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Podcast: The Detroit Lions Podcast
Episode: Daily DLP: Goff-Stafford Trade 5 years later
Description: Five Years After a Franchise PivotFive years on, the Detroit Lions trade that sent Matthew Stafford to the Rams and brought Jared Goff and draft capital to Detroit still defines the arc of both franchises. The timing mattered. Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes had just arrived. Candidates for those jobs were warned that Stafford might not be a Detroit Lion for long. Stafford had back concerns at the time and no interest in grooming a successor. Detroit’s roster had been stripped by the end of the Quinntricia era. The team needed a reset. Stafford wanted to...