With Goff starting at quarterback, Los Angeles was coming off a postseason appearance and didn’t seem to require an upgrade at the moment. Though he regrets how much he pushed Goff aside in the process, McVay decided to move forward with signing Stafford nonetheless.
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Could I have handled it more skillfully on my end? Indeed, McVay stated, according to ProFootballTalk. “I won’t ever try to escape that. However, the more you distance yourself from it, the more you want to develop as a man, a leader, and a person. He was entitled to a better outcome than what transpired. I will accept that. I believe he is also aware of that. And while I don’t mind sharing those things, I believe it’s better for all of us to be able to reflect back on them. And as time passes, I do come to appreciate him more.
In Stafford’s first season with the Rams, they won the Super Bowl, which instantly validated the deal on their end. Although Goff won just three games with the Lions in 2021, he was a key player in Detroit’s rebuilding process during the course of the season, which resulted in the team’s first division title in thirty years.
