According to NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah on The Pat McAfee Show, he still hopes the Indianapolis Colts will suddenly land Detroit Detroit franchise quarterback Matthew Stafford in exchange:
“Niners are a team you always listen to,” said Jeremiah. “I thought from the beginning and all I had heard from the beginning was the Colts. So this is what I still hope for. “
“At first, when I heard that the Niners were in it, I thought ‘Okay, this is Lions needing to get the other suitor out to try to get a little more from the Colts.’ It was where my mind went, but now it’s like, ‘Shoot. from what you’re saying, it looks like they got pretty far with the Niners.
But that’s where I expected Stafford to go. “
Right now, there was a lot of smoke during the Senior Bowl weekend connecting Lions and the San Francisco 49ers as it progresses in business discussions for Stafford.
Even a report came out on Friday of what the 49ers’ initial commercial offering to Lions was:
49ers offered 2 choices from the second round and 2 choices from the third round. As far as I know.
– Vincent Frank (@VincentFrankNFL) January 29, 2021
Now, with quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo’s long-term future with the uncertain 49ers franchise, San Francisco could very well be a serious commercial suitor for Stafford today – and it should not necessarily be disregarded that both sides are potentially gaining momentum in the ongoing trade. speaks
That said, general manager of Colts Chris Ballard notoriously drives a tight ship with closed lips and small leaks – judging by his 2018 fall from general choice # 3 with the New York Jets for a king’s ransom, as well as last season’s big trade for 49ers All- Professional Defensive Discharge DeForest Buckner. None of the high-impact negotiations came out prematurely in the league circles until each was completed.
Whether the 49ers ‘serious commercial pursuit is being publicized by Lions as a potential lure to raise the Colts’ price remains to be seen, but just because the degree of interest / ongoing commercial negotiations by the Colts has not been publicly disclosed does not mean that they are not currently occurring.
At this point, it doesn’t mean that Stafford is a block to becoming a Colt anyway, but the Colts, as the forefront of the initial mainstream media (which means nothing), too, should not be dismissed as a serious commercial suitor now – just because there is not a lot of recent smoke linking them publicly to Stafford.