Last night saw the first big blockbuster trade before the NFL's offseason even began. The rams traded Jared Goff, a 3rd round pick this year, and the next 2 years of 1st round picks to the Lions for Matt Stafford.
This was a big trade for Detroit as they are about to go through another massive rebuild. This is due to yet again trying the bold strategy of copying the Patriots. It didn't work. Detroit will now be able to start their rebuild with plenty of draft capital, while also getting a good look at Jared Goff to see whether or not he can be the future starting QB for them. If he isn't, they will have plenty of 1st round picks for the next 2 years to possibly get their next franchise QB.
Now if you look at the Rams point of view, you will see an obvious reason why they did this. The Rams defense is disgustingly good. It's the #1 defense in the league for a reason. The one thing holding this team back was that the Rams didn't have a quarterback. They have weapons with their WR's, nothing flashy, but they are reliable. Not to mention they have a young RB that hopefully won't be a guy made out of glass. The new issue holding the Rams back is their cap situation. This team is facing cap hell. With the contracts on defense, they're going to have some choices to make this offseason of who they can afford. The Rams mentality is win now, and I can't blame them for thinking this way, especially with the talent they have on defense.
Overall I think this trade really is a win win for both teams. Stafford didn't want to be in Detroit (who can blame him though, Detroit is awful). Not to mention the Lions are about to go through another rebuild, and now with this draft capital they can hopefully do it the right way (don't get your hopes up). While the Rams get a much better QB with a chance to win now, but still they have to compete in the NFC West, which will surely be another bloodbath pending on whether or not San Francisco doesn't get injured to hell and back.
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