{"id":282265,"date":"2025-08-12T13:36:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/282265\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T13:36:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:36:23","slug":"matthew-stafford-injury-fantasy-football-impact-of-latest-news-for-rams-backup-qbs-rbs-wrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/282265\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Stafford injury: Fantasy football impact of latest news for Rams backup QBs, RBs, WRs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Rams starting quarterback Matthew Stafford did not participate in the team\u2019s practice<\/a> on Monday despite expectations that he would take part in individual drills. The veteran QB has been sidelined for most of Rams training camp due to an aggravated disc in his back and the team has taken extra precaution with the 37-year-old signal caller.<\/p>\n

Head coach Sean McVay said<\/a> on Sunday that Stafford did have a successful throwing workout prior to the team\u2019s preseason opener against the Dallas Cowboys this past weekend. However, he indicated on Monday that the QB didn\u2019t feel good enough to throw and instead, he spent time in an Ammortal rejuvenation chamber.<\/p>\n

Stafford and the Rams officially agreed<\/a> to a revised contract worth $84 million over two years back in May, ensuring that he\u2019d return for his fifth season with the organization. The team is still expecting the Super Bowl-winning QV to be ready to go for their Week 1 opener against the Houston Texans on September 7, but his status will be closely monitored for the rest of training camp. McVay also indicated<\/a> on Monday that surgery is something that has not been discussed as an option just yet.<\/p>\n

In Stafford\u2019s absence, veteran backup Jimmy Garoppolo has been getting first-team reps with the team. He was also held out of L.A.\u2018s preseason opener on Saturday as third-stringer Stetson Bennett IV led the team to a 31-21 victory.<\/p>\n

As mentioned before, Stafford\u2019s status will be something to monitor over the next few weeks as the Rams continue on through training camp and the preseason. He is coming off a 2024 campaign where he ranked as the 19th-best quarterback in fantasy football, throwing for 3,762 yards with 20 touchdowns and eight interceptions. Per FantasyPros<\/a>, he is currently 23rd in average draft position among QB\u2019s and the injury may depress his value even further.<\/p>\n

Should he actually miss time and force Garoppolo into action to start the season, the Rams\u2019 running back room will become even more valuable to fantasy managers. Kyren Williams is already trending<\/a> towards being a top 10 RB in ADP, making Blake Corum and rookie Jarquez Hunter solid later-round handcuff options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Rams starting quarterback Matthew Stafford did not participate in the team\u2019s practice on Monday despite expectations…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[1999,54245,7,1014,58,2444,2611,6,424],"class_list":{"0":"post-282265","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-fantasy-football","9":"tag-fantasy-football-quarterbacks","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-rams","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-losangelesrams","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-rams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115016065790718126","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282265","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=282265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}