Jared Goff doesn’t feel like a throw at Matthew Stafford’s business.
“I’m just excited to be somewhere where I know he wants me and appreciates me,” Goff of Lions said. said the NFL Network.
Rams bought Stafford for Goff, two first-round picks and a third-round pick. Goff becomes the Rams defender for 2021 and maybe 2022 – his reduction would lead to a $ 10 million salary cap savings compared to a $ 15 million dead space – before his contract is essentially year-over-year.
Goff’s words seem to indicate that he did not feel wanted and appreciated with the Rams, despite signing a four-year contract extension, worth 134 million dollars, in September 2019, following an appearance at the Super Bowl. Both coach Sean McVay and general manager Les Snead offered only a slight vote of confidence for Goff after the season and before the exchange. The NFL Network reported that people close to the situation said McVay and Goff needed “marriage counseling.”
How much the lions wanted for Goff compared to the fact that they were willing to accept him as a Rams salary to get a second choice in the first round added to the commercial package is a matter of wide debate.
Goff spoke with new Lions coach Dan Campbell and several other Lions staff members on Saturday and left feeling “fired to have him” as the incumbent, according to an ESPN report.