Rams get one other spherical of reward for Stafford commerce

The probabilities of a rematch between the Rams and Lions was thwarted on Saturday when Detroit misplaced to the Commanders. The sport was highlighted by the exact opposite nights of the 2 quarterbacks, Jared Goff and Jayden Daniels.

With the Lions now dropping their final two playoff video games and Goff being a central motive to their disappointing end by throwing three interceptions, the Rams and Matthew Stafford are receiving reward for the commerce prefer it’s two years in the past another time.

Stafford will hope to enhance his playoff report to 6-1 with the Rams if L.A. beats the Eagles on Sunday, whereas Goff is now 2-2.

It’s much less about Goff and extra about praising the Rams for with the ability to win a Tremendous Bowl and nonetheless have success in yr three due to the boldness to commerce Goff and two first spherical picks for Stafford.

The Rams-Lions commerce shouldn’t be a win-win. The Rams clearly gained the commerce

Rams obtained:- Matthew Stafford- 4 playoff wins- Tremendous Bowl

Lions obtained:- 2 playoff wins- Blown 17 level lead within the NFC Championship- Choked within the Divisional Spherical pic.twitter.com/ewh0PbAuhJ

— Joel Moran (@joelvmoran) January 19, 2025

I don’t ever need to hear folks ask me who gained the commerce?

Jared Goff’s season is over earlier than Matthew Stafford for the 2nd time for the reason that commerce.

Matthew Stafford’s playoff report in LA: 5-1 (.833)

Jared Goff’s playoff report in Detroit: 2-2 (.500)

Additionally you may’t overlook SBs. pic.twitter.com/3Z5vhhGNvE

— OptimisticRamsfan/SatisfiedDodgersFan (@LARams_Fanatic9) January 19, 2025

Sean McVay traded for Stafford as a result of he had didn’t win a Tremendous Bowl in his first 4 seasons; like all nice head coach he must be bailed out by nice gamers when one thing goes incorrect. That was obvious throughout Stafford’s first playoff run with the Rams when L.A. needed to:

Win the sport within the fourth quarter in opposition to the Bucs
Win the sport within the fourth quarter in opposition to the 49ers

Come from behind within the fourth quarter in opposition to the Bengals

Statistically, Goff has a persistently stable, however unspectacular playoff resume. Coaches typically say that they’d fortunately take any quarterback who protects the soccer and Goff got here into Saturday with solely two interceptions in 9 earlier postseason begins.

However simply by watching Goff, there are limitation that turns into obvious when his groups are dropping and want the quarterback to make 99th percentile throws. When Goff needed to push the ball downfield or full a clutch cross, he was both intercepted or properly off. On one such play, Goff had Jameson Williams extensive open for what ought to have been a 50-yard landing, however the ball was “six inches too far” in line with Tom Brady.

I don’t recall seeing Stafford miss that cross fairly often, which is why some groups advance within the playoffs and others don’t.

Which is totally different than saying Stafford is ideal. He had an 0-3 playoff report in his first 12 seasons. However like all quarterback or head coach, he needs to be surrounded by nice expertise when he makes a mistake or is a hair off the mark.

THIS is why the Rams commerce for Matthew Stafford.

Down by 10 within the fourth quarter within the playoffs. Who do you belief to throw the ball? Matthew Stafford or Jared Goff?

Ben Johnson selected Jameson Williams.

— Blaine Grisak (@bgrisakTST) January 19, 2025

The distinction reveals up when two groups present up like this within the playoffs:

We’re nice and we now have an excellent quarterback
We’re nice and we now have a very good quarterback

Groups that deep within the playoffs are normally superb. So the place will the distinction typically present up? Within the quarterback.

If all you’re asking Stafford to do is “protect the ball and make a couple of big plays”, that’s two extra large performs than most quarterbacks. And that’s why this commerce is deliver introduced up once more — not due to what the Lions didn’t do, however due to what the Rams appropriately proceed to get credit score for 3 years later.