Matthew Stafford Contract Status

[Tumak61]

Get your popcorn ready. No one on this board knows how this will play out.

 

[El Chapo Jr]

You think he would go play anywhere? doesn't matter how shitty they are - he will just suit up and get his ass handed to him with no chance of winning?

Stop and think about it - he would say no thanks and walk away.

He literally said he's not retiring and believes he has a lot left in the tank. His wife is on record saying she's ok with an adventure, he wants to feel wanted, and respected (paid). As CGI said, this all started because he wants to be paid. Retiring kills that reasoning so that thinking makes zero sense. Any team that acquires him will also try to lure free agents big time (probably successfully too) as his years left to play aren't many. I'm still laughing at the fact that anyone believes he'll just pick up his ball and go home lol

 

[Gandalf]

If the Rams trade Stafford, he is going to get to basically pick the team. If he doesn’t like the Rams trade partner, he retires, and we get nothing in return but a nasty dead cap hit.

He gets nothing as well. He said he wants to play and he would leave a lot of money on the table.

 

[dieterbrock]

Get your popcorn ready. No one on this board knows how this will play out.

Not much else to talk about though these days

 

[Ellard80]

He literally said he's not retiring and believes he has a lot left in the tank. His wife is on record saying she's ok with an adventure, he wants to feel wanted, and respected (paid). As CGI said, this all started because he wants to be paid. Retiring kills that reasoning so that thinking makes zero sense. Any team that acquires him will also try to lure free agents big time (probably successfully too) as his years left to play aren't many. I'm still laughing at the fact that anyone believes he'll just pick up his ball and go home lol

New England Patriots' Rob Gronkowski confirms report he turned down trade to Detroit Lions

Rob Gronkowski confirmed a report that he threatened to retire rather than be traded to the Detroit Lions.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Gandalf]

My guess is he works out a deal in LA and stays. If he is traded, he could be traded anywhere, but the Rams would let him pick a few places that he would go, and the rams would probably honor his request. The Rams usually trade people where they want to go, it helps their image when trying to sign future FAs.

 

[Ellard80]

Clueless as usual
He can retire if he wants, but the trade is still valid and he would not only make $0, he could be forced to pay back some of his signing bonus.

Lol clueless as usual?

Coming from the stand up guy would not admit he was wrong even with photo evidence.

I'm just going to put you on ignore so I can avoid having to interact with you ever again in my life.

 

[El Chapo Jr]

New England Patriots' Rob Gronkowski confirms report he turned down trade to Detroit Lions

Rob Gronkowski confirmed a report that he threatened to retire rather than be traded to the Detroit Lions.

www.usatoday.com

So your argument is using another player that isn't Stafford? That's laughable in itself. No one is talking about Gronk. What one player is willing to do has zero bearing on Stafford's intentions. Once again, his wife is actually on record saying they are ok with a trade. Lmao at anyone thinking he's retiring. I'll just wait to hear what hear whar team he plays for this year.

 

[So Ram]

https://atozsports.com/nfl/tennessee-titans-news/titans-dream-qb-trade-option-for-matthew-stafford-is-looking-more-and-more-available-by-the-day/

This is actually interesting,but shows how much value Mattew Stafford has.

IMO It’s time to MOVE ON !!!

Thanks Matthew , but moving on from Cooper only makes it that much more relevant.

 

[gogoat1]

Build the O line and running game to the point where he can play into his 40s. Brady did it and Stafford is and was a more talented quarterback.
Make it easy on Stafford. Get him the protection he needs, top flight targets and get it done.
We already have the makings of a great defense, just need a couple more pieces.
Life will be good.

 

[So Ram]

So your argument is using another player that isn't Stafford? That's laughable in itself. No one is talking about Gronk. What one player is willing to do has zero bearing on Stafford's intentions. Once again, his wife is actually on record saying they are ok with a trade. Lmao at anyone thinking he's retiring. I'll just wait to hear what hear whar team he plays for this year.

Agree - there is no way Stafford is retiring!! He is healthy, knows what he can do when healthy.

Plus he wants to write his ending & maybe experience another team before it’s all over.It just expands his chances to be in the HOF !!

 

[Turducken]

Ok, lets find middle ground here.
When Stafford signed his 160 mill extension, his AAV of 40 mill per season was not the highest for QB, IIRC he was somewhere around 7 or 8th highest paid. In other words, he didnt squeeze every dollar he could have. For that one could say he gave a discount.
Better?

Stafford didn't get top of market, but Uncle Stan paid out $75.5m of the $160m extension in the first year. There is some value in getting almost half your contract up front in a period of high inflation.

 

[Jacobarch]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qskRCc99tSI


Trade Kupp, trade Stafford and then McVay leaves?

WTF ridiculousness is this...

I'm glad I never watch these shows

 

[dang]

He found what with Mayfield? 1 win in 4 starts and 0 TD in his final 2 games?

Pick one: Spark. Fight. Winning. 2nd tier QB at much cheaper rate.
And please note I much prefer keeping Stafford for 2 more years and Rams being an NFC contender in 2025.

 

[Merlin]

Stafford wants to get back to the Super Bowl and make it to the HoF.

Generally speaking I just don't think it's productive to try to speak for the player, even if we keep the assumptions to things that are probably correct. Because he may be tired and sore and thinking he just wants to pad that retirement paycheck. I doubt that is him of course but it could be where his mind is. Just pointing this out because I don't like this acting like we know what he's thinking business.

We could presume that like with most competitors he is going to think he can play well beyond what he can actually play. But either way speaking for the dude isn't productive in terms of us trying to gauge this situation. He might tell the Rams if he doesn't like the salary he's going to retire, but the Rams will then decide whether to call his bluff. Or maybe they'll trade him somewhere he can get that pay he wants.

Honestly I am really fucking tired of everything for us trending to guys punching out. It's always about McVay supposedly wanting to do broadcasting or take a break. Or AD retiring and he actually did. Now it's Kupp's lost a step and from the Rams side he's got to go. Or it's Stafford wanting more money. I mean Christ this shit is getting old.

I'll say this and in saying it I am tapping into what I have seen from military members retiring... Once a person gets retirement in their head it is like an infection. They get one foot out and they rarely come back from it and some of them spend years on what we call the ROAD program (retired on active duty). And on the flipside the guys who aren't done have a hard time selling that retirement shit. I remember when I was getting long in the tooth and I left some incredible overseas shore duty they wanted me on a carrier in San Dog and I told the detailer well how bout I just drop papers and he said "do it." Shit was kind of funny, he said it laughing because he and I both knew I wasn't done. I suspect Stafford's in that mode, but of course there's no telling, and it's hard to be in that mode without McVay reading it.

 

[DzRams]

But, isn’t this about more money in 2025? To walk away goes opposite that, including bonus money to repay.

Would anyone come after him for bonus money? The Rams didn't with Donald.

 

[dieterbrock]

Pick one: Spark. Fight. Winning. 2nd tier QB at much cheaper rate.
And please note I much prefer keeping Stafford for 2 more years and Rams being an NFC contender in 2025.

Winning? They won 1 game in his 4 starts

 

[dieterbrock]

Would anyone come after him for bonus money? The Rams didn't with Donald.

The Rams purposely paid his bonus knowing he was retiring because they wanted to keep the door open that he could return.
Lions made Sanders and Calvin Johnson pay it back. Chris Borland paid it back to the 9ers

 

[dieterbrock]

Lol clueless as usual?

Coming from the stand up guy would not admit he was wrong even with photo evidence.

I'm just going to put you on ignore so I can avoid having to interact with you ever again in my life.

Great!
Have to love idiots

 

[DzRams]

The Rams purposely paid his bonus knowing he was retiring because they wanted to keep the door open that he could return.
Lions made Sanders and Calvin Johnson pay it back. Chris Borland paid it back to the 9ers

Yeah, some teams do, some don't. It doesn't seem very Rams-likey to go after him for that but if things got contentious, who knows.