What will happen to Matthew Stafford if the Los Angeles Rams fail this 2023?
July 20, 2023
The quarterback won the ring in his first season with the Los Angeles franchise. // Photo: Pride of Detroit.
It seems like yesterday, but now Two years have passed since the Los Angeles Rams hit the table and took over the services of Matthew Stafford. In exchange, they were sent to Detroit Lions the QB Jared Goff and several first-, second-, and third-round picks. The move, surely risky, was made with the premise of “win now”. And it couldn’t have come out better: that 2021with the noticeable improvement in the position of quarterback, with a Cooper Coup unstoppable and with a defense full of talent in all areas, the franchise was crowned champion of Super Bowl LVI on his own SoFi Stadium.
What happened in 2022, although it was within the possibilities, surprised locals and strangers. It is true that when a team sacrifices the future in exchange for the present, in addition to the clear risk that this will not reach it in the short term, it also knows that it will row against the current to continue competing when time inevitably passes and the window of success begins to close. But it doesn’t usually happen either that a team, from one year to the next, goes from champion to having a 5-12 record. (in fact it was the worst record for a team that had just won the ring). We could look for several explanations to give cause to this: the “Super Bowl hangover” phenomenon, the constant injuries -especially on the offensive end-, too one-dimensional attack, etc. However, the important thing is what comesand after this descent of the roller coaster of the Rams it is impossible not to wonder: what direction should they take now?
A few months ago since the GM The Sneads He’s talking about “remodeling” instead of “rebuilding”. But the reality is that he is not in a position where he can cover the holes that he has well unless he trades some big name player. Sean McVay He will be head coach for at least one more season and the hard core of the team will remain, with the exception of Jalen Ramsey. Will it suffice with that? Last year, all the top players spent time injured and most did not perform anywhere near the level expected. The fireworks of that Super Bowl earned over time just keep fading, and no player’s future is very clear anymore. It’s more, there are rumors that Aaron Donald could be a bargaining chip if the season of the NFC Oeste it is not going as expected.
The GM of the Los Angeles Rams knows that this year will be a hinge for the direction of the franchise in the future. // Photo: Los Angeles Times.
What will happen to Matthew Stafford then?
In the middle of all this discussion, more or less mentioned, is the team’s quarterback.. To recap, Stafford didn’t mind the pressure he was under when he arrived in Los Angeles. He knew that in a competitive franchise he now had the spotlight on him and that public opinion was going to wait to see him fall to finally blame him and not the team around him. But that didn’t happen, because Matt rose to the occasion, and with his occasional ups and downs, proved to be the missing piece of the puzzle and led the franchise to success.
Of course, that did not guarantee him a “forever” in the team, even less taking into account that he is already 35 years old. It is difficult to talk about decline only with what we saw in 2022, because between injuries and an OL that did not protect him, it is also normal that it was inconsistent. But neither should we be surprised that from this point on it no longer improves and that little by little it loses strength and mobility. In other words, maybe sooner rather than later Stafford will stop being the solutionand without a competitive team next to it, it can no longer disguise the team’s shortcomings, but rather the opposite.
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It won’t happen now, but Los Angeles Rams front office should be thinking right now how much longer they want to keep their current quarterback And how will they act if this season is indeed a failure again. Going down the rebuilding path almost certainly means starting by looking for a young quarterback for the future. How many bullets do they have left with the current project? We will know this 2023.
Juan Vecchi
I still don’t remember the day I started watching American football, I just know that I became a 49ers supporter because I liked the name. Today I consider myself a fan and still have a hard time getting over Super Bowl LIV. This sport has it all: strategy, intensity, technique and spectacular plays. Any sports lover should give it a try.
2023-07-20 17:39:54
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