Rams coach Sean McVay was not speaking.
Aubrey Nice deferred to McVay. And Stetson Bennett was so busy main a comeback victory, he mentioned he didn’t discover.
Nobody within the Rams’ group may reply these questions:
How did Matthew Stafford’s scheduled exercise on Saturday play out? And was he on the Rams’ 23-22 victory over the Chargers at SoFi Stadium?
A workforce spokesman declined to remark, saying McVay would handle the scenario on Monday.
So the Stafford saga performs on, incrementally worsening because the Sept. 7 opener in opposition to the Houston Texans attracts close to.
Stafford, 37, is getting ready for his seventeenth NFL season.
Test that: He could be if not for a again subject that has prevented him from taking a single snap or throwing a single move throughout a workforce observe.
In late July, when the Rams reported to coaching camp at Loyola Marymount and Stafford’s again subject got here to gentle, the scenario was trigger for concern.
For everybody, it appeared, however McVay.
The Rams had a plan, he mentioned. He was not involved. Stafford wouldn’t observe for the primary week, however he could be on the market with teammates in Week 2.
It didn’t occur.
Almost a month later, it nonetheless hasn’t.
McVay mentioned final week that the Rams have been “making an attempt to get our arms round” the scenario.
However time is changing into shorter.
The Rams are three weeks away from the season opener at SoFi Stadium.
Jimmy Garoppolo has taken first-team snaps throughout workforce exercises and joint practices with the Dallas Cowboys and the New Orleans Saints. Bennett has began preseason video games in opposition to the Cowboys and the Chargers.
Garoppolo led the San Francisco 49ers to a Tremendous Bowl. Bennett is taking part in with the boldness he displayed whereas main Georgia to 2 nationwide titles.
With a bodily sound Stafford, the Rams could be thought to be a respectable Tremendous Bowl contender.
With Garoppolo or Bennett…
How a lot time Stafford would must be prepared for the opener is an open query.
Three weeks? Two? One?
Nobody questions Stafford’s toughness or grit. Or his need to win one other Tremendous Bowl.
However for now, his bodily situation and availability — and the Rams’ prospects this season and past — stay doubtful.
