Albert Breer of Sports activities Illustrated revealed on Monday that the Los Angeles Rams gave the camp for quarterback Matthew Stafford permission to talk with different groups in the course of the week main as much as Tremendous Bowl LIX to “see who’d be prepared to surrender commerce compensation and an enormous, new contract to land the 37-year-old star.” Particularly, Stafford reportedly needs to obtain a pay increase that may contain him incomes over $50M per season.
Nonetheless, ESPN NFL insider Jeremy Fowler reported throughout a Monday “SportsCenter” look that different golf equipment aren’t satisfied that Stafford would orchestrate an exit from the Rams if his contract requests aren’t met by Los Angeles earlier than the brand new league 12 months opens on March 12.
“As of now, cooler heads may prevail,” Fowler stated concerning the Stafford-Rams scenario, as shared by Troy Montgomery of Steelers Depot. “Each side do wish to shake one thing out. A whole lot of different groups I’ve talked to, together with groups that want a quarterback, are skeptical that Stafford would go away the Rams.”
Earlier this month, ESPN’s Adam Schefter stated throughout an version of the “Talkin’ Ball with Pat Leonard” podcast that the Rams’ “first precedence” relating to their quarterback scenario was locking Stafford down through an extension. Final Monday, Breer famous that “some people near” Stafford believed at the moment he wished “to stay in Los Angeles and play for” head coach Sean McVay.
Jordan Schultz of Fox Sports activities wrote final week that sources stated “McVay and the group wish to hold” Stafford, and Cleveland Browns insider Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Supplier reported over the weekend that she believes “the Rams will in all probability find yourself re-signing” the one-time Tremendous Bowl champion.
On Monday afternoon, Professional Soccer Discuss’s Mike Florio talked about that Stafford’s camp may “be taught what a workforce would pay if that workforce didn’t have to surrender draft picks and/or gamers to get him” and subsequently push for the veteran to be launched with a post-June 1 designation.
There is not any indication as of the ultimate Monday of February that Stafford is raring to discover a new NFL residence this offseason, and plainly some groups imagine they’re basically being utilized by his representatives so he can obtain the deal he needs from the Rams earlier than the 2025 draft will get underway.
