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Adam SchefterESPN Senior Writer
The Carolina Panthers made a serious offer to the Detroit Lions in an effort to acquire quarterback Matthew Stafford, according to league sources.
The Panthers offered the eighth overall pick in this year’s draft, a fifth-round pick and quarterback Teddy Bridgewater to try to land Stafford, sources said.
The Lions instead went with the Rams’ package, sending Stafford to Los Angeles last weekend for a third-round pick this year, two future first-round picks and quarterback Jared Goff.
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