Earlier than quarterback Matthew Stafford left some cash on the desk and labored out an settlement to stay with the Los Angeles Rams by way of the 2025 season, stories suggested Los Angeles may commerce Stafford after which signal Aaron Rodgers to function its short-term starter.
Throughout a Wednesday look on NFL Community’s “Good Morning Soccer” program, Rams head coach Sean McVay addressed whether or not buying Rodgers was seen as a backup plan for the membership this previous winter.
“If [keeping Stafford] wasn’t capable of happen, then [signing Rodgers] was positively a dialog and a risk for us,” McVay defined, as shared by Madison Williams of Sports activities Illustrated. “I’ve a ton of respect for [Rodgers’] physique of labor, and I’ve gotten to know Aaron and actually benefit from the conversations and the method, the way in which that he thinks in regards to the recreation and in life. That was a risk, however our first precedence was all the time to get Matthew again.”
Following the 2024 season, the Rams allowed Stafford to discover a commerce to both the New York Giants or Las Vegas Raiders. Nonetheless, he has since made it known that he “by no means actually wished to depart” what’s been his NFL dwelling since 2021.
Contemplating what may have been, it is considerably ironic that a report from early March revealed that Rodgers’ two-season stint with the New York Jets could have “introduced some grass-isn’t-greener perspective to Stafford’s place” relating to his resolution to stick with the Rams. As for Rodgers, he remained unsigned till he inked a one-year take care of the Pittsburgh Steelers this previous weekend.
Not lengthy after the Rams confirmed that Stafford could be their QB1 by way of the upcoming marketing campaign, they signed free-agent huge receiver Davante Adams to a two-year contract that could possibly be price as much as $44M. Adams and Rodgers were teammates with the Inexperienced Bay Packers from 2014-21 and once more with the Jets for a portion of final season.
One can not help however marvel how Rodgers feels about the truth that he as soon as once more may have been sharing a locker room with Adams this summer season had Stafford agreed to affix both the Giants or Raiders in March.
