Matthew Stafford and the Rams agreed to a re-worked contract on Friday to in order to keep the Super Bowl-winning quarterback in Los Angeles.

Call it desperation, call it bowing to reality, call it an attempt at an aggressive, preemptive strike. However you want to characterize the Giants’ very real interest in acquiring Matthew Stafford, call that pursuit over and done with.

Matthew Stafford’s representatives remained in contact with the Giants here at the NFL Combine on Thursday, however, the Las Vegas Raiders continued to emerge as a serious threat