Let’s pretend for a moment that instead of trading for Matthew Stafford last week, the Los Angeles Rams somehow ended up with the number five pick in the 2020 draft and selected Tua Tagovailoa* instead. Given the obvious desire by Sean McVay to replace Jared Goff prior to his four-year extension kicking in, that hypothetical scenario is not such a stretch even if it would have caused an immediate stir in the press and the imaginary locker room that awaited both of them. Or just Tua.
*Yes, I also would have preferred Justin Herbert, both now and then, but I’m making a point here.