Detroit agreed to send the quarterback to Los Angeles in exchange for Jared Goff and multiple draft picks
The field marshal of the Detroit Lions, Matthew Stafford, is addressed to Los Angeles Rams in exchange for the quarterback Jared Goff and multiple draft selections, Sources told Adam Schefter of ESPN this Saturday night.
the Lions will receive a selection of third round of draft of the 2021, a first round of the 2022 and a first round of the 2323 in the exchange of former first global selections of the draft.
This is the first major move by the new general manager of the Lions, Brad Holmes, who was hired earlier this month from the Rams, Where he was a college talent scout. During his introductory press conference he noted that he wanted to build the team through the draft. You will now have extra capital to do so.
Matthew Stafford he said after the last game of Detroit in the 2020 season he didn’t want to get into hypothetical situations when asked if he thought it was his last game with the Lions.
“I have two years left on my contract here,” he stated Matthew Stafford. “There’s a lot to discuss. I’ll keep this between my family and me and all that, but we’ll resolve it at another date, I’m sure.”
He then said he would look back on the season, spend time with his family and then find out what awaited him for his future.
Matthew Stafford went to the president of the Lions, Rod Wood, shortly after the season ended and mentioned that a trade-off could be best for both the franchise and the quarterback. Detroit he considered the idea, but decided to postpone the decisions until the team hired its new general manager and head coach.
the Lions informed the candidates of the possibility that Matthew Stafford it would be exchanged during the interview process and afterwards Detroit hire Holmes and new head coach Dan Campbell. High-ranking officers of the Lions, Along with Holmes and Campbell, had another conversation on January 21st. The team and the quarterback decided then that it was better to look for a change.
A source said that when the news of the search for an exchange leaked, the Lions they were looking for at least “fair market value” for the player who had become the face of the franchise since Calvin Johnson’s retirement after the 2015 season.
Matthew Stafford leave Detroit as the all-time team leader in all pass categories. He is ranked No. 16 in NFL history in aerial yards (45,109) and touchdown passes (282), No. 18 in attempts (6,224) and No. 14 in full passes (3,898). His pin-up as a professional 89.9 is the No. 21 all-time and his 144 interceptions are tied for No. 66 in history with Joe Flacco and Steve Bartkowski.
He is ranked No. 4 of all time in aerial yards per game (273.4) just behind Patrick Mahomes, Drew Brees and Andrew Luck, is second in all time behind Luck in attempts per game (37.7) and fourth in full passes per game (23.6) behind Brees, Muhammad and Matt Ryan.
Matthew Stafford reached the league as the first overall draft pick in 2009 from Georgia and immediately became the starter in Detroit. Injuries, including a separate shoulder, halted his first two NFL campaigns, but he ended up starting all but eight games of Detroit from the year 2011.
When he had to miss the last games of 2019 due to back fractures, he finished a streak of 136 consecutive starts, at this time the sixth longest streak of consecutive starts between quarterbacks in NFL history .
“Matthew Matthew Stafford it’s as hard as it sounds. He’s a great competitor, ”the former offensive coordinator and former interim head coach of the Lions, Darrell Bevell. “I know he’s going to want to be there with his team, so he’s going to have to be pretty drastic for him not to be there.”
Matthew Stafford has struggled with a plethora of problems over the years, including injuries to his ribs, ankle and right thumb last season. He also played in 2018 with fractures to his back and a dislocation in the middle finger of his right hand in 2016, among other things.
While the Lions they never won the NFC North with Matthew Stafford as their quarterback, it kept them quite competitive over the last decade as the team’s first overall selection after the 2008 0-16 season. Matthew Stafford he had eight campaigns of 4,000-yard yards or more and a 5,038-yard season in 2011, when he also set a personal best with 41 touchdowns.
Matthew Stafford he has thrown at least 20 touchdowns in every full season of his career, and at least 10 interceptions, too.
leaves the Detroit as the team’s best quarterback in the Super Bowl era. the Lions are now in a position to try to replace him either through the draft, free agency or a combination of both with Campbell, offensive coordinator Anthony Lynn and quarterbacks coach Mark Brunell in charge of developing d ‘this player.