Matthew Stafford listed the Rams on the list of destinations, but Mike Klis of 9News notes that the long-time Lions defender has approved the Broncos as a landing point. And the teams reached the stage of the offer in their discussions.
While the Lions came to accept the Rams offer, centered around two first-round picks, they were interested in both the picks and the Broncos players. The Lions were interested in sending Stafford to Denver because of the general election of Broncos no. 9, according to Klis, who adds that the new Detroit regime was also interested in some of Denver’s young offensive talents.
It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post Drew Lock appeared in these discussions. Lock has come out of an extremely inconsistent season, but is attached to a second-round deal that lasts until 2022. The Lions have taken over Jared Goff, which allowed them to collect more commercial compensation from the Rams due to the onerous contract of the former general pick-up no. 1, but will only add a selection from the third round to the 2021 project arsenal.
Several proposals emerged in the Denver-Detroit talks, but Klis tweets none of the Broncos’ pitches are at the level of the Rams offer. Both the Broncos and the Lions have new GMs in George Paton and Brad Holmes, and the teams would have matched the wide receiver – where the Broncos have three rounds of the first round or second, and the lions have Kenny Golladay and Marvin Jones on top of free agency. It is not clear whether Jerry Jeudy, Courtland Sutton or KJ Hamler appeared in these commercial discussions, but Paton eventually refused to part with the group of young talents he inherited.
Stafford represented an obvious QB upgrade for the Broncos, who experienced constant problems in the main place of the game since then. Peyton Manningretirement. With Deshaun Watson not yet connected to Denver, the prospect of the Broncos launching a Lock-led QB camera is definitely in play. Before John ElwayWhen he came out, it was believed that Broncos was targeting a veteran to compete with Lock. Paton who is not related to Lock may also indicate that Broncos pays more attention to the use of general choice no. 9 on a quarterback.
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