There was a question as to whether the Rams would use their first first-round pick since 2016 on a quarterback. After they didn’t, word emerged that their current quarterback wants more of his remaining contract to be guaranteed.
There continue to be no accidents or coincidences on matters of this nature. With the Rams not landing one of the top six quarterbacks in the 2024 draft, the leverage swung back to Stafford.
On Friday, the issue inevitably came up during coach Sean McVay’s in-draft press conference. Stafford did his best, as he often does, to tiptoe around the topic.
Is the report that Stafford wants more guarantees accurate? Activate polite non-answer.
“Yeah, I’ve had good dialogue with Matthew,” McVay said. “We’ll keep those things in house, but he’s been working with our guys and we’ll keep those things in house.”
Will Stafford by present for OTAs, the key third phase of the offseason program? Be non-committal.
“He’s been working with our guys the last couple weeks,” McVay said. “And so that’s kind of where we’re at with that.”
Will the Rams find a solution to the contract issue? Avoid topic entirely.
“We’re definitely jacked to have Matthew as our QB,” McVay said.
So he’ll be at OTAs? Relent to the situation and provide something close to a real answer and then change the topic.
“We’re going to take it a day at a time,” McVay said. “We’ll see. So we’re going to try to figure it out. There’s nothing that’s more important than making sure that he feels appreciated and he knows how much we love him and want him to lead the way. I think that commitment that I think he wants to have can be reciprocated and we want to work towards figuring that out. On a positive note, I’ll say this. You get [Blake] Corum and you get [Kamren] Kinchens. For us to be able to come away with four players who we have a consistent appreciation for. If you told us that these were the four guys that we’d be able to come away with after the first two nights of the draft, their…
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