Stafford easing into his routine
Los Angeles Times
|August 22, 2025
Rams quarterback says he's 'day-to-day' after returning from his balky back injury.
RAMS quarterback Matthew Stafford practices on Monday in Woodland Hills.
As Matthew Stafford got to the podium on Thursday, he joked that he was sure reporters wanted to ask him questions about the paper cut he suffered.
The Rams' star quarterback then fielded inquiries about the subject that clouds all conversation about the Rams: The back injury that sidelined Stafford until this week.
Stafford practiced for the fourth day in a row, another small milestone for the 17th-year pro and a team aiming to make a Super Bowl run.
"The good thing is I feel pretty good," said Stafford, who practiced for the fourth day in a row. "The last couple days out there practicing, I was able to do even more than I thought I was going to be able to do the first day, and then I've just been trying to stack days.
"Backs are sometimes interesting things. It's not cut and dry, what's what and how you're going to feel. So I'm really appreciative of our team, our head coach and everybody taking a day-to-day approach with me and doing everything they can to try and help me out.
"I have a feeling of responsibility to our team to do what's right by them and I'm trying to do that as best as I can day in and day out."
This story is from the August 22, 2025 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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