The Los Angeles Rams kicked off their coaching camp on Thursday with one fairly massive notable absence.

Professional Bowl quarterback Matthew Stafford was anticipated to overlook the primary handful of practices with a sore again, however head coach Sean McVay gave an replace on Stafford’s standing on Saturday that seemingly has Rams followers no less than a bit involved.

Simply days after telling reporters Stafford would “completely be prepared” by Week 1, the 39-year-old coach knowledgeable reporters that the Tremendous Bowl champion wouldn’t apply subsequent week and he would formally be evaluated “one week at a time.”

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He additionally famous the staff was placing its star QB on a personalized plan to ease him again into the offense and never give him an excessive amount of too quick.

“It feels just like the sensible factor to do every week at a time with him,” McVay said, through ESPN. “I do not assume we will be sensible sufficient with someone like Matthew and I feel it is best for him, greatest for our soccer staff, and that is sort of the plan that we’ll have shifting ahead.”

Matthew Stafford #9 of the Los Angeles Rams throws a move throughout the NFL playoff sport at State Farm Stadium on January 13, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona. The Rams defeated the Vikings 27-9.

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McVay additionally reiterated that there was no main setback with Stafford and that there was no “purpose for concern” relating to his long-term well being.

In his absence, it is anticipated that Jimmy Garoppolo and Stetson Bennett will cut up a majority of the first-team reps whereas 26-year-old Dresser Winn works in with the backups.

Stafford has missed 11 video games over the past three years. Because the begin of the 2022 season, Stafford has handled a pedal toe sprain, an elbow an infection, an elbow sprain, a spinal twine damage, a hip pressure, a thumb sprain, and a decrease lumbar sprain, in accordance with Draft Sharks.

The location additionally lists Stafford as having an 80.3% likelihood of experiencing an damage in some unspecified time in the future throughout the 2025 season, and it tasks him to overlook 2.7 video games primarily based on his NFL damage historical past.