Rams QB played with four cracked ribs in playoffs, his wife says
Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford’s NFL future remains uncertain in the days following the team’s 28-22 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC divisional round game.
Stafford finished his fourth season with the Rams and his 16th overall season in the league after spending the first 12 years with the Detroit Lions.
Despite dealing with injuries, the veteran quarterback played in 16 of the Rams’ 19 games this past season, including Sunday’s game in snowy Philadelphia. But how healthy was Stafford in that loss? His wife, Kelly Stafford, shared some insight into what he’s been dealing with for this past month.
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Was Matthew Stafford playing with a rib injury?
Matthew’s wife Kelly Stafford mentioned on “The Morning After with Kelly Stafford & Hank” podcast that her husband has been playing with four cracked ribs “for some time.”
According to Kelly, Matthew had been dealing with the injury for over a month, after cracking his ribs on Dec. 12 against the San Francisco 49ers.
The ribs became an issue again, Sunday in Philadelphia.
‘He got his rib (aggravated) early,” Rams coach Sean McVay told reporters after the game against the Eagles. “He got dinged up. But he is a warrior. He’s so tough.’
Stafford completed 26 of 44 pass attempts for 324 yards and two touchdowns against the Eagles. But, he was also sacked five times.
‘I’ve been dealing with those kinds of things to a varying degree for some time, but just kind of got them going again, but was able to kind of calm it down,” Stafford said after Sunday’s game. “I didn’t feel like it was much of a factor. It felt like I threw the ball pretty good.’
Will Matthew Stafford retire?
Stafford was not willing to comment in great detail about his future after the loss other than telling reporters that he’ll “take some time to think about it.”
Stafford has completed 5,174 of his 8,166 pass attempts for 59,809 yards, 377 touchdowns and 188 interceptions in his career.
