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Matthew Stafford had one of the best years of his career in 2025, but that almost didn’t happen, because the Los Angeles Rams came close to placing him on injured reserve to start the season.
The 2025 season started with Stafford missing the first month of training camp due to a back injury. Rams coach Sean McVay has now revealed just how bad things got during that period. Los Angeles gave some serious thought to placing Stafford on IR, which would have knocked him out for at least the first four games of the season, McVay said during an interview on the
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