{"id":731415,"date":"2026-02-05T15:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/731415\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T15:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:56:17","slug":"rams-gm-les-snead-addresses-possible-matthew-stafford-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/731415\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams GM Les Snead Addresses Possible Matthew Stafford Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Nov 2, 2025; Inglewood, California, USA;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/884c90a80b7ce0ac7b3525da099bfe77.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nov 2, 2025; Inglewood, California, USA;<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead addressed the possibility of quarterback Matthew Stafford retiring from the sport of football.<\/p>\n<p>Heading into 2025, there were doubts that Stafford could make it all the way through a season after suffering from back issues, but he found a way to play at an elite level.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Now, after a disappointing loss to the Seattle Seahawks that left a sour taste in the team\u2019s mouth, the Rams have started their offseason program, and for Stafford, that means reassessing his future in his late 30s as a quarterback who has dealt with injuries.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Nov 2, 2025; Inglewood, California, USA;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7dd38b5d465af20ca150f5542df48441.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nov 2, 2025; Inglewood, California, USA; <br \/>Les Snead, general manager of the Los Angeles Rams shakes the hand of quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) following a game against the New Orleans Saints at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference after the season ended, Snead revealed what kind of conversations the team had with Stafford.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019ve had productive conversations with him,\u201d Snead said, per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2026\/02\/04\/rams-les-snead-says-matthew-stafford-could-lead-to-more-aggressive-approach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Adam Grosbard of The Orange County Register.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Adam Grosbard of The Orange County Register.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cSo we\u2019re going to give him his space to, let\u2019s call it, recover, rejuvenate, and then determine, \u2018Hey, do we want to get back on this horse again and go chase, earn, grab special moments together?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Rams are seemingly waiting for Stafford to make his decision, respecting his space, though the organization will need to act quickly to find a potential solution at quarterback or prepare for another year of investing in the short-term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a vision to have sustained success over time,\u201d Snead added in his presser. \u201cBut if Matthew decides to come back I do think there\u2019ll be an element of \u2013 whether it\u2019s 51-49, whether it\u2019s 52-48, whether it\u2019s 60-40 \u2013 let\u2019s definitely make the most of the time we have with Matthew.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/lasportsreport.com\/rams\/250425\/rams-gm-les-snead-addresses-possible-matthew-stafford-retirement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rams GM Les Snead Addresses Possible Matthew Stafford Retirement;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Rams GM Les Snead Addresses Possible Matthew Stafford Retirement<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/lasportsreport.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:LA Sports Report;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">LA Sports Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nov 2, 2025; Inglewood, California, USA; Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead addressed the possibility of quarterback&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,3308,1014,58,2444,2611,32,55,6,1257,424,261],"class_list":{"0":"post-731415","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-les-snead","10":"tag-los-angeles","11":"tag-los-angeles-rams","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-losangelesrams","14":"tag-matthew-stafford","15":"tag-new-orleans-saints","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-quarterback","18":"tag-rams","19":"tag-seattle-seahawks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116018846375096226","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731415","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=731415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}