With Taylor Decker sidelined by a shoulder injury, the Detroit Lions entered Week 5 uncertain at left tackle. Second-year lineman Giovanni Manu started in Sunday’s win (37-24) over the Cincinnati Bengals , but the gap was clear, and Jared Goff openly addressed the struggles afterward.

Still, the quarterback’s tone wasn’t harsh. Instead, he made sure to back his young teammate. “I thought he fought his tail off. It’s hard man. It’s you know, it’s his first game and everybody’s first game, there’s gonna be mistakes made and that’s what I tried to tell him is Dude,” Goff said. The31-year-old wanted Manu to know it’s all part of the process.

He added, “You’re not gonna be perfect. You’re gonna make mistakes. It’s okay. Like just, just as long as the next one is better and the next one

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