{"id":239192,"date":"2025-07-27T02:54:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T02:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/239192\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T02:54:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T02:54:15","slug":"matthew-stafford-injury-rams-qb-sidelined-in-training-camp-with-back-soreness-eyes-week-1-availability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/239192\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Stafford injury: Rams QB sidelined in training camp with back soreness, eyes Week 1 availability"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Rams<\/a>\u00a0kicked off training camp Thursday at Loyola Marymount University, but their quarterback was unavailable for the first few practices. Rams coach Sean McVay told reporters ahead of camp that Matthew Stafford<\/a> is dealing with a sore back, and on Saturday he said<\/a> there will be a delay in his return as the veteran signal-caller will not return to practice on Monday as anticipated.<\/p>\n

McVay noted that Stafford did not suffer a setback but rather that he should have initially labeled his status as week-to-week. He said the goal is for Stafford to be ready in time for the Rams’ Week 1 contest on Sept. 7 against the Texans.<\/p>\n

“Matthew’s feeling good. He had a little bit of soreness in his back that kind of crept up. He’s been throwing, feeling good, it’s not anything that’s necessarily new, it’s something he’s dealt with before,” McVay said on Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Going into Year 17, we were going to take a modified approach with him, kind of similar to what we did in the offseason program, so we’ll allow him to just work kind of off to the side on his own, get himself feeling as good as possible, and then he’ll be ready for block 2, which will really represent once we finish the five-day acclimation period. He feels good about that, I feel good about that, and ultimately it’s about having him feel as good as possible mentally, physically, emotionally, going into Year 17.”<\/p>\n

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As McVay indicates, Stafford’s back is not expected to be a major issue, but it also opens the door for an underrated position battle to take center stage early on. Jimmy Garoppolo<\/a> and Stetson Bennett<\/a> figure to be the top quarterbacks in team drills while Stafford rests, with some Dresser Winn<\/a> thrown in as well.<\/p>\n

Stafford went 10-6 as the Rams’ starter last season while throwing for 3,762 yards, 20 touchdowns and eight interceptions. Los Angeles came just 22 yards away from defeating the eventual Super Bowl<\/a> champion Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> in the divisional round of the playoffs, and potentially hosting the NFC Championship game. Stafford ended the season on a tear, throwing 15 touchdowns compared to one interception in his final nine games, including playoffs. His 59,809 passing yards rank No. 10 in NFL<\/a> history, as do his 377 passing touchdowns. Stafford also has the fifth-most game-winning drives in NFL<\/a> history with 49.<\/p>\n

It’s Super Bowl<\/a> or bust for the Rams in 2025, which is why Los Angeles is going to be cautious with its 37-year-old quarterback.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Rams\u00a0kicked off training camp Thursday at Loyola Marymount University, but their quarterback was unavailable for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,7841,48412,58,32,6,3307,471],"class_list":{"0":"post-239192","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jimmy-garoppolo","10":"tag-la-rams-quarterbacks","11":"tag-los-angeles-rams","12":"tag-matthew-stafford","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-sean-mcvay","15":"tag-stetson-bennett"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114922944240091156","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}