The Matthew Stafford Trade - What's the Difference?

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When we made the move for Matthew Stafford we felt like he was great now and he could help us in our window of contention be great that window of contention had players like Cooper Cup players like Aaron Donald Javan Ramsey that were in their prime so in our model maybe it was going to be right a better results if we aligned our core players with a with a QB that was there already but and not in the process of getting there. More always said Jared was a was probably a student for Sean Matthew is someone who could partner with Sean and also his play caller, says Rams head coach John Schneider.

LA Rams General Manager Les Snead dives deep into some of the strategies that made the Rams a Super Bowl Champion, including assessing character, how to draft the right player, the complicated nature of trading players, how to build a team, hiring the right coach, hidden performance, why it’s so important to be relentlessly curious, and so much more. A native of football-crazed Eufaula, Alabama, Snead served as a graduate assistant at Auburn University before he spent 14 years as an NFL scout for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Atlanta Falcons. He became the Rams’ GM in 2012 and over time built a reputation as an executive willing to make insightful draft picks as well as blockbuster trades, including his move to draft future Hall of Famer Aaron Donald in 2014 and to trade for superstars Von Miller and Matthew Stafford on the way to winning the Super Bowl in February.

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