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The Detroit Lions’ internal spending spree continued Monday with a headline move.

ESPN’s Adam Schefte reported the NFC North team and quarterback Jared Goff agreed to a four-year, $212 million contract extension with $170 million in guarantees.

The deal makes the 29-year-old the highest-paid player in Detroit franchise history and keeps him under contract through the 2028 campaign.

It is quite the deal from an average annual value perspective at $53 million per season once the extension starts.

Here is where it will rank on an average annual basis compared to other quarterbacks, per Over The Cap:

The Lions won their division for the first time since the 1993 campaign during the 2023 season and have wasted no time keeping that core together.

Detroit agreed to a four-year, $120 million contract extension with $77 million guaranteed for wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown and agreed to a four-year, $112 million contract extension with $85 million guaranteed for offensive tackle Penei Sewell.

Both of those moves were done last month and seemed to set up an ensuing agreement with Goff considering he was set to enter the final year of his contract in 2024 on his previous deal.

General manager Brad Holmes made it seem like only a matter of time before something would get done when he addressed Goff’s status during a Thursday appearance on WXYT (h/t Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk).

“First and foremost, he’s earned an extension,” Holmes said. “It’s important, it’s a high priority for us and both sides are working really, really hard and these things just take time.”