{"id":18510,"date":"2023-03-09T23:43:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T23:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/09\/longtime-nfl-executive-gives-big-update-on-rams-matthew-stafford\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T23:43:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T23:43:27","slug":"longtime-nfl-executive-gives-big-update-on-rams-matthew-stafford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/09\/longtime-nfl-executive-gives-big-update-on-rams-matthew-stafford\/","title":{"rendered":"Longtime NFL executive gives big update on Rams&#8217; Matthew Stafford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"ac_71945086\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p> Longtime NFL executive Michael Lombardi said Thursday on &#8220;The Pat McAfee Show&#8221; that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/teams\/los_angeles_rams\/60\" class=\"yard_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> have contacted teams about trying to move quarterback Matthew Stafford. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_71945088\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>The former Cleveland Browns general manager added that while the Rams will have a hard time moving Stafford &#8220;because he&#8217;s got $57 million guaranteed&#8221; on his current contract, he&#8217;s &#8220;fully available.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Insider Matthew Berry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/matthew_stafford_retirement_rumors_persist_despite_rams_qbs_comments\/s1_13132_38550085\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported Tuesday<\/a> that he was told during the recent NFL combine that Stafford &#8220;could barely throw last year.&#8221; Berry&#8217;s source also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsedge.com\/article\/matthew-berrys-nfl-combine-buzz\/23-most-interesting-things-i-heard-combine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told him<\/a> that &#8220;retirement is still not out of the question&#8221; for the former first-overall draft pick.<\/p>\n<p>Stafford was limited to nine games and didn&#8217;t play past Week 11 of the 2022 season due to a spinal cord contusion but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/rams_qb_matthew_stafford_shuts_down_retirement_rumors_on_wifes_podcast\/s1_13132_38263841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in December<\/a> that he wouldn&#8217;t be retiring. The 35-year-old did have a career-best 68.0% completion percentage last year, but his other numbers were underwhelming.<\/p>\n<p>Stafford finished the season with 2,087 passing yards and just 10 touchdowns against eight interceptions, while his 87.4 quarterback rating (87.4) was his worst mark since 2014.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t\t(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t\t\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\tif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\tjs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\tjs.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.5&appId=125075807517358\";\n\t\t\t\tfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\t\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/longtime_nfl_executive_gives_big_update_on_rams_matthew_stafford\/s1_13132_38558651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime NFL executive Michael Lombardi said Thursday on &#8220;The Pat McAfee Show&#8221; that the Los Angeles Rams have contacted teams about trying to move quarterback Matthew Stafford. The former Cleveland Browns general manager added that while the Rams will have a hard time moving Stafford &#8220;because he&#8217;s got $57 million guaranteed&#8221; on his current contract, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6806],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}