"THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Nearly nine months after the Los Angeles Rams agreed to trade Jared Goff to the Detroit Lions, and with a pending reunion at SoFi Stadium on Sunday, coach Sean McVay expressed regret about how the deal went down with his former quarterback.

"Yes, I wish there was better, clearer communication," McVay said Monday. "To say that it was perfectly handled on my end, I wouldn't be totally accurate in that. I'll never claim to be perfect, but I will try to learn from some things that I can do better, and I think that was one of them without a doubt."


The Rams are 5-1 and heavily favored against the 0-6 Lions in the Week 7 matchup, but plenty of intrigue surrounds the game as McVay and Goff prepare to face off after a conflicted ending to their four-year run.

"I think he'll be received well," McVay said about Goff's return to L.A., where he spent five seasons after the Rams traded up 15 spots to select him first overall in 2016. "I think the L.A. fans and I think the Rams fans know what a great job he had done and how much -- I think how much he meant to the Rams organization both as a football player and also the community."

After McVay was hired in 2017, he and Goff won two division titles and an NFC championship. However, following a 13-3 loss to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LIII, the Rams offensive production declined, and they missed the 2019 playoffs.

Following a divisional playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers last season, Goff's status as Rams starting quarterback appeared in question when neither McVay nor general manager Les Snead committed to him. Days earlier, quarterback Matthew Stafford requested a trade from the Lions, and a chance run-in between Stafford and McVay -- both were vacationing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico -- marked the end of Goff with the Rams, as he was traded along with two first-round picks and a third-rounder to the Lions in exchange for Stafford.

In the aftermath, Goff told reporters that McVay and the Rams had no contact with him from the time the season ended to when he received the phone call about the trade. Goff claimed he was blindsided by the move.

"You don't want to catch guys off guard," McVay said. "It came together a lot faster than anybody anticipated, but yeah, of course I think that any time that tough decisions and things like that where people are affected, you always want to be as understanding, as empathetic as possible, think about it through the other person's lens and there's certainly things that I know I would do it a little bit differently if -- when those situations arise in the future."

McVay insisted Monday that there was no tipping point in his relationship with Goff and that the chance to acquire Stafford was too great to pass.

"That was why that decision was made and that was why things came together as quickly as they did because we felt like it was a rare opportunity to acquire a player of Matthew's caliber," McVay said. "Those opportunities just don't come up often."

Stafford has two seasons remaining on a five-year, $135 million deal. In a short period, he has ignited the offense and has the Rams among the Super Bowl favorites.


Stafford has passed for 16 touchdowns, which ranks tied for third in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys' Dak Prescott and behind the Kansas City Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes and Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Tom Brady. They are the most by any quarterback through his first six games with a team in NFL history, according to Elias Sports Bureau.

Stafford said he would treat Sunday's reunion with the Lions "just like every other game," though he added that there likely would be an extended period of greetings with friends, former teammates and, if in attendance, the Ford family before kickoff.

McVay said he would talk to Stafford about facing his former team, but expected the 13th-year quarterback to handle it as he would any other game.

"He's so impressive in terms of his weekly rhythm and his consistency through these first six weeks," McVay said. "He's so steady and even-keeled, I don't think he'll make it bigger than what it is."

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ROUND 1

1. DET - Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon
2. PHI (via MIA) - Matt Corral, QB, Mississippi
3. JAX - Evan Neal, OT, Alabama
4. HOU - Malik Willis, QB, Liberty
5. NYG - DeMarvin Leal, DT, Texas A&M
6. NYJ - Derek Stingley, DB, LSU
7. NE - Aidan Hutchinson, Edge, Michigan
8. PHI - Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame
9. PHI (via IND) - Andrew Booth, DB, Clemson
10. NYJ (via SEA) - Kenyon Green, IOL, Texas A&M
11. WFT - Carson Strong, QB, Nevada
12. ATL - George Karlaftis, Edge, Purdue
13. MIA (via SF) - Tyler Linderbaum, IOL, Iowa
14. DEN - Sam Howell, QB, UNC
15. CAR - Ikem Ekwonu, OT, NC State
16. NYG (via CHI) - Drake Jackson, Edge, USC
17. CLE - Chris Olave, WR, Ohio State
18. KC - Kaiir Elam, DB, Florida
19. MIN - Ahmad Gardner, DB, Cincinnati
20. PIT - Darian Kinnard, OT, Kentucky
21. NO - Treylon Burks, WR, Arkansas
22. BUF - Garrett Wilson, WR, Ohio State
23. TEN - Jordan Davis, DL, Georgia
24. DAL - Trent McDuffie, DB, Washington
25. LV - Drake London, WR, USC
26. LAC - Kingsley Enagbare, Edge, South Carolina
27. TB - Adam Anderson, Edge, Georgia
28. DET (via LAR) - Christian Harris, LB, Alabama
29. CIN - Trevor Penning, OT, Northern Iowa
30. GB - Jaxson Kirkland, OT, Washington
31. BAL - Devin Lloyd, LB, Utah
32. AZ - Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State

ROUND 2

33. DET - Jahan Dotson, WR, Penn State
34. JAX - Jalen Wydermyer, TE, Texas A&M
35. HOU - Myjai Sanders, Edge, Cincinnati
36. NYG - Sean Rhyan, OT, UCLA
37. MIA - Nicholas Petit-Frere, OT, Ohio State
38. NYJ - Zion Nelson, OT, Miami
39. PHI - Nakobe Dean, LB, Georgia
40. IND - Zach Harrison, Edge, Ohio State
41. SEA - Perrion Winfrey, DL, Oklahoma
42. WFT - Jordan Battle, S, Alabama
43. NE - George Pickens, WR, Georgia
44. SF - Brandon Smith, LB, Penn State
45. ATL - Isaiah Spiller, RB, Texas A&M
46. NYJ (via CAR) - John Metchie, WR, Alabama
47. CHI - Derion Kendrick, DB, Clemson
48. CLE - Henry To'oto'o, LB, Alabama
49. KC - David Bell, WR, Purdue
50. DEN - Daniel Fa'alele, OT, Minnesota
51. PIT - Desmond Ridder, QB, Cincinnati
52. MIN - Brandon Joseph, S, Northwestern
53. NO - DeMarvion Overshown, LB, Texas
54. ATL (via TEN) - Nik Bonitto, Edge, Oklahoma
55. BUF - Rasheed Walker, OT, Penn State
56. DAL - Jalen Catalon, S, Arkansas
57. LAC - Travon Walker, DL, Georgia
58. LV - Daxton Hill, S, Michigan
59. LAR - Jaquan Brisker, S, Penn State
60. TB - Breece Hall, RB, Iowa State
61. CIN - Roger McCreary, DB, Auburn
62. GB - Justyn Ross, WR, Clemson
63. BAL - Jermaine Johnson, Edge, Florida State
64. AZ - Josh Jobe, DB, Alabama

ROUND 3

65. DET - Kenny Pickett, QB, Pittsburgh
66. HOU - Thayer Munford, OT, Ohio State
67. NYG - Owen Pappoe, LB, Auburn
68. NYG (via MIA) - Zion Johnson, IOL, Boston College
69. JAX - Lewis Cine, S, Georgia
70. NYJ - Jahleel Billingsley, TE, Alabama
71. IND - Zakoby McClain, LB, Auburn
72. SEA - Sevyn Banks, DB, Ohio State
73. WFT - Abraham Lucas, OT, Washington State
74. NE - Kyren Williams, RB, Notre Dame
75. PHI - Brenton Cox, Edge, Florida
76. ATL - Tyler Davis, DL, Clemson
77. SF - Mykael Wright, DB, Oregon
78. CHI - Bubba Bolden, S, Miami
79. CLE - Haskell Garrett, DL, Ohio State
80. KC - Ventrell Miller, LB, Florida
81. DEN - Devonte Wyatt, DL, Georgia
82. JAX (via CAR) - Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, DB, TCU
83. MIN - Ed Ingram, IOL, LSU
84. PIT - Marcus Hooker, S, Ohio State
85. HOU (via NO) - Romeo Doubs, WR, Nevada
86. BUF - Jarrett Patterson, IOL, Notre Dame
87. TEN - Nick Broeker, OT, Mississippi
88. DAL - Phidarian Mathis, DL, Alabama
89. LV - Jamaree Salyer, IOL, Georgia
90. LAC - Tykee Smith, S, West Virginia
91. TB - Smoke Monday, S, Auburn
92. LAR - Nolan Smith, Edge, Georgia
93. CIN - Alec Lindstrom, IOL, Boston College
94. GB - Edefuan Ulofoshio, LB, Washington
95. BAL - Khalil Shakir, WR, Boise State J
96. AZ - Zach Charbonnet, RB, UCLA

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DPOY level talent and a 3 level scorer with footwork
Giannis just more agile

Him and Rich Paul dumbasses.

YÂ’all call Stephen A a sellout for criticizing Kyrie who doesnÂ’t show up to work but I see nothing but Ben Simmons, another black player, slander for the same thing.

Kyrie has disrupted Locker rooms for years, doesnÂ’t talk to teammates, takes days & weeks off when he wants, and yÂ’all say he for the people.

Ben takes a stand and gets nothing but hate.

Hypocrisy is running rampant around here.

First year we can all clearly say the Eastern Conference is the beast conference.

Bucks
Nets
Philly

before we start talking about Suns, GSW, Denver and Dallas

And East still got young dangerous teams in Atlanta and Boston.