Did Rams overpay for Stafford?
NFL executives and talent evaluators give Mike Sando their thoughts on every team's free-agency period so far, including one evaluator thinking the Rams overpaid for Matthew Stafford:
“I think really the Rams overpaid for Stafford,” an evaluator said. “He’s an upgrade over Goff, but they gave up a ton. They are clearly in win-now mode. Are they better this year? Yeah, but the amount of capital they gave up to get Stafford was outrageous. I don’t think Goff is that much worse than Stafford. He is not as good, but not terrible. Maybe I’m mis-evaluating Goff.”
Stafford’s Lions went 11-5 and 10-6 in the only two seasons they ranked among the top 10 in defensive expected points added (EPA), according to TruMedia. They ranked 20th or worse eight times. The Rams were No. 1 in that category last season. Over the past 15 seasons, every team that finished first in defensive EPA had a winning record, including teams that got 10-plus starts from Mitch Trubisky, Blake Bortles, Mark Sanchez, Kyle Orton and Trevor Siemian.”
Full article: The Athletic