The 2025 NFL Scouting Combination is currently underway in Indianapolis, and prospects are beginning to meet with the media. For example, Pennsylvania's Pass Rush Abdul Carter spoke early on Wednesday, talking about meeting all the top teams in the draft and his desire to leave the board first in the 2025 NFL Draft.
But perhaps the name at the heart of every conversation is Los Angeles Rams Quarterback Matthew Stafford.
Over the weekend, reports emerged that the Rams allowed Stafford to talk to other teams about potential deals to measure the value of veteran quarterbacks in the market. According to Ian Rapoport, an insider for the NFL network, both sides said, “This has been a “release of the issue.”Better understanding“Of his worth.
Now, across the NFL world in Indianapolis, reports are emerging about who is in the potential Stafford trade, and who will take part.
The New York giant is interested
Many people expect New York Giants It's one of the teams that we've already asked about Stafford's potential deal. Stafford's representative met Giants Brass in Indianapolis on Tuesday, according to the New York Daily News giant defeating author Pat Leonard:
More news: #giants I met #rams QB Matthew Stafford representatives on Tuesday at NFL Combine Indianapolis, on source-by-source basis.
The possibility of trade to New York still exists. Stafford has a look ahead from the Rams to measure his market https://t.co/xtrzm2jptr
– Pat Leonard (@pleonardnydn) February 26, 2025
Speaking to the media on Tuesday, Giants general manager Joe Shane spoke about adding to the quarterback room, including adding a veteran, even if the Giants drafted a quarterback in their third choice. However, Schoen got in the way when asked specifically about Stafford.
However, ESPN's Jordan Raanan believes Stafford is the team's “first priority” at quarterback.
It's pretty clear that the quarterback Giants are Matthew Stafford after a few days in Indianapolis. He and the Rams see what happens and move on from there. pic.twitter.com/sho4vbua2a
– Jordan Raanan (@jordanraanan) February 26, 2025
Tom Brady makes his pitch…or he?
There's sauce off!
Tom Brady has been a guy with many hats these days. In addition to his duties at Fox Sports, including calling alongside Kevin Bullcult from Super Bowl LIX, Brady has Las Vegas Raiders.
You also need a quarterback.
According to a report by Fox Sports NFL Insider Jordan Schultz, Brady hosted Stafford at his Montana home. There, “they spent time together and went skiing.”
Furthermore, according to Schultz, “Brady is trying to convince Stafford to join the Raiders.”
source: #Raiders Minority owner Tom Brady recently hosted #rams QB Matthew Stafford spent time together at his home in Montana and went skiing. Brady is actively trying to convince Stafford to join the Raiders, and the debate is ongoing.
Some teams… pic.twitter.com/jo9xxw2m6e
– Jordan Schultz (@schultz_report) February 26, 2025
But others have viewed meetings in Montana much differently.
#Raiders With Tom Brady, a small number of owners. #rams QB Matthew Stafford encountered each other at a ski resort in Montana, sources say.
The unscheduled meeting was neither extensive nor detailed, but despite other reports, Brady's “hosting” or “employment” Stafford did not include. pic.twitter.com/euucyxzxsw
– Ian Rapoport (@rapsheet) February 26, 2025
Still, the Raiders hold their sixth pick in the 2025 NFL Draft and need a quarterback. Brady has been a huge complement to Chedure Sanders over the past few months, but Stafford in Las Vegas is an interesting idea.
The Cleveland Browns are interested in “somewhat”
Then there Cleveland Brownsholding the second pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. Cleveland still has Desshaun Watson in his book, but Watson said, “Maybe [to] He missed a fair amount of time during the 2025 season after a “re-rupture” of the Achilles tendon that he tore in October.
According to Browns insider Jared Mueller Someone on the ground in Indianapolishis sources in Cleveland show that the Browns have “some degree of interest” in Stafford, but are “impossible” in potential trade. According to Mueller,[t]His team is interested in some level, but he doesn't see them as a realistic trade option and a new contract for Stafford. ”
Mueller also reports that many believe Miami's quarterback Come Ward is the second Browns pick.
