(02-01-2021, 08:11 PM)JagFan81 Wrote:

(01-31-2021, 09:26 PM)D6 Wrote: Much like with Matthew Stafford, the courage and toughness of Jared Goff to play with injury is indeed evident.

As much promise as Cam Akers displayed as a rookie,  replacing the Todd Gurley from prior to his 2018 knee injury is extremely difficult. Gurley was a complete back and a workhorse.  

Amazingly, two years ago at this time, Jared Goff was preparing for the Super Bowl against the Patriots.  NFL=Not for Long was even the case for a QB who signed a lucrative contract extension in Sept. 2019, is still only 26, and has been able to play in the vast majority of LA Rams games since then.  There are concerns regarding Jared Goff as a QB moving forward. But I would rather have him than the QBs you mentioned.  

Thanks. The more I've been thinking about this trade the more I think Detroit won. I like Stafford and I know hes popular in Detroit but is he seen as 'the guy' by Lions fans? You guys have a brutal division every year and hes just not been able to have that playoff run or reach a SB. Hes getting older and seemed to be looking elsewhere.

For most teams this would be panic stations, look at Houston, but Detroit have a younger QB who like you say has played most games in his career and some very important ones too. Throw in 2 1st round draft picks and for a situation that could have really hurt Detroit they got an impressive haul. 

I dont really rate any of the Rams WR's after Kupp and Goff has been the easy target to blame. Not sure adding Stafford suddenly makes that O click.

Stafford has had the worst run game in the league pretty much his whole career. He’s rarely had good coaching and the one time he had a top 10 defense, he went 11-5.

He’s one of the most underrated stars in the NFL and he should really flourish in LA. Not sure who won the trade but I think it’s a rare instance that it works out for both teams.

My fear with Trevor is that the Jags do to him what the Lions did to Stafford.

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