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Jared Goff Had Such a Classy Message for Jameis Winston After Lions' Win Over Giants
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Jameis Winston was unable to lead the Giants to a win over the Lions last Sunday but he still had everyone in awe with his performance in the game, and rightfully so—he threw for 366 yards and two touchdowns and also caught a 33-yard touchdown pass.
One of those people who loved what they saw from Winston happened to be Lions quarterback Jared Goff, who was able to rally Detroit to a field goal in the last minute of the fourth quarter that forced overtime and then the Lions went on to win it with a 69-yard touchdown run by Jahmyr Gibbs.
The NFL shared a video on Tuesday that showed players across the league reacting live to Winston's plays while playing in their own games last Sunday. At the end of the video Goff is seen sharing a nice moment with Winston in which he told the former No. 1 pick how much he loved watching him play.
"I’m so freaking impressed by you, man," Goff said to Winston. "Way to go. Stay in there."
Here's that video:
Whole league is impressed by what @Jaboowins is doing out there 💯@insidetheNFL Week 12 Mic'd Up on X pic.twitter.com/Qrsa3EiIIA
— NFL (@NFL) November 25, 2025
Winston had quite a day against the Lions. It all started with his electric pregame speech that went viral:
“We outside but we inside” -Jameis Winston referring to the Lions stadium in his pregame speech 😭🤣
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 23, 2025
(via @Giants)
pic.twitter.com/oOsUkRRezS
Winston then kicked off the scoring with a sweet 39-yard touchdown pass on a flea flicker:
THE FLEA FLICKER WORKS! THE OPENING DRIVE GIANTS STRIKE AGAIN! pic.twitter.com/nkAVSfjnQ3
— Talkin’ Giants (@TalkinGiants) November 23, 2025
He later did it all on his touchdown catch as he broke a tackle before running into the end zone.
Jameis Winston the wide receiver is instant cinema 👏🏈
— Gabriel Schray (@schrayguy) November 23, 2025
The catch. The broken tackle. The celebration. Truly one of one - and maybe the play of the season. #Giants #NFL pic.twitter.com/pEShCLewPn
Winston has started the last two games for the Giants and while he hasn't been able to lead them to a victory, he has played some pretty exciting football.
Next up for the Giants is a matchup with Drake Maye and the Patriots this Monday night.
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Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.
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