The Los Angeles Rams trade for quarterback Matthew Stafford in 2021 was one of the biggest moves in franchise history.
L.A. sent former first-round pick Jared Goff, two first-round picks and a third-rounder to the Detroit Lions for Stafford. Months later, they hoisted the Lombardi Trophy at SoFi Stadium.
The move was bold at the time, and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones applauded Rams president Kevin Demoff back in 2023 for pulling it off. In a clip of the new Netflix show, “America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys,” Jones joked with Demoff during the Cowboys training camp in 2023 that he didn’t have “the balls” to pull off that type of blockbuster move.
“I don’t have the balls to put it all out there the way ya’ll did on that quarterback [Matthew Stafford],” Jones said. “I won’t do that.”
The move ended up working out for L.A., though, as it culminated in a Super Bowl victory and has kept the Rams relevant for three of the four years since the trade occurred. The Rams didn’t have a lot of draft capital in the meantime, but worked around that by taking high-impact players later like Kyren Williams, Puka Nacua, Byron Young and Kobie Turner.
The Cowboys have been good in recent years, but haven’t advanced to the NFC championship game since 1995.
This article originally appeared on Rams Wire: Jerry Jones admits he wouldn’t have been able to make big trade like Rams did for Stafford
Reporting by Tyler Greenawalt, Rams Wire / Rams Wire
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