Lions -Rams fans?
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Rams will now not have had a first round pick since '16 (Jared Goff).
I would fire the Rams GM immediately.
Imagine what DeShaun Watson is going to fetch.
I would fire the Rams GM immediately.
Imagine what DeShaun Watson is going to fetch.
Stanford is good but that is a pretty good haul for him. Rams got better by removing Goff as well. The future picks will hurt but Rams might be good enough make the picks not as great
They had to do 2 first rounders in order to do the trade. No way Detroit would do it. They have to eat a lot of Goffs cap. The deal isn’t as bad as it looks. The Goff contract was idiotic and those involved should be fired.
Goffs contract was terrible for sure.
the picks seem high for the age of Stafford. Certainly makes it a higher price for Watson should he get moved.
I’m sure I’m the only Lions fan here.
I am ecstatic for the deal. I will miss Stafford. Dude was awesome. Tough as nails and gave the franchise all he had. I’m glad he will go to a contender.
ImGoff’s terrible contract is only guaranteed through 2022. So we bumble through two more years (what’s new) and pick up two firsts and a third. That’s a huge win for Detroit.
I am ecstatic for the deal. I will miss Stafford. Dude was awesome. Tough as nails and gave the franchise all he had. I’m glad he will go to a contender.
ImGoff’s terrible contract is only guaranteed through 2022. So we bumble through two more years (what’s new) and pick up two firsts and a third. That’s a huge win for Detroit.
Great deal for both teams. Rams gave up a lot, but they also significantly upgraded the QB position while getting rid of the bad contract they gave Goff. Their window for winning a Super Bowl is now, and while I don’t think Goff is as bad as some believe, he’s still an average-at-best starting QB and was holding them back.
It’s fun to point and laugh at a team for a horrible decision they made, so people will do that without giving much thought about this trade.
It’s fun to point and laugh at a team for a horrible decision they made, so people will do that without giving much thought about this trade.
Been a Rams fan since I was a little guy. I love Coach McVay, I keep thinking that HCSF will turn into him...lol
I have never been a fan of Jared Goff. Even in the 2018-2019 Superbowl year (loss) I didn't Goff was very good. He seemed more a beneficiary of McVay's system than an elite talent at QB. It started showing over the past couple seasons imo. Goff started turning the ball over more and seemingly wasn't reading the field well, obviously that isn't a winning recipe in the NFL.
I haven't been a fan of Snead either. He seemingly signs guys to huge contracts yearly. Gurley and Goff are the two most recent and both are now gone. He also loves to give away draft picks in trade deals. That could mean he likes free agency as the way to build the team more so than development of young talent, i'm not sure. I just haven't been a fan of his.
It will be interesting to see what Stafford has left in the tank. He's taken a beating with the Lions mentally and physically. Almost wondered if Goff's late year injury didn't also factor in this trade, though it sounded like McVay was fed up with Goff.
Overall, I like the trade. Gives me somebody else to root for at QB of my favorite team. Rams D has been getting better and better.
I have never been a fan of Jared Goff. Even in the 2018-2019 Superbowl year (loss) I didn't Goff was very good. He seemed more a beneficiary of McVay's system than an elite talent at QB. It started showing over the past couple seasons imo. Goff started turning the ball over more and seemingly wasn't reading the field well, obviously that isn't a winning recipe in the NFL.
I haven't been a fan of Snead either. He seemingly signs guys to huge contracts yearly. Gurley and Goff are the two most recent and both are now gone. He also loves to give away draft picks in trade deals. That could mean he likes free agency as the way to build the team more so than development of young talent, i'm not sure. I just haven't been a fan of his.
It will be interesting to see what Stafford has left in the tank. He's taken a beating with the Lions mentally and physically. Almost wondered if Goff's late year injury didn't also factor in this trade, though it sounded like McVay was fed up with Goff.
Overall, I like the trade. Gives me somebody else to root for at QB of my favorite team. Rams D has been getting better and better.
The thing about the NFL is that when you get a good QB, you hold onto him. Look at how many teams spend season after season trying one QB after another. The Lions problem is they can't hang on to their drafted talent, and tend to try to re-tread veteran cast-offs. And now they have what seems to be a moron as a head coach.
Thus, although it looks nice now, the trade will turn into another Blake Bortles-style QB and a couple solid starters in 2023, which in sports years is an eternity. It won't matter because the team will still be in rebuild mode, trading away or cutting any player that shows signs of life (Golliday, Swift, Hockenson, Flowers, Okudah). And it will be without a franchise quarterback. Meanwhile, Stafford is going to have the time of his life in LA, making those 1st round picks for Detroit be somewhere near 30.
But I am a (sort of) Lions fan, and may have become rather cynical over the years.
Thus, although it looks nice now, the trade will turn into another Blake Bortles-style QB and a couple solid starters in 2023, which in sports years is an eternity. It won't matter because the team will still be in rebuild mode, trading away or cutting any player that shows signs of life (Golliday, Swift, Hockenson, Flowers, Okudah). And it will be without a franchise quarterback. Meanwhile, Stafford is going to have the time of his life in LA, making those 1st round picks for Detroit be somewhere near 30.
But I am a (sort of) Lions fan, and may have become rather cynical over the years.
68-78-1 career record fetches a former #1 overall and two firsts and a third? Rams made a really ****** trade if you ask me, which nobody did I know...but if you're a Lions fan you have to he thrilled.
One of those firsts is to dump Goff’s massive contract. That’s why it looks so lopsided.
Golliday is gone this year unless they franchise tag him. Flowers should be gone. He’s underperformed on his contract.
Let’s hope they can keep and develop the other three.
Goff i always thought of as overrated. Stafford is a great QB who needs a good offensive line to play behind. How old is Stafford?
Has an aging sub .500 career QB ever traded teams and killed it? ...and brought so much in return? People are acting like Stafford is is going to be a big upgrade to Goff but if i'm a Rams fan I feel like we overpaid; for very average QB.
What an interesting off season though, best I can remember.
What an interesting off season though, best I can remember.
What talent did the Lions truly have during his years there on the field at on the coaching staff?
Had arguably the best receiver in football and Golden Tate on the other side.
People always conventiently forget he had one of the best receivers the NFL has ever seen.......MEGATRON!!
He basically retired because he knew that Matt Stafford wasn't ****, but a stat QB.....NO LEADERSHIP SKILLS!
While the Lions have always been a horrible organization Matt STATford didn't make them NO BETTER! I don't look for them to make it no further than what Goff took them at all!
One good and one great receiver, yep. His OL was filled with talent as well up and down the line? The defense was good enough to get stops as needed to hold a lead and not force the offense to play catch up almost weekly? Had a great running game as well?
dogcrap teams can have handful of great players mixed with a bunch of pedestrian talent for that level of play.
Did Stafford have the same or better talent as the other teams in the division for the majority of his career there?
not a lions fan at all but just don’t see where the Lions where ever in his time the best or second best team top to bottom in the division even on talent and coaching.
dogcrap teams can have handful of great players mixed with a bunch of pedestrian talent for that level of play.
Did Stafford have the same or better talent as the other teams in the division for the majority of his career there?
not a lions fan at all but just don’t see where the Lions where ever in his time the best or second best team top to bottom in the division even on talent and coaching.
He has taken a beating over the years. But he’s one tough dude. I bet he has 4 more years in him, at minimum.
Where has THAT been....??? My mind has been changed, i'm nothing if not fkexible. Go Matt!!
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I don’t think Deshaun Watson is going anywhere... probably causing a higher price for Stafford