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Seems like a terrible reason to give up a ton of assets for a guy who’s never won squat in 11 seasons in the NFL.

Well, obviously there was more of a market for Stafford than for Goff. I’ll be curious to see how both do in different systems. I just don’t think there’s much evidence for the notion that Stafford is better than Goff at this stage of his career. As someone else said upthread, NFL teams are notoriously bad at evaluating QBs—even their own QBs.

I think for some reason they wanted Stafford, a guy that other teams were interested in. I also think the relationship between Goff and McVay was broken and Goff just had to be moved.

It’s cool that Buffalo might now be a place where aging stars want to go to “compete for a ring”.

Please look at their passing statistics the last four seasons and explain to me why Stafford is a huge upgrade from Jared Goff...

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So the Rams don’t give up their first this year? I had not seen that reported anywhere. Just assumed it was ‘21 and ‘22. That does make a difference, although the Rams still massively overpaid.

Well, there’s no question which QB the Rams prefer, so what do I know?

Well, it’s not just wins...The last 4 seasons, Goff has thrown for more yards, more TDs and more yards per attempt than Stafford. It’s not at all clear to me why Stafford is considered a better QB.

And yet Goff seems to be much better at winning football games...

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I might be inclined to take Goff over Stafford, straight up. I think Goff will win as many games in Detroit as Stafford did the last two years...Awful trade for Rams

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Can’t forget—those Rams first rounders will both be late in the first. about equal to 6 or 7 overall.

How can you rule out the Jets? Same amount of draft capital plus Darnold. Tua has very little value; maybe less than Darnold.

Good lord. This means Watson is worth at least 4 first round picks.

No, but it’s the way Watson runs that I think exposes him to injury. Guys like Russell Wilson seem to run all the time but never take hits. Watson is more reckless (courageous?) in the way he runs—not unlike Josh Allen—and of course the sacks expose him to injury as well. He’s already torn his ACL during his time with the Texans.

My only concern about Watson is that his frame is relatively slight. With his propensity to run and to take sacks, you have to worry about how his body will hold up over a long career.

Seems highly unlikely that team would regress with Watson, no matter how much draft capital they gave up. They have two firsts and two seconds this year and a full draft next year, and of course they are already a borderline playoff team. I don’t know how they regress by adding a top 4 quarterback to the mix. In fact, they would be downright scary. Every Bills fan should hope this doesn’t happen.

Not crazy, but I would not trade 12 overall plus Jimmy G for Matt Ryan, and I doubt SF would either.

You didn’t answer the question

How do you square that with the fact that Watson has a no-trade clause in his contract? They can’t just ship him to Detroit or wherever.

You apparently have a lot of inside information...What’s your source?

I hate to break the news to you, but if NFL owners ran the Electoral College, we’d be settling in for Four More Years right about now.

Well, Watson reportedly has a no-trade clause in his contract, so he doesn’t have to accept a trade he doesn’t like. As a lawyer, maybe I’m just cynical about contracts. They aren’t sacred; good upstanding people try to negotiate their way out of or around them all the time. And at any rate, Watson’s not really trying to get out of his contract; he’s trying to convince the Texans to trade their rights under the contract to a different team, where his performance will still be subject to the terms of that same deal. Watson has a long history of being a good guy and a good teammate; the McNairs, not so much. I’m giving Watson the benefit of any doubts in this pissing match.

Watson’s quarrel is with ownership, not with the GM.