U -turn in the NFL: After Matthew Stafford was supposedly agreed with two other teams, the quarterback remains with the Los Angeles Rams.
According to information from “ESPN”, Matthew Stafford agreed with the Los Angeles Rams to restructure his contract. All trade speculations would be off the table.
The 37-year-old still has a working paper for the next two years in California. However, he was only guaranteed a $ four million salary for the new season. The total volume was $ 33.5 million for 2025. How exactly the new contract with the RAMs is not yet known.
Until the end, the Rams playmaker was considered a hot candidate for a trade. His current team is said to have officially given him permission to look around for options.
Quarterback market in the NFL gets rolling
Dianna Russini from “The Athletic” reported on Friday that Stafford had talked intensively with the Las Vegas Raiders and the New York Giants. There was even talk of a fundamental agreement on guaranteed payments of $ 90 to $ 100 million over two years.
But Russini already noted that the Stafford poker was far from decided. Because the rumored agreement with Raiders and Giants was also considered a possible template for an offer of the RAMs.
Stafford moved from the Detroit Lions to Los Angeles in 2021 and had won the Super Bowl there straight away. In the last offseason, too, the contract was adjusted to the Rams for weeks.
With its new deal, the first domino stone in the hard-fought quarterback market now seems to fall.
“ESPN” insider Adam Scheftter now reports that the New York Giants have again considered all QB veterans. This should also include Aaron Rodgers, whom the jets had recently painted.