The MVP conversation — in which Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff belongs firmly. It's only eight weeks into the season, so I'm not making declarations he will win it just yet — especially when Lamar Jackson is telling everyone else to hold his beer week-in and week-out.

It’s well-founded hype for Goff, who has joined elite rare company by posting a QB Rating over 140.0 in three straight games. Yet, as you might expect from the low-key quarterback, Goff isn’t getting caught up in the MVP buzz.

What then are we to make of one Jared Thomas Goff, who is playing the quarterback position about as well as it can be played right now? Starting with Detroit’s 42-29 Week 4 win over the Seattle Seahawks,