Lions quarterbacks Jared Goff and Hendon Hooker will go face to face this coaching camp, however in line with the crew, there’s already one clear winner.

The Detroit Lions have a plan for rookie quarterback Hendon Hooker, alright. It’s referred to as the 10-year plan.

Lions head coach Dan Campbell didn’t precisely say what number of years it will take Hooker to develop right into a beginning position, however based mostly on his latest feedback on the Inexperienced Gentle podcast, it’s going to be “a very long time”. Like Jets-playoff-drought-long.

In an episode referred to as “Dan Campbell Is Excited About Hendon Hooker’s Potential,” the title just about says all of it. Campbell did point out how “excited” he was to see the 2023 third-rounder develop these subsequent few years, but on the identical time, Campbell was very consciously buckling Hooker into the again of a automobile seat as if to say: this younger buck’s not prepared.

Campbell stated:

“This actually is only a redshirt 12 months for him. He’s obtained to get this leg proper first; then he’ll be taught underneath Jared [starting QB Goff] and let’s see what occurs, you already know? If he can finally turn out to be your [backup], or perhaps down the highway afterward it’s greater than that. Nevertheless it’s going to be a very long time.”

Campbell admits that Hooker doesn’t have beginning potential proper now and perhaps by no means will — he notes that “finally” the previous Tennessee Volunteer can turn out to be a sturdy backup, and that down the highway it could possibly be “greater than that.”

A variety of deliberately obscure phrasing there.

Lions don’t see a transparent future with rookie quarterback Hendon Hooker

What’s crystal clear is that Jared Goff would be the crew’s beginning quarterback for 2023 and 2024; until he indicators an extension, Goff will turn out to be an unrestricted free agent in 2025.

Goff, who’s about to show the opposite facet of 30, might solely have a number of extra playoff-caliber years left in him, after which it’s as much as the Lions brass to determined the place to go from there.

May Hooker, after recovering from his torn ACL, work his approach up and declare the beginning place for himself by that point? It’s potential, Campbell muses, leaving oodles of room for interpretation.

That stated, the truth that Campbell got here out and declared Hooker’s first 12 months to be a redshirt 12 months offers some indication that Detroit doesn’t see the altering of the quarterback guard taking place for an extended, very long time.

For now, followers ought to mood expectations surrounding Hooker — Campbell and the Lions clearly are.