Whereas the Los Angeles Rams appear able to commerce veteran extensive receiver Cooper Kupp, it is unclear if quarterback Matthew Stafford will stay with the membership by means of the offseason.
Throughout a latest 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 a way they’ve dealt with the Kupp and Stafford conditions.
“If you wish to win as a group, then you do not do away with guys like that,” Warner stated 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 mix of things, together with his costly contract, and struggles to remain wholesome 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 will likely 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, irrespective of the place you need to stack him up,” Warner continued in the course of the interview. “It feels like they need to make a commerce for Cooper. Do they really feel like they are not in that window? …They obtained an ideal younger protection. (Extensive receiver) Puka Nacua is unbelievable. Matthew’s taking part in at an incredible degree…If I am the Rams and I imagine my window to win is correct now, there is not any manner I might even take into consideration shifting him.”
Warner talked about how Stafford guided the Rams to a formidable 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.
In accordance with Professional Soccer 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 fee. He tossed 20 landing passes and eight interceptions over 16 video games.
The excellent news for Warner and those that agree with him is that the Rams and Stafford reportedly may quickly attain an settlement that will preserve them married by means of at the very 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.
