Matthew Stafford Blockbuster: Will the Rams’ Massive Gamble Pay Off?

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🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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The NFL’s biggest trade in years broke Saturday night, with Detroit Lions QB Matt Stafford heading to the LA Rams in exchange for Rams QB Jared Goff, two future first-round picks, and a third-round pick. It’s a move that some say vaults the Rams immediately into Super Bowl contention...but if it fails to pay off, it could hamper the franchise for years to come. Bill Barnwell breaks down whether the Rams’ gamble was worth it...and just how the Lions might go about their rebuilding process under new head coach Dan Campbell. Then, ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk and Marc Spears pay tribute to the late NBA reporter Sekou Smith, who passed away last week due to complications from COVID-19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Matthew Stafford is a ram. Jared Goff is a lion. Yep. Matthew Stafford. Hey, to LA, in exchange for Jared
0:10.5	Goff and multiple draft picks, sources told Adam Schaefter, the Rams had been working on this for a few
0:16.5	days now, and the Detroit Lions really wanted to get this done and resolved, but it quickly became
0:22.2	apparent that the Los Angeles Rams wanted Matthew Stafford as badly as Matthew Stafford wanted
0:29.0	them.
0:32.3	That's Adam Schaefter, shaking up the football world on Saturday night.
0:37.3	Matthew Stafford is off to the Rams, who might now be contenders for Super Bowl 56, while
0:42.6	Jared Goff and the Rebuilding Lions might be biting off more than they can chew.
0:48.8	Today, we dive inside the first blockbuster NFL trade of 2021, and we explain why it's not exactly what it seems.
0:59.6	I'm Pablo Torre. It's Monday, February 1st. This is ESPN Daily.
1:14.6	Bill Barnwell, I am sorry.
1:19.5	First off, we told you on Friday explicitly you'd have this rare Sunday off from your job making us smarter about football.
1:21.1	But just when you think you're out, ESPN Daily always pulls you back in.
1:26.1	Pablo, I was ready to record at one on the morning to talk about the Madden Pro Bowl.
1:30.3	So this is slightly more newsworthy.
1:33.3	So I'm happy at least we have more something more compelling perhaps to talk about here with the Matthew Stafford trade.
1:38.3	Bill Barnwell is a senior writer for ESPN and the host of the Bill Barnwell show podcast.
1:43.9	Compelling, but also kind of the closest thing football gets to a video game transaction.
1:48.4	Yes.
1:49.3	We have two starting quarterbacks getting swapped.
1:51.8	We have Matt Stafford going to the Rams, Jared Goff, plus two future first rounders, and a third rounder this year headed to the Lions.
1:57.9	So when you got the Adam Schefter claxon sound on your phone Saturday night,
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