{"id":38537,"date":"2025-11-27T15:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T15:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=38537"},"modified":"2025-11-27T16:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:00:09","slug":"lions-news-why-lions-traded-matthew-stafford-for-jared-goff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=38537","title":{"rendered":"LIONS NEWS: Why Lions traded Matthew Stafford for Jared Goff"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-body\">It was a very rare type of trade.When the Los Angeles Rams and Detroit Lions agreed to the deal in January of 2021, there hadn&#8217;t been a whole lot like it.<\/p>\n<p>It was one starting QB for another, Jared Goff for Matthew Stafford.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/21\/01\/2048x1152\/skysports-matthew-stafford_5256192.jpg?20210131090429\" alt=\"Matthew Stafford, Jared Goff trade agreed by Detroit Lions, LA Rams in quarterback plus draft picks deal | NFL News | Sky Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Four-plus years later, it has aged in a fascinating way.<\/p>\n<h2>Jared Goff-Matthew Stafford trade details<\/h2>\n<p>The trade went down in January 2021:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rams received<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>QB Matthew Stafford<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lions received<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>QB Jared Goff<\/li>\n<li>2022 first-round pick<\/li>\n<li>2023 first-round pick<\/li>\n<li>2021 third-round pick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Detroit turned those picks into Jahmyr Gibbs, Sam LaPorta, Jameson Williams and a few useful defenders via a few additional trades.<\/p>\n<h2>Why did the Lions trade Matthew Stafford for Jared Goff?<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/da83101\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/840x560+0+0\/resize\/1200x800!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F95%2F15%2Fedec8b5548109b3aa13797b68ae6%2Fgoff-stafford.jpg\" alt=\"The Sports Report: Breaking down the Jared Goff-Matthew Stafford trade - Los Angeles Times\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Lions had decided they needed to rebuild, and getting the draft picks they got for Stafford certainly helped them do that.<\/p>\n<p>It still meant giving up on a franchise legend.<\/p>\n<p>Goff has grown into a better QB in his time in Detroit, so that part of the deal has worked out fine, and to end up with Gibbs, LaPorta and Williams out of it too is a big win.<\/p>\n<p>Stafford, of course, led the Rams to a Super Bowl in his first season. 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