings -- Goff finished with 2.1 fantasy points. His stat line was: 18-of-29 (62.1%), 197 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs.
• His second-lowest fantasy point total -- 10.3 -- was in Week 7 versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, when Goff put together this stat line: 20-of-29 (69%), 241 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT.

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Saints Defensive Performance

• In last year's action, New Orleans did not allow a quarterback to tally more than 300 passing yards in a game.
• 12 players have thrown for at least one touchdown in a tilt against the Saints last season.
• Against New Orleans last season, nine players threw for at least two touchdowns in a game.
• Last season, the Saints allowed only three players to throw for three or more TDs in a game.
• Against New Orleans last season, no player collected more than 100 receiving yards in a game.
• In terms of pass defense, the Saints gave up a touchdown reception to 22 players last season.
• New Orleans allowed two or more receiving touchdowns through the air to just three players last season.
• In the ground game, four players collected more than 100 rushing yards in a game against the Saints last season.
• In terms of run defense, New Orleans allowed at least one rushing touchdown to 11 players last season.
• The Saints allowed at least two rushing TDs on the ground to only one player last year.

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