Sarah Barshop
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford was a 100% participant in observe this week in his return from a again harm, head coach Sean McVay stated Thursday.
On Monday, Stafford practiced for the primary time throughout coaching camp after aggravating a disk in his again through the offseason. Stafford, who spoke concerning the harm on Thursday for the primary time, stated there wasn't only one second when he sustained the harm, however that it is “one thing that crept up on me slightly bit.”
Stafford declined to enter specifics concerning the harm or say whether or not he anticipates being prepared for the Rams' season opener in opposition to the Houston Texans on Sept. 7, however stated he is centered on taking “a day-to-day strategy” to the harm.
“Backs are typically attention-grabbing issues,” Stafford stated. “It is not lower and dry what's what and the way you are going to really feel, so I actually respect our crew and our head coach and everyone taking a day-to-day strategy with me doing all the things they'll to try to assist me out.
“And I've clearly an enormous feeling of accountability to our crew to do what's proper by them and I am making an attempt to try this as greatest I can day in and time out.”
Stafford practiced in full Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and took the first-team reps through the Rams' jog-through on Wednesday. McVay stated that from what he can see, “there is not any restrictions and he is taking part in at a extremely excessive stage.”
“I've seen a man that is gotten higher and higher,” McVay stated. “He appears to be like just like the stud that we all know. I feel the primary day was type of getting comfy, simply getting his toes moist slightly bit. After which I feel every of the final couple days he is performed actually quick. He is activated all components of the sphere, like I discussed to you guys the opposite day.”
When requested whether or not he's nonetheless managing again soreness, Stafford stated, “This might be 17 years now [in the NFL]. There's soreness in every single place each time I get up. However no, it is one thing that I will handle, like I do 1,000,000 different issues all year long.”
Stafford stated he “positively felt a complete lot extra like myself on the market at present” in comparison with his first observe again on Monday.
“[I] simply need to proceed to do all the things I probably can to be prepared for the blokes within the locker room each single day that we've got a chance to go on the market and get higher,” Stafford stated. “I'll do all the things I can to be on the market whereas nonetheless being sensible and realizing, hey, we received one thing that deserves slightly consideration.”
Stafford won't journey to Cleveland for the Rams' preseason finale in opposition to the Browns.
