{"id":40408,"date":"2025-07-27T05:30:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T05:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/40408\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T05:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T05:30:06","slug":"matthew-stafford-will-remain-out-of-practice-next-week-and-his-return-is-week-to-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/40408\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Stafford will remain out of practice next week and his return is week to week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rams coach Sean McVay said earlier this week that quarterback Matthew Stafford would miss the start of training camp<\/a>, returning for the second block. Stafford, though, will not get back into team drills next week.<\/p>\n

McVay gave a medical update on Stafford\u2019s sore back Saturday, emphasizing that the two-time Pro Bowler has not had a setback in his rehab. Stafford, though, will continue to work on the side into next week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ultimate goal is Houston [for the season opener], and being mindful of that, so we\u2019ll take it a week at a time<\/a> with him,\u201d McVay said, via video from the team. \u201cBased on sitting down with [the team\u2019s sports medicine and performance senior vice president] Reggie [Scott] and with Matthew and talking with Dr. [Robert] Watkins, we feel like that\u2019s the smart thing to do. A week at a time with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I don\u2019t have any more concerns. The goal in mind is Houston, and I do think this is the best plan for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stafford, 37, is entering his fifth season with the Rams. He got through 2024 healthy, with the Rams sitting him in their Week 18 game having already clinched the NFC West. Stafford completed 65.8 percent of his throws last season for 3,762 yards with 20 touchdowns and eight interceptions.<\/p>\n

The Rams have a plan to get him through a full season again, and this is part of that plan. <\/p>\n

The team will be deliberate in Stafford\u2019s training camp participation.<\/p>\n

McVay said he should have characterized Stafford as \u201cweek to week\u201d when he reported the injury earlier this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does not worry me,\u201d McVay said of the delay to get Stafford into team drills. \u201cWhat I probably should have done is say we\u2019re taking it a week at a time, but I don\u2019t have any reason to be concerned based on the information that\u2019s been given. With that being said, I don\u2019t think we can be smart enough with somebody like Matthew. I think it\u2019s best for him and best for our football team. That\u2019s kind of the plan we\u2019ll have moving forward. I know that will surprise people, but I did want to at least let you guys know as we\u2019re begin fluid with this. But we don\u2019t have any reason for concern, but I do think it\u2019s the smart thing just based on [getting him ready for the season opener] Sept. 7 . . . with that being the main goal in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rams coach Sean McVay said earlier this week that quarterback Matthew Stafford would miss the start of training…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-40408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}