Detroit has embraced Jared Goff like a hometown hero.
It’s true that anyone leading the Lions to the brink of a Super Bowl would be celebrated, but Goff’s story adds another layer. Cast aside by the team that drafted him No. 1, he’s found a new home in Detroit and arguably become a more beloved figure than he ever was with the Los Angeles Rams.
This newfound popularity might explain his presence in a teaser for Netflix’s upcoming Beverly Hills Cop sequel, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. The film, set to hit the streaming service on July 3, marks nearly 40 years since the original’s theatrical release.
When Jared Goff moved from LA to Detroit there was only one man who could show him the ropes: Axel Foley. pic.twitter.com/TZKnKVfjyr
— Netflix (@netflix) April 25, 2024
Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is a Detroit Police Department detective who tends to bend the rules, and he travels to Beverly Hills to find his friend’s assailant. Albeit a fictional premise and perhaps one of the more famous movies Murphy is known for, the connection here is the Detroit to California pipeline, although inverse in Goff’s case.
“When I first came to Detroit, I was nervous,” Goff said. “It’s a big change, and I wanted to fit in as quickly as possible. I turned to someone who understood both LA and Detroit: Axel Foley.”
The teaser then pans to Murphy’s Foley character on screen while Goff narrates in the background.
“Axel had so much to teach me, like how to greet new teammates,” added Goff.
As Murphy wears a Detroit Lions jacket in the film, Goff uses sneak peeks from the upcoming movie to describe his transition from Los Angeles to Detroit and lessons learned by cursing more to being more spontaneous. Then the Lions’ quarterback said those lessons didn’t finish there.
“The biggest lesson I learned from Axel is to ignore the critics,” said Goff. “Because guys like us, we get the last laugh.”
That comment is quite notable based on Goff’s recent comments about the Detroit media. It’s unlikely they were filmed in unison, but the Lions have been big on ignoring critics. And perhaps the fourth installment of a franchise that hasn’t aired a film in 30 years will have to do the same.
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About Sam Neumann
Since the beginning of 2023, Sam has been a staff writer for Awful Announcing and The Comeback. A 2021 graduate of Temple University, Sam is a Charlotte native, who currently calls Greenville, South Carolina his home. He also has a love/hate relationship with the New York Mets and Jets.