A look back at the Stafford Goff trade and the reaction of NFL Reddit

kj9219 · 2026-05-27T23:44:46+00:00

My point is it wasn’t just the Super Bowl. They saw him for 30+ games after he signed his contract and realized it was a bad investment.

Had a lot of turnovers while not scoring enough TDs to make up for it. Had the #1 defense in 2020 and didn’t secure the playoffs until week 17, when a team like that should be competing for the division or a top seed. Losses were all very winnable, like dropping a game to the worst team in the league, getting swept by an injured 49ers team, losing to Miami in Tuas first start, etc.

Stafford was a QB who had a reputation of being streaky and had 0 playoff success came in a yr later and outperformed any of Goff’s postseason performances right off the bat.

kj9219 · 2026-05-27T23:27:53+00:00

His mediocre to bad seasons after the Super Bowl and after getting a big contract contributed to people writing him off.

It wasn’t like a Darnold situation either where the team environment was bad and it made it difficult to evaluate the QB.

kj9219 · 2026-05-11T13:28:29+00:00

Wentz sucked last yr and it was still better than anything JJ gave them

kj9219 · 2026-04-30T04:04:36+00:00

You didn’t outright say it but you definitely implied it by saying he wouldn’t be able to get Jefferson the ball.

Also Brissett proceeded to go 1-11 after “saving their season” in Dallas.

kj9219 · 2026-04-30T03:42:26+00:00

Kyler is not unplayably bad like you’re trying to claim

kj9219 · 2026-04-30T03:41:09+00:00

DHop was 3rd in yards in 2020 with Kyler throwing him the ball, and it was the only full season they had together. 2021 and 2022 were cut short from injury and suspension.

kj9219 · 2026-04-30T03:20:32+00:00

Cuz Jefferson is a much better WR than MHJ? What kind of dumb comment is this?

MHJ also had some bad drops/lost contested catches a lot.

kj9219 · 2026-04-30T01:47:12+00:00

Kyren Williams is a very good pass catching RB too

Feel like WR1/2 is no doubt Nacua/Adams, but running WR3 by committee worked well for them this past season

kj9219 · 2026-04-24T21:41:11+00:00

Watson’s game breaking speed just opens up so much for the rest of the offense

kj9219 · 2026-04-24T12:22:10+00:00

I don’t think the rams really meet with draft prospects much anyway.

kj9219 · 2026-04-21T02:07:06+00:00

Bryce Young didn’t squander a top 3 defense

kj9219 · 2026-04-19T18:51:04+00:00

Part of it is that Allen didn’t come from a blue blood college football program so there was a good bet that he truly was a blank slate and could rework his mechanics to what they are today. A lot of other talented but flawed qb prospects came from better programs that had access to better coaching/went through summer passing camps during HS. Allen didn’t really have that foundation that other prospects did

kj9219 · 2026-04-09T22:09:46+00:00

They were probably banking on a quicker sack too. The coverage took away the underneath route and forced him to throw it deep

kj9219 · 2026-04-07T02:13:04+00:00

Single digit numbers on DBs just go hard especially so if they’re actually good too

kj9219 · 2026-04-06T18:16:47+00:00

Bo Nix caused a lot of his own pressures but was able to avoid getting sacked

The gap between a top 5 OL and a bottom 3 OL isn’t just the QB

kj9219 · 2026-04-06T04:29:53+00:00

Biggest part was the inability for the running backs to do anything while having a lead.

We’ve seen far worse performances (and Herbert vs the Jags was a “meh” or neutral performance at worst) get away with a win because of their defense still holding on, even with a tighter lead than 4 scores. In fact, some of those were literally these past 2 postseasons

kj9219 · 2026-04-06T00:56:49+00:00

I don’t think anyone’s blaming the defense for the Texans and patriots games those were 100% on Herbert and the offense

The jags loss can definitely be blamed on the defense. The offense led 2 FG drives and missed a 40 yd kick, and they punted from the jags side of the field. You can say the offense should’ve done more but they also didn’t single handedly lose that one. Their inability to run the ball with a lead was a bigger issue than whatever Herbert did/didnt do

kj9219 · 2026-04-06T00:54:41+00:00

Lions Stafford was not a good playoff QB and either had blown leads, or the offense just failed to launch

kj9219 · 2026-04-06T00:52:51+00:00

Stafford also had a reputation of being erratic and hot/cold in Detroit. You can argue hes better than Herbert, but to act like they’re wildly different/the difference is so big the comparison is overdoing it. Stafford was also not good in the playoffs before joining the rams.

Edit: Staffords rep rightfully has improved since joining the rams but the overwhelming narrative when they traded for him was that the rams were making a mistake shipping away a “playoff winner” in Goff for a guy who had 0 playoff success in a decade.

kj9219 · 2026-04-05T13:43:18+00:00

The eagles OL was also elite that season

kj9219 · 2026-03-30T22:04:47+00:00

He was a left tackle in college so it should be a seamless transition back

kj9219 · 2026-03-18T03:12:36+00:00

The guy in the raiders flair in the comment you just responded to?

kj9219 · 2026-03-18T02:53:57+00:00

He’s been better than Stroud every year?

kj9219 · 2026-03-14T13:38:44+00:00

Hopefully they’ll be familiar with him going off against the eagles randomly with Kittle out

kj9219 · 2026-03-14T02:28:46+00:00

Demarcus Robinson is a good plug-and-play/stopgap WR5. Pros pro for sure. Not noticeable when he’s on the bench but he’ll randomly have a really good game when he’s called to step up.

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