The Lions are dealing veteran signal caller Matthew Stafford to the Rams, and Detroit will get quarterback Jared Goff, two future first-round picks and a third-round pick. The swap will include the Rams’ first-round picks in 2022 and 2023, along with their third-round pick this year.
Stafford and Goff, two former No. 1-overall picks, trading places is the first major NFL trade in 2021. Stafford was the No. 1 pick by the Lions in the 2009 draft, and Goff was the top selection in the 2016 draft, picked by the Rams.
The 32-year-old Stafford, who requested a trade from the Lions, reportedly said that the Rams were a “a viable contender in his trade market.”
He has two years left on a $135 million, five-year contract.
Goff, 26, has a career 42-27 record quarterbacking the Rams, but his stock has fallen since he helped lead Los Angeles to a berth in Super Bowl LIII in February 2019.
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