Matthew Stafford's Leverage in Rams' Contract Talks

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00:00The Rams don't really have an option other than Matthew Stafford and going into this

00:07training camp as Stafford was looking at everybody else and what they're making, he's like, yo,

00:11what about me?

00:13And so Stafford had all the leverage and and the Rams couldn't really do much about it.

00:19And yesterday, they haven't really told you the numbers yet.

00:23And don't forget, though, another reason why Stafford had added leverage was that they

00:27lost their most important piece on defense, too.

00:29So you can't go lose Aaron Donald and then also not have Matthew Stafford.

00:33That is like you just can't have that if you're the Los Angeles Rams.

00:37So perfect timing by Stafford.

00:39He just got a deal a year ago, a four year deal.

00:43But now he's like, oh, might as well strike while the iron's hot, right?

00:45Because they can't lose me, too.

00:48Mm hmm.

00:49Well, they haven't put out the numbers exactly yet.

00:53But I look around at the top 10 paid quarterbacks.

00:58And I see, you know, Joe Burrow is right there, 55 million.

01:02Still an up and coming star.

01:03Trevor Lawrence at 55 million.

01:05Again, I'll call him an up and coming star.

01:08I thought he kind of took a step back last year.

01:09We'll see what Jacksonville turns into.

01:12This is the one that's got to be getting, though, to Matthew Stafford, Jared Goff.

01:16Jared Goff is the third highest paid quarterback in the NFL at fifty three million dollars.

01:22If if you are Matthew Stafford and you look at Jared Goff playing with the Lions and not

01:28listen, Jared Goff.

01:29I know a lot of people that never spec for him in L.A.

01:31I think he's changed a lot of perceptions in Detroit.

01:34No, Brown, are you not buying that, huh?

01:36No, man, I think Matthew Stafford to about Matthew Stafford's pockets.

01:40If he if he looked up and saw that Jared Goff got a contract and then he went to the Rams

01:45and was like, hey, man, now we can't have this.

01:48You a hater, bro.

01:49You a hater.

01:50That ain't even that ain't even like the quarterback game.

01:53You want more money because you saw this do give more money.

01:55But he got it lit in Detroit.

01:58Like you put up a lot of stats in Detroit.

01:59He putting up stats and getting wins.