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Getty Images The trade sending Jared Goff from the Rams to the Lions in exchange for Matthew Stafford hasn’t become official yet, but that’s not stopping others from chiming in about the deal. Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald is among those who have shared their reactions to the swap of...

Getty Images On this day two years ago, Jared Goff and Todd Gurley were playing in Super Bowl LIII with the Rams. Gurley had signed a four-year, $60 million contract extension just before the start of the 2018 regular season. Goff would sign a four-year, $134 million extension in August 2019...

Getty Images New Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Shane Waldron will get his first chance to call plays in the NFL with Russell Wilson as his starting quarterback. Wadlron, in speaking with reporters for the first time since accepting the job with Seattle last week, said he’s excited at...

Getty Images Jared Goff is proud of what he accomplished with the Rams. The former No. 1 overall choice went 42-27 in the regular season and 3-3 in the postseason. He produced a winning record in each of the past four seasons. He started a Super Bowl. He made two Pro Bowls. He passed for...

Getty Images When a Chiefs coordinator gets brought up for a head-coaching job, it’s usually Eric Bieniemy. But defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo was once a head coach. And apparently he would relish the opportunity to become one again. “I’d like to get another crack at a head-coaching...

Getty Images Shane Waldron has been coaching against the Seahawks in the NFC West for the last four years. Now he’ll be calling plays for them as Seattle’s offensive coordinator. During an introductory press conference on Tuesday, Waldron said he plans on the Seahawks being a balanced offense...

Getty Images Tuesday’s PFT Live includes an interview recorded on Monday with Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray. One of the questions for Murray focused on the quarterback change that, as of March 17, will happen for one of Arizona’s rivals in the NFC West, with Jared Goff heading to Detroit...

Getty Images I love a good media squabble. Especially when I’m not involved in it. I’ll now try to address the latest one without landing in the crossfire. It comes from Mike Silver of NFL Network and Troy Aikman of FOX. It was sparked by the Jared Goff trade from L.A. to Detroit. In Silver’s...

Getty Images The 25-minute end-of-season press conference conducted by Packers G.M. Brian Gutekunst contained several moments that were significant both for what he said, and for what he didn’t say. As to the things he said, here’s one that stands out. Gutekunst said there’s “no truth” to the...

Getty Images Two years ago at this time, Jared Goff and Ndamukong Suh were on the Rams preparing to play the Patriots in Super Bowl LIII. Now Suh is back in the Super Bowl, and Goff just got traded to the Lions — the team that drafted Suh at No. 2 overall back in 2010. “I actually spoke to...

Getty Images The Panthers were among several teams vying for Matthew Stafford before the Lions agreed to trade him to the Rams, but the reports of what the Panthers were offering is eye-opening. Carolina offered up its first-round pick this year, No. 8 overall, and more, according to Albert...

Getty Images The Lions will become well positioned for the 2022 and 2023 drafts once their blockbuster trade with the Rams becomes official at the start of the new league year in March. But that doesn’t mean the team isn’t going to be competitive until two or three years down the line. “Of...

Getty Images One of the most intriguing angles emerging from the trade that will send quarterback Matthew Stafford from the Lions to the Rams for quarterback Jared Goff, two first-round picks, and a third-round pick comes from the ongoing willingness of the Rams to surrender first-round picks...

Getty Images Although quarterback Matthew Stafford ostensibly would have accepted a trade to any team but the Patriots, Stafford wanted to play for Sean McVay and the Rams. In the end, Stafford got what he wanted. Chris Simms explained on Monday’s PFT Live that Stafford shied away from other...

Getty Images It’s not Ken Stabler for Dan Pastorini. Still, the trade that, if consummated, will send Matthew Stafford to the Rams and Jared Goff to the Lions will add plenty of intrigue to the coming football season. Let’s start with Stafford. Through 12 seasons in Detroit, he’s made it to...

Getty Images The Rams ended up with one quarterback from the NFC North. They first tried to get another one. Sam Farmer of the L.A. Times reports that the Rams made a run at Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Per Farmer, the Packers were “adamant” that they weren’t trading Rodgers. Farmer...

Getty Images The Packers fired Mike Pettine last week. They have begun the process of finding his replacement. The team has interviewed or will interview their first three candidates for defensive coordinator, Rob Demovsky of ESPN reports. The Packers’ search is beginning with Chargers passing...

USA TODAY Sports In response to our item regarding the ability of the Rams or Lions to back away from a trade that won’t and can’t become official until March 17, a high-level executive with another team pointed out that there’s a much easier way for the Lions to get out of the deal, if they...

Getty Images Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson presumably has a short list of teams to which he’d like to be traded. As it turns out, eventually-to-be former Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford had a short list of teams to which he wouldn’t like to be traded. A very short list. Tom Curran of...

Getty Images The Rams traded up to the first overall pick in the 2016 NFL draft to select Jared Goff. Three years later, they signed Goff to a four-year, $134 million contract extension. Two years after that, they were desperate to get rid of him. Goff didn’t appreciate that desperation, and...