Former NFL quarterback proposes insane three-team trade that would instantly set the Rams back
Hope is in short supply at the moment for the Los Angeles Rams. They're one of nine teams to start 0-2 this season, and they have 11 total players on Injured Reserve. But unlike most of the winless teams in the NFL, the Rams have an elite quarterback and head coach pairing in Matthew Stafford […]
Hope is in short supply at the moment for the Los Angeles Rams. They're one of nine teams to start 0-2 this season, and they have 11 total players on Injured Reserve.
But unlike most of the winless teams in the NFL, the Rams have an elite quarterback and head coach pairing in Matthew Stafford and Sean McVay. With those two leading the charge, a turnaround is entirely possible.
Getting rid of half of that duo should be the last thing on their minds, and yet, a former NFL quarterback is all for it.
Chase Daniel, an 11-year NFL veteran who played QB for six teams, proposed a three-team trade that has the Rams trading away Stafford and receiving Carolina Panthers QB Bryce Young.
That's right, trading a consensus top 10 quarterback for the one who was just benched after two weeks. All for being 0-2 to start the season.
Daniel went as far to say the Rams should've started a rebuild following their Super Bowl victory three years ago.
"But the Rams, I thought it was time to blow it up after the Super Bowl," Daniel said on FS1's The Facility. "You get Bryce Young, McVay do your genius! I understand McVay and Stafford are boys, but at the end of the day, I just think this makes a lot of sense."
Daniel clarified that Jimmy Garoppolo, who was recently reinstated from his two-game suspension, would initially start under center in this scenario. The end goal would be for Young to develop under McVay's coaching and scheme.
"They'd have Jimmy G starting for a little bit," Daniel said. "You're telling me Bryce Young can't be successful in a scheme like Sean McVay's scheme? Absolutely he can."
The problem is obvious: Los Angeles gains nothing but a huge risk.
Miami receives a high-quality quarterback with three years remaining on his contract. Carolina gets to start over with a couple NFL Draft picks.
Los Angeles gets a chance to make the worst starting quarterback of the past 12 months into something. How does that make any sense when they began with a good quarterback?
If the Rams were interested in kickstarting a rebuild before the month of October arrives, getting rid of their most valuable asset in exchange for something that has very little present value at all is not the way to go about it.
Daniel's proposal not only makes the Rams worse now, but also leaves them hanging in the future.
That's a deal Les Snead would never accept, no matter how much faith he may have in McVay's ability to maximize quarterbacks.
