Episode 77 details (Goff & picks for Stafford, insane 2+ week timeline)
- Jared Goff and three draft picks have been traded to the Lions for Matthew Stafford. The Lions will receive the Rams’ third-round pick in 2021, their first-round pick in 2022 and their first-round pick in 2023 in what is the first exchange of former No. 1 overall picks in the common draft era (since 1967)
- The Lions are taking on the four years, $106.6M left on Jared Goff’s contract which was a MASSIVE part of this trade, and that’s the part that Les Snead said he was hung up on a few days ago. So, they got that part ironed out, then had to throw in 2 1st’s (which the Rams clearly don’t value) and one of their three comp picks from this year to sweeten the deal
- How Matt Stafford fits into the Rams offense - Stafford has top-5 arm talent, he can throw outside of the numbers, he can change arm-angles, and has a massive edge athletically over Jared Goff. Matthew Stafford wants to push the ball down the field, and there’s no question that McVay wants to do the same thing.
- Matthew Stafford also is really good on the move and out of play-action, and can literally do everything out of structure. I think he has much better pocket awareness, can avoid defenders, can extend plays, and can convert long down and distances because of it. It’s going to create a much more efficient offense
- Goff vs. Stafford head-to-head stats: deep passes of 20+ yards down the field, air yards per attempt, air yards per game, big-time throws, turnover-worthy plays, quarterback ratings, turnovers.
- Insane rollercoaster: 16-day timeline - 5 coaches and 2 front office members poached in roughly two weeks. Since, the Rams have hired two new coordinators in Morris & DeCamillis, and traded their $134M quarterback and former 1st overall pick to the Lions for Matthew Stafford -- who was the first overall pick back in 2009.
