Mr. Scot

Didn't actually mention Stafford at all, just Goff and Wentz. Makes sense to frame them together given when and where they were taken.

And then Dan Snyder comes in off his yacht and makes the pick.

In this framework, Teddy is a broken down car being towed.

Rhule also tried to recruit Jones to Baylor before he went to...a larger school. I think Rhule is genuinely high on Jones, and when he gushes about him I think he means it. All that doesn't necessarily mean he'd draft him at #8 though.

The guy who was the Rams college scouting director when they did it is now the Lions GM that traded for him.

Rhule and company had a week to get to know whatever they wanted to about Jones. They publicly raved about him, though that doesn't necessarily mean they'd draft him at number eight. The feeling it gives me though is that if they do (or don't) I'm probably gonna trust that decision.

I'd be willing to bet that after a week of coaching him, Rhule and his staff are well informed as to whether he has those things or not.

Trading for Watson at this point is likely to cost your firstborn and your immortal soul. I just don't see it happening.

This pic's been making the rounds on Twitter since yesterday Wouldn't surprise me if Rhule gave Bridgewater a similar look at some point last year.

I was right about the possibility of the Rams and Lions swapping starters, but severely underestimated the Panthers interest in Stafford.

I'm not the world's biggest Matt Stafford fan, but I probably could have lived with it. If he performed well this coming season, that would have made it a lot easier. I can, however, now be glad that I don't have to wrestle with that dilemma. As to the Lions, having the number seven and number eight pics would have given them great ammo to trade up and get one of this year's top quarterbacks.

I'm not necessarily ready to believe in another season of Bridgewater just yet. I do however think it's possible this might not be the year that we get our franchise QB.

It was already said that even if the Texans did agree to let him go (and there's no guarantee they will) it was going to take the largest draft deal in history. I'm not up for being on the other end of that.

He'd likely have had to agree to renegotiate. I like us being aggressive, but I'm also glad we weren't aggressive enough to try and match what the Rams offered.

Heck we didn't even interview him, and we interviewed everybody.

Based on everything I've read, I don't doubt that the Panthers offered the #8 pick plus more. Not necessarily multiple firsts, but #8, additional picks and maybe a player. Very possible that they included Bridgewater as part of the deal. Dan Campbell would know Bridgewater from his time with the Saints when he came in and won five games as a backup. Would have been a good selling point for taking him as a backup there too.

Familiar to me in this case because that's the phrase I've seen used to describe how Brad Holmes felt about Goff when he was with the Rams.

The Lions new GM is the guy who was "banging the table' for the Rams to do whatever it took to draft Goff in the first place. He might see Goff as more valuable than we do.

Gotta remember the GM in Detroit is the guy who pushed the Rams to do whatever it took to get Goff back in 2016. Didn't see the Lions article mentioning that even while discussing Holmes, but then USA today has some really crappy team writers.

Of the teams they were talking to, we had the highest first round pick. We probably offered more than just that, though I doubt it was multiple first rounders. Maybe an additional lower round pick or a player (or both). Teddy being part of the deal isn't hard to imagine at all. Dan Campbell was on the Saints staff when he came in as a backup and won five games while Brees was injured. Hell, I'd still call up the Lions and offer them Bridgewater for something.

Of the seven teams that were listed earlier as still pursuing Stafford, the only one that had a top 10 pick was us. Yeah, we offered #8.

I'm not real worried about the lions taking a quarterback at 7. Yeah, it's possible, but I'm not buying it. Seeing them trade out of the spot to somebody who does need a quarterback seems like a lot larger possibility.

In the same vein...

Gotta figure one of those teams was us.