Matthew Stafford shed some light on his decision to keep the Los Angeles Rams and conversations with the team.
At the end of February, the field marshal and the Rams agreed to a rebuilt contract to keep it in the city of Los Angeles.
The adjusted agreement occurred after the Rams gave the Stafford agent, Jimmy Sexton, permission to speak with other equipment about its market value. During that period, Tom Brady and the Raiders tried to attract Stafford to without City. He was also linked to New York giants.
Speaking about the new Podcast of Heights, Stafford reiterated to want to stay in Los Angeles and shared the anxiety he felt before the agreement was cemented.
“That was a bit stressful there,” Stafford shared. “I just try to find out what will go down, but happy to return wearing RAMS colors, playing in Sofi, doing the thing.”
'I think it was a kind of joint process, right? As, it wasn't just … He was not a free agent. I still had two years in my treatment, 'he continued. “We work something last year at the 11th time to solve it just before the training camp … with the understanding that” well, we will return and readk this if I want to play again next year. “
Matthew Stafford opened on the return to Los Angeles Rams after being linked to the Raiders
Stafford signed an extension with the Rams in March 2022 and had two seasons left in that agreement with $ 4 million guaranteed in 2025 and without money guaranteed in 2026.
In the same podcast, he also approached commercial rumors and lifted the lid at his Detroit exit after 12 years with the lions.
'Obviously, there are some commercial rumors and some things like that. A little hard for your family just because you really don't know what it will be later. I remember that when they exchanged Detroit to Los Angeles, a couple of weeks before that, I made known that I wanted them to change me from Detroit.
'I can't tell you how long I spent in Zillow at that time looking at houses in all these places. And I'm sitting there thinking: 'Man, where am I going to be? Where do my children go to school? All this something. Just for what was out there and what was happening.
'I think in the end, I know they loved me back, I wanted to return. We simply had to solve that and get to that point and we did it. I am sure that I am happy to be here for at least another year and I hope some after that. “
Last season, Stafford completed 65.8% of its passes for 3,762 yards with 20 touchdowns and eight interceptions in 16 games.
He returns to Los Angeles for a fifth season after taking the Rams to a 10-7 season before losing to Minnesota in the second round of the playoffs.