Looks like Stafford not wanting to come to Carolina is the reason he wasn't traded to the Panthers.

[Cary Kollins]

Yeah if I were him I’d take my tens of millions of dollars and choose LA over Charlotte too. 

[TheMostInterestingMan]

29 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

I meant that they thought that with Stafford on the team the could possibly contend last season meaning the 1st round pick surrendered would be a low first.  That is not so bad.

This season its Sam's turn to show he can be that guy.  We are either drafting a QB or a LT in the first this coming draft, unless it's traded for one.  Either way we should have a good idea which one or both is drafted by seasons end. 

Ah. Yeah I agree. 

[panthers55]

I didn't want him here anyway. I have never been a big fan if him.

 

[Double Trouble]

Pretty easy decision. Rams will make playoffs in each of his two years under contract with the chance to make deep postseason runs. If he wants to hop to a team on the up (Broncos, Panthers, WFT, etc) in two years, that option is still there

[travisura]

If we had gotten Stafford, we'd be without Jaycee Horn and our first rounder next year, and there'd be no guarantee of instant success. I'm fine with him turning us down.

[Seltzer]

2 hours ago, t96 said:

We'll see. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the Rams don't win a SB this year and then by 2022 we are consistently better than them (depending a bit on our QB situation). A lot of the moves they've made over the years have been recipe for disaster down the line if they don't win a SB very damn soon.

Yep.  It definitely made sense in the short-term, but if the Rams don't win I could see the fanbase turning on Stafford quickly as they become disgruntled at the realization this team is soon going to have salary cap issues without the draft capital to try to compensate.

The Rams are incredibly top-heavy with the talent they've acquired and/or traded for, but their depth at certain positions is still suspect (as is every team), and they are going to have few avenues to improve it with the almost comical lack of draft picks they have over the next 3 years.

Matt Stafford is 100% going to have to be a better version of himself for the next 3-5 years and truly be a franchise type QB to justify the trade.

I would take Stafford over Darnold right now, but not with the draft capital that was given up.

Rhule & Fitterer really have done a good job of restocking the roster and maneuvering the cap to put the team in a great position going forward.  The QB position still looms large, but overall, I genuinely believe it was better for both parties for Stafford to not come here, and certainly not for the draft capital.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

He obviously didn’t peak into this place.  Would have been hooked for life.  

[ClawOn]

It's within the spectrum of possibilities that Darnold has a better year than Stafford 

[TheSpecialJuan]

7 hours ago, BrianS said:

I don't blame him.  We're still full of question marks.  I think we have bags of potential, but we haven't actually demonstrated the ability to fulfill that potential yet.  The Rams are ready to win NOW.

pretty much 

[pantherclaw]

Oh well. 

I tried to care. But I can't even give a fug. 

[rayzor]

[mav1234]

He just didn't want to compete with PJ.

[DamnItJake!]

Really didn’t want Stafford either so the feeling is mutual.. No love lost here!! He’s probably going to get hurt by game 4 anyways 

[Scott12345]

We can all be butthurt, and we are…but the guy was in friggin Detroit his entire career…I’ll cut him slack for that

and the Rams are ahead of where we are

we have our QB…let’s roll