Going into the 2025 season the Los Angeles Rams were worried about Matthew Stafford and his back, but no one exactly knew how worried. Now, it’s being shared by Sean McVay that the team was apparently very worried as Stafford and those around him truly wondered if he could suit up.
Of course, Stafford did suit up, and he went on to win the NFL MVP Award. It’s remarkable. From not knowing if he could play, to having the personal best season of his career.
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It’s scary to know how close last year was to be potentially being a disaster (we’ll never really know), but do not worry, Stafford’s back is fine now, so expect another great year in 2026. That’s math and science.
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Sean McVay Gets Honest About Matthew Stafford After Near-Disaster (heavy.com)
““Those guys are like, ‘Man, that’s pretty cool of Sean to let you have off of camp and use a back injury to kind of do that,’” McVay said, recalling Stafford’s words. “He’s like, “The f*** are you talking about, man? That the back injury was real as s***. We were nervous as hell, man.’ It was a week before we’re playing Houston, the old Ammortal [Chamber] saved him. But that was real.“
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“During an appearance on the Bussin’ With The Boys podcast, McVay admitted that he came close to ending his coaching career during the Rams’ 5-12 campaign in 2022.
“I almost quit coaching,” McVay said (h/t Mike Kadlick of Sports Illustrated). “And you can use the narrative that I was gonna go to media or whatever. But the truth would have been, I was quitting. I couldn’t handle the losing. It was almost like a scarlet letter. I mean, there was moments … I was like counting down the days for that season to be over. Like, what a fraud.”
“The Los Angeles Rams were closer to acquiring Philadelphia Eagles star wide receiver A.J. Brown on the trade market compared to the New England Patriots earlier in the offseason, according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo.
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“That was really close,” Garafolo reported during a Tuesday appearance on the Rich Eisen Show (4:50 mark). “It was closer than it got with the Patriots. That was really close. There was one point where overnight it sort of died. It was like, ‘Late one night, this could be going down by the next morning. You know what, there’s too many moving parts here.’”
Random Ramsdom Fandom:
“When Warner started collecting injuries Martz gave up on him. Warner was taking some punishment in the offense and never had the chance when Martz went with Bulger as the QB. Yet after a time in NY Warner found his way to Arizona and another Super Bowl. The whole Brenda Warner questioning the Rams and coaches was a doom for Warner in StLouis. Wasn’t a big fan of Martz after all the drama.” -ricker
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