Dan Patrick reports that a former SEC QB, top 10 pick were offered for Matthew Stafford
The Denver Broncos were in on the Matthew Stafford trade discussions, at least with an offer, according to a report from syndicated radio host Dan Patrick.
Patrick said on his show that former Mizzou star Drew Lock and the Broncos’ first-round pick, No. 9 overall, were offered to the Lions for Stafford. Of course, Stafford last week was traded to the Los Angles Rams for Jared Goff. The Lions also received two future first-round draft picks and a third-round pick.
“The Denver Broncos made a pretty good run at Matthew Stafford,” Patrick said. “… Drew Lock is not as good as Jared Goff, and although you’re getting the ninth pick overall, if I’m Detroit, I still like what they did, but Denver did try.”
The Associated Press previously reported that the Lions had several offers for Stafford, and they all included first-round picks, according to someone with direct knowledge of the situation. Stafford was made aware of the teams that wanted to acquire him, and the Rams were one of the franchises he was excited about potentially joining, according to the person.
Detroit drafted Stafford out of Georgia with the hopes he could end the Lions’ drought of just one playoff victory since winning the 1957 NFL title. Stafford became a very productive quarterback, but went 0-3 in the 2011, 2014 and 2016 postseasons. He is No. 16 on the league’s career list with 45,109 yards passing and 282 passing touchdowns while playing on just four winning teams and no division champions.
Lock’s future is uncertain in Denver after the Broncos recently hired a new general manager, George Paton.
Lock, in his first full season as the starter, flashed his potential at times, especially down the stretch, including his four-touchdown day Dec. 13 against the Carolina Panthers and his 339-yard, two-touchdown day in the season finale, ESPN reported. But he also finished the year last among the league’s starting quarterbacks in completion percentage (57.3) and tied for the most interceptions (15) as the Broncos had the worst turnover margin in the league (minus-16).
Source: The #Broncos made a run at trading for Matthew Stafford. They offered their 9th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft and Drew Lock. #Lions pic.twitter.com/6uOYrdpeDs
— Dan Patrick Show (@dpshow) February 4, 2021
Losing is a team effort and the Broncos were quite the team in that respect. I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing if Lock gets traded. Maybe he’ll end up with a team that isn’t so good at losing.
The Lions also went out of their way to appease Stafford. Chances are he said no to being traded to Denver and probably Washington as well as the WFT put up an attractive trade package. Stafford’s no dummy, choosing McVay over Fangio is like, duh!
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Yeah, I think the head coach had a ton to do with it. Who would want to play for Fangio? He’s been a d!ck to his QBs, while McVay is seen as an offensive guru. Don’t blame Stafford at all, assuming he had some say in his destination. Getting Goff and 2 first rounders is also a hell of a deal. Goff got paid and lost his mojo though, so he needs to get his crap together real soon.
Yeah Goff isn’t a great QB, but he’s not horrible. Although the Lions did Stafford a solid, they could have ended up getting worse than what they did back, at least they’re getting a serviceable QB along with some picks.
Stafford did Detroit a solid by sticking around for so long. Also great in the community there. So many bad teams he was stuck on. The Lions are the worst franchise in the NFL. It sucks that the worst teams in the NFL get to ruin good or great quarterback careers.
But Drew Lock is gonna be the the next John Elway hahaha. Dude is gonna be an after thought in a couple of years #AnotherBustFromTheZou
He’s an afterthought just like the football hogs. Try the Sunbelt you may have some luck there. Arkansas is never going to win in the SEC.
So you agree hes a bust lol. We may be able share a beer at the game next year when Mizzou comes for that a$$ whooping.
I lived in Dallas for a few years back in the mid-80’s and I had all of these people telling me how much better the SWC was than the SEC. What a joke. If you’re under 40 you don’t even know the SWC ever existed. Lol.
Since you brought it up who was that running back carried Arkansas Mizzou first join the SEC what was his name I know I don’t remember it. I want to play Fantasy Football last year not this last season video before I don’t remember his name being on the list of running backs what was his name is first name starting with a d I think
Roundtree is average at best and wont be a starter anytime soon. Where Arkansas has put players on NCAA and MADDEN covers.
you guys need to buy a bigger sack of army-men and stay overnight for a weekend of fun.
Lock is as good an NFL quarterback as there is when he plays in an offense that that likes to stretch the field both deep and wide, and every NFL team would have a better offense if they did that.
Lock is not a durable run with the ball quarterback in the NFL and VERY few NFL quarterbacks are.
Lock is average when it comes to helping his NFL O-line extend completion time with his feet. None of the above makes Lock a great NFL quarterback yet nor does it send him to the Canadian Football League. So you guys can now go see who can piss on the highest milkweed flower.
Wolfman, Lock is looking at holding a clipboard for the next few years, he hopes. Lol. That’s a good job if you can get it.
I had to Google it that is how important a player he is it was Darren McFadden that might have been back in 2007 I don’t remember I just know we stomped you
It must be sad then since he is better that any RB in MIZZOU history.
It’s sad that you don’t know the names of any of a programs running backs but you think you know the history!
You just cherry pick stats and talk hypotheticals. McFadden was better statistically than anything that has ever played for Mizzou. Whats sad is that you wont tell us where your supposedly coached D1 lol.
Where did Tony Temple play? Henry Josie? James Wilder, the Sikeston Train. It’s painful to watch you only drop one name. I don’t know how old you are but instead of being jealous that other people have been coaches, just go out and be one yourself. There are lots of kids leagues that need a good man to donate some time. You might like it. You might be good at it and make a difference to some young men.
What’s sad is that you cant follow the thread. So your calling those guys a better College RB than McFadden?
Lock has the talent but he’s not every kind of quarterback rolled into one. Few are. Elway doesn’t know how to hire coaching staff. First get the coaching staff. Then get the linemen. Then get the receivers. Then you’ll be ready for a quarterback, and maybe next a running back. Denver’s weak play-book looks like they are just trying random old plays from the 1960s. Lock is probably thinking how do I get out of this execution vacuum.
Wolfman please tell us how the GM is supposed to hire coaching staff? Now tell me and all you buddys how to keep generational talent from running away to other schools haha.
It’s better than that, Elway is the GM and the director of football operations, read the job descriptions for both of those. He can decide or greatly influence who the Head Coach is, can veto OCs, same for the scheme, same for every starting player on the team. In short, since the team has 3 owners, he’s the man, the big dog, carries the biggest stick, passes out the marching orders, tells everyone else when to breath. Unless you hold more stock in the corp. than the other two owners put together, you can’t tell Elway what to do. Does that clear it up for you? I have no idea what you consider generational talent, or what running away to other schools means to you, but whatever it is, it hasn’t made Arkansas look BETTER for quite a while now.
If it makes you feel better, I like Pittman, I don’t think Odom will stay average forever, and I personally love to spend time in Arkansas. I was just there for an extended stay around Beaver Lake. If it hasn’t left yet, go see the Ansell Adam exhibit at the C.Bridges Gallery. Ozarkalypse has the potential to be the best SEC game every year.
and few states share as fun a border playground as Missouri and Arkansas. Calm down and don’t pick fights. Enjoying football is not a
zero sum game.
That was rhetorical hope you didn’t waste too many hours writing that bit.
hey you might have a book title there, “Rhetorical Hope”. Keep us informed on that.
That was a good one lol.
As much as I hate to admit it, Drew Lock isn’t who we thought he was. Look at his stats in college, when he should have dominated (and please, don’t give me the “four different OC’s” argument). Elite QBs simply perform at an elite level, especially in college. Drew, though, had a 56.9% career completion rate. Also, Mizzou’s record during Drew’s tenure? 24-26. Yes, football is a team sport, but the QB is simply a difference maker, and Drew didn’t really make a difference in college and certainly hasn’t in the NFL. Is he good enough to play in the league? Yes, but he’s not good enough to consistently win there.
I see your argument, and raise you one Trent Dilfer.
Dilfer, Delhomme both and even Flacco. But it’s just not as easy for defense to win championships like it did back then or SF would have won last season. Then we could’ve put Garappolo on that list as well. The last defense to actually win a SB was probably (oddly enough) Denver with Peyton Manning. Von Miller MVP
Just for fun, I picked a couple of other NFL QBs named Drew to see how they performed in their first year as starter to compare with this Drew. Here’s what I came up with:
Drew Bledsoe Games: 13 Compl %: 49.88 YDS:2,494 TD:15 INT:15 QBR:65
Drew Brees – Games: 11 Compl %: 57.58 YDS:2,108 TD:11 INT:15 QBR: 67.5
Drew Lock – Games : 12 Compl %: 56.97 YDS: 2,594 TD:14 INT:15 QBR: 72.5
Maybe give him another year before writing him off.
you’re nuts