Everybody’s motivated. That’s what makes this Matthew Stafford-Jared Goff deal a good one. Sometimes when a star player seeks a trade, it begins with disgruntlement and ends in disgruntlement, players unhappy, fans unhappy, front office ducking.
Not so this time. Stafford, who did everything he was asked to do here, goes to L.A., where he is motivated to show that his talent was weighed down by being in Detroit, not the other way around. He’s now got a dynamic defense, an innovative young coach, and two contract years to get to the promised land that so eluded him in Motown.