Blame this year’s NFL QB carousel on the LA Rams

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There is a saying that imitation is the greatest form of flattery. If true, then there are a lot of NFL teams that paid great compliments to the LA Rams. NFL teams simply made reviews of their current quarterback situation and found them to be quite lacking. And so, they made a change. A significant and irrevocable change at the most important position on the team.

And it all started when the LA Rams traded starting quarterback Jared Goff and a hefty sack full of draft picks for Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford. At the time, a trade like that was unprecedented. Now it’s commonplace. The latest in a long line of quarterback trades prior to the…