Matthew Stafford has been grappling with extra than simply questions on his NFL future.
Throughout Wednesday’s “Timeout” version of her “Morning After” podcast, spouse Kelly Stafford revealed the 36-year-old quarterback performed by the latter a part of the season with cracked ribs, together with Sunday’s divisional spherical loss to the Eagles.
“He obtained hit in San Fran,” Kelly started, referencing the Rams’ Week 15 win over the 49ers on Dec. 12.
“I keep in mind watching it, [he] appeared over to the sidelines and mentioned one thing, and that evening got here residence, and was like, ‘Yeah, suppose I cracked my ribs.’ I used to be like, ‘What?’ And he did, he cracked 4 ribs, however simply didn’t actually let anybody in to actually know a lot about it. Continued his on a regular basis course of like nothing was unsuitable, would come residence and be depressing.”
Stafford, who took successful in Sunday’s 28-22 season-ending loss, mentioned he “was capable of type of calm it down,” based on ESPN.
The Rams quarterback went 26 of 44 passing for 324 yards and two touchdowns in Sunday’s defeat, which concluded his fourth yr in Los Angeles and sixteenth NFL season.
Not lengthy after the sport, Stafford was requested about what’s subsequent.
“So far as my future goes it’s half-hour after the final recreation, I’ll take a while to consider it,” he mentioned. “However I really feel like I used to be enjoying some fairly good ball.”
Stafford completed the 2024 season by throwing for 3,762 yards, 20 touchdowns and eight interceptions by 16 video games.
Kelly, who has been married to Stafford since 2015 and shares 4 daughters with star quarterback, then expanded on the uncertainty in Wednesday’s episode.
“In terms of retirement, I’m as in the dead of night as all people else,” Kelly mentioned.
Though Stafford and Kelly “will talk about” the long run, the mom of 4 mentioned it’s as much as him alone to make the selection.
“As a lot as he desires to make it a joint determination, it must be his determination as a result of one, I don’t need him resenting me or something, I need it to be absolutely his personal. So, we’re going to take time and he’s going to take time and determine it out,” she mentioned.
Kelly’s feedback Wednesday come two days after she posted a heartfelt message to Stafford and contemplated the long run.
“Aren’t sufficient phrases to specific how proud I’m. I joke about us being outdated and drained however actually I might by no means get bored with watching you on the market or watching our women cheer for his or her daddy. I’m questioning if that is the top or not… guess we are going to discover out,” she wrote on Instagram.