Rams ‘never’ thought Matthew Stafford would leave LA
After several days of uncertainty, the Los Angeles Rams agreed to a reworked contract with star quarterback Matthew Stafford to keep him aboard in 2025.
The Rams nearly went down the trade path to move Stafford but found a way to avoid trading the two-time Pro Bowler. Despite the growing doubt around the situation, head coach Sean McVay voiced that he never allowed himself to envision a future without the star quarterback.
“There was always going to have to be a decision on our part … if he wasn’t going to be here,” McVay said via ESPN. “And that was never something that felt like ever got close, and it was never something that I allowed my mind to go to.”
McVay may not have mentally gone to that scenario, but it was a realistic possibility that Stafford played his last snap in a Rams uniform. The New York Giants and Las Vegas Raiders reportedly made significant pushes to land him, but the 37-year-old chose to stay in Los Angeles.
The Giants had met the financial desires for a new contract for Stafford and the trade compensation that the Rams wanted, but it came down to him choosing to remain with the franchise.
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Although the Rams have Stafford agreed to play the 2025 season on a reworked salary, McVay is hoping that next offseason the conversation can go smoother in the final year of his deal.
“Here’s the positive: Last year it took about seven months,” McVay joked. “This year, about three weeks. So maybe it’ll be about two, three days next year if we have to do this.”
