INGLEWOOD, Calif.(AP) — Nearly five years after the Los Angeles Rams blindsided Jared Goff by trading him to Detroit for Matthew Stafford, practically all parties involved in the blockbuster deal are thriving on the field and seemingly content about their fate.

That's a rarity in big NFL trades, particularly one as disruptive as the deal in which Sean McVay aggressively dumped his starting quarterback with none of the sophistication that usually characterizes McVay's player relationships.

McVay still thinks back on the deal as a cautionary tale for him — albeit one that also got him a Super Bowl ring.

“I had a lot of growing up to do back when that thing went down,” McVay said this week. “There were a lot of great memories and a lot of really good ball that he did here that I’ll alway

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