Matthew Stafford Contract Status

[dieterbrock]

For shits & giggles, what would YOU want to do if we were to acquire the 6th pick?

Would they still have #26 in this fantasy?

 

[Turducken]

For shits & giggles, what would YOU want to do if we were to acquire the 6th pick?

For me, I'd love to trade down for more picks in this class. If someone was making a big trade up, a 1st next year would be great. Getting a 2nd rounder in a trade down would seem like a priority.

Outside of that, if we stayed put and took a guy I see a few intriguing possibilities:
Do we get nasty up front and take Mason Graham?
Do we get that big fast WR McVay has wanted since nearly signing Evans in McMillian?
Do we draft an OT to fill in for AJ or Big Rob in Will Campbell?
Do we take the best lock down corner in Will Johnson?
Do we take a TE weapon in Warren?
Or does McVay say fuck it and draft Jeanty?

I've been playing it out on the PFF draft simulator. It allows trades of players and picks. Could possibly trade down (twice) to a late first round pick and pick up two more r1 picks for 2026.

 

[Flatlyner]

Would they still have #26 in this fantasy?

Lord I hope so

 

[Flatlyner]

I've been playing it out on the PFF draft simulator. It allows trades of players and picks. Could possibly trade down (twice) to a late first round pick and pick up two more r1 picks for 2026.

Well that would be very ideal.

 

[dieterbrock]

Lord I hope so

May as well get Maxx Crosby in the deal while we're at it. Lol

 

[WestCoastRam]

Not saying anyone knows anything for sure - but these guys also like to be the "first" to say something.

So hard to know if they even mean it.

Ben has proven himself more right than wrong. Of course, here he is only speculating. He's very good about clarifying that too when he says stuff.

 

[WestCoastRam]

I've been playing it out on the PFF draft simulator. It allows trades of players and picks. Could possibly trade down (twice) to a late first round pick and pick up two more r1 picks for 2026.

In a bad 1st round year, I don't think you can hope to trade down (though it could still happen). You better be happy with what you can get at those spots.

 

[WestCoastRam]

I find it harder and harder to go thru pages and pages with really no new info. I ask that when this is finally over that the admins force a new thread on the new RAMS and Stafford contract. Cause I believe that he stays a Ram and will be around 55 per year.

Okay, not new info here but something I wasn't really clear on and maybe only slightly more clear on right now. It sure seems like many are implying online that it's not 50 mill Stafford is seeking from the Rams but 50 mill that he's seeking from the league.

Which would make me think he might take less than 50 mill from Rams?

It seemed to me that days ago that people were saying Stafford wanted 50 mill as some sort of floor and that included the Rams and that other teams were willing to go above it.

Sadly, there's reporting on this, then aggregators that report on the report and mike-heads who put their spin on the report so much that it's now become hard to parse.

 

[Psycho_X]

Not really anything new.

View: https://x.com/SumerSports/status/1895211398134931554

 

[thirteen28]

I would definitely try to trade down, and if there was a taker, I'd try to get another 1st next year as part of the compensation. Would love for the Rams to go into the Arch Manning draft with extra 1st round ammo.

 

[Cjcinec]

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

Stafford while not being paid top 10 has made more money than all but 6 QB’s since he’s been with the Rams and his career earnings overall is second only to Rodgers . Stafford’s career earnings total $ 364 MILLION.

If the Rams trade Stafford to the Raiders, it will be like handing over the LA market right back to them. It would increase the stupidity of the trade by 10 fold

Most likely it would just be a continuation of futility for the Raiders. Stafford isn’t anyone’s long term solution. The Raiders are much more than a QB away from competing. The Rams might not want to extend Stafford at the price and terms of his contract request but they aren’t going to GIVE him away. Stafford’s contract runs through the 2026 season. Raiders will have to pony up at minimum a 2nd and a 5th in the 2025 and a conditional Round 1 pick that is based on his performance in 2025. If he’s traded to the Raiders he will right back at home like his Lions days never sniffing the playoffs again.

 

[Stl2La]

View: https://youtu.be/6p4gT8Ukyrk?t=1063&si=KkE27QQG6JBUkZuU


Starts at 17:45. Good take by a Niners guy.

 

[jrry32]

If the Rams trade Stafford to the Raiders, it will be like handing over the LA market right back to them. It would increase the stupidity of the trade by 10 fold

I'm not worried about that. I trust McVay to make the right call.

If I'm the Rams, I play hardball and don't let him go without a first. It can include a pick swap this year (e.g., the Rai-duhs 1-6 for our 1-26) or a 1st rounder next year (with other draft capital this year), but I think the Rams should draw a very hard line with regard to that. They already stated that a 1st would be the asking price. They already have Stafford under contract and are under no obligation to let him go without the right price.

I doubt we get pick #6, but we better get first round value. IMO, a couple examples of fair deals are:
Option #1
Pick #37
2026 conditional 3rd round pick (becomes a 2nd if Stafford plays 75% of snaps and a 1st if Stafford plays 75% of snaps and the Raiders make the playoffs)

Option #2
Pick #68
2026 conditional 2nd round pick (becomes a 1st if Stafford plays 75% of snaps)

 

[Cjcinec]

It was 13-10 at halftime before the weather kicked in.

So we still had a chance to win that game even if the weather stayed the same.

I completely disagree with your take.

It was the two turnovers that changed the game. Kyren Williams fumble and Matt Stafford’s fumble led to 6 point's. Rams lost by 6.

 

[Cjcinec]

I'm not worried about that. I trust McVay to make the right call.

I doubt we get pick #6, but we better get first round value. IMO, a couple examples of fair deals are:
Option #1
Pick #37
2026 conditional 3rd round pick (becomes a 2nd if Stafford plays 75% of snaps and a 1st if Stafford plays 75% of snaps and the Raiders make the playoffs)

Option #2
Pick #68
2026 conditional 2nd round pick (becomes a 1st if Stafford plays 75% of snaps)

Not enough. If they are only getting a 2nd or a 3rd in 2025. ( Not enough) then the conditional pick should be a number 1 in 2026. Anything less is not an option.

 

[WestCoastRam]

Not really anything new.

View: https://x.com/SumerSports/status/1895211398134931554

I think there's a ton new here! The biggest being Jourdan basically saying there's not much wiggle-room from the Rams on what they're going to pay.

So the negotiation wasn't let's meet in the middle, it was always, here's what we're offering, go out and check the market and then see what you want to do (with maybe a tiny bit of wiggle room).

She def thinks there would be interest in Rodgers.

 

[dieterbrock]

Word is that the Raiders have the framework for a contract for Stafford in place. So it sounds like the ball is in the Rams court

 

[dieterbrock]

View: https://x.com/nfl_talk_sports/status/1895245934168285535?s=46&t=WEmuN_hfFyUykYusVuf0Tw

 

[Allen2McVay]

It was the two turnovers that changed the game. Kyren Williams fumble and Matt Stafford’s fumble led to 6 point's. Rams lost by 6.

That was a strange game. Both teams left points on-the-board.

A.J. Brown dropped a TD pass. A screen pass to Goedert that resulted in a 1st-and-goal was negated by an OL downfield (a penalty that wasn't even called much before 2024), and the Eagles had to settle for a FG. After one of the lost fumbles, the Eagles scored a TD on 3rd-and-one. The TD was overturned on review. Then the Eagles scored on 4th down but a OL was offside, negating that TD, resulting in another FG. And, their place-kicker missed two XPs.

That's 17 points, the Eagles left on-the-field.

Despite everything ... all the big plays ... the Rams had a 3rd-and-three at the Philadelphia 14, when Limmer and Dotson fucked-up, allowing the best player on the Eagles' defense a free-run to Stafford for a sack just as Higee was breaking wide open (the DB slipped) for what would have been an easy pitch-and-catch for a 1st down and, possibly, a go-ahead-TD.

 

[Flatlyner]

View: https://x.com/nfl_talk_sports/status/1895245934168285535?s=46&t=WEmuN_hfFyUykYusVuf0Tw

Yikes. I'm assuming we will have a decision by end of weekend here.