<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/los-angeles-rams/rams-news-safety-kam-curl-ultimate-matthew-stafford-praise');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rams safety Kam Curl shares ultimate Matthew Stafford praise');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Los-Angeles-Rams-QB-Matthew-Stafford_c6b00c.jpg"><figcaption>Kirby Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Rams safety Kam Curl shares ultimate Matthew Stafford praise</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-21T11:37:56-07:00">October 21st, 11:37am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-21T11:37:56-07:00">October 21st, 11:37am</time><address><a href="https://matthew516sports.substack.com/">Douglas Fritz</a>Douglas Fritz has been writing about sports for almost four decades and publishes a Christian sports newsletter and podcast on Substack at Matthew516Sports. He started as a reporter for the student newspaper at East Tennessee State University, worked his way up to Editor-In-Chief, and began his sports writing career at the Johnson City Press daily newspaper while still in college. During 30-plus years at the Press, he covered University of Tennessee football, men's and women's basketball, ETSU athletics, and high school athletics. Among the people he has interviewed are Dale Murphy, Bobby Cox, John Smoltz, and Bruce Smith. He is also a Christian-based screenwriter (five feature-length and one short), book writer (three completed manuscripts and one novel), and songwriter.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Rams</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>For the Los Angeles Rams, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams/rams-news-sean-mcvay-truth-bomb-la-rout-jaguars-puka-nacua">Matthew Stafford played well even without Puka Nacua</a>. In fact, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams/rams-news-matthew-stafford-ties-patrick-mahomes-baker-mayfield-5-td-explosion-blitz">he had a record-tying effort</a>. And Rams safety Kam Curl <a href="https://x.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1980692072328728837" rel="noopener">shared the ultimate</a> Stafford praise, according to a post on X by Ari Meirov.</p><h2>“He’s the best thrower of the football… ever.” ~ #Rams S Kam Curl on QB Matthew Stafford</h2><p>Now that’s high praise. And it’s not hard to conceive with Stafford standing in the NFL’s top 10 all-time for passing yardage with 61,675.</p><h2><b>Rams safety Kam Curl said Stafford is versatile</b></h2><p>Curl said Stafford finds ways to get the ball where he wants it to go.</p><p>“The different arm angles he can do it,” Curl said. “The no-looks that everybody sees. It’s amazing to watch. I ain’t gonna lie.</p><p>“Going against him in practice, you have to be perfect. Cause he’s going to be perfect on every throw. That just makes us a whole lot better.”</p><p>Stafford has 17 touchdown passes and just two interceptions on the season. And his quarterback rating of 109.3 is currently the best of his 17 years in the NFL. How is he doing it at age 37? It’s <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6731107/2025/10/19/rams-offense-matthew-stafford-davante-adams/" rel="noopener">a simple thing</a>, according to teammate Davante Adams via The Athletic.</p><p>“He’s a killer,” Adams said. “That’s what killers do. They go out and kill.”</p><p>And he’s been <a href="https://x.com/sarahbarshop/status/1979985913313652854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1979985913313652854%7Ctwgr%5E9e858acebafc8c4a95b689fe74af367a175fd9bb%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.turfshowtimes.com%2Flos-angeles-rams-news%2F128721%2Frams-jaguars-good-bad-ugly-matthew-stafford-mvp" rel="noopener">killing for decades</a>, according to a post on X by Sarah Bishop.</p><h2>“An excellent note from ESPN Research: Matthew Stafford is the third QB in NFL history to have five passing touchdowns in a game in three different decades (regular season or postseason), joining Tom Brady and Kurt Warner. Stafford has done it in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, and 2025.”</h2><p>Also, on Sunday, Stafford showed why it sometimes doesn’t matter what defenses do against him <a href="https://x.com/NextGenStats/status/1979962329963118935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1979962329963118935%7Ctwgr%5E9e858acebafc8c4a95b689fe74af367a175fd9bb%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.turfshowtimes.com%2Flos-angeles-rams-news%2F128721%2Frams-jaguars-good-bad-ugly-matthew-stafford-mvp" rel="noopener">and his receivers,</a> according to a post on X by Next Gen Stats.</p><h2>Davante Adams caught all 3 TDs against the Jaguars:</h2><h2>🔹 Inside the 2-yard line<br>🔹 Against press-man coverage<br>🔹 Quick throw (&lt; 2 seconds) &amp; Jaguars blitz</h2><h2>All three came against different Jaguars CBs: Montaric Brown, Greg Newsome II, and Jourdan Lewis.</h2><p>Nice. But not nice for those who play against Stafford and Adams.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rams safety Kam Curl shares ultimate Matthew Stafford praise

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/los-angeles-rams/rams-news-matthew-stafford-ties-patrick-mahomes-baker-mayfield-5-td-explosion-blitz');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rams’ Matthew Stafford ties Patrick Mahomes, Baker Mayfield with 5-TD explosion vs. blitz');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Rams-news-Matthew-Stafford-reflects-on-hitting-incredibly-rare-QB-milestone.jpg"><figcaption>Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h1>Rams’ Matthew Stafford ties Patrick Mahomes, Baker Mayfield with 5-TD explosion vs. blitz</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-19T17:35:00-07:00">October 19th, 5:35pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-19T17:35:00-07:00">October 19th, 5:35pm</time><address><a>Abdullah Imran</a>Abdullah Imran works as an Associate Editor for All Sports at ClutchPoints. He’s been a sports fan his entire life and enjoys writing about every sport. He has spent three years in sports journalism and loves analyzing games. In his free time, he very much enjoys binge-watching shows and playing video games.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Rams</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford orchestrated a historic performance on a rainy Sunday morning at Wembley Stadium, reminding everyone in the NFL why he remains one of its most precise and durable passers. He threw five touchdown passes <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/jacksonville-jaguars/jaguars-most-to-blame-for-embarrassing-35-7-loss-to-rams-in-london">in the Los Angeles 35-7 rout of the Jacksonville Jaguars</a>.</p><p>Facing pressure on 55.9% of his dropbacks, Stafford turned every one of his scoring throws against the blitz into points, matching Patrick Mahomes and Baker Mayfield for the <a href="https://x.com/NextGenStats/status/1979959460035740157" rel="noopener">most touchdowns against the blitz</a> in a single game since 2016, according to Next Gen Stats.</p><p>The 37-year-old completed 21 of 33 passes for 182 yards without an interception, distributing the ball to 10 different receivers <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams/rams-news-puka-nacua-ruled-out-london-game-jaguars">despite missing top target Puka Nacua due to an ankle injury</a>.</p><p>Stafford’s five-touchdown outburst was his first such performance since 2015 <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams/rams-news-matthew-stafford-sets-international-record-5th-td-vs-jaguars">and the first ever in an NFL International Series game</a>. It was also his fifth career outing with five touchdowns and his sixth with at least four and no interceptions. Two of his passes went to rookies Konata Mumpfield and Terrance Ferguson, both scoring the first touchdowns of their careers, while veteran wideout Davante Adams caught the other three, giving him his 25th career multi-touchdown effort and his third game with three scores.</p><p>The Rams controlled every phase from the opening series. After rookie edge rusher Jared Verse sacked Trevor Lawrence on the game’s first play, Los Angeles marched 60 yards in 13 plays to score. Stafford found Mumpfield from five yards out on fourth-and-three to put the Rams up 7-0, then hit Adams for touchdowns of two and one yards to make it 21-0 by halftime. The Rams defense forced nine of Jacksonville’s 12 drives to end in punts or turnovers on downs, recording seven sacks and repeatedly collapsing the pocket.</p><p>In the fourth quarter, Stafford extended the lead to 28-0 with a 31-yard strike to Ferguson off play action. The Jaguars finally answered with rookie Travis Hunter’s first NFL touchdown, a 34-yard reception, but Adams’ third score, a 1-yard grab, topped off the 35-7 blowout.</p><p>Entering Week 7, Stafford led the league with 1,684 passing yards and 12 touchdowns; by the end of Sunday, his totals climbed to 17 scores against only two interceptions, producing a career-best 109.3 passer rating.</p><p>The win moved Los Angeles to 5-2 heading into its bye week, while Jacksonville slipped to 4-3.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rams’ Matthew Stafford ties Patrick Mahomes, Baker Mayfield with 5-TD explosion vs. blitz

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/los-angeles-rams/rams-news-matthew-stafford-sets-international-record-5th-td-vs-jaguars');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rams QB Matthew Stafford sets international record with 5th TD vs. Jaguars');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Stafford-vs-the-Jaguars.jpg"><figcaption>Kirby Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Rams QB Matthew Stafford sets international record with 5th TD vs. Jaguars</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-19T09:54:54-07:00">October 19th, 9:54am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-19T16:40:57-07:00">October 19th, 4:40pm</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University alum from Atlanta who graduated with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Rams</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Sunday morning, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams/rams-news-puka-nacua-good-injury-update-ruled-out-jaguars">Los Angeles Rams took the field</a> at Wembley Stadium in London for a matchup against Trevor Lawrence <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/jacksonville-jaguars/rams-fatal-flaw-jaguars-exploit-week-7-nfl-london-game">and the Jacksonville Jaguars</a>. Heading into this game, many expected a high-intensity matchup between two of the better teams in the NFL so far this year, with both squads entering the game at 4-2.</p><p>However, what fans in London were treated to instead was an absolute blowout, with the Rams demolishing the Jaguars by a score of 35-7. It was an especially impressive day for Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford.</p><p>While Stafford didn’t necessarily have eye-popping yardage stats, completing 21 of his 33 passes for 182 yards, he did throw for five touchdowns, and made some overseas NFL history in the process, as no quarterback has thrown for that many touchdowns in an international game before.</p><p>Stafford also tied his career high with the five touchdown passes, <a href="https://x.com/StuJRams/status/1979949260566086011" rel="noopener">which were his most</a> as a member of the Rams, per Stu Jackson of the Rams on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>It was also a strong day for Rams wide receiver Davante Adams, who slid into the number one receiver role in place of the injured Puka Nacua and hauled in three touchdown receptions of his own on the day.</p><p>Overall, it was an incredibly strong day for the Rams, moving to 5-2 in the process and continuing to establish themselves as a legitimate force in the NFC. Heading into this year, many expected the Rams to occupy the same position they’ve been in for the last few seasons, good enough to make the playoffs but not necessarily a legitimate Super Bowl threat. However, Sunday’s win over a seemingly decent Jaguars team should put the world on notice moving forward.</p><p>In any case, the Rams will now have a bye week before they next take the field on November 2 at home against the New Orleans Saints.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rams QB Matthew Stafford sets international record with 5th TD vs. Jaguars

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/los-angeles-rams/rams-news-key-matthew-stafford-protector-expected-to-return-for-ravens-game');   ga('set', 'title', 'Key Matthew Stafford protector expected to return for Ravens game');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Matthew-Stafford-throwing-1.jpg"><figcaption>Kirby Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Key Matthew Stafford protector expected to return for Ravens game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-06T14:00:57-07:00">October 6th, 2:00pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-06T14:00:57-07:00">October 6th, 2:00pm</time><address><a>Lorenzo J Reyna</a>Lorenzo J Reyna is an Associate Editor covering the NFL and NCAA Football for ClutchPoints. He's equipped with past experience for both realms through his recent stops at Pro Football Network and Heavy while also writing for 247Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Rams</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Rams left Thursday with a bitter taste in their mouth. Now a key spot looks ready to get restrengthened, which benefits Matthew Stafford ahead of the Baltimore Ravens game.</p><p>Rams insider for The Athletic Nate Atkins revealed Monday <a href="https://x.com/NateAtkins_/status/1975278771138928769" rel="noopener">who’s on their way back.</a></p><p>“Sean McVay said he expects LG (left guard) Steve Avila to practice and start this week against the Ravens,” Atkins posted on the social media website X, formerly Twitter. “He’s been off from the offense since Week 1 after an ankle sprain. He did play special teams on Thursday.”</p><p>Avila’s return is huge for Stafford and the Rams for multiple reasons.</p><h2>Impact of Matthew Stafford protector on Rams</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Steve-Avila-practicing.jpg"><figcaption>Kirby Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Avila is lauded on the team for his versatility.</p><p>He’s lined up at more than guard. Avila has manned center before for the Rams too.</p><p>The former TCU Horned Frog established himself as a pivotal run blocking piece. He vastly improved the pass blocking on a team that surrendered an astonishing 59 sacks featuring more than 10 different starting line changes. The 2023 unit sliced the number of sacks down to 34 with Avila part of the crew.</p><p>Los Angeles then surrendered 31 sacks in 2024 — with Stafford taking 28 of it. The QB and Super Bowl winner, though, has taken nine sacks already through the first five games; handing opponents an average of 1.8 sacks per game.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams/rams-news-matthew-stafford-game-losing-decision-49ers">Stafford has since spoken about the heartbreaking Rams loss to the 49ers</a>. L.A. running back Kyren Williams lost a fumble near the goal line that could’ve put the Rams ahead late in the fourth quarter. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams/rams-news-sean-mcvay-admits-he-made-bad-call-final-4th-down-vs-49ers">McVay then chose to go for it on fourth-and-one</a> from the San Francisco 11-yard line. That stop sealed the 49ers overtime win 26-23.</p><p>Now the Rams and Ravens go from Super Bowl contenders to teams simply needing one win to get back on track.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Key Matthew Stafford protector expected to return for Ravens game

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/los-angeles-rams/rams-news-matthew-stafford-game-losing-decision-49ers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Matthew Stafford breaks silence on game-losing decision vs. 49ers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Matthew-Stafford_4b5ade.jpg"><figcaption>Eric Hartline-Imagn Images.</figcaption></figure><h1>Matthew Stafford breaks silence on game-losing decision vs. 49ers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-04T09:25:25-07:00">October 4th, 9:25am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-04T09:26:50-07:00">October 4th, 9:26am</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Rams</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After Thursday, the Los Angeles Rams are <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams/rams-most-blame-frustrating-overtime-loss-49ers">still feeling the hurt</a> after losing to the San Francisco 49ers 26-23 in overtime. In OT, the Rams still had a chance, but Kyren Williams fumbled on fourth down and one.</p><p>On Saturday, QB Matthew Stafford <a href="https://ramsnewswire.com/rams-news-matthew-stafford-had-no-problem-with-fourth-down-play-call-against-49ers/2025/10/04/" rel="noopener">spoke out</a> about the play that lost them the game, admitting that he thought it was the right call, per Matt Peralta of Rams News Wire.</p><p>“That’s a bread-and-butter short-yardage rush for us so I didn’t have any problem with it,” Stafford said. “That’s trusting our guys to go out there and make a play. They did a nice job of stopping it. Frustrating that we didn’t get it. Wish I would’ve done more and found a way to help us win.”</p><p>The Rams could have sent the field goal unit out to tie the game at 26. However, Stafford was pleased that they went out to try to win.</p><p>“I love that we went for it. We’re not playing for a tie. Let’s go. Just wish we kept the drive alive and found a way to score.”</p><p>Later on, Rams coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams/rams-news-sean-mcvay-admits-he-made-bad-call-final-4th-down-vs-49ers">Sean McVay admitted it was the wrong call</a>.</p><p>As of now, the Rams have a record of 3-2. They are off this weekend, but will return to take on the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Oct. 12.</p><h2><b>A big factor that led to the Rams losing</b></h2><p>It is easy to blame one play and say that is the reason why the Rams lost a game that was theirs. But as always, there were other factors preceding that.</p><p>Essentially, the biggest factor was the play of the special teams. Rams kicker Joshua Karty missed a 53 yard field goal and 49ers DT Jordan Elliott blocked an extra point attempt to keep the game tied at 20 with 10:39 left in the 4th quarter.</p><p>In Overtime, Karty’s kickoff fell short and enabled the 49ers to have possession at the 40 yard line.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
1866	17	2	-

2025 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
1866	17	2	-

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