Trade rumors have followed Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams as far back as March, with Michael Lombardi doing virtually all of the legwork on spreading that narrative every few months. According to Lombardi, the Rams were calling other teams to gauge the possibility of anyone picking up his $59 million tab this year and unsurprisingly, if true, got no takers.
The rumors could have been outright denied by L.A., but instead at various points Les Snead or Kevin Demoff have said that they had “casual conversations” and denied calling other clubs. Demoff said that the Rams received calls about Stafford and that they did not ask him to change his contract in any way.