Stafford traded to Rams

[Froob]

I think this is less about players in general not wanting to come here and more about Lions players not wanting to reunite with Patricia.

That probably didn’t help, but also our weapons are amongst the worst in the NFL. Gotta fix that ASAP.

 

[long distance]

posting “reports“ of this clown is still allowed?
long live freedom of this place!

 

[slash83]

Geez man how embarrassing is that. Can’t blame the guy who would want to come throw to trash cans trying to play WR.

 

[sambam94]

free agents and veteran players are not going to want to come to New England. Why do people not understand this? The winning is gone. there is not the guarantee of a first round by and playing divisional weekend at home any longer. those days are gone forever. The coach is not a player's coach and these players of today want no part of belichick's discipline.
I've been saying this ever since Brady left and I knew the season was going to be down the toilet. The stadium is in the middle of nowhere in a strip mall. by NFL standards Gillette stadium is getting long in the tooth by now as it is 19 or 20 years old. Massachusetts is not tax-friendly state And there is a perception that Boston in this area is racist and the local media does nothing but feed that fire.
The only way the Patriots are going to get free agents to come here is going to be to overpay. People are not coming here to play for Bill Belichick. And they're not coming here to play with the second coming of Tommy Hodson.
there is nothing alluring about this area unless you want to pay pretty high taxes and wear a mask everywhere you go and have your kids in remote schooling indefinitely. Not to mention some of the highest real estate prices outside of LA and New York City

spot on

 

[borg]

I think Florio and Curran are having an affair or they are just circle-jerk BFFs

Report: Matthew Stafford was willing to go anywhere but New England - ProFootballTalk (nbcsports.com)

 

[Triumph]

Patricia aside would peeps rather live in snowy Massachusetts or SoCal?

Conversely, Goff was born in California, went to UCLA and was drafted by the Rams.

Traded to Michigan. He probably doesnt own a winter coat.

 

[ensoul]

You mean with BB record at drafting WR and having no TE and having XFL level talent at WR stafford didn't want to come here. I am surprised.

 

[sambam94]

hard assed coaching is ok for some if the team is winning. Take away the wins and most players will choose somewhere else.

 

[FCB02062]

Some people said the same crap twenty years ago.

FYI, medical marijuana is now legal.

No. 20 years ago Brady was in his first year playing. You are drawing an absolute false equivalency.

 

[yukon cornelius]

why would anyone assume the Patriots wanted Stafford at this high a cost to begin with?

 

[Sicilian]

I stopped reading at “those days are gone forever.” Damn, so this team will be a non-competitive entity in the NFL until the Sun goes Supernova?

Don't be so dramatic... our sun will expand so much it engulfs the Earth long before it goes supernova.

 

[TheRainMaker]

I stopped reading at “those days are gone forever.” Damn, so this team will be a non-competitive entity in the NFL until the Sun goes Supernova?

I think he meant the predictable 1st round bye with them sleepwalking through the season.

Conversely, Goff was born in California, went to UCLA and was drafted by the Rams.

Traded to Michigan. He probably doesnt own a winter coat.

He went to Cal.

 

[Sciz]

Suddenly it all makes sense. With Brady/Guerrero/Yee no longer relevant, Curran has better sources with other teams than with the Patriots.

 

[ensoul]

why would anyone assume the Patriots wanted Stafford at this high a cost to begin with?

Maybe they didn't but it doesn't sound great when a good quarterback says to me anywhere but New England.

 

[Twentytothree]

Don't be so dramatic... our sun will expand so much it engulfs the Earth long before it goes supernova.

Not going to go supernova, mass is too low.

 

[yukon cornelius]

Maybe they didn't but it doesn't sound great when a good quarterback says to me anywhere but New England.

according to an anonymous source that could have just as easily been his wife?

he and patricia did not get along.......we knew this a week ago

 

[TheRainMaker]

I think Florio and Curran are having an affair or they are just circle-jerk BFFs

Report: Matthew Stafford was willing to go anywhere but New England - ProFootballTalk (nbcsports.com)

Whether it's true or not, I think Stafford had some info that he was going to LA as he told someone a few days ago.

 

[Sicilian]

Not going to go supernova, mass is too low.

I thought I had read that somewhere, but didn't want to say so without knowing for sure. I knew it wasn't massive enough to leave behind a black hole, but wasn't positive on the supernova potential.

 

[TheRazorsEdge]

A ringl-less borderline HOF QB on his last leg looking to put a winning end cap on his career (I'm sure to better his chances at the HOF) doesn't want to come to a team who is realistically 2 (or more) years from becoming a championship contender again if we are lucky? While what was once considered one of the weakest divisions in football is quickly turning into one of the toughest? Shocked.

 

[lancerman]

Patricia aside would peeps rather live in snowy Massachusetts or SoCal?

If you are an NFL QB would you rather go to a team in a sunny area, that is playoff ready, and your expectations are to fill in for Jared Goff in a city that has a pretty fair weather sports media that isn't going to ride you or a team in a cold weather city, that missed out on the playoffs, is in the middle of a rebuild, has no receivers for you to throw to, is going to hold you to the standard Brady brought, and has a notorious sports media that will rip you apart and start a hate campaign around you.

Gee decisions decisions...

Seriously until Bill actually gets these guys in the playoffs, free agency is going to be about outbidding everyone else. People trusted Brady and took discounts to play with Brady. It's a players league. They will not take discounts to be part of Bills rebuild.

Also not for nothing, and I know this has been litigated here, Cam is well liked around the league (especially players) and while he's not what he used to be, there is a perceptions that he came here and got no help from the supporting cast and it probably ended any chance of him being a starter again. So if you are an older QB like Stafford, there is definitley a reasonable fear that you come here and look worse in the passing game and now people start questioning how viable you are at a point where teams might be more willing to give up on you.

That all plays a role in it. Then you have Patricia. Patricia was not well liked in Detroit. I said in the original thread about Stafford that I thought him alone would be a difficult sell.