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Dan Campbell regrets not giving Jared Goff a game ball after a perfect night
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Dan Campbell regrets not giving Jared Goff a game ball after a perfect night

On Monday night, Lions quarterback Jared Goff was perfect in every way. In one specific respect, Lions coach Dan Campbell was not.

Campbell forgot to give Goff a game ball after his 18-for-18 performance, which included two passing touchdowns and one receiving touchdown.

“Just me has given the match ball to someone elseso I feel terrible,” Campbell said, via Eric Woodyard of ESPN.com. “I knew he played a great game. I didn’t know he was perfect. I didn’t know he was literally 18-for-18, but I knew he was playing really well. You could feel it. He really found his rhythm early.”

The game balls went to receiver Jameson Williams and safety Kerby Joseph.

Goff, for his part, wasn’t angry.

“That’s OK,” Goff said. “We’ll see, maybe he’ll make it, but that’s okay. I’m just happy we won.”

Goff could have had a little more fun with it by saying something like, “If he does it again, I’ll just post his address on social media.”