Goff traded for Stafford

[T-RO]

Any smart GM has to always leave ALL options on the table. There is a price where the Cowboys might do a sign-and-trade w/Dak.

There is a always a price.

 

[Miller]

I know it looks like Rams got their tail kicked but did y’all watch Goff the last few seasons?

 

[TWOK11]

Stafford’s career QB rating is 89, very average for this era of quarterbacks and nearly 10 points below Dak’s career rating. And that’s despite playing most of his career with very good receiving targets including a top 5 receiver of all time.

He’s better than Goff, but it’s not like the Rams were on the cusp this year. They had the best defense in football and still were completely non-competitive with GB in the divisional round. Moreover, something being overlooked here is style of play. Stafford has been his entire career in a shotgun dominant pro-spread attack. For the majority of his career he’s run a modern variation of the run and shoot. Now suddenly he’s going to be thrown back in time 25 years to a classic west coast offense with a bunch of concepts he hasn’t regularly run since his days at Georgia.

 

[T-RO]

I wonder who else offered for him...

For sure the Niners. Probably Denver, Carolina, New England. Who am I missing?

 

[Swagger]

Any smart GM has to always leave ALL options on the table. There is a price where the Cowboys might do a sign-and-trade w/Dak.

There is a always a price.

Can the dream become a reality...

 

[Swagger]

For sure the Niners. Probably Denver, Carolina, New England. Who am I missing?

Pittsburgh?

 

[Shane612]

Dak is better than Stafford.

Yet some on here think the cowboys should let Dak walk and couldn’t get a first for him.

Doesn't Stafford have good numbers?...good as anyone one with his time in the league.

 

[KingintheNorth]

I wondee who else offered for him...

Looks like Denver and Washington.

Buzz out there that Washington's offer was better (or at least more immediately gratifying).

 

[Runwildboys]

I hope they put Goff on suicide watch after learning that they had to include two firsts and a third to make up for Detroit taking him.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

I have to be reading this trade wrong or the Rams are bigger melvins than Jerry.

Yeah, this is bizarre. TWO firsts, a third, and Goff? They way overpaid.

 

[Flamma]

I knew someone would give up a lot for him. I said as much in the other thread regarding this. I'm just surprised it was the Rams. Not because I think Stafford is some great QB or anything, but because there is a healthy competition for him. That will always drive up the price.

With that trade the Rams don't have a first round pick until 2024.

 

[superonyx]

Hats off to the Rams though......if it ain't working, kill it and get rid of it at all cost.

No hats off to the Rams. They evaluated Goff and made the decision to resign him early for big money. They don't get Kudos for committing over 100M to a QB they ended up wanted rid of so badly they had to add 1st round picks to unload him for a 33 year old QB with back problems.

If Jerry did this you would be killing him.

 

[McKDaddy]

The moral of this lesson don’t kill yourself with a stupid QB contract unless they are other worldly.

Can you put this on a repeat every hour? Some people can't get it that the team has little recourse if it goes bad. Organizations have to stop it with the lottery size guaranteed money.

 

[Coy]

Stafford’s career QB rating is 89, very average for this era of quarterbacks and nearly 10 points below Dak’s career rating. And that’s despite playing most of his career with very good receiving targets including a top 5 receiver of all time.

He’s better than Goff, but it’s not like the Rams were on the cusp this year. They had the best defense in football and still were completely non-competitive with GB in the divisional round. Moreover, something being overlooked here is style of play. Stafford has been his entire career in a shotgun dominant pro-spread attack. For the majority of his career he’s run a modern variation of the run and shoot. Now suddenly he’s going to be thrown back in time 25 years to a classic west coast offense with a bunch of concepts he hasn’t regularly run since his days at Georgia.

I’d bet Stafford will be a top tier QB with McVay, if he reached the SB with Goff then he surely can do it with Stafford, at least he makes then a real contender in the NFC.

 

[T-RO]

Stafford’s career QB rating is 89, very average for this era of quarterbacks and nearly 10 points below Dak’s career rating.

PFF scores:
Stafford:
2020:82.0
2019:82.6
2018:77.8

Dak:
2020:85.2
2019:80.1
2018:74.6

Watson:
2020:92.5
2019:81.3
2018:82.7

 

[Carson]

Looks like Denver and Washington.

Buzz out there that Washington's offer was better (or at least more immediately gratifying).

Any idea what Washington offered?

 

[T-RO]

I hope they put Goff on suicide watch after learning that they had to include two firsts and a third to make up for Detroit taking him.

Seriously. Sheer rejection!

 

[T-RO]

No hats off to the Rams.

I think you missed Hawkeye's point. He's saying: If you make a mistake, own it, make remedy and move on. Rams did that with Gurley and did it again here.

Mistakes aren't the end of the world.

 

[Valkyr]

Dude went from Detroit to LA.

 

[Patrick]

Well, they made the SB with Goff in 2019, they reached the divisional round this year and no matter your thoughts on Stafford, I think all of us can agree he is an upgrade over Goff... They are going all in and I like it.
McVay is one of the brightest offensive minds in the game, Stafford will have a great year.

Exactly, Stafford is an incredible QB, being in Detroit is horrible for anyone. McVay + Stafford just made another contender in the NFC.