Whereas the Los Angeles Rams appear ready to trade veteran vast receiver Cooper Kupp, it is unclear if quarterback Matthew Stafford will stay with the membership by means of the offseason.
Throughout a current chat with London sports activities radio station TalkSport, Rams franchise legend, Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer and present NFL analyst Kurt Warner ripped the Rams for the way they’ve dealt with the Kupp and Stafford conditions.
“If you wish to win as a workforce, then you do not eliminate guys like that,” Warner mentioned about Kupp and Stafford.
Earlier this week, The Athletic’s Jourdan Rodrigue famous that the Rams’ need to commerce Kupp, 31, “is the product of a mixture of things, together with his costly contract, and struggles to stay healthy and the emergence of a tight-knit core of younger gamers who’ve constructed their identification inside a locker room that’s indifferent from the earlier Tremendous Bowl period.” Kupp has been restricted to 33 regular-season video games since September 2022.
In the meantime, Stafford might be 37 subsequent season and has no assured cash left on his contract.
“Matt, he is a top-five, top-seven quarterback within the league at this level, regardless of the place you need to stack him up,” Warner continued through the interview. “It appears like they need to make a commerce for Cooper. Do they really feel like they are not in that window? …They acquired an amazing younger protection. (Broad receiver) Puka Nacua is unbelievable. Matthew’s enjoying at an incredible stage…If I am the Rams and I consider my window to win is correct now, there is no manner I’d even take into consideration transferring him.”
Warner talked about how Stafford guided the Rams to a powerful 27-9 wild-card playoff win over the Minnesota Vikings in January. Los Angeles then misplaced 28-22 to the eventual Tremendous Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles within the following spherical of the postseason.
Based on Pro Football Reference, Stafford completed the 2024 common season ranked twelfth amongst certified gamers with a 64.7 adjusted QBR and eighth with a 50.1% passing success price. He tossed 20 landing passes and eight interceptions over 16 video games.
The excellent news for Warner and people who agree with him is that the Rams and Stafford reportedly could quickly attain an settlement that might preserve them married by means of at the least the 2025 season. Nevertheless, till such a deal is signed, rumors about his future will proceed to hover over the Rams and the NFL main as much as the scouting mix.
