Matthew Stafford Met with Owner of AFC Team
Rams head coach Sean McVay wants to keep veteran QB
Matthew Stafford wants better compensation for quarterbacking the Los Angeles Rams. Tom Brady wants a capable passer to lead the Las Vegas Raiders. The two either met or coincidentally bumped into one another at a ski resort in Montana, fueling speculation that Stafford could land in Sin City.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have also been floated as a possible destination for Stafford. The New York Giants are in the mix, too. He’s 37 and heading into his 17th professional season.
The Rams have permitted Matthew Stafford’s agent, Jimmy Sexton, to gauge a trade market for the signal-caller. Stafford has only $4 million guaranteed over the two remaining seasons on his contract. Even in allowing him to see options elsewhere, Los Angeles head coach Sean McVay has been on record that he would prefer to keep Stafford around.
McVay explained what’s going on while appearing on the “Fitz & Whit” podcast with former NFL players Ryan Fitzpatrick and Andrew Whitworth.
“There’s no discrepancy on us wanting him to continue to lead the way and be our quarterback,” McVay said. “The interesting and the challenging dilemma and dynamics within this are, ‘Hey, how do you continuously as a head coach look at the short term and the long term and be able to figure out what does that really look like?’
“There’s no dispute — and let’s not get it twisted in regards to anybody wanting him to be our quarterback. Now, there’s layers to it. You have to be able to say, ‘Hey, how do we continuously build? How do we support him? How do we make sure that he’s getting what is his worth relative to those things?'”
Matthew Stafford threw for 3,762 yards, 20 touchdowns, and eight interceptions last season.