That Mark Stufford guy is back practicing at qb…team still cautious

from https://www.si.com/nfl/rams/los-angeles-sean-mcvay-matthew-stafford-alaric-jackson-terrance-ferguson

McVay was brief about Stafford’s future

“It was good to be able to have Matthew out there. He did a good job today,” McVay said. “I think there was a lot of intended information, but there’s no updates. We’re going to keep it a day, and really, a week at a time. But it’s great to be able to see him out there today, and we’ll see how this afternoon goes and tomorrow.”

McVay would double down on his “day at a time” stance, making it clear that those words were the official stance of the team. McVay would not comment if Stafford would play week one as they continue to take a slow and cautious approach with their QB1.

It should be noted that McVay has offered timelines and has been honest with reporters throughout this whole process, but it seems that as soon as he gives an update, the situation changes, and considering we only get daily reports, reports handed out before Stafford is able to go through those afternoon evaluations, it’s understandable for McVay to take this position considering recent events.

“I thought he did a good job today,” stated McVay on Stafford’s performance. “We had 26 plays of team and he did a really nice job of managing the huddle. I thought he saw the field well, I thought he went where the ball should go, and there was some good, competitive work on both sides today.”

from https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/12483/matthew-stafford

While it’s certainly encouraging to see Stafford back on the practice field for the first time since June minicamp, and taking part in team drills at that, McVay cautioned that the 37-year-old is still doing “everything in his power” to get back and called it a “very fluid situation that demands flexibility.” The Rams will take a cautious approach to ramping up Stafford’s activity level as he works his way back from a lingering disc injury in his back, so after he was at least a limited participant Monday it wouldn’t be surprising to see him get rest as the week continues. “It was great to be able to see [Stafford] out there today,” McVay said, “and we’ll see how this afternoon goes, and tomorrow.” Stafford still has nearly three weeks to get healthy in time for Week 1 against the Texans on Sunday, Sept. 7, but per Brock Vierra of SI.com, McVay declined to comment Monday on whether he still expects the veteran quarterback to be ready for the regular-season opener. DaSilva confirms that Stafford won’t be in consideration for Saturday’s preseason finale against the Browns, which is no surprise.

Zooey wrote:

I saw some doctor online state that there is “no such thing” as an “aggravated disc.”

The 3 qbs who have dealt with roughly similar issues were Rivers, Romo, and Hasselbeck. Their stories are different, and range from Rivers playing while getting epidurals to Romo needing surgery which basically ended his career. This thread has a couple of articles on that: https://theramshuddle.com/topic/stafford-close-to-being-cleared-2/

2 articles in that thread cover the history of other qbs with similar issues. One posted on August 11, 2025 at 9:58pm and the other on August 13, 2025 at 12:22 pm