Why Rams Fans Should Have ZERO Reservations about Trading for Myles Garrett

A Rams fan named Shepard called in from Los Angeles with a knot in his stomach. The Myles Garrett news had just broken, and rather than celebrate, he was bracing for the worst.

"I am very worried about this," Shepard said. "I know that the Rams are going all in and it's worked once before. But I feel like our Rams are testing fate." His question for Rich was whether Los Angeles was tempting the football gods by going all in twice over.

Rich was not having the anxiety.

"What are you nervous about?" he asked. The Rams just added a player so good that the usual labels do not stick. First-ballot Hall of Famer undersells it. As it was put on the show, Garrett is only the greatest defensive player ever, and he is arriving at the zenith of his talent.

Rich reached for the highest bar he could find. The Rams, he said, just acquired the one person who could make Aaron Donald look in the mirror and ask, "Do I look fat?"

He did acknowledge the human cost on the other end. Jared Verse, the young Rams standout, has spent his career being told he is generationally great, only to suddenly be handed what Rich called a plane ticket to Ohio. Rich expects that stings, and expects Verse to turn it into a chip on his shoulder.

There is a financial wrinkle, too. By Rich's math, Verse is in line to out-earn Garrett before long once a new contract comes due. He pointed to Will Anderson resetting the market at 50 million per, with Garrett at 40 million per, as the trajectory.

As for the price, Los Angeles is sending out a 2027 first-round pick and other considerations. Rich waved off the worry there. The Browns, he noted, will be picking 32nd overall next year anyway.

Then there is Matthew Stafford, and the theory that he was upset enough to extract a new deal. Rich pushed back on the timeline. A trade like this does not come together overnight, and he is certain the Rams looped Stafford in. If he is healthy, happy and getting a pass rusher who keeps him upright, Rich said, Stafford is not going anywhere.

So Shepard got his answer. "Win now, and then he's still here, and you got a star in Los Angeles," Rich said. "Holy crap."