Matthew Stafford’s play proves Rams Super Bowl naysayers wrong

The back is back.

The arm too. Eyes too. The same goes for know-how.

Rams too.

After listening to the warts to worry, all summer long worries about a persistent disisters injury that put it aside throughout the training camp, the quarter-Arrière Matthew Stafford took the field on Sunday for the first time in a competition match in seven months and offered a two-words response.

To move back.

He is fine, he is better than well, he is intended for the Bowl-Uper, he was predicted in this space last week, it is even more obvious now after a victory of 14-9 at the opening of the season against the Texans of Houston in the middle of a roaring Sofi stadium filled with a misplaced joy.

This afternoon, in any case, it was not the house of the Rams, it was the house of Stafford.

By becoming only the 10th quarter of the story to launch for 60,000 yards, Stafford missed only eight of the 29 passes, launched for 245 yards, a touchdown, and essentially carried the team of a place where everyone thought it was the most vulnerable.

Bore them on the back.

“Happy to be where I’m right now,” said Stafford outside a joyful locker room.

Standing, even if he endured three bags. Standing, even if he faced an implacable rush. Standing, even if most of the rest of the team collapsed.

And, oh yes, standing even if his trainer threw him into the wolves by calling a quarter-tree sneaking from the goal line. No, Stafford did not succeed. Yes, Sean Mcvay admitted that it was not a brilliant call, even for its most difficult players.

“It’s a stallion,” said Mcvay.

The quarter of the Rams Matthew Stafford celebrates as he leaves the field after a 14-9 victory against Houston’s Texans at the Sofi stadium on Sunday.

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A 37 -year -old stud that has been doing this for 17 seasons but always brings the passion of a boastful and a look and a cry.

“Your chef embodies … The personality that the team undertakes,” said Mcvay. “Recognizing to have someone as resilient, as stable, as calm in the middle of chaos as it is.”

And it’s not half.

“He also has this fire and this competitiveness which is great for this game,” said Mcvay.

This is undoubtedly the biggest shot in Los Angeles Sports to overestimate the proximity of Stafford and his former teammate of the secondary school in the Dallas region, Clayton Kershaw.

But do you want to know the truth? In many ways these days, while they are walking brilliantly to dusk titles of their career, Staffford is Kershaw and Kershaw is Stafford.

Discover Sunday, when, earlier in the day, by launching after their worst loss of the season, carrying a desperate team for a victory, Kershaw launched 5⅔ strong sleeves during the 5-2 victory of the Dodgers over the Baltimore Orioles.

Later Sunday, accused of leading an equally desperate championship competitor of a tone victory, Stafford mainly did the same.

“We are in our best when we put the game in his hands,” said Mcvay about Stafford, repeating the essence of what Dave Roberts often says about Kershaw.

Nate Landman won the Rams’ victory with a punch to escape in the Rams territory, but it was Stafford who launched the hay with a second half opening route that changed the climate.

Before Stafford took over, the Rams followed 9-7 while suffering from stupid penalties and badly played.

After Stafford took over, the Rams led 14-9 with enough momentum to transport them to a stirred, but rather unsightly victory.

The quarter of the Rams Matthew Stafford passes during the first quarter on Sunday against the Texans.

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“He offered a clutch game after the clutch game,” said Mcvay.

During the second game of the second, Stafford put the ball in the middle where he was picked up by the new receiver Davante Adams for 15 meters.

While ADAMS grabbed four balls for 51 yards during its beginnings in Rams, its famous predecessor Cooper Kupp only caught two passes for 15 yards in Seattle. While the legend of Kupp will live here forever, as long as they have staff, the Rams will not miss a beat. By the way, this also helped that the irrepressible Puka Nacua captured 10 passes for 130 yards.

“He made a lot of big games,” said Mcvay de Stafford, “and we had to have them all.”

After the pass in Adams, Stafford launched perfect ground at Xavier Smith for 36 yards. A snap later, he put on the defense of the Texans in shock for a pass of touch of 13 yards at one of the tight ends of the Rams Bazillion, Davis Allen.

In pain three minutes of play, Stafford had used three very different receivers that run three very different routes to change the game for good.

The Ballon de Rams, Kyren Williams, on the right, famous with Matthew Stafford, on the left, and other Rams teammates after marked a touchdown in the second quarters against the Texans.

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And seriously, he has done things like that more than 60,000 times. Think about it. If staff had not been hidden during all these years in Detroit, it would already be considered one of the largest quarters of all time. He would not need and would not need the second Super Bowl championship that many people think they are a requirement for this kind of high fame.

“What is cool about a quarter-Arrière. … I cannot launch for any of these sites without 10 other guys who do their job,” said Stafford. “It’s really cool to share it with so many people.”

It’s really, really cool that he also shares it with Los Angeles.

A first afternoon that looked like a first step towards something special, Matthew Stafford was again the back of a city.