He was asked about the “right now” statement so he certainly had a chance to think about it and revise it but he doubled down on his “everyone is being evaluated” line which is clearly bullshit.
I haven’t heard anyone suggest a way to realistically get rid of Goff so McVay knows that we know, so what was the point of that statement. We are just coming out of the cap hits for TG and Cooks so taking on more dead money seems ludicrous. This team lacks the cap space and draft capital to do much of anything and pretending otherwise just makes McVay look like a prick.
Okay.
Here's a "realistic way" to get rid of Goff.
Trade Goff plus multiple #1s to the Texans for Watson. Watson is only due to make $10.5M in 2021 so even with the cap hit, we save around $2M.
Plus, if we make it a post-June 1st designation trade, instead of a $24M cap hit, it's like $6M this year. That wouldn't be smart unless they planned on extending Watson out further to mitigate his cap hit over the next few years.
If they did that, they'd save nearly $20M in cap AND have Watson without losing anyone on the offense.
Yeah, you pay for it with #1s, but the trade is worth it.
Am I saying do this? I dunno, maybe. I would, but only because I think Watson is a big upgrade over Goff, NOT because I don't think Goff is a good QB. At one time I thought he could be elite, but I don't think that any more. With Brees retiring, I think Watson is in that "top 5" designation with Brady, Mahomes, Wilson, Rodgers and Watson. I think Allen will replace Brady next year.
Also, McVay with Watson??? That's some Madden level shit.
Is it reasonable to think such a thing would happen?
Nope, not at all and for most teams, I'd agree with those who looked at such a move derisively.
However, Snead tried to trade 2 #1s for Khalil Mack...KNOWING he'd be a 1 year rental and just trying to have faith that he could still get 2 #1s for him the next year.
Snead also successfully dealt 2 #1s for Jalen Ramsey who I said at the time was on a HoF track and got laughed at. Anyone laughing at Ramsey's track now? Didn't think so.
So, while it's a wild, outside chance, this FO and coaching staff is and has been willing to go all in on what many consider wild moves. What's funny is that the only reason Snead didn't pull off the Mack trade was that the Raiders didn't like the value of the 2 #1s or they would have done it (Chicago hadn't stepped up as much at that point).
but to say that no one's shown a realistic way just isn't true unless you only read this forum and even then don't read most of the threads. But anyway, there ya go.
It's possible and even realistic insofar as it wouldn't take a Ditka-esque trade to make it happen. Why? NO. TRADE. CLAUSE.
Otherwise, again, I'd agree with the derisive takes that we stood no shot.
Also, it's possible that this could become a 3 team trade with someone like the Colts giving us a 1st rounder and we'd send Goff to the Colts and then send 3 #1s to the Texans for Watson.
That'd be a win-win-win for everyone. Goff behind that OL with that running game would be very, very good. Watson on the Rams would be outstanding and Houston would have more picks to replenish presuming they wouldn't want Goff in a player trade.
Point is that this scenario isn't as wild as people think.
You wanna hear wild?
How about the Rams trading for Von Miller coming off of his injury seeing as they have young talent that need reps at that position...
THAT would be wild...
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I should have just posted this in the Goff bitch thread.
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