Earlier this week, future Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford interviewed Mitch Albom of Detroit Free Press who touched on topics related to his pending trade with the Rams.
On Sunday, the newspaper shared more of that conversation with its subscribers. One of the new issues had to do with a report that Stafford was open to trading with any team other than the Patriots.
Stafford did not share whether he was willing to go to New England, but said there was more than one place he did not want to go to the next chapter of his NFL career.
“What is needed is – and this is an incredible thing, [the Lions] – I asked to go to a team that was ready to win a championship, ”said Stafford. “And, you know, there were a few teams on that list. Some teams were not on that list. And they respected that and understood it completely. I had thoughts and reasons for each of them. “
During the first two decades of the millennium, the Patriots were the place to go if you were looking for a team ready to win a championship. Their first year without Tom Brady took them out of those ranks and Stafford will not be the defender to lead a resurgence in New England.
Matthew Stafford: There were some teams that I didn’t want to be traded for that originally appeared on Pro Football Talk