zn wrote:

On paper anyway, the Rams offense is better than the Chicago offense, and ought to shred the Chicago defense at a higher rate than the Chicago offense will against the Rams defense.

stafford does not play well in below freezing weather. the weather could very well neutralize the offense.

it might be better to just run the heck out of the ball and keep caleb off the field. avoid turnovers which the bears excel at on defense.

and as wv mentioned, bears play better on defense at home.

lake vs loveland. lake better have shaken that rust off. that’s a tough assignment.

one crazy thing i looked up. stafford is first in passing yards for the lions. if he plays two more seasons in la, he should take the top spot in passing yards for both the rams and lions. i believe no other player had held the top spot in passing yards for two different teams in nfl history either simultaneously or at different times. that’d be crazy. he needs 4352 yards. most likely would need at least two seasons to accomplish that. or could do it with one really good season.

he would need 14 tds to take first in passing tds for the rams. he already is number one for the lions.

he would need 29 more wins to get the most wins for the rams which he already has with the lions. he’d need most likely three more seasons to even have a chance at breaking this record for the rams.

in terms of game winning drives he would need three more with the rams. again he leads the lions in this category.

i believe if he could get all four records in the regular season this would be unprecedented. granted this might also say something about the history of qbs for both teams. but still an impressive achievement.

it’s gonna be cold and windy. hope dotson gets healthy. a dominant rushing offense would be nice to see.

maybe lafleur should call the plays. ha.

so stafford’s hof score is currently 93.11. which currently puts him at hof level.

first team all pro which he already got puts him at a score of 95.7.

mvp puts him at 105.6.

this is a link that the post refers to.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/hof/hofm_QB.htm

Ramily,

With all that’s going on I forgot to update on this.

Matthew Stafford was at 87% chance to make the Hall of Fame when the season started. He earns about .20 per game and with his pro bowl (1.5) and (wAV) he moved to 93.11% chance to make the Hall.

I know this may… pic.twitter.com/w84ZbhLtw9

— Stafford9 (@LAR9MS) January 10, 2026

canadaram wrote:

Hopefully Dotson and Ferguson are back next week.

stafford had his two worst performances against this defense. i remember something about olsen saying about the panthers defense being really good against play action. maybe it was a matchup thing. maybe it was stafford’s hand. maybe a combination of things.

stafford hopefully performs or matches up better with the other defenses. hopefully dotson and ferguson come back and shore up the rushing offense. maybe adams shakes the rust off. maybe lake shakes the rust off and tightens up the pass defense ever so slightly.

i hope?

He wanted a source.

This is a direct source with closed captioning on so he can read it.

Came from Drew Brees himself. @Awbul_ 😀 https://t.co/kYZvW9i2ZF pic.twitter.com/eFhkMA4P3R

— Stafford9 (@LAR9MS) January 10, 2026

"That was one of the most gangster things to say in that moment" – Davante Adams 😭 pic.twitter.com/1TjW6rK8nh

— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) January 11, 2026

Zooey wrote:

Looking at that list of FAs, I was gonna say maybe Durant was worth keeping, but after the past couple of weeks, I don’t think that anymore.

defensive back has to be a priority this off-season for sure.

to try and look at more positives. hopefully adams and lake were knocking some rust off. hopefully dotson is available next week. nacua could have played better but still had 125 total yards and two tds. hopefully ingle isn’t playing next week.

i don’t know. that’s all i got.

that’s stafford’s first all pro selection ever.

Zooey wrote:

I’d like to see the Rams just cruise for once in my life. I dunno. The hard-fought battles do make victory sweeter in the long run, but there is something to be said for not accelerating the gray hairs and receding hairlines.

👍

wv wrote:

I guess they dont announce the MVP until right before the Super Bowl.

It all depends on which 50 humans get to vote. Ya know.

Its a very silly award, but I really want Stafford in the hall of fame, and i think an MVP would clinch that. Without it, and with only one Super Bowl, he’s border-line.

you’re right. it’ll be at the nfl honors ceremony right before the superbowl.

i think that’ll be the thought that goes through a lot of the voters. you look at his career. and it looks like an hof career. multiple 40 td seasons. a superbowl. near the top of most passing categories likely by the time his career is done (which i hope isn’t anytime soon). holds the record for fourth quarter comebacks in a single season. ranks fourth in fourth quarter comebacks all time. the no look throws. the cannon for an arm (maybe hasn’t reached favre status but pretty close). the arm talent combining the flare of the no look passes and all the different arm angles and launch points as well as the pure raw arm strength has to rank among the best all time.

but all that’s missing is an mvp (if he gets mvp an all pro selection would logically follow).

multiple superbowls are not a guarantee. he’s played on really crappy teams for most of his career and that’s affected his winning percentages. but mvp is a weird subjective achievement that writers can control. so i guess he’s at the very least the sentimental favorite. i know i’m stating the obvious. but just emphasizing what everyone is saying and thinking.

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from the writers at least it looks like stafford is the front runner.

mvp and first team all-pro are the two things missing from his resume. that and multiple superbowls would be lovely….

and three more seasons as a ram. for me at least.

and not that he isn’t deserving but there’s a bit of sentiment going into this voting. if he wasn’t at the stage of his career that he was at it would certainly be a much closer race.

• This reply was modified 4 months ago by InvaderRam.