Jared Goff's TD catch came on a trick play called “Alcatraz,” which the Lions have practiced for years

Jared Goff's TD catch came on a trick play called “Alcatraz,” which the Lions have practiced for years

Lions quarterback Jared Goff made NFL history Monday night by completing every pass he threw, but his favorite play may have been the pass he caught.

On a trick play the Lions call “Alcatraz,” wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown threw a pass to Goff in the end zone, which Goff intercepted for a touchdown. Goff said that to the best of his knowledge, he has never caught a touchdown pass in his life at any level – not in college, high school or as a young child.

“I think this is my first one ever since I was seven years old,” Goff said. “I think this is my first.”

Goff said he and St. Brown had been working on the play for a few years, but the right situation to use it in a game had never come before.

“This game was a long time ago and we were never in the right situation to play it. I think we've actually said it before in a game, and if it doesn't have the right look, I'll pull it out. But that was the right look,” Goff said.

Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson designed the play and gave it his name, for reasons Goff doesn't know.

“We call it Alcatraz,” Goff said. “Ben has been calling it Alcatraz for two or three years. I don't think I ever asked him why. There's probably a reason. I think I should ask him why.”

It was the second straight game in which the Lions received a touchdown pass on a trick play, having scored on a hook and a ladder the week before. Goff said there are more trick plays in the Lions' playbook.

“We have these plays in the game plan a lot and they don’t always come up,” Goff said. “There has to be the right scenario for them. The hook and the ladder were one and so was Alcatraz.”

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