A little more insight on the almost Matt Stafford trade.

[Panthercougar68]

So I know one of the topics to go poo on the Panthers was “Matt stafford didn’t want to come to this dumpster fire”

but Ian is reporting today that there were a TON of teams on the verge of the trade and Stafford and his family had their heart 100 percent set on LA...IMO it seems more of a “Stafford wanted to go their more than he didn’t want to come here” kind of thing.

Dont let the tweet fool you, the article mentions how aggressive the Colts got after the Panthers dropped out. 
 

also….it’s GAMEDAY 

 

Edited September 12, 2021 by Panthercougar68

[Wes21]

Stafford and his wife were hanging out with McVay and his wife in Cabo when the trade went down.  They wanted him and he wanted them.  It was a done deal.  

[Gipetto]

I didn’t want Matt Stafford. Dude played 12 years in Detroit and didn’t accomplish one thing.

[L-TownCat]

20 minutes ago, Gipetto said:

I didn’t want Matt Stafford. Dude played 12 years in Detroit and didn’t accomplish one thing.

I guess Barry Sanders sucked too?  And Calvin Johnson?

The Lions suck, but they had some studs.

[Varking]

25 minutes ago, Gipetto said:

I didn’t want Matt Stafford. Dude played 12 years in Detroit and didn’t accomplish one thing.

He’s their version of Cam Newton. He had just 4 winning seasons in 12 years. His talent was wasted. The team around him was never all that great. 

[Scott12345]

After spending so many years in that cespool of Detroit you cant blame him one bit for wanting to be in some sunshine…bet his wife influenced this a lot

Edited September 12, 2021 by Scott12345

[PNW_PantherMan]

I'd rather keep our 1st round draft picks, and pick a QB next year if things don't work out.

[Castavar]

I didn't want Stafford. I'm not fond of giving away future early round picks for a 33 year old QB, ESPECIALLY since we're not a playoff now ready team anyway.  It always made sense for Stafford to go to a superbowl contending team. He paid his dues in Detroit, he didn't want to potentially go through yet ANOTHER rebuild.

Edited September 12, 2021 by Castavar

[LinvilleGorge]

Detroit finally got one right after terribly botching the Barry Sanders and Megatron situations. Stafford was a good QB for them who they failed to build a team around. He wanted out and they were willing to sign off on sending him where he wanted to go as long as the trade compensation was in the ballpark of other offers. Good in them. Finally.

[Cary Kollins]

Glad we didn’t give up a top ten pick for a 30+ year old Stafford. Can’t blame him for choosing LA over Carolina though.

Edited September 12, 2021 by Cary Kollins

[frankw]

Jaycee Horn or an over 30 qb with a lousy record against winning teams? Send him a fruit basket he saved us from ourselves.

[ForJimmy]

LA is in win now and Stafford is old so it makes sense. Plus LA has a lot of marketability… 

[therealmjl]

1 hour ago, Gipetto said:

I didn’t want Matt Stafford. Dude played 12 years in Detroit and didn’t accomplish one thing.

Yeah. So glad we got Sam Darnold instead.

I’m sure the Rams were locked in to Darnold if the Stafford deal were to have fallen through.

Edited September 12, 2021 by therealmjl

[LinvilleGorge]

2 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

LA is in win now and Stafford is old so it makes sense. Plus LA has a lot of marketability… 

If we had Stafford we'd be in win now mode.