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Around the Horn

Matthew Stafford’s Future & Knicks Panic Level?

Around the Horn

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Tony Reali and national panelists discuss the Los Angeles Rams allowing Matthew Stafford’s agent to talk to other teams, the outlook for the New York Knicks after ugly losses to the Cavs and Celtics, and whether the tush push should be banned. All that and more!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The New York Knicks getting their roots canaled by every team above them in the standing.

0:07.1

What is New York's major malfunction?

0:10.0

Also, great eight, 13 away from passing the Great One, and the Washington capitals are surging.

0:17.9

And NFL news of the day, a proposal from an unnamed team to ban the tush push.

0:25.2

Let's go around that horn.

0:26.7

We start with NFL news from the weekend.

0:40.3

The Los Angeles Rams allowing Matthew Stafford's agent to talk to other teams to gauge

0:47.3

if there's a trade market for him.

0:50.3

For Albert Breer, Steelers, Browns, Giants, Raiders have shown interest.

0:56.3

Stafford turned 37 this month but got L.A. to the playoffs, beat the Vikings,

1:02.3

played the Eagles as tough as anybody in this postseason, nearly won that game.

1:07.3

So Courtney Cronin, around the horde to you on what the Rams are thinking here, dangling their

1:13.2

starting quarterback Matthew Stafford. They're thinking that they're okay losing him if the price is

1:19.4

right. Now, I don't think they actually want Matthew Stafford to leave, but he's 37 years old.

1:24.1

This is a contract situation. Last offseason, they had to rework his deal up until

1:28.3

the 11th hour of him reporting to training camp. They're in that spot again because he's set

1:32.4

to make $27 million this year. That is criminally low. That can't be the salary he plays at.

1:37.8

So they're saying, go test your fair market value. And if a team like, let's say, the Indianapolis

1:42.3

Colts, a team that's in win now mode,

1:44.8

is willing to pay you upwards of $45, $50 million a year, would you consider it?

1:50.5

And especially if the Rams are able to get draft compensation back so they cannot have to

1:54.5

mortgage their future for Matthew Stafford for one or two or three more years and be able

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