Matthew Stafford Contract Status

[Ellard80]

After loosing for 12 years with the Lions and asking to be traded do you really think Stafford wants to go somewhere just because they pay him the most?

Yeah this is why he won't go just anywhere...

 

[Ram_Rally]

yup, though I think all rules go out the window at QB

To an extent for sure. But if Stafford is adamant that he will not come back unless the Rams match the other offers he's gotten, well...

 

[PhillyRam]

I have been a Rams fan for 50 years... in all that time they have never had a really good QB that spent 10 plus years with the team. A guy that was known for being the Rams QB and Rams only.

Everett probably had the longest run, but the last 4 yrs were brutal.

Would be nice to eventually find a guy that you can pencil in for the next 10 plus years and be a competitive team during that stretch.

 

[El Chapo Jr]

yup, though I think all rules go out the window at QB

Not if that QB is closer to retirement with a young core that needs to be paid...
Allegedly lol

 

[WestCoastRam]

To an extent for sure. But if Stafford is adamant that he will not come back unless the Rams match the other offers he's gotten, well...

It's been reported numerous times he is willing to take less to stay with Rams, most recently today.

At this point, it's really how far Rams want to try to push the discount with him and what the trade compensation is.

It sounds like Rams are figuring out whether they want to keep Stafford now vs Stafford driving a hard bargain.

 

[WestCoastRam]

Not if that QB is closer to retirement with a young core that needs to be paid...
Allegedly lol

What's the rule here?

 

[El Chapo Jr]

Yeah this is why he won't go just anywhere...

That is TBD

 

[Ram_Rally]

It's been reported numerous times he is willing to take less to stay with Rams, most recently today.

At this point, it's really how far Rams want to try to push the discount with him and what the trade compensation is.

It sounds like Rams are figuring out whether they want to keep Stafford now vs Stafford driving a hard bargain.

Who reported it? I somehow missed it.

 

[Flatlyner]

There is literally no new information here for any careful observer. Things remain as they are. Rams most likely to sign him but not guaranteed.

I think the new info (at least to me) was that there are teams willing to match his contract desires. I knew his agent was talking with teams, just hadn't seen that multiple teams are willing to offer what he wants.

I have been a Rams fan for 50 years... in all that time they have never had a really good QB that spent 10 plus years with the team. A guy that was known for being the Rams QB and Rams only.

Everett probably had the longest run, but the last 4 yrs were brutal.

Would be nice to eventually find a guy that you can pencil in for the next 10 plus years and be a competitive team during that stretch.

Hopefully that guy is Arch Manning

 

[majrleaged]

We can only take him and his agent at their word. And so far this is all about the money. He knows he has a few years left and it appears he is trying to secure as much as he can. Don't blame either side in this.

I don't blame players for getting as much as they can. I just don't think it is the only motivation in this case. But as with all of us here, we don't know shit.

 

[El Chapo Jr]

What's the rule here?

Who knows lol.... we'll find out when a decision is made

 

[Ram_Rally]

Do we have any capologists here? Could we fit Stafford's new contract without eating up almost all the cap space for 2025?

 

[El Chapo Jr]

I don't blame players for getting as much as they can. I just don't think it is the only motivation in this case. But as with all of us here, we don't know shit.

The truth will eventually come out. Its going thru the process of getting to it that's such a bitch.

 

[Ram_Rally]

I think the new info (at least to me) was that there are teams willing to match his contract desires. I knew his agent was talking with teams, just hadn't seen that multiple teams are willing to offer what he wants.

Hopefully that guy is Arch Manning

Didn't Arch say he wanted to play all 4 years? That would put him in 2027

 

[majrleaged]

The harsh truth is Stafford's time as a Ram is coming sooner than later. It's going to happen one day. Doing it too late can also fuck us in the long run. That's where the complications are coming from.

If he stays and we get another SB and then the next 2 years he is injured alot and that is all we get, did we keep him to long.

If we trade him and we can't find a QB for 3 years, did we get rid of him in time?

Who knows, right? All I am saying, is taking a swing and missing is better than striking out looking.

 

[Ram_Rally]

A random point that I have to add: one of my favorite things about the offseason is when people start reporting something about a player and all of the fans say "bullshit! They don't know anything" And then get completely rocked when they find out it's real but I hate that it could be us right now lol.

 

[AZRams]

View: https://x.com/corryjoel/status/1894089263547125798

 

[El Chapo Jr]

If he stays and we get another SB and then the next 2 years he is injured alot and that is all we get, did we keep him to long.

If we trade him and we can't find a QB for 3 years, did we get rid of him in time?

Who knows, right? All I am saying, is taking a swing and missing is better than striking out looking.

Yeah but we could win one without him too since anything is a possibility dependent upon how the roster is built with FA and the draft. Swings are taken whether or not Stafford is or isn't traded.

 

[WestCoastRam]

Grisak is a hack. He’s speculating on all of this and presenting it as fact. He prints that there’s ARE QBs that would love to play for theRams and McVay, but when Shrager speaks it he says “There are QBs that LIKELY, would want to play for McVay and the Rams”

I doubt that either of them knows anything concrete.

He is a hack, but isn't he just paraphrasing Schrager here?

 

[dieterbrock]

I don't blame players for getting as much as they can. I just don't think it is the only motivation in this case. But as with all of us here, we don't know shit.

What other motivation is there?
He wants more money, period.