As long as the Los Angeles Rams remain at an impasse in showing any signs of progress with Matthew Stafford’s back injury, fans will have to brace for the less-than-fully vetted trade scenarios bound to surface. The latest rumor follows that trend. Reports of interest in Cleveland Browns rookie QB Dillon Gabriel have been confirmed by NFL insiders Mike Florio and Albert Breer, though that interest was expressed during the draft.
That’s a far cry from teams reaching out now, in the middle of preseason. What’s more concerning is how the original reports of draft-day interest in Gabriel are being spun into a narrative that the Rams are trying to trade for the Browns’ rookie after Stafford showed up to training camp with back issues.