One of the biggest negotiations in the history of Detroit Lions is now officially concluded. The deal bringing QB Jared Goff and a series of choices to Detroit in exchange for QB Matthew Stafford officially reached NFL books and transactions on Thursday.
As a result, we now know the choice compensation project that Lions are taking on in the business.
According to the NFL’s transaction log, the Rams are sending Lions their first-round picks in 2022 and 2023. This is known. It is the choice of the third round in 2021 that has been the issue. It will be a compensatory choice and not the regular choice for the third round of the Rams.
Los Angeles has two choices for comparison in the third round and the exact selection is not explicitly listed in the transaction log. So, instead of the general No. 88, it is No. 101 or No. 103.
Processing of the deal was delayed one day, so the Rams would be responsible for the $ 2.5 million bonus in Goff’s contract. This may have influenced the negotiations for which the third-shift pickup will end in Detroit.
As for contracts, Goff will earn $ 25,650,000 in 2021, with almost $ 650,000 fully guaranteed. Lions are officially committed to $ 33 million in dead money to negotiate the Stafford contract, according to Over The Cap.