Wr Jameson Williams ???

[ChibCU]

10 hours ago, tukafan21 said:

The Lions are not in a “forward thinking” mode right now, they are in a win a Super Bowl THIS season mode.

I’m from the Detroit area, you don’t understand how much this city is starving for a Super Bowl, they don’t care about the future right now, they care about maximizing their window right now, this season.

So why is Goff signed through 2028? It's because they're building a roster to win now and in the future. You can do both. Having to build up a roster over years and pushing the chips in for one year is a recipe for continual rebuilds with a very high chance of not getting a Super Bowl win in your all-in year.

It comes down to getting a return that is greater than what they value him. You do that by hoping a team assumes the potential you speak of is an eventuality. Also, you look for a trade partner that is in desperate need of skill players who are willing to overpay (e.g. Panthers). Trading him can benefit the trade partner and the Lions at the same time.

[ImfromClayton]

15 hours ago, CRA said:

2023 - gambling suspension 

2024 - PES suspension 

2024 - gun incident 

Too small a window for all that IMO.  I’d want to deal him too. 

If we trade for him, I can defend him for all that. 

 

If we don't trade for him, I can't believe the Lions would let him play with all that going on! 

[Jon Snow]

1 minute ago, ImfromClayton said:

If we trade for him, I can defend him for all that. 

 

If we don't trade for him, I can't believe the Lions would let him play with all that going on! 

It's the reason they want to trade him before he does something else to get suspended from the league for a year. You do not want to trade for that kind of gamble. 

[tukafan21]

17 minutes ago, ChibCU said:

So why is Goff signed through 2028? It's because they're building a roster to win now and in the future. You can do both. Having to build up a roster over years and pushing the chips in for one year is a recipe for continual rebuilds with a very high chance of not getting a Super Bowl win in your all-in year.

It comes down to getting a return that is greater than what they value him. You do that by hoping a team assumes the potential you speak of is an eventuality. Also, you look for a trade partner that is in desperate need of skill players who are willing to overpay (e.g. Panthers). Trading him can benefit the trade partner and the Lions at the same time.

The point is if the Lions believe he has that potential and think he can keep his head straight, then trading him isn't an option because of how good he'll be the next 2 years on a rookie contract.

And if they are the ones looking to trade him, it's because they don't believe that will happen, hence the red flag it raises.