Stafford is coming back | Update: Stafford on trade block?

[OldSchool]

Even trading him is impossible where the fuck does Lombardi come up with this crap

$55.5 million dead cap from trading him and his cap hit is only $20 million this year. He's not being traded the only thing that could happen is him retiring which he said he isn't. Lombardi is braid dead as always pay no attention to him.

 

[Stl2La]

Lombardi is a Niners homer fk that guy.

 

[I like Rams]

A few things we know:

1. We know from Jourdan that teams have called interested in Stafford.

2. Staff is not only our qb but also McVays friend, so if he were to be traded, McVay would make more than likely make sure he's set with a line and some weapons.

3. If Staff was traded, it would be a Goff situation where the buying team would have to pick up the entire contract, bc we would be eating a shit load of dead money. Not sure there are many teams out there who would gamble on Staff with that kind of pay load and all his health concerns that were stirring this season.

 

[WestCoastRam]

A few things we know:

1. We know from Jourdan that teams have called interested in Stafford.

Yeah, Jourdan mentioned that on pod. Teams have called but not that Rams are shopping.

 

[RocknRam29]

View: https://twitter.com/camdasilva/status/1633893724500512768

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

View: https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1633891355301691394

I’m calling BS. The only way that happens imo is if McVay signs Mayfield and thinks he could get Baker playing at a higher level.

Personally I don’t think Mayfield is close to Stafford’s caliber. If a team traded a first for Stafford then I don’t the Rams would use it to pick a QB. There aren’t any close to good enough outside the top two and I have doubts about both of them.

It would be a bad move.

 

[Angry Ram]

 

[AvengerRam]

Michael Lombardi said on the Pat McAfee show that the Rams would LOVE to trade Stafford and KNOWS for a fact they've called teams about trading him.

Yeah…he’s full of shit.

All these asshats making shit up. Or are we to believe that Stafford can barely throw, is contemplating retirement, AND that teams are trying to trade for him?

 

[dang]

I will always appreciate what Mcvay has done as the Rams headcoach but if he doesn't see this rebuild/reload through I'm sorry to say that I'll lose a lot of respect for him. Though I'm not sure why he would agree to make this his last year with the Rams knowing it's a cap clearing year only to leave the following year when they are expected to have more cap and to make another run. That alone makes me doubt his departure after this season but if he does leave then it won't look good on him to my eye atleast.

I think you answered your question. Barring a complete mental breakdown McVay is along for the ride. It appears hes pursuing a major retool for a 2024 run with an eye on a bigger rebuild (without Stafford/Donald). beyond that. It’s good to win a SB but it’s great to win 3+.

 

[El Chapo Jr]

And this is why I went on my rant about the media earlier before. Fuck them cuz they literally throw crazy shit out there for click bait and if the said crazy rumor is true than they are like I told you so. I wish someone would bust them out every time they do this and I mean I'm the media busting them out.

 

[MadGoat]

Even trading him is impossible where the fuck does Lombardi come up with this crap

$55.5 million dead cap from trading him and his cap hit is only $20 million this year. He's not being traded the only thing that could happen is him retiring which he said he isn't. Lombardi is braid dead as always pay no attention to him.

Based on Sportrac, it sure looks like the Rams could shove his dead cap into 2024 with a post 6/1 trade:

POST-6/1 TRADE
2023 Dead Cap: $12,000,000
2024 Dead Cap: $36,000,000
2023 Cap Savings: $8,000,000

I'm not saying that's a great idea, but it doesn't sound impossible.

 

[AvengerRam]

Lombardi is a collie molesting click bait whore.

 

[Allen2McVay]

View: https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1633891355301691394

After Goff's 2016 rookie season, Michael Lombardi was on the Rich Eisen Show and said that
'Jared Goff did not have what it takes to play quarterback in the NFL.'

Eisen asked Lombardi ... 'You can tell that after seven games?'

Lombardi replied ... 'I could tell that after seven pass attempts'

In the next two seasons, Goff had 60 TDs vs 19 Interceptions, two Pro Bowls, two Division Championships, a Super Bowl appearance and a regular season won-loss-record of 24-7.

Can't definitively say his information is wrong but Michael Lombardi is an arrogant scum-bag ... my opinion.

 

[dieterbrock]

Based on Sportrac, it sure looks like the Rams could shove his dead cap into 2024 with a post 6/1 trade:

POST-6/1 TRADE
2023 Dead Cap: $12,000,000
2024 Dead Cap: $36,000,000
2023 Cap Savings: $8,000,000

I'm not saying that's a great idea, but it doesn't sound impossible.

Which means they would have to wait until June to trade him. Pretty unlikely with the draft, free agency etc happening long before then

 

[I like Rams]

Yeah, Jourdan mentioned that on pod. Teams have called but not that Rams are shopping.

My point was that there are teams that are interested. Now how interested, as in take his whole contract, we don't know. We also don't know if what Lomardi heard about us calling teams about Staff, is the possibility of them calling teams back that already expressed interest.

 

[OldSchool]

Based on Sportrac, it sure looks like the Rams could shove his dead cap into 2024 with a post 6/1 trade:

POST-6/1 TRADE
2023 Dead Cap: $12,000,000
2024 Dead Cap: $36,000,000
2023 Cap Savings: $8,000,000

I'm not saying that's a great idea, but it doesn't sound impossible.

So we're going to hold onto him until June to trade him?

 

[AvengerRam]

View: https://twitter.com/jourdanrodrigue/status/1633923528834822144?s=46&t=bbzb7IDvfGm9LeJP7BVpnQ

 

[dang]

After Goff's 2016 rookie season, Michael Lombardi was on the Rich Eisen Show and said that
'Jared Goff did not have what it takes to play quarterback in the NFL.'

Eisen asked Lombardi ... 'You can tell that after seven games?'

Lombardi replied ... 'I could tell that after seven pass attempts'

In the next two seasons, Goff had 60 TDs vs 19 Interceptions, two Pro Bowls, two Division Championships, a Super Bowl appearance and a regular season won-loss-record of 24-7.

Can't definitively say his information is wrong but Michael Lombardi is an arrogant scum-bag ... my opinion.

He should be required to have this statement stapled to his fat forehead for the rest of his “career” as a reminder of how wrong and arrogant he is.

 

[Flint]

Whaaaa! I got shit on my mind. Whaaaa! Coming back and fixing this team will be hard. Whaaa! Rams will probably have another losing season. Whaaa! My life is so hard even though I just got a beautiful wife, a wheel-barrow full of money and a job extension. Whaaaa!!! My life sucks!

Think you mean Waaah!! Took me a second to figure out where you were going.

 

[Neil039]

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...rade-matthew-stafford-calling-teams-about-qb/

WTF is this garbage?

Once vaunted for their refusal to rebuild, the Rams are in teardown mode entering the 2023 NFL offseason. Big-name starters like Jalen Ramseyand Leonard Floyd have reportedly already been shopped on the trade market. Now quarterback Matthew Stafford is among the potential casualties. Just a year after giving Stafford a $160 million contract extension following their Super Bowl run, Los Angeles has been calling teams about dealing the QB, according to NFL reporter Michael Lombardi.

"Matt Stafford is fully available," Lombardi said on "The Pat McAfee Show" Thursday. "They would love to trade [him]. They can't [easily] do it, because he's got $57 million guaranteed. [But] they're trying to get out from it. [They've] called teams, I know this."

Officially, Stafford's four-year, $160M extension includes $63M guaranteed, per Over the Cap. The Rams would actually absorb a net loss of $54M by trading Stafford before June 1. If they were to deal the QB after June 1, however, they'd instantly save $1.5M, as well as tens of millions from 2023-2026. That's discounting the possibility of another team taking on large portions of Stafford's guaranteed money, or renegotiating the contract entirely.

Stafford's career prospects have changed in a hurry. A prized acquisition for Sean McVay and the Rams ahead of the 2021 season, he arrived from the Lions as part of a blockbuster trade package including two first-round draft picks. He threw a career-high 41 touchdowns while guiding L.A. to a Super Bowl LVI victory. But injuries wrecked his offensive line, his supporting cast -- and then his own health -- throughout 2022, in which he played just nine games and downplayed speculation of an early retirement.

Fully healthy, Stafford remains an above-average starter. But he also entered 2022 with questions about an injured elbow, and his contract would require clearing the aforementioned hurdles. It's unlikely he'd have a serious trade market until deep into the summer, provided there are still teams desperate for a proven starter.