Sarah Barshop
LOS ANGELES — Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, who missed time with an aggravated disk in his again, is anticipated to begin the season opener in opposition to the Houston Texans, coach Sean McVay mentioned.
Stafford missed practically the primary month of coaching camp whereas coping with the harm however has been a full participant in observe since his Aug. 18 return. McVay mentioned Monday that Stafford will take part within the full week of observe main as much as the Rams' Week 1 sport in opposition to the Texans.
McVay additionally mentioned left sort out Alaric Jackson, who's coping with decrease leg blood clots, participated in Monday's observe. McVay mentioned that though the blood clots will “at all times [be] one thing that it's a must to handle,” the plan is for Jackson to play in opposition to Houston.
“I do imagine that we'll be at our greatest with him on the market,” McVay mentioned.
Jackson participated in particular person drills and jog-throughs throughout coaching camp, however he had not participated in staff drills. Jackson handled an identical state of affairs in 2022, when he sat out the ultimate 9 video games of the season on account of blood clots.
Stafford, 37, is coming into his seventeenth NFL season. Final month, the quarterback declined to enter specifics about his again harm however mentioned it was “one thing that crept up on me somewhat bit” whereas coaching throughout the offseason.
“Backs are generally fascinating issues,” Stafford mentioned after his first full week of observe. “It is not reduce and dry what's what and the way you are going to really feel, so I actually recognize our staff and our head coach and everyone taking a day-to-day method with me doing all the pieces they'll to try to assist me out.”
Stafford enters the 2025 season simply 191 shy of 60,000 profession passing yards, on the cusp of becoming a member of a bunch of 9 quarterbacks in NFL historical past to hit that milestone.
