As a Lions fan, that trade was a slam dunk the day it happened regardless of who the draft picks ended up being. The Lions were stagnating and needed to move on, ditto for Stafford. Once that trade happened, it signalled the start of a true rebuild, a bit analogous to the Flames of last year when they finally cashed in their aging vets that weren't going to get the team anywhere.
It was somehow gratifying to watch Stafford win a Super Bowl as I still kind of felt like he was one of our own.
Good trade all around. But the way the draft picks turned out and how Goff managed to turn his career around, this was a Joe-Carter-3-run-shot-to-win-the-World-Series type of event for the Lions. Even if we don't win a Super Bowl. The entire trajectory of the franchise has been altered.
A Lions-Rams NFC Championship would be a bit disappointing for me as we played them in the playoffs last year and beat them earlier this season too. Like, is that really the best the NFC can offer? I think the Eagles are a much bigger challenge. But maybe I've just gotten arrogant.
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