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 a giant, new contract to land the 37-year-old star.” Particularly, Stafford reportedly desires to obtain a pay elevate that may contain him incomes over $50M per season.
Nevertheless, 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 yr opens on March 12.
“As of now, cooler heads might prevail,” Fowler mentioned concerning the Stafford-Rams state of affairs, as shared by Troy Montgomery of Steelers Depot. “Either side do wish to shake one thing out. Lots 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 mentioned throughout an version of the “Talkin’ Ball with Pat Leonard” podcast that the Rams’ “first precedence” concerning their quarterback state of affairs was locking Stafford down through an extension. Final Monday, Breer noted that “some of us near” Stafford believed at the moment he needed “to stay in Los Angeles and play for” head coach Sean McVay.
Jordan Schultz of Fox Sports activities wrote final week that sources mentioned “McVay and the group wish to maintain” Stafford, and Cleveland Browns insider Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Seller 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, Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio talked about that Stafford’s camp might “study what a staff would pay if that staff 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 keen to discover a new NFL residence this offseason, and evidently some groups consider they’re basically being utilized by his representatives so he can obtain the deal he desires from the Rams earlier than the 2025 draft will get underway.
