Lions quarterback Jared Goff on Tuesday clarified his comments from earlier this month about the Detroit media being overly negative, Eric Woodyard of ESPN reports.

"There's been a ton of positivity. It may have got twisted a little bit, as things do. I was speaking in reference to the question I was asked at that press conference," Goff told ESPN. "I was answering that question. I was not saying there aren't any positive news, I wouldn't really know, but they have been positive to me. I was saying that I think sometimes, some of the people, enjoy the negative news and I don't think that's necessarily specific to Detroit.

"I was speaking about our local guys, but I think that's kind of the world," he said. "Not to get really grand right now, but it wasn't necessarily specific to Detroit, it was the world media, sports media, certainly the NFL media and the roller coaster that is and what sells clicks. But, yeah, maybe I should've been a little more specific with that."

Goff made his comments after he presented a $50,000 check to the local nonprofit Give Merit's FATE program to help increase the rate of high school graduation.

Earlier this month, Goff told the Willbo's "Trading Cards" podcast that the Detroit media can almost "relish in negativity" at times, due to the franchise's lack of success over the years. He was referring to a viral question that was posed by a Detroit media member ahead of the NFC title game, where he addressed the perceived talent gap between the Lions and San Francisco 49ers.

Seven Lions players were named to the Pro Bowl for the 2023 season, which was their most since 1964 while offensive tackle Penei Sewell and wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown also received first-team AP All-Pro honors.

"I have this like, I probably need to drop it pretty soon here because I'm hopefully gonna be in Detroit for a long time, but I have this thing with our local media where like they almost like relish in negativity at times," Goff said on the podcast. "And maybe that's what gets clicks and that's what sells, but it's no longer what they need to live in.

"Like, hey guys, we have a good team. We've had success. We can be happy about that, we can celebrate that and not have to write about how we're constantly the underdog," he said. "No, teams are gonna be gunning for us now. We won the division and all that. I'm probably overthinking it in my head and it's the chip on my shoulder and the competitor in me."

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