2020 NFL Off-season

Shifting gears from historical futility to current crapitude:

It's more than obvious the Lions are not going to become Super Bowl contenders before Stafford's career runs out of gas.
His contract, which was stratospherically awful a couple years ago, has fallen back to merely hefty. Stafford could be moved in the right deal if you took a big contract in return (along with the draft picks you'd want to get).

So what teams do you think would be interested in a deal?

Either a good team on the border of serious contention being held back by blatantly inadequate QB play, or a good team with a top level QB who is about to drop off the earth due to age or injury.
Who could those teams be?

 

Didn't Stafford have a pretty bad back injury to end his season? No way I'm going near him without seeing what he looks like in a couple real games, or, if the Lions cut him, or if they offer to pay a bunch of the money.

 

There were differing reports as to what was the exact nature of the back injury, and probably nobody who isn't a back specialist could really have much of an opinion. But I've seen no suggestion it's a career-threatening injury; virtually all reports say he should be back next season. In fact for a couple of weeks, they held out hopes he would return THIS season.
Of course I know that and two dollars will get you half a Big Mac.
I'm sure any prospective trade partners for Stafford would insist on a full battery of tests before any deal went through.

I suppose if it was one of the teams with a current stud QB getting up in age, and they weren't really figuring on Stafford stepping in for a season anyway, they might be more interested.

 

I think a few veteran QBs and teams might be better off if there was movement. Rivers to Charlotte, Dalton to Chicago, Stafford to San Diego, Cam to Miami (to be paired with a recovering Tua) or to DC to help Haskins and Rivera. I'd still like to see Winston start seeing a hypnotist or whatever to see if he can cut down on the picks.
I've given up on NFL scouts being able to evaluate college QBs - I realize their cost is a lot less and their ceiling is unknown - but I'm not sure Herbert, Fromm and Eason will ever be better than those mentioned above. And who knows about Tua post- recovery. If you can't get Burrow, you're probably better off with a vet - if it works great, if it doesn't you have a good shot at Lawrence since most other teams will be committed to a qb at that point.

 

TV sports news here in Boston is whither Brady and nothing else right now. Talk radio is already lining up new teams for him. Whatever Tom does, I wish him well as long as he does it quickly.

 

This story is not good from a writing standpoint but Edelman apparently had a little too much fun.

Cops say Edelman arrested for jumping on car

 

GRITTY HAHD WARKIN VANDALISM

 

What a slug.

 

It is interesting to note that of the eight qbs starting this weekend - you have three qbs drafted else where, two of them initially thought to be just back-ups. I guess I'm surprised more teams don't steal back-ups from other teams who have either underestimated their abilities or mishandled them.

 

Like throw a sack over their heads and kidnap them, their current contract be damned? Two out of eight doesn’t strike me as a high percentage.

 

Like Scott Mitchell, Matt Flyn types?

 

Niners got Garappolo for a second round pick, Titans got Tannehill for a fourth and a sixth. QBs are a lot like cars, they depreciate as soon as they play a snap in a live game - but you can still find value in a qb with some miles. Might not be as exciting to the fan base as using a high no. 1 on a qb they saw light it up on Saturdays - but it's probably a better route than reaching on a qb in the draft because you need a qb.